May You Never: The Essential John Martyn

Compilation by John Martyn

Released 25 November 2016

folk rock rock

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Tracklist

CD 1
1
Fairy Tale Lullaby
2:51
2
London Conversation
2:43
3
Cocain
2:59
4
Back to Stay
3:29
5
Goin' Down to Memphis
3:08
6
Fishin' Blues
2:35
7
Knuckledy Crunch and Slippledee-Slee Song
2:52
8
Stormbringer
4:18
9
John the Baptist (alternate version)
2:54
10
Traffic-Light Lady
3:17
11
Primrose Hill
2:54
3.0 ★
12
Say What You Can
3:03
13
Road to Ruin
6:23
14
Go Easy (take 3)
4:17
15
Bless the Weather
4:28
16
Head and Heart
4:53
17
Singin' in the Rain
1:30
18
Glistening Glyndebourne (alternate take Previously Unreleased)
7:49
19
I'd Rather Be the Devil (Devil Got My Woman)
6:22
3.5 ★
20
The Easy Blues / Gentle Blues
3:23
21
The Man in Th Estation (alternate take #2)
2:59
CD 2
1
May You Never
3:43
4.0 ★
2
Solid Air
5:44
3
Over the Hill (alternate take)
3:20
4
Fine Lines
3:49
5
Ain't No Saint
3:39
6
The Glory of Love
1:57
7
Beverley
3:55
8
Make No Mistake (instrumental)
6:46
9
One Day Without You
2:58
10
Sunday's Child
3:17
11
Spencer the Rover
4:10
12
You Can Discover
3:43
13
Couldn't Love You More
3:08
14
One World
4:01
15
Smiling Stranger (alternate take #2)
3:37
16
Small Hours
8:44
17
Save Some (For Me)
3:32
18
Johnny Too Bad
3:55
19
Grace and Danger (instrumental)
5:16
CD 3
1
Some People Are Crazy
4:13
2
Sweet Little Mystery
5:20
3
Baby, Please Come Home
3:50
4
Sapphire
5:12
5
Over the Rainbow
3:21
6
Fisherman's Dream
4:14
7
Acid Rain (Andy Lyden mix)
4:06
8
Mad Dog Days (Andy Lyden mix)
5:22
9
Tight Connection to My Heart (Has Anybody Seen My Love?)
3:47
10
Angeline
4:42
11
Piece by Piece (alternate take #1)
3:57
12
John Wayne (alternate take #1)
5:50
13
Love of Mine (alternate take #1)
4:23
14
Serendipity
4:09
15
Who Believes in Angels? (alternate take #1)
4:56
16
The River (The Apprentice version)
4:17
17
Deny This Love
4:07
18
Lifeline
3:53

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Release credits

Al Stewart
producer [5, 7]
Chris Blackwell
producer [16]
Danny Thompson
double bass [1.19, 2.1]
Dave Lawson
additional [2-3], synthesizer [2-3]
Dave Mattacks
drums (drum set) [1.19, 2.1]
Dave Pegg
bass [1.19, 2.1]
Harvey Brooks
electric bass guitar [8]
Herb Lovelle
drums (drum set) [8]
Joe Boyd
producer [8, 11-13]
John Giblin
bass [3.2-3, 2.17-18]
John Martyn
acoustic guitar [2.1, 1.8, 1.19], arranger [8, 11, 13], electric guitar [1.19, 2.1], guitar [3.2-3, 2.17-18], lead vocals [8], producer [2.1, 1.19], vocal [2.1, 2.17-18, 3.2-3, 1.19]
John Wood
engineer [2.1, 1.19], producer [1.19, 2.1]
John Wood
recording [8, 11-13]
John “Rabbit” Bundrick
clavinet [2.1, 1.19], organ [2.1, 1.19], piano [2.1, 1.19]
Neemoi Acquaye
congas [1.19, 2.1]
Paul Harris
arranger [8, 11, 13], piano [8]
Phil Collins
background vocals [3.2-3, 2.17-18], drums (drum set) [2.17-18, 3.2-3]
Tommy Eyre
keyboard [2.17-18, 3.2-3], synthesizer [3.2-3, 2.17-18]
Tony Cox
arranger [12]

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May You Never: The Essential John Martyn
3x CD
25 November 2016
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May You Never: The Essential John Martyn
Digital Media
25 November 2016