Always the Greatest
Arrived today and nearly through listening to Disc One, I
think I have heard most of, if not all of these tracks, apart from, obviously,
the previously unreleased, but any
and every time it is the very best there is.
The first cd is a wonderful evocation and reminder of early
Martyn, those first folk roots [and the requisite Dylan cover] where we get
three demo versions of Goin’ Down to
Memphis, A Day at the Sea and Seven
Black Roses.
The alternative versions of John the Baptist and Traffic-Light
Lady with Beverley Martyn come from the songs on the joint albums of theirs when I really discovered John, and these
naturally remind of that time and glorious musical enlightenment, just before
the solo album Bless the Weather from
which Head and Heart gives this
acoustic album its title and is my all-time favourite John Martyn song.
If you are a fan you will have already ordered; if new to
Martyn this isn’t a bad start, but just get everything anyway.
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