BBC Radio 1 Live In Concert

John Martyn | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (September 18, 1992)
• Label: BBC Windsong
• ASIN: B000001QCT
• Also Available in: Audio CD
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #949,534 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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5.0 out of 5 stars Must Have, September 6, 2001

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mark gilbert (Coralville, Iowa USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: BBC Radio 1 Live In Concert (Audio CD)

If I didn't already own this CD, I'd buy it just for the version of "Over The Rainbow" - John's version is hauntingly beautiful. I don't know of any other albums with this song which makes this a must-have. Hearing John Martyn is always a treat but his live albums are especially intimate. Like Townes Van Zandt, you learn a lot about the man hearing his comments between songs and such. Some of the best songs on this album are the classic love ballad "Head and Heart" ("Love me with your head and heart...Love me like a child"), the hilarious "Big Muff" ("Big Muff, get away with your powder puff. Lord knows you're tryin to kill me."), the traditional classic "Spencer the Rover" ("This tune was composed by Spencer the Rover - as valiant a man as ever left home. And he had been much reduced which caused great confusion. And that was the reason he started to roam.") If you have never heard John, buy the anthology "Sweet Little Mysteries" and when you get your jaw back up off the floor, buy BBC Live.

5.0 out of 5 stars A real winner, March 17, 2006

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E. C Goodstein (Northern CA United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: BBC Radio 1 Live In Concert (Audio CD)

I agree with the other reviews. Lots of JM live ones & others (esp. recently) out, & if not quite the intesnity and raw excitement of Live at Leeds, still beautiful: this one worth searching out IMO. Very nice sound is a big plus, and fine mix of material. "Big Muff"

is a bit on the soft side this time, but interesting for that. Nice incorporation of a few '70's tracks into mainly '86 stuff too. Only minus-- wish they listed the other players (or not on my copy anyway). A definite keeper though-- esp. from anytime after c80.

Lilting, lovely & still an edge-- JM near peak form.

5.0 out of 5 stars been brilliant for years, July 3, 2004

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Pauline Gardiner (Manchester United Kingdom) - See all my reviews

This review is from: BBC Radio 1 Live In Concert (Audio CD)

Have desperately sought this CD for years, since my taped version of the BBC Live in Concert is disintegrating, and the original was deleted by Windsong. Saw a programme on John Martyn last night - great bio, have vinyl versions of early stuff but there always new stuff going on in the live version. Acoustics incredible.
"Live at the Green Banana, down in the Coconut Rooms..."
still incredible.