The Island Years

The Island Years

The Island Years

The Island Years

Compilation by John Martyn

Released 1 January 2013

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Tracklist

Digital Media 1
1
Fairy Tale Lullaby
2:53
2
Sandy Grey
2:25
3
London Conversation
2:42
4
Ballad of an Elder Woman
2:43
5
Cocain
2:57
6
Run Honey Run
2:37
7
Back to Stay
3:28
8
Rolling Home
5:44
9
Who’s Grown Up Now
4:03
10
Golden Girl
2:33
11
This Time
3:07
12
Don’t Think Twice It’s Alright
4:15
13
Sing a Song of Summer
2:20
14
The River
2:55
15
Goin’ Down to Memphis
3:09
16
The Gardeners
3:12
17
A Day at the Sea
2:31
18
Fishin’ Blues
2:36
19
Dusty
3:03
20
Hello Train
2:34
21
Winin’ Boy Blues
2:20
22
Fly on Home
2:30
23
Knuckledy Crunch and Slippledee-Slee Song
2:53
24
Seven Black Roses
4:01
Digital Media 2
1
Go Out and Get It
John Martyn & Beverley Martyn
3:11
2
Can’t Get the One I Want
John Martyn & Beverley Martyn
2:55
3
Stormbringer
John Martyn & Beverley Martyn
4:18
4
Sweet Honesty
John Martyn & Beverley Martyn
8:03
5
Woodstock
John Martyn & Beverley Martyn
1:44
6
John the Baptist
John Martyn & Beverley Martyn
3:13
7
The Ocean
John Martyn & Beverley Martyn
3:41
8
Traffic-Light Lady
John Martyn & Beverley Martyn
3:19
9
Tomorrow Time
John Martyn & Beverley Martyn
3:51
10
Would You Believe Me
John Martyn & Beverley Martyn
5:20
11
John the Baptist (alternate take)
John Martyn & Beverley Martyn
3:00
12
Go Out and Get It (alternate take)
John Martyn & Beverley Martyn
3:12
13
Traffic-Light Lady
John Martyn & Beverley Martyn
3:16
14
It’s One of Those Days
John Martyn & Beverley Martyn
5:43
15
I Don’t Know (alternate version)
John Martyn & Beverley Martyn
3:53
16
John the Baptist (alternate version)
John Martyn & Beverley Martyn
2:56
17
Traffic-Light Lady (alternate version)
John Martyn & Beverley Martyn
3:01
Digital Media 3
1
Primrose Hill
John Martyn & Beverley Martyn
3:00
3.0 ★
2
Parcels
John Martyn & Beverley Martyn
3:28
3
Auntie Aviator
John Martyn & Beverley Martyn
6:03
4
New Day
John Martyn & Beverley Martyn
3:59
5
Give Us a Ring
John Martyn & Beverley Martyn
3:53
6
Sorry to Be So Long
John Martyn & Beverley Martyn
4:44
7
Tree Green
John Martyn & Beverley Martyn
3:12
8
Say What You Can
John Martyn & Beverley Martyn
3:06
9
Road to Ruin
John Martyn & Beverley Martyn
6:25
10
Say What You Can (alternate take)
John Martyn & Beverley Martyn
3:09
11
Road to Ruin (BBC International/ Broadcast 23/3/1970)
John Martyn & Beverley Martyn
3:05
12
Here I Am Now
John Martyn & Beverley Martyn
4:24
Digital Media 4
1
Go Easy
4:18
2
Bless the Weather
4:29
3
Sugar Lump
3:42
4
Walk on the Water
2:48
5
Just Now
3:39
6
Head and Heart
4:54
7
Let the Good Things Come
3:05
8
Back Down the River
2:40
9
Glistening Glyndebourne
6:31
10
Singin’ in the Rain
1:31
11
Glistening Glyndebourne (alternate take)
7:48
12
Go Easy (take 2)
4:35
13
Head and Heart (alternate take)
5:00
14
Sugar Lump (alternate take #1)
6:03
15
Just Now (alternate take)
3:38
16
Bless the Weather (alternate take)
4:52
17
Go Easy (take 3)
4:15
18
Singin’ in the Rain (alternate take)
3:39
Digital Media 5
1
The Easy Blues
4:04
2
Bless the Weather
5:10
3
May You Never
4:15
4
Don’t Think Twice, It’s Alright
1:05
5
Back to Stay
3:13
6
Head and Heart
3:57
7
Singin’ in the Rain
2:38
8
Sugar Lump
2:14
9
I’d Rather Be the Devil
7:46
10
Outside In
11:19
11
The Glory of Love
2:35
Digital Media 6
1
Solid Air
5:47
4.5 ★
2
Over the Hill
2:53
4.0 ★
3
Don’t Want to Know
3:02
4.0 ★
4
I’d Rather Be the Devil (Devil Got My Woman)
6:18
4.0 ★
5
Go Down Easy
3:35
3.0 ★
6
Dreams by the Sea
3:17
4.0 ★
7
May You Never
3:41
4.2 ★
8
The Man in the Station
2:53
4.0 ★
9
The Easy Blues / Gentle Blues
3:22
3.0 ★
10
Solid Air (alternate take #2)
4:32
11
Over the Hill (alternative version)
3:19
5.0 ★
12
I’d Rather Be the Devil (Devil Got My Woman) [alternate take #2]
6:03
13
I’d Rather Be the Devil (Devil Got My Woman) [alternate take #3]
5:45
14
Go Down Easy (alternate take 3)
5:12
15
Go Down Easy (alternate take 4)
3:43
16
Dreams by the Sea (alternate take 2)
3:24
17
May You Never (alternate take 2)
3:47
18
The Man in the Station (alternate take 2)
2:58
Digital Media 7
1
Fine Lines
3:52
2
Eibhli Ghail Chiuin Ni Chearbhail
3:06
3
Ain’t No Saint
3:39
4
Outside In
8:24
3.5 ★
5
The Glory of Love
1:58
6
Look In
2:57
7
Beverley
3:54
8
Make No Mistake
5:57
9
Ways to Cry
3:01
10
So Much in Love With You
2:52
11
Make No Mistake (instrumental)
6:46
