Albums You Need To Know: John Martyn - Solid Air
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By the early seventies, John Martyn had already begun to showcase his remarkable fusion of electronic and acoustic instrumentation, alongside captivating folk-rock songwriting. But it was his 1973 album Solid Air, which truly showcased the singular sound he had created, bringing together some of the best musicians of the British folk-rock scene to create an album unlike any other.
As a young musician in the folk scene, Martyn created his own signature sound by playing an acoustic guitar through a phase shifter and Echoplex. You can hear this sound on his 1970 Stormbringer! Album. Martyn credited the use of the Echoplex to the inspiration of saxophonist Pharaoh Sanders saying: “The only reason I bought the echoplex was to try and imitate Sanders’ sustain on my guitar.”
In 1971, Island records decided to focus their attention on Martyn as a solo artist rather than a duo with Beverly, and this brought about his third solo album, Bless the Weather, which really showcases Martyn’s echoplex sound on the track “Glistening Glyndebourne” This album brough Martyn increased attention and positive reviews. Zig Zag magazine wrote in 1974: ‘Without elaborating on Bless The Weather too much, let me say that it is a fabulous album, quite definitely one of the very best of 1971, and one which you should spare no amount of trouble over to possess.” In late 1972, Martyn was back in the studio working on what would become one of his most remarkable and timeless albums - Solid Air
Solid Air was recorded in Studio one at Island’s Basing Street studios in London in November and December of 1972. Additional work was done at Sound Techniques, in Chelsea, London. In addition to his phenomenal vocals, Martyn plays acoustic and electric guitar on the album and keyboard on the song “The Easy Blues.” He also self-produced the album.
Solid Air was released in February of 1973 to positive reviews. A contemporary review in Sounds magazine described the album saying “it flows beautifully” and “shows the entire spectrum of music that John Martyn has at his fingertips” It concluded by calling Martyn “one of the most important innovators” of his time. In the decades since its release it has remained an iconic album in the British folk-rock scene of the seventies. AllMusic more recently declared that “audacious, hypnotic and groundbreaking only begins to describe Martyn’s still unique combination of folk, jazz, blues and space rock, wrapped around riveting, unforgettable melodies.” Q magazine named it the 67th best British album ever. Its singular sound has captivated music lovers for decades and it remains one of British folk-rock’s most important albums of all time.
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@spitfiremusic3997
2 жыл бұрын
Grace and Danger was another Masterpiece!
@banjoindrajit
2 жыл бұрын
Dark side of the moon by Pink Floyd
@Producelikeapro
2 жыл бұрын
@@banjoindrajit masterpiece!
@Producelikeapro
2 жыл бұрын
@@spitfiremusic3997 yes, I love that album!
@Alien-qw5ks
2 жыл бұрын
Camel Mirage, that album had a great influence on me when i was a young guy, i just really love Andrew Latimer's mellodies
Stunning choice. John Martyn rarely gets covered like this. Many thanks!
@Producelikeapro
2 жыл бұрын
Thanks ever so much J J! Yes, he's so important!
“Solid Air” is one of my all-time favorite albums! There is nothing else like it! 👍👍👍👍👍
This was very moving. You did John justice. RIP JM
@Producelikeapro
2 жыл бұрын
Thanks ever so much, I really appreciate it!
Yes indeed! Both John Martyn and Nick Drake are still largely unknown in North America. Glad you're doing something about that!
@Producelikeapro
2 жыл бұрын
Thanks ever so much! Please tell your friends!
@mortalflower1
2 жыл бұрын
@@Producelikeapro I do, indeed!
I saw John open for Yes at Madison Square Garden in 1974. His performance completely shook me. An amazing performance. The swirling echoing percussive guitar lines are still in my head. After ending his set with "I'd Rather Be the Devil" I had little care for what Yes did. I still listen to JM to this day. Yes? Not so much.
@Producelikeapro
2 жыл бұрын
Wow! Thanks ever so much for sharing! What an incredible experience
John Martyn changed my life. I got back into music about 3 years ago and decided to find some interesting acoustic music to start off.Found he was on several lists for acoustic guitar players. I had never heard of him. I heard "Solid Air" .....my mind was completely blown away. I had never heard anyone that touched me as much as I have as much as Martyn's music has. All of his songs really speak to me. I also never cared about lyrics before, I was a melody only guy. John changed that. I really can feel what he was trying to do and feel. His songs are literally an aural map of my life. I am transported to my childhood, current day and after I am gone when I listen to his music. I had never till I heard John Martyn had a musical epiphany before. It was amazing. Thanks.
