John Martyn - One World (Deluxe Edition) '2004

Tracks list

Tracklist:

[4:59] 01. John Martyn - Dealer (Album Version)
[4:04] 02. John Martyn - One World (Album Version)
[3:30] 03. John Martyn - Smiling Stranger (Album Version)
[6:26] 04. John Martyn - Big Muff (Album Version)
[3:08] 05. John Martyn - Couldnt Love You More (Album Version)
[3:52] 06. John Martyn - Certain Surprise (Album Version)
[3:56] 07. John Martyn - Dancing (Album Version)
[8:44] 08. John Martyn - Small Hours (Album Version)
[3:06] 09. John Martyn - Certain Surprise (Live At Regents Park/1976)
[3:06] 10. John Martyn - Couldnt Love You More (Live At Regents Park/1976)
[5:20] 11. John Martyn - One World (Live At Regents Park/1976)
[6:11] 12. John Martyn - Dealer (Live At Regents Park/1976)
[7:18] 13. John Martyn - Small Hours (Live At Regents Park/1976)
[5:52] 14. John Martyn - Black Man At The Shoulder (Out Take)
[4:31] 15. John Martyn - Dealer (First Alternate Version)
[4:05] 16. John Martyn - One World (Alternate Version)
[4:41] 17. John Martyn - Smiling Stranger (Instrumental Version)
[6:46] 18. John Martyn - Big Muff (Alternate Version With Drums)
[4:47] 19. John Martyn - Certain Surprise (Alternate Version)
[3:43] 20. John Martyn - Dancing (Alternate Version)
[4:48] 21. John Martyn - Big Muff (Drum Machine Version)
[4:55] 22. John Martyn - Dealer (Second Alternate Version)
[10:20] 23. John Martyn - Small Hours (Instrumental Version)

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ABOUT THE ALBUM
2 disc(s) - 23 track(s)
Total length: 01:57:53
Main artist: John Martyn
Composer: John Martyn
Label: UMC (Universal Music Catalogue)
Genre: Pop/Rock Pop
© 2004 Decca Music Group Limited This Compilation
â„— 2004 Decca Music Group Limited

After Sundays Child, John Martyn took an extended break from studio recording.
By late 1975, feeling he was close to going completely round the bend, he had
also stopped touring. To put some distance between himself and the pressures of
the business and to recoup his creative energies, he went to Jamaica. There,
after meeting dub producer Lee Scratch Perry, Martyn sat in on sessions by other
artists and contributed to Burning Spears Man in the Hills. Martyn returned to
the U.K. reinvigorated and began recording One World in summer 1977. Produced by
Island boss Chris Blackwell and featuring Dave Pegg, Morris Pert, John Stevens,
Danny Thompson, and Steve Winwood, among others, One World combines the
experimental tendencies of 1973s Inside Out and the more conventional song
structures of Sundays Child. While tracks like Couldnt Love You More, Smiling
Stranger, and Certain Surprise display some continuity with the rootsy, jazzy
folk-rock of Martyns previous albums, this record has a stronger commercial feel
than his earlier work, crossing over into pop territory. Especially memorable in
that regard is the electrified swagger of Big Muff, a number co-written by Perry
that would become one of Martyns live staples. But One Worlds understated
explorations of mood are even more compelling; the experimental nature of dub --
of which Perry was a legendary exponent -- clearly resonated with Martyn. Since
the early 70s, he had displayed a keen ear for sonic manipulation, using effects
like Echoplex and a phase shifter to craft drifting, hypnotic textures. Here,
the lazy title track and the synth-pulsing Small Hours exemplify Martyns knack
for mesmerizing, smoky grooves. Those looser, atmospheric numbers
notwithstanding, most of One World signals the more slick pop direction John
Martyn would take in the 80s starting with Grace & Danger (and with increasingly
mixed results). [In 2005, Island released a Deluxe Edition of One World that
included five live tracks and 10 alternate versions of songs from the initial
release.] © Wilson Neate /TiVo



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