Bless the Weather

His first solo album after the duo years with Beverley, and his first real Echoplex piece.
John Martyn, 1971

Released
November 1971
Recorded
17 to 21 May 1971
Studio
Sound Techniques, London
Label
Island
Producer
John Martyn and John Wood
Length
37:32

Made in five days at Sound Techniques with Richard Thompson, Danny Thompson, Tony Reeves and Beverley Martyn among the players. Glistening Glyndebourne is described as his first true Echoplex track. The 2005 reissue adds the 1971 single version of May You Never.

Track listing

  1. Go Easy4:15
  2. Bless the Weather4:29
  3. Sugar Lump3:43
  4. Walk to the Water2:49
  5. Just Now3:39
  6. Head and Heart4:54
  7. Let the Good Things Come3:05
  8. Back Down the River2:40
  9. Glistening Glyndebourne6:30
  10. Singin' in the Rain1:28

More from John Martyn

Solid Air (1973), Grace and Danger (1980)

Sources

  1. Bless the Weather, Wikipedia