If there was ever an album that everyone needs to know, this is it. I actually think this guy was as good a songwriter as Lennon or McCartney. His guitar playing was masterful, he was an incredibly good musician. People should checkout his other albums too, particularly One World and Glasgow Walker. Thanks for covering this album Warren, it brings back happy memories!
@Producelikeapro
2 жыл бұрын
Thanks ever so much Col! I appreciate your great comment!
John Martyn is one of a kind! FACT!
@Producelikeapro
2 жыл бұрын
Agreed 100%!
Great tribute to John Martyn! I listen to him almost everyday. Jan Jansson Drummer Sweden
John Martyn singer songwriter and performer par excellence! Much missed.
@Producelikeapro
Жыл бұрын
Yes, huge loss
One of my favorite albums from the 70s. Such a classic. I'm gonna play 'May You Never' at my friends wedding this September.. Wish me luck!
@Producelikeapro
Жыл бұрын
Fantastic! I've never learned to play it! I should
@natures_neighbor
Жыл бұрын
@@Producelikeapro Man, for someone who uses only two fingers when fingerpicking... it is hard.
I only discovered "Solid Air" in 1990, but it has been with me ever since.
@Producelikeapro
2 жыл бұрын
Wonderful
As someone born in the 90s in America, my exposure to John Martyn has only been through the Translatlantic Sessions. I sat down and listened to the record and I was blown away. Thanks for giving me something to listen to! Good video!
Awesome. Thanks Warren.
@Producelikeapro
2 жыл бұрын
Thanks Tim!
❤thank you vey much John Martyn is forever in my heart
I was blessed to see John play in the pavilion Glasgow when I was 16 many years ago .❤️
Thank you so much for attempting to turn on a new generation to John Martyn. FYI, there is an hour long documentary on KZread called Johnny Too Bad that is certainly worth the viewing. Lord, I love his solo versions of "One Day Without You."
@Producelikeapro
2 жыл бұрын
Thanks ever so much Bruce!
@markwhite2207
2 жыл бұрын
If you've never seen it check out John on Hastings beach on KZread. Priceless
This album was perhaps the most impactful one I have ever listened to. Beautiful beyond words. Thank you, Warren.
@Producelikeapro
2 жыл бұрын
Agreed! Hugely important album for me too!
@Producelikeapro
2 жыл бұрын
@Zack Darce I'm sure you will go back and love it!
@Producelikeapro
2 жыл бұрын
@Zack Darce fantastic!
I have had two bands in my life and they were both called Solid Air... John Lives ON!
@Producelikeapro
10 ай бұрын
Marvellous
My absolute favourite album of all time 🤗
I was a latecomer to this masterpiece. How did I live without it?
@Producelikeapro
10 ай бұрын
Understood. Masterpiece
Seen John many times and Danny just sublime .No one else like him !
@Producelikeapro
2 жыл бұрын
Yes! I’m a huge fan!!
I bought Solid Air and many of John Martyn's releases. Saw him two times. Met him backstage. One of my all time go to artists when I need a real music connection.
@Producelikeapro
2 жыл бұрын
Thanks ever so much for sharing!!
i saw John Martyn playing in Belfast many years ago - absolutely captivating performance :)
@Producelikeapro
2 жыл бұрын
That's amazing! Fantastic live!
@ostrichman
2 жыл бұрын
saw him Belfast many times and yep some absolutely captivating performances and some absolute horror shows but that was the chance you took going to see him, when he was on form there was no one better so you always hoped...
Australian here. I first became aware of John Martyn when the guy who ran the import record thrust a copy of "Inside Out" into my hand and said, "You must have this". I took it home and played it...and played it again...and again...and again. That was it! I was hooked. I then bought everything I could by John, including "Solid Air". I was fortunate enough to see him play live in Sydney in 1978, and the sounds he could conjure from the ether with just a guitar, his voice and a few simple electronic gizmos is astounding; to this day (2021). My personal preference would have to go slightly toward "Inside Out" over "Solid Air".
@Producelikeapro
2 жыл бұрын
Thanks ever so much for your great comment! Yes, seeing John live was one of my favourite things ever!
