JOHN MARTYN Live At Leeds 1975 UK ISLAND - SIGNED, DEDICATED & NUMBERED #218
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Jun 24, 2016
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Jun 14, 2016
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JOHN MARTYN Live At Leeds 1975 UK ISLAND - SIGNED, DEDICATED & NUMBERED #218
JOHN MARTYNLive At Leeds
1975 UK ISLAND (ILPS 9343) *SIGNED AND NUMBERED* LIMITED EDITION PRESSING
Rare copy - available by mail-order only from John Martyn who individually signed and numbered just the first few copies
PRESSED WITH PLAIN WHITE LABELS WITH BLACK TEXT
MATRIX: ILPS 9343 A-1 & ILPS 9343 B-3
MOTHERS/STAMPERS: 1/T and 1/T
HOUSED IN A WHITE CARD COVER "Printed in England by Robor Limited" (CREDITS PRINTED ON THE SPINE) WHICH IS HAND NUMBERED ‘218’ AND DEDICATED/SIGNED IN BLUE BIRO “Sorry it’s taken so long to get it to you Mark. Hope you dig it. Godblessyer. John Martyn”
Because Island Records didn't feel it was the right time for a live album, Martyn independently released this record from his home.
The initial release was a limited edition of 10,000 (which Island did manufacture, though not distribute or promote) with the first few hundred individually numbered and signed.
Though the album shares its title with the famous Who live collection of the same name, the working title was "Ringside Seat" and photos of Martyn and bassist Danny Thompson in a boxing ring were taken for a prospective cover, though never used.
Recorded February 13, 1975, at Leeds University, this is John Martyn at a peak in his career.
In Thompson, he'd found a perfect foil for his increasingly jazzy textures and their bass and guitar interaction is a particular highlight.
Having mastered the echoplex, which was capable of producing waves of echoed and distorted sound, Martyn was doing things with an acoustic guitar that no one had ever done (or has done since).
"Outside In" (all 18:57 of it!) is a tour de force showcasing the otherworldly sounds he could coax from this device, and is worth the price of the album alone
Side 1:
Outside In
Solid Air
Side 2:
Make No Mistake
Bless The Weather
The Man In The Station
I'd Rather Be The Devil
LABELS: NEAR MINT
Clean, unmarked - just a few light spindle traces
VINYL Visual: VERY GOOD+
Some in-vinyl blemishes (seemingly always present on this pressing) - nothing of any major audible consequence
VINYL Audio: EXCELLENT
Plays extremely well - an occasional light tick/touch of low-level surface noted - nothing major - a fine copy
SLEEVE: EXCELLENT
Good and solid - a score mark on the front (please see close-up photographs) but no major imperfections and all edges are sharp with all text on the spine is clear and bold
POST & PACKING:
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UK: £9.00 (Royal Mail Special Delivery Next Day by 1pm)
EUROPE: Airmail: £14.00 (International Signed For delivery)
INTERNATIONAL: Airmail: £17.00 (International Signed For delivery)
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625 (GS 6.9.7 (625))
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