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John Martyn - Solid Air FLAC album


Performer: John Martyn
Genre: Rock / Folk and Country
Title: Solid Air
Country: UK
Style: Folk, Folk Rock, Acoustic
Label: Island Records
Catalog Number: ILPM 9226
FLAC version ZIP size: 1951 mb
MP3 version ZIP size: 1757 mb
WMA version ZIP size: 1433 mb
Rating: 4.0
Votes: 602

Tracklist

1Solid Air5:43
2Go Down Easy3:34
3May You Never3:40
4Over The Hill2:52
5The Easy Blues3:19
6I'd Rather Be The Devil
Written-By – Skip James
6:17
7The Man In The Station3:50
8Don't Want To Know3:00
9Dreams By The Sea3:15

Versions

CategoryArtistTitle (Format)LabelCategoryCountryYear
ILPS 9226John Martyn Solid Air ‎(LP, Album, Pin)Island RecordsILPS 9226UK1973
ILPS 19226John Martyn Solid Air ‎(LP, Album, RE, Gat)Island RecordsILPS 19226Italy1980
533 763-6John Martyn Solid Air ‎(LP, Album, Ltd, RE, RM, Blu)Island Records533 763-6Europe2018
ZCI9226John Martyn Solid Air ‎(Cass, Album)Island RecordsZCI9226UK1973
ILPS-9226John Martyn Solid Air ‎(LP, Album, Gat)Island RecordsILPS-9226UK1975

Credits

  • BassDave Pegg
  • CongasSpeedy
  • Double BassDanny Thompson
  • DrumsDave Mattacks
  • Engineer, ProducerJohn Wood
  • Piano, Organ, ClavinetRabbit
  • Vocals, Acoustic Guitar, Electric Guitar, ProducerJohn Martyn
  • AutoharpSimon Nicol (tracks: A2)
  • BassDave Pegg
  • CongasSpeedy
  • Double BassDanny Thompson
  • DrumsDave Mattacks
  • EngineerJohn Wood
  • Lacquer Cut ByG-Ten
  • MandolinRichard Thompson (tracks: A2)
  • Photography By [Front Cover]John Webster
  • Photography By [Inside, Back Cover]Brian Cooke
  • Piano [Acoustic Piano], Electric Piano, Organ, ClavinetRabbit
  • ProducerJohn Martyn, John Wood
  • SaxophoneTony Coe (tracks: A1, A2)
  • SleeveFabio Nicoli
  • SynthesizerJohn Martyn (tracks: A5)
  • VibraphoneTristan Fry (tracks: A1)
  • ViolinSue Draheim (tracks: A2)
  • Vocals, Acoustic Guitar, Electric GuitarJohn Martyn
  • Written-ByJohn Martyn (tracks: A1 to A3, B1 to B5)

Notes

No GatefoldOriginally released in 1973 in a gatefold cover. This version is in a standard cover.

℗ 1973 Island Records Ltd.

Recorded at Island and Sound Techniques Studios November / December 1972

Neemoi Acquaye appears courtesy of Mercury Records

Barcodes

  • Barcode: 042284255417
  • Matrix / Runout: ILPM 9226-A
  • Matrix / Runout: ILPM 9226-B
  • Matrix / Runout (Side A runout etched): ILPM 9226 A2 THE EXCHANGE
  • Matrix / Runout (Side B runout stamped): ILPM 9226 B-5U-1-1-
  • Matrix / Runout (Side B runout etched): G-TEN
  • Rights Society: M.C.P.S.
  • Label Code: LC 0407
  • Price Code: PY 263
  • Other (Cat # on Sleeve): 842 554-1
  • Matrix / Runout (Run-out Side A etched [-1U GO STERLING stamped]): ILPS 9226 A -2U 2 9
  • Matrix / Runout: ILPS 9226 B 1 ILPS 9226 B - 5U - 1 - 1 - 9 gten

Companies

  • Mastered At – Sterling Sound
  • Printed By – MacNeill Press Ltd.
  • Phonographic Copyright (p) – Island Records Ltd.
  • Produced For – Witchseason Productions Ltd.
  • Recorded At – Island Studios
  • Recorded At – Sound Techniques, London
  • Published By – Warlock Music Ltd.
  • Pressed By – EMI Records
  • Phonographic Copyright (p) – Island Records Ltd.
  • Produced For – Witchseason Productions Ltd.
  • Pressed By – EMI Studios
  • Published By – Warlock Music Ltd.
  • Recorded At – Island Studios
  • Recorded At – Sound Techniques, London
  • Lacquer Cut At – The Exchange

Video

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I have found this a pleasant pressing - probably not the last word in what is possible with this album but very listenable none the less.