1973,
United Kingdom
00:34:48;
32M;
128JS;
450;
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01 - Solid Air
- 5:45
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02 - Over The Hill
- 2:51
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03 - Don't Want To Know
- 3:01
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04 - Id Rather Be The Devil
- 6:19
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05 - Go Down Easy
- 3:36
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06 - Dreams By The Sea
- 3:18
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07 - May You Never
- 3:43
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08 - The Man In The Station
- 2:54
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09 - The Easy Blues
- 2:15
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10 - Who Knows
- 1:06
Neemoi Acquaye - congas
Phil Ault - recorded by (2-07), recorded by [assistant] (2-12)
John "Rabbit" Bundrick - piano [acoustic, electric], organ, clavinet
John Burns - recorded by (2-07)
Tony Coe - saxophone (1-01, 1-06, 2-01, 2-06)
Brian Cooke - photography
Rhett Davies - recorded by [assistant] (2-03, 2-09, 2-11)
Sue Draheim - violin (1-02, 2-02)
Tristan Fry - vibraphone (1-01, 2-01)
Brian Humphries - recorded by [assistant], engineer [assistant] (2-14 to 2-16)
Skip James - written-by (1-04, 2-04, 2-16)
Howard Kilgour - recorded by [assistant] (2-01, 2-02, 2-04)
John Martyn - acoustic guitar, electric guitar, vocals, producer, synthesizer (1-09, 2-09), written-by (1-01 to 1-03, 1-05 to 1-09, 2-01 to 2-03, 2-05 to 2-15)
Dave Mattacks - drums
Simon Nicol - autoharp (1-02, 2-02)
Fabio Nicoli - artwork by [design]
Dave Pegg - bass
Brian Pickering - recorded by, engineer (2-14 to 2-16)
Richard Reeve - recorded by [assistant] (2-06, 2-12)
Danny Thompson - double bass
Richard Thompson - mandolin (1-02, 2-02)
John Webster - photography
John Wood - engineer, producer, recorded by (2-01 to 2-06, 2-08, 2-09, 2-11, 2-12)
tracks 2-10 to 2-12 not listed as Demo Versions, however on the back of the packaging, there is a **Demo Version listing at the bottom of the track listing.. and there are no tracks marked as **, but in the notes John Martyn calls them "unfinished" so it seems those were supposed to be the (Demo Version)s.
2-11 listed as "When It's Dark", but notes suggest the actual title is "Never Say Never".
track 2-13 is the single version recorded with the band, whereas the original album version was just John on guitar (according to the notes in the booklet).
Original Album Recorded at Island and Sound Techniques Studios November/December 1972.
2-01, 2-02 and 2-04 recorded on 7th Dec 1972.
2-03 and 2-09 recorded on 9th Dec 1972.
2-05 recorded on 23rd July 1972.
2-06 recorded on 3rd Dec 1972.
2-07 recorded on 30th Sept 1971.
2-08 recorded on 26th Nov 1972.
2-10 recorded on 13th Sept 1972. [no recorded by credit listed in booklet]
2-11 recorded on 20th Oct 1972.
2-12 recorded on 12th Feb 1972.
2-13 released in Nov 1971. [no recorded by credit listed in booklet]
2-14 to 2-16 recorded at The Olympia, Boulevard des Capucines, Paris on 25th March 1974 (during the second of two shows on that date).
Made in the E.U.
Universal Island Records, 531 793-3