Saw John perform many times back around 71,72,73 with many other great artists and loved everything he did.Bought Solid Air on it's release and still have it and play it to this day.....it's utterly fabulous, and back then in 73 It was akin to musical therapy and like something surreal had entered into my music cravings.Thanks for reminding us of this gem Warren and hopefully more people will get to appreciate a truly great artist and songsmith.
John Martyn has been a cornerstone in my heart from first I heard him back in the early 70’s his was 3 years older then I if one or I had drank way to much an impaired hearing I sounded just like him until I sober up then as always Martyn took back his throne where he comfortably is held to this day. I live way over here in the Pacifica NWst USA on the Whidbey Island John has accompanied me 49 years I will forever be Thankful for his gifts of Music
Timeless classic
great LP ....guitar genius !
@Producelikeapro
2 жыл бұрын
Agreed 100%!
Excellent video, thanks Warren! I know people who became musicians and songwriters after being inspired by John Martyn. His sound on the acoustic was unique and his voice and songs were fantastic. Sorely missed
Fantastic to see John Martyn getting an airing. He's rarely ever mentioned. Which is criminal. This album has been so important to me since first hearing it, aged 14 in 1983. It truly is one of a kind. Another of his that I love is "Grace & Danger". A far more conventional/commercial/ accessible sounding record which is virtually all electric and more jazz influenced. It is still distinctly very John Martyn and features Phil Collins on drums. Not the only time he played on a JM record, as they were great friends apparently. There are many tales of John turning up for appearances often the worse for wear - he had his demons for sure. Mine is watching him mumble through 4 or 5 songs live in Amsterdam before giving up and leaving early to carry on enjoying the local delights. For me, a genius and a legend. Good stuff Warren
I got turned on to John Martyn's music when Beck covered John's song "Go Easy" in 2003. He played on and off during that year and tour. The most amazing performance for me was at the Bridge School Benefit that Neil Young does almost every year. Beck had a beautiful performance on both nights which included his cover. After that, I became obsessed and looked for John's albums. I'm a bigger fan of the "Bless The Weather" album than "Solid Air" or anything he did with his ex-wife but I'm so happy you're exposing his beautiful music to your viewers. Thank you Beck for covering that song. And thank you for making this video. Lastly, thank you John Martyn. Rest in peace and love.
I bought the CD in this last year after a long period without the vinyl which was stolen at a party - obviously some bastard with taste! Just glorious.
I saw him 3 times, late 70’s,solo, late 80’s and 90’s with his band and was not disappointed. He was magic each time. I’ll revisit the album. Such a sad loss but fortunately a legacy music still with us.
YES!!!! Finally seeing a music channel credit this man. Next up, Nick Drake?
@Producelikeapro
2 жыл бұрын
Thanks Geoff! Yes, Nick is definitely on the list!
Solid Air is an amazing album. It’s my go to album for switching off from life. Thanks for doing this Warren.
Knowledge bombs left right and centre. I'm going to have to take a deep breath in to Solid Air
@Producelikeapro
2 жыл бұрын
Thanks ever so much Lee! You rock
Thank you. Possibly my favourite album of all time, and I have a LOT of eclectic tastes. Bowie, Bush, Eno, Pop, Devo, XTC, Eagles, Heads, Blues, Country, New Wave, Punk. But this stands tall above them all. And to hear that it was almost live is mind boggling.
@Producelikeapro
2 жыл бұрын
It’s an absolutely amazing masterpiece of an album
How could I miss this episode of this wonderful series of albums you make?!?! Frankly, I never heard of John Martyn before, but yesterday I was talking to a psychologist, feeling sorry for myself for the fact that I had to have my right leg amputated 9,5 years ago. Four years prior to that I quit doing drugs. I was a cocaine addict for 6 or 7 years. I was and still am a musician. Writing songs, recording and performing them is more than a passion to me. It’s everything I live for. The fact that I started having problems with my leg four years after I got clean felt unfair. We all know hundreds, if not thousands of famous musicians who took more drugs in a month than I ever did in a whole year, but I didn’t know of ANY musician, not a single one of them, that had to amputate a limb because of it. I guess it was just my way of saying “how could I know? I never thought this would happen to me! And the irony of the fact that it happened when I was clean for (more than) four years”. And this psychologist said “well I think I do know one person who had to be amputated”. She told me his name and it was John Martyn. An hour ago was when I searched him up and I saw him performing the first song I ever heard him playing. And I loved it immediately! Then the KZread algorithm suggested the same song, but recorded live in the last phase of his life. And it was still beautiful. But what moved me is the fact that I see myself in him. Both in the young version of him as well as in the man he came to be. I’m not suggesting that I compare my musical talents with his (I wish), but I think I found someone I can relate to in more ways than just musically. It emotes me. You should see me right now. And then the same KZread algorithm send me to you. And I’ve been following your channel for years now and I certainly never miss an episode of this series of work. But for reasons I don’t understand, I HAVE missed this one. I want to thank you for doing this. Even though I haven’t watched it yet (I’m going to now!), I just know I’ll love it. I also know I probably need some tissues. Again, thank you Warren! Your work is amazing. I love you for everything you do for the community. ❤❤❤
I discovered his music by way of Richard Thompson. His name kept popping up and I by chance stumbled upon an album of traditional British folk music. Very old stuff. Very sparse. Stripped down and haunting. And then was when I discovered the importance of the song.
