No Little Boy

John Martyn | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (July 6, 1993)
• Original Release Date: 1993
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Rhino / Wea
• ASIN: B0000034AN
• Also Available in: Audio Cassette
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #286,427 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Solid Air

2. Ways To Cry

3. Could've Been Me

4. I Don't Wanna Know

5. Just Now

6. One Day Without You

7. Sweet Little Mystery

8. Sunday's Child

9. Head And Heart

10. Fine Lines

11. Bless The Weather

12. Man In The Station

13. One World

Editorial Reviews

This CD is an out of print collectible! It is the original 1993 release.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Rearranged classics create a worthwhile new release!, January 18, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: No Little Boy (Audio CD)

This album conssits of new arrangements of John Martyn classics. These are not the original versions, which can be found on earlier albums or on the compilation from Island, Sweet Little Mysteries. Still, the songs here are enriched by Martyn's reaching middle age. "I don't wanna know" carries a lot more weight and sadness than the original recorded over twenty years ago, and all the songs in general benefit from Martyn's maturity.

The arrangements on "No Little Boy" are first class, with guest appearances by such "stars" Phil Collins, David Gilmour, Levon Helm and a number of talented session musicians. The jazziness of the music is in the forefront; those who want to hear Martyn's distinctive guitar playing should look elsewhere. Only on "Solid Air" can you hear his finger picking coming through.

I highly enjoy this album. I've also played it for number of my friends, who never knew of Martyn and are now hunting this cd down.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars No Little Boy - top 4 JM, May 26, 2002

By 

James E. Tessier (Forestdale, RI USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: No Little Boy (Audio CD)

To hear John Martyn croon on "ONE WORLD," a song from an album impossible to find, is worth the price. Levon Helm and Phil Collins helping on some classic Martyn is great, too. I've been a big fan of JM since 1970. The classic cover of "Solid Air" is superb. And "Ways to Cry," has a hauntingly wonderful phrase repeated that I never heard before in the original; "got no little boy left..." "Fine Lines" is another great self-cover. If you are a "real fan" of JM, you will appreciate the fresh take on some of his best tunes. I put NO LITTLE BOY in my top 4 JM list, which includes BLESS THE WEATHER, SOLID AIR and ONE WORLD. Don't miss a chance on this one, no matter what any mis-guided JM purist says. To see JM play is to understand evolution. It is after all, a NEW WORLD. Fresh interpretations of songs is the right of the originator. Understand that and enjoy them with fresh ears. There's more than plenty there to enjoy.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars If you haven't heard it, you are missing something wonderful, June 15, 1998

By A Customer

This review is from: No Little Boy (Audio CD)

John Martyn has a voice that feels like warm dark chocolate.This album is a goldmine of sweet, jazzy love songs that will make you feel good. Mood music that wraps you in a feeling that is sexy yet emotional. John Martyn is my favorite and this album is his best. This is music to fall in love to.