12
The Glory of Love (alternate take #1)
2:41
13
Fine Lines (alternate take #2)
3:56
14
Outside In (alternate take)
9:36
3.6 ★
15
Beverley
2:13
16
Make No Mistake
3:12
Digital Media 8
1
Outside In
19:00
2
Solid Air
7:11
3
Make No Mistake
5:04
4
Bless the Weather
4:34
5
The Man in the Station
2:40
6
I’d Rather Be the Devil
8:48
7
Solid Air
5:44
8
Bless the Weather
4:12
9
Love of Mine
4:09
10
Fisherman’s Dream
4:53
11
John Wayne
8:04
Digital Media 9
1
One Day Without You
3:01
2
Lay It All Down
1:51
3
Root Love
4:34
4
My Baby Girl
2:30
5
Sunday’s Child
3:17
6
Spencer the Rover
4:11
7
Clutches
1:53
8
The Message
2:30
9
Satisfied Mind
3:31
10
You Can Discover
3:43
11
Call Me Crazy
7:28
12
Eight More Miles (alternate take)
2:45
13
Sunday’s Child (alternate take)
6:33
14
Root Love (instrumental)
5:18
15
Ellie Rhee (alternate take)
3:55
16
Spencer the Rover
3:54
17
Anni (Pt. 1 and Pt. 2)
John Stevens' Away feat. John Martyn
7:36
Digital Media 10
1
Outside In
14:29
2
Spencer the Rover
4:17
3
One Day Without You
3:57
4
The Easy Blues
3:14
5
My Baby Girl
3:08
6
Make No Mistake
4:25
7
Bless the Weather
4:45
8
I’d Rather Be the Devil
9:47
9
May You Never
4:32
10
Over the Hill
3:57
4.0 ★
Digital Media 11
1
Dealer
5:00
2
One World
4:09
3
Smiling Stranger
3:29
4
Big Muff
6:31
5
Couldn’t Love You More
3:07
6
Certain Surprise
3:54
7
Dancing
3:43
8
Small Hours
8:45
9
Dealer (alternate take)
5:16
10
One World (alternate take #2)
4:21
11
Smiling Stranger (alternate take #2)
3:37
12
Couldn’t Love You More (alternate take)
3:14
13
Small Hours (alternate take)
9:52
14
Black Man at Your Shoulder (alternate take)
8:31
Digital Media 12
1
One World (alternate take #3)
4:30
2
Smiling Stranger (alternate take #3)
3:30
3
Big Muff (alternate take #1)
7:13
4
Couldn’t Love You More (alternate take #2)
3:04
5
Certain Surprise (alternate take #2)
4:02
6
Dancing (alternate take #2)
3:56
7
Small Hours (alternate take #2)
8:47
8
Dancing (alternate take #1)
3:53
9
Black Man at Your Shoulder (alternate take #2)
17:34
10
Big Muff (extended remix)
6:13
11
Anna
4:10
Digital Media 13
1
Some People Are Crazy
4:23
2
Grace and Danger
4:05
3
Lookin’ On
5:16
4
Johnny Too Bad
3:59
5
Sweet Little Mystery
5:27
6
Hurt in Your Heart
4:59
7
Baby, Please Come Home
3:56
8
Save Some (For Me)
3:32
9
Our Love
4:00
10
Hi-Heel Sneakers
3:18
11
Grace and Danger (alternate take)
7:39
12
Small Hat (alternate take)
7:16
13
Johnny Too Bad (alternate take 2)
7:20
14
After Tomorrow Night (alternate take 1)
4:38
15
Dead on Arrival (alternate take)
5:57
Digital Media 14
1
Running Up the Harbour (alternate take)
4:42
2
Some People Are Crazy (alternate take #1)
4:14
3
Untitled Instrumental
6:18
4
Our Love (alternate take)
5:55
5
Johnny Too Bad (alternate take 3)
6:14
6
Grace and Danger (instrumental)
5:15
7
Johnny Too Bad (dub version)
3:45
8
Sweet Little Mystery
5:00
9
Some People Are Crazy
4:17
10
Grace and Danger
4:24
11
Save Some (For Me)
3:29
12
Johnny Too Bad
7:11
13
Hurt in Your Heart
6:51
14
Sweet Little Mystery
6:53
Digital Media 15
1
Sapphire
5:19
2
Over the Rainbow
3:24
3
You Know
3:12
4
Watching Her Eyes
3:53
5
Fisherman’s Dream
4:18
6
Acid Rain
4:11
7
Mad Dog Days
4:58
8
Climb the Walls
4:13
9
Coming in on Time
3:33
10
Rope-Soul’d
4:47
11
Love in Your Life (Andy Lyden mix)
3:28
12
Sapphire (Andy Lyden mix)
4:49
13
Over the Rainbow (Andy Lyden mix)
3:48
14
Fisherman’s Dream (Andy Lyden mix)
4:36
15
Acid Rain (Andy Lyden mix)
4:08
16
Mad Dog Days (Andy Lyden mix)
5:23
17
Rope-Soul’d (Andy Lyden mix)
4:50
Digital Media 16
1
Nightline
5:09
2
Lonely Love
3:19
3
Angeline
4:44
4
One Step Too Far
3:21
5
Piece by Piece
3:51
6
Serendipity
4:11
7
Who Believes in Angels
4:58
8
Love of Mine
4:48
9
John Wayne
6:53
10
Tight Connection to My Heart (Has Anybody Seen My Love)
3:50
11
Advertisement 1
1:04
12
John Wayne (alternate take #1)
5:53
13
Lonely Love (alternate take #1)
3:24
14
Angeline (alternate take #1)
5:05
15
Advertisement 2
0:56
16
Piece by Piece (alternate take #1)
4:00
17
Who Believes in Angels (alternate take #1)
4:58
18
Love of Mine (Alternate Take #1)
4:27
Digital Media 17
1
Live on Love
4:36
2
The River
4:19
3
Income Town
4:40
4
Send Me One Line
5:14
5
Deny This Love
4:09
6
Hold Me
3:41
7
Upo
3:44
8
No.9
4:17
9
The Apprentice
4:19
10
Lifeline
3:54
11
The Moment
4:57
12
Patterns in the Rain
3:27
13
Patterns in the Rain
3:19
14
The Apprentice
4:40
15
Send Me One Line
4:56
16
The Moment
4:28