John Martyn is so brilliant nearly impossible not to get teary eyed listening to him
Just heard the track Solid Air by accident and was blown away. Just ordered the album and after watching this I can't wait!
One of my friends got me on to John some years back, thanks for the extra context around his time in the spotlight. Great video 👍
I know John Martyn through Eric Clapton's cover of "May you never", and was lucky enough to play and sing this great song in duo with my friend. It touched me deeply then. Now I have to listen to the whole album. Thank you Warren for spreading the word about great live music.
@Producelikeapro
2 жыл бұрын
Thanks ever so much for sharing Alexey!
Wooooo the motherlode...wow shocked me with this pick...John Ian McGeachy Martyn was powerful...that voice.
@Producelikeapro
2 жыл бұрын
I’m a huge fan of his!! This album is on my top ten favourite albums of all time!! Edited for spelling mistake! Hah
an understatement this is one person that hels me write poems and relax
A masterpiece.
@Producelikeapro
Жыл бұрын
Agreed 100%!
If you like this, then please also check out John's 1980 album "Grace & Danger". John Martyn - guitar, vocals Tommy Eyre - keyboards, synthesizers John Giblin - bass Phil Collins - drums, backing vocals
@Producelikeapro
2 жыл бұрын
HUGE fan of that album!
This was moving to listen to. I recall being introduced to John’s music, seduced by it, feeling the intimate connection with the music and with John himself that many here will describe, and embarking on the mission to spread the word to others. It was a delight to be one of the hundreds or thousands of people in the audience when I first saw him in my home country of Australia, where he played seemingly individually to each of us. Remarkable music, and a remarkable experience, from a remarkable person.
John Martyn was the biggest inspiration on my favourite singer songwriter of our time Ben Howard, I wasn't familiar with John until I heard Ben mentioning him and looking him up it's insane how much he was influenced by him!
Another excellent job Warren. Thanks for posting.
This album, and the music of John Martyn, have been a part of my life since I can remember, probably around 1980. Never heard anything like it. I saw him live on many occasions, both acoustic and electric. Sometimes it appeared that he was wrestling with his guitar, trying to get it under control and make it behave! Couldn't believe it was just one guy making that ridiculously complex sound. Also I had no idea that another of my long time favourite singer/songrwriters, Richard Thompson, was also part of it! And the Incredible String Band... had no idea! Thank you for an enthralling, entertaining and highly informative review of Solid Air and John Martyn, criminally overlooked for too long.
Going out on a limb here, but having witnessed John at Birmingham Town Hall with his guitar, (with GIANT spliff jammed into the headstock) drum machine ( I remember him introducing the thing as John Henry, his Pygmy percussionist) and everything going through his echoplex, the sound bouncing around your head - did we witness the birth of electronic dance music in 1975?…
@Producelikeapro
2 жыл бұрын
I'd be happy to agree with that, even though the Germans had Electronic music earlier than that! Haha I love what John Martyn did! Thanks for your great comment!
Hey Warren this is so cool you're doing a video on John Martyn, great video! You wouldn't happen to be making a similar video for Nick Drake? An analysis of his music would be amazing.
@Producelikeapro
2 жыл бұрын
Thanks ever so much!!
Ow fuck yeah! This dude is a hidden gem. When I found out about him I was surprised this was not a household name.
@Producelikeapro
2 жыл бұрын
I agree! Huge fan!
Just Lovely
@Producelikeapro
2 жыл бұрын
Thanks Curtis!
