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John Martyn Iain David McGeachy (11 September 1948 – 29 January 2009), known professionally as John Martyn, was a Scottish singer-songwriter and guitarist. Over a 40-year career, he released 23 studio albums, and received frequent critical acclaim. ...

album released in 1975. John Martyn's follow-up to 1973's '' Inside Out'' is a more song-oriented, less experimental album. His eighth record, including two with his wife Beverley Martyn, shows the many facets of Martyn's playing, from his effects-driven electric guitar to his acoustic work. This album contains a collection of original songs along with a pair of covers: the traditional British ballad "Spencer the Rover", and the country standard "Satisfied Mind". The song "The Message" features a pair of verses written by Martyn sung in his typical style, alternating with a pair of verses from the Scottish folk ballad "

Mairi's Wedding "Mairi's Wedding" (also known as Marie's Wedding, the Lewis Bridal Song, or gd, Màiri Bhàn "Blond Mary") is a Scottish folk song originally written in Gaelic by John Roderick Bannerman (1865–1938) for Mary C. MacNiven (1905–1997) on the o ...

" sung with a Scottish lilt.

Track listing

All tracks composed and arranged by John Martyn except where indicated #"One Day Without You" #"Lay It All Down" #"Root Love" #"My Baby Girl" #"Sunday's Child" #"Spencer the Rover" (Traditional; arranged by John Martyn) #"Clutches" #"The Message" #"

Satisfied Mind ''Satisfied Mind'' is the sixth album by American rock band The Walkabouts, released in 1993 on Sub Pop.The Walkaboutsat Discogs'' It consists entirely of covers of roots music and compositions by modern singer-songwriters, including songs auth ...

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Red Hayes Joe Herman "Red" Hayes (1926-1973) was a fiddle player and singer-songwriter who co-wrote "A Satisfied Mind" with Jack Rhodes. He was born April 4, 1926 in Garden Valley, Texas. During a UK tour with Faron Young, Hayes died of a heart attack ...

Jack Rhodes Andrew Jackson "Jack" Rhodes (January 12, 1907 – October 9, 1968) was an American country music producer and songwriter, with songwriting credits on over 625 released songs. Several of his songs became hit records, including "A Satisfied Mind" ...

; falsely credited as Traditional, arranged by John Martyn) #"You Can Discover" #"Call Me Crazy"

Bonus tracks

#"Ellie Rhee" (outtake) #"A Satisfied Mind" (first mix) #"One Day Without You" (live) #"You Can Discover" (live) #"My Baby Girl" (live) #"The Message" (live) #"Spencer The Rover" (live) Bonus tracks 3–7 recorded 7 January 1975 for

John Peel John Robert Parker Ravenscroft (30 August 1939 – 25 October 2004), known professionally as John Peel, was an English disc jockey (DJ) and radio presenter. He was the longest-serving of the original BBC Radio 1 DJs, broadcasting regularly fr ...

session. John Martyn solo, with guitar.

Personnel

*John Martyn – vocals, guitar, Moog synthesiser, clavinet *

Danny Thompson Daniel Henry Edward Thompson (born 4 April 1939) is an English multi-instrumentalist best known as a double bassist. He has had a long musical career playing with a large variety of other musicians, particularly Richard Thompson and John Mart ...

– double bass *

Liam Genockey Liam Genockey (born 12 August 1948) is an Irish musician, who is the drummer with British folk rock band Steeleye Span. Biography Genockey was born in Dublin, Ireland. During the 1960s he lived in Plymouth, Devon, U.K, playing in local semi- ...

– drums * Al Anderson – bass on "One Day Without You" *

John Bundrick John Douglas "Rabbit" Bundrick (born November 21, 1948 in Houston, Texas) is an American–English rock keyboardist. He is best known for his work with The Who and associations with others including Eric Burdon, Bob Marley and the Wailers, Roge ...

– piano on "My Baby Girl" *Keshav Sathe – tabla on "My Baby Girl" *Beverley Martyn – backing vocals on "My Baby Girl" * Terry Wilson – bass on "Clutches" *

Tony Braunagel Tony Braunagel is an American drummer, producer, and songwriter from Houston, Texas, United States, who is based in Los Angeles, California. Braunagel has played on many film scores and television shows as well as numerous albums as a musician, ...

– drums on "Clutches" ;Technical *Richard Digby Smith - engineer *

Dick Cuthell Dick Cuthell is a British musician and record producer. He plays flugelhorn, cornet, and trumpet, amongst a range of other brass instruments, including tenor horn and valve trombone. Cuthell is best known for his work with The SpecialsStrong, Ma ...

- technician *Visualeyes - photography

References

External links

The Official John Martyn Website
{{Authority control John Martyn albums 1975 albums Island Records albums