John Martyn London Conversation 1967 (mp3)

John Martyn, OBE (11 September 1948 – 29 January 2009), born Iain David McGeachy, was a British singer-songwriter and guitarist. Over a forty-year career he released twenty studio albums, working with artists such as Eric Clapton and David Gilmour. He has been described by The Times as "an electrifying guitarist and singer whose music blurred the boundaries between folk, jazz, rock and blues".(Wikipedia)

London Conversation is the first album by John Martyn released on Island Records in 1967. Largely self-penned, the album is much more folk oriented than the Blues/Jazz tinged later releases. The album reputedly cost £158 to record.[1]


All tracks composed by John Martyn except where indicated

Side one

1. "Fairy Tale Lullaby" – 2:50
2. "Sandy Grey" (Robin Frederick) – 2:25
3. "London Conversation" (Martyn, J. Sundell) – 2:42
4. "Ballad Of An Elder Woman" – 2:43
5. "Cocaine" (Traditional, arranged John Martyn) – 2:59
6. "Run Honey Run" – 2:37

Side two

1. "Back To Stay" – 3:28
2. "Rolling Home" – 5:43
3. "Who's Grown Up Now" – 4:01
4. "Golden Girl" – 2:34
5. "This Time" – 3:07
6. "Don't Think Twice It's Alright" (Bob Dylan)


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Anyhow wanted to share this rather rare album of John Martyn (1967) unfortunately some idiot forgot to seed it completly so here is the entire thing. (I am not the author of the previous/incomplete trrnt).