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Release credits

Al Stewart
producer [13, 15, 17, 19-20, 22-24]
Beverley Martyn
background vocals [6], lead vocals [3]
Chris Blackwell
producer [8]
Danny Thompson
double bass [10.10, 6.1-9]
Dave Lawson
additional [1, 5, 7], synthesizer [1, 5, 7]
Dave Mattacks
drums (drum set) [6.1-9, 10.10]
Dave Pegg
bass [10.10, 6.1-9]
Harvey Brooks
electric bass guitar [3, 6]
Herb Lovelle
drums (drum set) [3]
Joe Boyd
producer [2.1-9, 3.1-9]
John Giblin
bass [1-2, 4-5, 7-9]
John Martyn
acoustic guitar [10.10, 3.3, 2.3, 2.6, 6.1-9], arranger [3.1-7, 3.9, 7.2, 2.1-9], electric guitar [3.3, 10.10, 6.1-9], guitar [1-2, 4-5, 7-9], lead vocals [3, 6], producer [10.10, 6.1-9], synthesizer [9], vocal [6.1-9, 10.10, 13.1-2, 13.4-5, 13.7-9]
John Wood
engineer [10.10, 6.1-9], producer [10.10, 6.1-9]
John Wood
recording [2.1-9, 3.1-9]
John “Rabbit” Bundrick
clavinet [6.1-9, 10.10], organ [10.10, 6.1-9], piano [6.1-9, 10.10]
Levon Helm
drums (drum set) [6]
Mike Kowalski
drums (drum set) [3]
Neemoi Acquaye
congas [6.1-9, 10.10]
Paul Harris
arranger [3.1-7, 3.9, 2.1-9], piano [2.3, 2.6, 3.3]
Phil Collins
background vocals [1-2, 4-5, 7-9], drums (drum set) [1-2, 4-5, 7-9]
Richard Thompson
electric guitar [3, 9], guest [3, 9], mandolin [6.2, 10.10]
Simon Nicol
autoharp [6.2, 10.10]
Sue Draheim
violin [10.10, 6.2]
Tommy Eyre
keyboard [1-2, 4-5, 7-9], synthesizer [1-2, 4-5, 7-9]
Tony Coe
saxophone [1, 6]
Tony Cox
arranger [8]
Tristan Fry
vibraphone [1]
Wells Kelly
electric bass guitar [3]

Issues

T
The Island Years
17x Digital Media
1 January 2013
T
The Island Years
9x CD
27 September 2013
T
The Island Years
17x CD, DVD
27 September 2013