(FM broadcast FLAC)
John Martyn
1971-05-09 London, England Paris Theatre (M1-FM)
BBC Radio 1 John Peel's "Sunday Show"
"This is a song called 'The Road To Ruin' which was written on a day that I decided there was nothing in the world really worth worrying about anymore. It was a good day."
01. Tree Green
02. Bless The Weather
03. Would You Believe Me?
04. The Road To Ruin
Total Time ::: 21:31
::: Very fine & steady mono radio broadcast, but it ain't super audiophile. Check samples for personal assessment or blissification anticipation.
::: Warts: 1st song at about 1:58 has a brief tape slowdown glitch.
::: Bill was John Martyn & The Groundhogs! Heavenly or what... To have seen the 1971 Groundhogs after this mind-blowing Martyn set.
Recording Information ::: unknown reel-to-reel recorder (miked speakers or line recording?) -> off-air master mono reel-to-reel tape -> 1st generation Maxell XLII-90 cassette, Dolby B on.
Playback 2012-05-08 ::: 1st generation Maxell XLII-90 cassette on Nakamichi BX-300 cassette deck, Dolby B on, azimuth & pitch adjusted, heads cleaned & demagnatized -> Tascam CD-RW900SL pro CD recorder -> CD-RW -> computer, EAC secure -> wavs -> Audacity (fades &/or glitches, dropouts, volume adjustments, no EQ) -> CD Wave (track splits) -> Trader's Little Helper -> yer ears. First uploaded week of 2012-05-10.
Line-up ::: John Martyn - acoustic guitar (with effects), vocals.
Nothing here ever commercially released to my knowledge. If I'm wrong, please advise & I'll take the offending trax offline.
CoolSonics 155 ::: Thanks to the original taper & trader! ::: Corrections welcome ::: The first two songs are just plain beautiful, but then "Would You Believe Me?" moves in the farthest reaches of a haunted tremelo trance state and it's likely yer heart will bleed a bit. This enters the zone with memories of the one that ripped you apart & left you with your heart gasping, permanently tranformed. I'd say it is a nearly perfect six minutes of music. No joke. Then it continues right in the same vein with "The Road To Ruin", which will undoubtably have you trying to remember which way up is. Beyond excellent.
Kudos to Zongo for life support, Lochner for mikes&more & Fast Freddie for runnin' Video Dick's Record Emporium with the bathroom office full of tape decks. Thanks to Hanwaker (few among us can keep his pace). Mountains of gratitude to Davmar, D.White, Sanchez, Elliot, The Florida Kid, Kloiber, Zingg, JTW, Bershaw, Boston Gold, Weeks, Dixon, Moore, Gough & SO many more for all that collecting & sharing... Royal thanks to The Man In The Palace, Doc Tinker, Brinkhoffs, Barely Eatin', Reel Master Gaule, Parrish & all the traders who housed me thru my music acquisition & travel years. Hats off to Brother Kent, Uncle Jake, Little Queenie (& her neighbor Frank) & his honor Ptomaine Thomas. Glasses raised to Byron for musical horizon expansion & much obliged to J & Thurston for keepin' my concert fires burnin' since my continental shift. Thanks to the Mods for keepin' DIME alive. Enjoy, share, give, spread peace. Yers truly, Knees
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