JOHN MARTYN : LIVE

 

Disc One (65:39)

  1. Easy Blues
  2. May You Never
  3. Dealer
  4. Outside In
  5. Never Let Me Go
  6. Sapphire
  7. Could'nt Love You More
  8. Deny This Love
  9. Fisherman's Dream
  10. Big Muff
  11. Angeline
  12. Sweet Little Mystery

Disc Two (66:53)

  1. The River
  2. Income Town
  3. The Apprentice
  4. John Wayne
  5. Look At That Girl
  6. Lookin' On
  7. Johnny Too Bad
  8. One World

Label : Permanent Records

Venue : Shaw Theatre, London, UK

Recording Date : March 31, 1990

Release Date : July 1995

Review (AllMusic) : Released five years after the performance from whence it came, Live is a decent if unessential album. Focusing primarily on songs from his later career, it's a very slick, keyboard-heavy collection. None of the songs add anything to previously released versions, though David Gilmour guests on "John Wayne" and "Look at That Girl" (which is about Martyn's daughter, who was in the audience). For those wanting the visual aspect of the show, The Apprentice Tour videotape duplicates most of what's on the album. This was released in a few different versions, first on Permanent Records, then a few years later on Voiceprint/One World (with their usual song title misspellings), and then on Griffin as Dirty, Down and Live.

Review (John Martyn) : Released in July 1995 and recorded during The Apprentice tour at the Shaw Theatre, London. To support the release of The Apprentice John toured for three months in the UK and Europe, including eleven dates at London’s Shaw Theatre which featured guest artists and reunited John with his right hand man, Danny Thompson. Pink Floyd’s David Gilmour also guested and the show at which he appeared was filmed and released on Video in August 1990. David Gilmour features on the album but unfortunately Danny Thompson didn’t play. John and David Gilmour were interviewed on television and Gilmour said he had admired John’s music for a long time and even knew one or two songs! The pair had only rehearsed for a couple of hours before going on stage and Gilmour jokingly said that John would glare at him when he got it wrong! Another spontaneous recording.