DAMN RIGHT!!!!
@Producelikeapro
2 жыл бұрын
Thanks John! LOVE this album!
@JohnOShaughnessy
2 жыл бұрын
@@Producelikeapro yeah, he was quite a character! an outstanding songwriter and musician, a fierce drinker and stoner, stubborn but seriously funny! This album shook my world too when it came out .... didn't imagine I would ever get to see him, but he came to Ireland a lot and eventually settled there. He is also my reference for a lot of things musical and technical. He once did a whole concert on his own in liberty Hall in Dublin in 1974 or 75. I was there but I can't remember exactly when it was. He made me aware of what you could do with delays and pedals.
We'd just left "Sneaky Pete's" in Edinburgh at around three in the morning and we went back to the girls' (that we'd just met that evening) house to have a smoke as it was closer than my mate's that I was staying with and they played this amazing music saying that whatever mood you're in you can always find a John Martyn album that just suits it perfectly. They were not wrong and I'll never forget my introduction to this great musician.
Thank you for this! I worked for Island Records in the mid eighties and accompanied John on a tour through Germany and to several tv show appearances. He was the sweetest guy and after just a few days it almost felt like we were friends. His live shows were incredible and the sound was amazing. Although apart from some festivals, he sometimes only played in front of a few hundred people.
Tx Warren, wonderful tribute to John, I discovered him by complete accident when Spotify added a remix by Talvin Singh (Sunshine's Better) to one of my playlists. I have been besotted with his voice and sound ever since. When I started doing some research on him I saw his face on the cover of the "May You Never" album and just assumed he was a new young superstar in the making, only later to discover that he had been around since the 60's and 70's and had since very sadly passed on to a better place. I cant imagine how sad you must have been when he died because I was mortified that I had never knew him and his music while he was still alive. I have no doubt that with the digital age his legacy will blossom and John can enjoy watching from above to see many millions of new fans enjoying his talents and passion for his craft, I hope to get the opportunity to share a beer with him one day at the great big gig in the sky. Tx again mate for sharing the love, Warm Regards, Paul, Gold Coast, Australia.
@Producelikeapro
7 ай бұрын
Thanks ever so much! I’m such a huge fan! So glad I got to see him live
Well done Warren!
@Producelikeapro
2 жыл бұрын
Thanks ever so much
The Man In The Station is my favourite from Solid Air but all the songs are so good !
@Producelikeapro
2 жыл бұрын
Agreed!
Thank you guys!! John Martyn was always one of the pillars I stay as a musician and a human being. He did so much great recordings and remained superior musician and songwriter until his last days! Good bless his soul!
A wonderful video, very many thanks. I bought Solid Air when it was first released and managed to see John in concert, twice. A fantastic artist and very much missed.
Thanks for bringing this to those poor souls who don't know this album. This album runs in my veins, perfect from start to finish. Heard Solid Air on the radio 6 music earlier today and it was almost painful not to hear the opening strains of Over The Hill straight after. 'You curl around me like a fern in the spring', what an opening line...the line about Losing you're temper in a barroom fight always makes me smile...you might suggest to somebody , apart from to John, that if you're in a barroom fight you've already lost you're temper! Soul music. Would love to hear your thoughts on late period Talk Talk... more very special music that strikes deep and for ever.
@benjaminjonathanjamessisko7095
10 ай бұрын
I think "You curl around me, like a fern in the spring" is from the track "Go Down Easy". Another masterpiece. :)
@MsWorkboots21
10 ай бұрын
Fighting was just another of Martyn's enthusiasms. Temper didn't come into it. "I go intae a bar, look for the biggest guy there and hit him".
@benjaminjonathanjamessisko7095
10 ай бұрын
@@MsWorkboots21 Indeed. According to people who knew him personally, JM was a "difficult" genius.
Nice segue to Joan Armatrading; cool grooves with John Martyn...definitely a seminal album. Thanks : D
Thank you for this! Never heard of him! Will be checking this out!
@Producelikeapro
2 жыл бұрын
Thanks Ron! I'm sure you will be a fan!
THANK YOU for this video. An album that changed the way I listen to music is Nightclubbing by Grace Jones. It transcended boundaries; part reggae, part in English, part in French, part old school, part new wave, part disco, part European, with a very Jamaican baseline. Nightclubbing was nominated for a Grammy and is the product of the genius of Chris Blackwell fused with the spark of Grace Jones. Unbeatable.
