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John Martyn - Solid Air (Deluxe Edition)

Year 2009

Disc 1
1. Solid Air (Album Version) 5:43
2. Over The Hill (Album Version) 2:51
3. Don't Want To Know (Album Version) 3:00
4. I'd Rather Be The Devil (Devil Got My Woman) (Album Version) 6:16
5. Go Down Easy (Album Version) 3:34
6. Dreams By The Sea (Album Version) 3:15
7. May You Never (Album Version) 3:39
8. The Man In The Station (Album Version) 2:51
9. The Easy Blues 3:20

Disc 2
1. Solid Air (Alternative Take) 5:48
2. Over The Hill (Alternative Take) 3:28
3. Don't Want To Know (Alternative Take) 3:26
4. I'd Rather Be The Devil (Devil Got My Woman) (Alternative Take) 7:40
5. Go Down Easy (Alternative Take) 4:55
6. Dreams By The Sea (Alternative Take) 3:22
7. May You Never (Alternative Take) 3:33
8. The Man In The Station (Alternative Take) 5:32
9. The Easy Blues/Gentle Blues 4:49
10. Keep On 4:57
11. When It's Dark 8:36
12. In The Evening 4:04
13. May You Never (Single Version)2:43
14. The Easy Blues (Live)3:24
15. May You Never (Live)3:40
16. I'd Rather Be The Devil (Devil Got My Woman) (Live Version) 8:33

Throughout his 30 year plus career, Scottish musician John Martyn had touched on an eclectic range of sounds and styles. His continuous work in the jazz, blues, folk and rock fields has resulted in some fantastic music though, somehow, Martyn never really got his full props. The title track on Solid Air is a tribute song to his then depressed friend Nick Drake, which immediately lends a sentimental streak The rest of the album reveals its charms in a respectful manner, slowly but surely crystallising much of his earlier work into a coherent yet diverse whole. Using his soft, almost whispery vocal style and gifted guitar phrasing as connecting threads throughout, Martyn offers up a sprawling mesh of dark blues, progressive electric guitar, deep, tribal rock and lighter jazz to make what was one of the biggest benchmark albums of his career.
He began as a folksy minstrel but seemed drawn to experimental, free form improvisation. Solid Air is where John Martyn's love affair with effects and echoplex became serious. The title track, dedicated to his close friend Nick Drake, became a eulogy, while the breezy "Over The Hill" one of the greatest songs ever written about a train journey is a feathery delight. "May You Never" and "Don't Want To Know" continued the simple, stoned ballad approach, although it is his interpretation of Skip James' "I'd Rather Be The Devil," totally reshaped with hypnotic shifts, tidal echoes, and a slurred growl, which broods over the whole album. A record that remains Martyn's youthful zenith.
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