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Sweet Little Mysteries: The Island Anthology Set

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Track Listings

Disc: 1

1	Bless the Weather
2	Head and Heart
3	Glistening Glyndebourne
4	Solid Air
5	Over the Hill
6	Don't Want to Know
7	I'd Rather Be the Devil
8	May You Never
9	Fine Lines
10	Eibhli Ghail Chiuin Ni Chearbhaill
11	Make No Mistake
12	One Day Without You
13	Lay It All Down
14	Root Love
15	Sunday's Child
16	Spencer the Rover
17	You Can Discover
18	Call Me Crazy

Disc: 2

1	Couldn't Love You More
2	Certain Surprise
3	Dancing
4	Small Hours
5	Dealer
6	One World
7	Some People Are Crazy
8	Lookin' on
9	Johnny Too Bad
10	Sweet Little Mystery
11	Hurt in Your Heart
12	Baby Please Come Home
13	Sapphire
14	Fisherman's Dream
15	Angeline
16	Send Me One Line

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Import-only two CD compilation from the British Folk/Rock legend highlighting his critically successful years with Island Records. Along with Nick Drake, John Martyn was one of the most compelling British singer/songwriters to emerge during the 1970s. Martyn specialized in an acoustic, bluesy Folk sound, but he was also a restless experimentalist, running his guitar through all manner of effects processors and incorporating elements of Jazz, Pop, and ambient music. This double disc set is a survey of Martyn's work for Island Records, ranging from 1971's folky Bless the Weather through 1980's pop-oriented Grace And Danger. In between, listeners are treated to a comprehensive sampling of the artist's talents, from his sonically expansive guitar-scapes to his poetic, meticuloussense of songcraft. The music from Martyn's early-to-mid '70s period stands up the best, but the later work selected here is strong too. This is an excellent introduction back to front.

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His whisky-grained vocals and alternately sweet, stinging acoustic guitar have made Scottish troubador John Martyn a seductive but sadly overlooked original among British folk performers since his emergence in the late '60s. That oversight is answered by this intelligent two-CD anthology of Martyn's rich catalog of albums for Island Records, which document his triple threat as a distinctive guitarist, soulful singer, and compelling writer and interpreter. Martyn's moody legacy includes winsome ("May You Never," covered by Eric Clapton) and harrowing ("Solid Air," his plea to friend Nick Drake) examples of abundant craft, notable for his rich vocals and spare, elegant arrangements featuring Richard Thompson, Danny Thompson, Phil Collins, and other better-known English musicians who savored Martyn's musical gifts.--Sam Sutherland

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Is Discontinued By Manufacturer ‏ : ‎ No
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Product Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5.67 x 5 x 0.51 inches; 5.08 Ounces
Manufacturer ‏ : ‎ Universal I.S.
Date First Available ‏ : ‎ January 26, 2007
Label ‏ : ‎ Universal I.S.
ASIN ‏ : ‎ B000001E4I
Number of discs ‏ : ‎ 2

Best Sellers Rank: #31,991 in CDs & Vinyl (See Top 100 in CDs & Vinyl)
- #27 in British Folk
- #415 in Contemporary Folk (CDs & Vinyl)
- #699 in Folk Rock (CDs & Vinyl)

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Excellent Overview With Most Key Points of Island Years

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on August 26, 2016

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Excellent Overview With Most Key Points. I have been a John Martyn fan since 1974 when a DJ friend (where are you Frank Cody?) turned me on to Solid Air along with some corned beef hash minus the corned beef. I already owned many of the tracks on disk 1 so bought this to get the best of the work he did after Sunday's Child.not sure why I didn't bother with One World and Grace and Danger as they are also two very good releases.

The package is very nice, a standard slimline two CD jewel case in a cardboard sleeve and a very nice booklet with good essay and lots of great pix.

But of course it is the music that matters and I can tell you there is not one single filler tune found here, it's all great stuff!

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Glaswegian

Should be more well-known

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on March 21, 2011

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Many years ago I noticed that many huge stars often mentioned how they admired and were influenced by John Martyn. I kept hearing his name so listened a bit and realized that I'd heard some of his stuff. Clips of his songs have been used in various TV ads and covered by the likes of Eric Clapton. So I bought this Anthology CD. It spans his various changing styles he employed through his career - from folk singer to pseudo-lounge singer. He is a great guitar player, a real musician. The CD and his work has really grown on me and I'm a huge fan now. I don't like every song or even every style but John was a real talent. There was a terrific bio special on John which I think ran on the BBC. Like many musicians, he had a self destructive steaks but he laughed at himself said something like "don't feel sorry for me it was all self inflicted".

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wordweaver

Music for when you're soulful

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on March 25, 2014

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I found a cassette of John Martyn's left in a hire car years ago and listened to it while I had the car before returning both. I'd never heard of him before and liked the style, sound and content. It's Leonard Cohen in Irish if you will, a just the thing when one is in a reflective mood. I always intended to buy some of his music and when I saw this anthology on offer I bought it. It's worth it for the track "May you never" alone, the rest are a bonus. It does make one wonder how much other great stuff is out there waiting to be discovered and hidden by all the commercial music with which we are repetitively bombarded every day and from every direction. So my next buy will be Blossom Dearie, wonderful stuff!

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Wow...this is a great treat!

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on January 31, 2016

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This is the most wonderful collection of Martyn's music since " No Little Boy ." It represents my favorite period of his work and, to me, his most creative. I had most of this music on vinyl when it first came out, but ditched all my records at a yard sale in favor of CDs many years ago and never looked back. So, it's a real treat to have so much of Martyn's 1070s output. This is a terrific introduction to the artistry of the late, great John Martyn!

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Karen Carchidi

one of the best albums of all time

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on May 14, 2013

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I've been looking for a copy of this album for years. It has my favorite version of May You Never and many more. John Martyn is in the league with Richard Thompson, Nick Drake and the like.

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Gordon

Heard these songs 30 years ago. Most are timeless ...

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on December 31, 2014

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Heard these songs 30 years ago. Most are timeless. Do NOT listen to these too often, and they will last you The Rest Of Your Life. I guarantee.

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Liam Honan

Its okay

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on November 14, 2012

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I like his old stuff better. The old stuff on this anthology i already had, and his new stuff is a bit weird and not soothing at all like his earlier stuff.

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woodsy owl

Five Stars

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on November 7, 2017

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Great compilation. Great gift.

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Dave

Fantastic overview

Reviewed in Canada 🇨🇦 on January 30, 2017

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This 2-disc set from Island contains all of the essential tracks from his early, folkier days (Solid Air, May You Never, Spencer the Rover) and also has quite a few deeper cuts, from his "echoplex jazz" years (Dealer, Johnny Too Bad). There is material that I had not heard, and I consider myself a big John Martyn fan. All in all, a great introduction to the many musical facets of the late, great John Martyn.

Dave Cooke

Very nice double cd

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on April 29, 2018

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Very nice double cd.
I'm not mad on all tracks but he had over 40 years of recording.
Id say two thirds of these are very good and the rest are interesting .
A good stert to John if you donmt have any of his stuff

Len Yarham

John Martyn

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on August 26, 2020

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Great collection by a great artist

Will Mac

Good sound quality, well selected collection of tracks

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on March 30, 2019

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If you like John Martyn you'll (probably)like this.

I.R77

Good present

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on February 25, 2013

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For a friend who loves great music. My friend was very happy with this CD. Sensual creation by a musical genius.

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