I was a late comer to John Martyn while living in Southern Ireland in 2001. It hit me like I heard Astral Weeks for the first time! Introduced him to a younger Irish muso I was (and still is) close friends with - he was equally blown away. So much musicality - just comes out of every known frequency - and then add to that a message upon message of astonishing Lyrics - I also wept the day it was said, he had died - but no, like Nick - he lives on ...
@Producelikeapro
2 жыл бұрын
Thanks Graeme for sharing! Yes, huge fan! So glad to see new people discovering him!
Warren, thank you so much for sharing your heart and love of this artist. I am listening now. Stunning. What a privelege to discover it.
Thank for this video Warren! I was fortunate to see john Martyn live in an intimate setting at a bar called the edge in Toronto with Max Middleton on keyboards in support of the Some People are crazy album tour. Mind blowing! I will never forget his performance...beautiful
@Bubba0874
2 жыл бұрын
Correction...Grace and Danger Album...Some People are Crazy was on the album...
@Producelikeapro
2 жыл бұрын
Amazing! Thanks for sharing Brett!
@Producelikeapro
2 жыл бұрын
@@Bubba0874 great album!
That's Robin Williamson, not Clive Palmer. Palmer can be seen on the cover of the Incredibles' first album - legend has it that he'd nicked a couple of albums or books, which were secreted under his coat! Another great video about an incredible album!
Love it love it love it. I've been on a lifelong search for albums that have the vibe of this album. Even in its aggressive moments it still has this smooth otherworldly quality. Him, Nick Drake, Van Morrison and Tim Buckley were on another level. Great episode Warren!
In my twenties (this was the latter half of the ninteen seventies) I went to university in Groningen, Netherlands. I got to know a fellow gigging musician named Sonny Condell who was quite well known in Ireland and part of the UK/ Irish alternative folk/ folk-rock scene, but completely unknown in the Netherlands. He lived in Groningen for a year or so (Dutch girlfriend....). I'd heard of John Martyn ("May you never ..." was on an Island folk rock collection album I had), but it was Sonny who introduced me to this fantastic album Solid Air. John Martyn became one of my life long favourites. So unique. Sonny Condell was quite unique himself by the way, he toured Europe with Jethro Tull at one point. Even though no-one knew him in Groningen, het could get rowdy pub audiences to actually listen. I'm afraid history has forgotten him. Maybe he's still active in Ireland?
Warren you’ve done it again!!!! This album is one of my all time favorites…thank you so much….John had a sad and tragic life but those albums (don’t forget Bless the Weather!!) are simply transcendent…videos like this will ensure his stuff stays out in the conversation…thanks man…
I was at the record shop in the early 90s. I was thumbing thru the Elton section and found this thing that was a bootleg cd called the "Nick Drake Sessions " From that cd I was turned on to the British Folk rock music that I didn't know existed. What a treasure trove of music I went on to find from there...Fairport Convention, Nick Drake, John Martyn, Richard and Linda Thompson, Sandy Denny, Incredible String band, Pentangle, Strawbs and more. Fantastic discoveries!
Really liking this series
@Producelikeapro
2 жыл бұрын
Thanks ever so much!
The album that was my introduction to John Martyn, that and a spare ticket that took me to his gig to hear it live. Very nicely rounded summary of JM and this album. Thank you.
Oh I forgot about this album, used to spend many a hazy Sunday with this soundtracking the recovery from the weekend Thank you for this
One of the best albums ever, and luckily for me, discovered when I lived in Amsterdam and smoked marijuana everyday.
@Producelikeapro
2 жыл бұрын
Haha nice! No comment haha
A brilliant review of on of my all time fave albums. Loving your work
@Producelikeapro
2 жыл бұрын
Thanks very much
Thanks! I’ve never heard this album so I’ll have to check it out. I appreciate you introducing this record!
@Producelikeapro
2 жыл бұрын
Glad to be able to help!
Warren, I can’t tell you how much I appreciate how you have punctuated this video with your admiration for John Martyn and his work/music. Suffice to say I feel the same way. As a 40 year old there aren’t too many of my peers who share this. I had the great great pleasure of seeing him live twice! Once in Bristol colston hall (with a large Gandalf walking stick) when at uni, then in 2006 Roundhouse Camden to see him (in a wheelchair) perform the whole of solid air from start to finish!! Wow. Anyway I will just close by saying I watch all your videos and I am so regularly delighted by the topics/albums you chose to present. Love love love the multiple lenses you look through to do these great pieces of work justice in all their merits and nuances. I’m not a producer (often think I may been in a previous life) probably a closet one, I’m a keen amateur musician both just with an acoustic guitar, some piano and sing and play in a covers band in London. Keep on keepin on Warren! Much love Henry
Nicely done Warren. Not a big deal, but I've had the album since 75, still play it, still love it.
