John Martyn Live At Leeds Vinyl

I ve had the original live at leeds release for years and was really delighted when this more complete recording hit the markets although the booklet made clear that it s not simply an expansion of the original release.

John martyn live at leeds vinyl. In terms of musical quality and sound this is a wonderful release and a must have for any john martyn fan. Live at leeds is an excellent album a very honest and straightforward representation colourful language included of a typical john martyn concert at a time when he was accompanied by the excellent danny thompson on bass and john stevens on drums zigzag 3 77. Er nahm diese lp auf produzierte sie und vertrieb sie selbst. Recorded february 13 1975 at leeds university.

Manchmal klingelten die leute an meiner haustür und verlangten ein exemplar. Live at leeds deluxe audiophile vinyl the enigmatic john martyn few artists have influenced and inspired whole generations of new musicians but with a career that has now entered its fifth decade john martyn is one such artist. Live at leeds was sold in a strictly limited edition by mail order only in 1976. It has since become a collector s item not only for its rarity value but also because it records one of the high points of john martyn s career as a performer with definitive versions of several of his greatest songs.

It is most thoroughly a definitive john martyn live experience from the days of great coats and red lebanese and a great deal of creme de menthe backstage by the looks of it which unfortunately means that whilst the music is still stunning and has aged well the tedious and lengthy between song humour has not there is even a parental advisory sticker on the set with discussion of his band s racial origins not sitting comfortably with today s sensibilities. Referencing live at leeds cd album re rm cd dlx 532 519 7 disc 1 is not as per the original 1975 vinyl release. They quickly sold out and became real collector s items. John martyn live at leeds live at leeds wurde bereits 1975 produziert und erschien anfang 1976 auf john martyns eigenem label.

Each of the albums were numbered and personally signed. Tpm 02207 lp 1 a 33rpm tpm 02207 lp 1 b 33rpm tpm 02207 lp 2 a 33rpm tpm 02207 lp 2 b 33rpm. It was very effectice i was the first of the record independents. John martyn recorded designed and marketed live at leeds purely by mail order from his home he even sold the albums from his own front door.

As pointed out by john hillarby in the sleeve notes for the 2010 deluxe 2cd live at leeds only b1 and b2 are from the leeds university concert. Everything but the girl morcheeba sade the verve and u2 s the edge all cite john as an inspiration.