Stormbringer!

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Stormbringer!
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ReleasedFebruary 1970
RecordedSummer 1969, Woodstock, USA
Genre British folk rock
Length55:15 (2005 reissue)
Label UK: Island
USA: Warner Bros.
Producer Joe Boyd
John and Beverley Martyn chronology
The Tumbler
(1968)
Stormbringer!
(1970)
The Road to Ruin
(1970)
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Stormbringer! is a 1970 album released by John and Beverley Martyn. It has no connection to Michael Moorcock's 1965 Elric novel of the same name. John Martyn wrote six of the ten songs and Beverley four. The album was recorded under the direction of Paul Harris in Woodstock, New York.

Contents

Two of the tracks feature the drumming of Levon Helm, from the Band who had an influence on John Martyn's music.

Track listing

All tracks composed by John Martyn except where indicated.

  1. "Go Out and Get It"
  2. "Can't Get The One I Want" (Beverley Martyn)
  3. "Stormbringer"
  4. "Sweet Honesty" (Beverley Martyn)
  5. "Woodstock"
  6. "John The Baptist"
  7. "The Ocean" (Beverley Martyn)
  8. "Traffic-Light Lady"
  9. "Tomorrow Time" (Beverley Martyn)
  10. "Would You Believe Me?"

The remastered CD issue contained the following previously unreleased tracks:

  1. "One of Those Days"
  2. "I Don't Know"
  3. "John The Baptist"
  4. "Traffic-Light Lady"

The bonus tracks were recorded during a demo session at Sound Techniques Studios, Chelsea on 16 April 1969

Personnel

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References

  1. Chrispell, James. Stormbringer! at AllMusic
  2. Wirth, Jim (October 2023). "Lucifer rising". Mojo . p. 94.
  3. The Word review