London Conversation

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London Conversation
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Studio album by
ReleasedOctober 1967
RecordedTony Pike's studio, Putney, London
Genre Folk music
Folk rock
Label Island
Producer Theo Johnson
Supervised by Chris Blackwell
John Martyn chronology
London Conversation
(1967)
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(1968)
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London Conversation is the first album by John Martyn, released on Island Records in 1967. Largely self-penned, the album is much more folk oriented than his blues/jazz tinged later releases. Recording was completed by 9 August and the album was released when Martyn was 19 in October 1967. The album reputedly cost £158 to record. [1] The cover photo was taken by Barry Wentzel on the roof of Island Records boss Chris Blackwell's flat in Cromwell Road, London. [2]

Contents

Track listing

All tracks composed by John Martyn except where indicated.

Side one
  1. "Fairy Tale Lullaby" – 2:50
  2. "Sandy Grey" (Robin Frederick) – 2:25
  3. "London Conversation" (Martyn, Jon Sundell) – 2:42
  4. "Ballad of an Elder Woman" – 2:43
  5. "Cocain" (Traditional; arranged by Martyn) – 2:59
  6. "Run Honey Run" – 2:37
Side two
  1. "Back to Stay" – 3:28
  2. "Rolling Home" – 5:43
  3. "Who's Grown Up Now" – 4:01
  4. "Golden Girl" – 2:34
  5. "This Time" – 3:07
  6. "Don't Think Twice" (Bob Dylan) – 4:11
Bonus track on 2005 CD reissue
  1. "She Moved Through the Fair" (Traditional) – 2:33

Personnel

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References

  1. Penney, Stuart; Savage, Chris (September 1996). "Frog to Prog: Pink Label LPs". Record Collector (205): 84.
  2. John Neil Munro (1 May 2011). Some People Are Crazy: The John Martyn Story. Birlinn. p. 52. ISBN   9780857900067.