@Producelikeapro
2 жыл бұрын
Yes!! Masterpiece! Thanks
I’m going to go listen to that album now, thanks.
@Producelikeapro
2 жыл бұрын
Fantastic!
@Hartlor_Tayley
2 жыл бұрын
@@Producelikeapro beautiful album with wonderful songs and engaging performances, great dynamics and mix, it’s just like you said. It’s a keeper.
Great to hear this. First hear Solid Air in 86, it’s been a great friend ever since.
@Producelikeapro
2 жыл бұрын
Huge album for me too
Thank you! I think Johnny would love the respect you pay to all who played with him. He had a heart as big as a mountain. Such a beautiful and mysterious period in British music.
I'm 33 year old from Indonesia. Came across JM's songs a couple years back, specifically from his "Glorious Fool" album. Only discovered "Solid Air" after, and it blew me away. I felt so emotionally touched. It affected me so much I felt "richer" as a human being. It's still strange to me how music can reach your soul across borders, time, and space. Rest in peace, John. Your music lives on.
This was a definite Denmark St Saturday morning staple to get going ❤️
Great vid Warren. My friend owns Danny's bass from this time, or at least one of them! We go out as a Rockabilly trio playing the 50s classics so it's good to know a bit of Danny is on stage with me! A great album indeed just like Drake's three albums.
@Producelikeapro
2 жыл бұрын
Wow! That's amazing! Would love to see that Bass and play it!
Loving that Pharoah fact! And seeing Dave Mattacks, one of my fav drummers ever. May John Martyn and this masterpiece resonate forever.Thanks from Spain, Warren!
@Producelikeapro
2 жыл бұрын
Thanks ever so much Jorge! Agreed, Dave is an amazing talent!
May you never lay your head down Without a hand to hold May you never make your bed out in the cold Thanks Warren!
@Producelikeapro
2 жыл бұрын
Thanks David!!
Thank you very much for sharing this. This record means a lot to me. I was introduced to this album back in 1979 I think. I was still living in Italy by then and my guitar teacher Gigi Eletti (later my friend and band mate) introduced me to it (and others JM’s records). About 10 years ago I received the CD as a Christmas present from one of my kids. The very same Christmas Day a friend called me from Italy and told me that my friend and mentor was suddenly dead, 60 years old. I’m not superstitious, but sometimes strange things happen. I guess my friend is walking thru solid air.
I just went for a listen. It has a lot of the funk sound that I like. 😊
@Producelikeapro
2 жыл бұрын
Fantastic! Thanks Audrey!
I'm still making my way through this video, but paused to order the album.
@Producelikeapro
2 жыл бұрын
Fantastic! That made my day! Thanks Anton!
@AntonBarbeauOfficial
2 жыл бұрын
@@Producelikeapro I've been aware of the album for years, and have always intended to grab it, but your vid, made with such love, did the trick.
In my top ten all time records.
@Producelikeapro
2 жыл бұрын
Mine too! Thanks ever so much!
Luckily I have been listening to John since 1970.... And similarly I was lucky enough to have seen him live 4 times.. all in Glasgow... all stunning evenings of John's music... HE was a true one off. Thank you for posting..
@Producelikeapro
2 жыл бұрын
That’s amazing! I only saw him once, it was wonderful
@johnpbh
2 жыл бұрын
@@Producelikeapro Something occurred to me after posting that.. you were asking about other albums to give this treatment to.... SO.. another of my favourites is Roy Harper... could you cope with giving "Stormcock" similar treatment. I do realise that Roy isn't to everyones taste but a certain S. Flavious Mecurius is prominently featured on acoustic guitar on "The Same Old Rock"... AKA - Jimmy Page.
JM was at his best in a live scenario, with the Echoplex and Big Muff. Blazing away and taking you into another world.
Thank you for this review. I was a student in the 70's and when this album came out all the cool dudes were listening and still are...❤️
@Producelikeapro
2 жыл бұрын
Amazing! Thanks ever so much