JOHN and BEVERLEY MARTYN "Road To Ruin" 1970 UK ISLAND ILPS 9133 Pink Rim First
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For sale is the JOHN and BEVERLEY MARTYN "Road To Ruin" 1970 UK ISLAND ILPS 9133 Pink Rim 1ST Pressing A-2U1G / B-2U1G LP
Both Sleeve and Record are in EX condition.
John & Beverley Martyn – The Road To Ruin
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Label: Island Records – ILPS 9133, Island Records – ILPS-9133 Format: Vinyl, LP, Album Country: UK Released: 1970 Genre: Rock, Folk, World, & Country Style: Folk Rock, Acoustic, FolkTracklist
Hide Credits A1 Primrose Hill Written-By – Beverley Martyn Written-By – Beverley Martyn 2:53 A2 Parcels Written-By – John Martyn Written-By – John Martyn 3:23 A3 Auntie Aviator Written-By – Beverley Martyn, John Martyn Written-By – Beverley Martyn, John Martyn 6:49 A4 New Day Written-By – John Martyn Written-By – John Martyn 3:56 B1 Give Us A Ring Written-By – Paul Wheeler (4) Written-By – Paul Wheeler (4) 3:55 B2 Sorry To Be So Long Written-By – Beverley Martyn, John Martyn Written-By – Beverley Martyn, John Martyn 4:35 B3 Tree Green Written-By – John Martyn Written-By – John Martyn 3:12 B4 Say What You Can Written-By – Beverley Martyn, John Martyn Written-By – Beverley Martyn, John Martyn 3:05 B5 Road To Ruin Written-By – John Martyn Written-By – John Martyn 6:38Companies, etc.
- Produced For – Witchseason Productions
- Pressed By – The Gramophone Co. Ltd.
- Printed By – E.J. Day Group
- Published By – Warlock Music Ltd.
Credits
- Arranged By – John Martyn, Paul Harris (2), Tony Cox (tracks: B4)
- Artwork [Front Cover Engraving] – Max Ernst
- Bass – Alan Spenner (tracks: A1, B2, B5), Dave Pegg (tracks: B1, B4), Wells Kelly (tracks: A3)
- Congas – Rocky Dzidzornu*
- Double Bass – Danny Thompson (tracks: A4)
- Drums – Mike Kowalski (tracks: A3), Wells Kelly (tracks: A1, A2, A4 to B5)
- Engineer – John Wood
- Flute – Lyn Dobson (tracks: A4)
- Photography By, Design – Nigel Waymouth
- Piano – Paul Harris (2)
- Producer – Joe Boyd
- Saxophone – Dudu Pukwana (tracks: B2, B4, B5), Lyn Dobson (tracks: B2), Ray Warleigh (tracks: A1)
- Vocals – Beverley Martyn
- Vocals, Guitar [All Guitars], Harp – John Martyn
Notes
Pink rim palm tree label with Side 1 / Side 2 designations and Ⓟ 1970 unlike 5261801, which bears an Island Records Ltd. company credit.Catalog number:
• Sleeve: ILPS 9133
• Label: ILPS-9133
Track B4 is called 'Let It Happen' on the cover, but the centre label has 'Say What You Can', which is the name that was used henceforth for this song.
Barcode and Other Identifiers
- Matrix / Runout (Side A runout, stamped): ILPS 9133 A-2U
- Matrix / Runout (Side B runout, stamped): ILPS 9133 B-2U
John Martyn, was a British singer-songwriter and guitarist. Over a 40-year career, he released 23 studio albums, and received frequent critical acclaim. The Times described him as "an electrifying guitarist and singer whose music blurred the boundaries between folk, jazz, rock and blues".
Martyn began his career at age 17 as a key member of the Scottish folk music scene, drawing inspiration from American blues and English traditional music, and signed with Island Records. By the 1970s he had begun incorporating jazz and rock into his sound on albums such as Solid Air (1973) and One World (1977), as well as experimenting with guitar effects and tape delay machines such as Echoplex.
This particular item is well looked after. That said there will be the usual marks on the record sleeve. Also there will be some hairline marks with the record. Please understand this is not a new reissue but the original pressing so it is more 40 years old.
If you can't accept those condition please don't buy and hoping to have partial refunds because it is described here.
Record: EX Sleeve: EX+
It's time to dislodge my massive collection of records I collect all these years. I have to call it a day after losing my hearing. There are more than 2000 records comprising Classical, Rock and Rock, Folk, Jazz and Pop music. They are mostly the first pressings or second pressing from the era, not the recent reissues which suffer from wrapping and bad sound quality.
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