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John And Beverley Martyn - Road To Ruin (1975 Uk Island Ilps 9133 24-96 Needledrop)(Son-Of-Albion)

Track listing:
  1. Primrose Hill 2:58
  2. Parcels 3:29
  3. Auntie Aviator 6:05
  4. New Day 4:01
  5. Give Us A Ring 3:54
  6. Sorry To Be So Long 4:45
  7. Tree Green 3:11
  8. Say What You Can 3:07
  9. Road To Ruin 6:31

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John & Beverley Martyn - The Road To Ruin (1970) 24-bit/96kHz

Folk-Jazz, Folk-Rock | 1975 UK re-press | Island ILPS 9133

Much more of a collaboration here than on their previous effort, John and Beverley Martyn continue on their way through the British folk-jazz of the '70s. Flowing with a subtle improvisation that incorporated a greater ethnic feeling, Road to Ruin makes for enjoyable listening indeed. Good singing and playing make this a great album to sit back and reflect upon. Allmusic.

The Road to Ruin is a 1970 album released by husband and wife John and Beverley Martyn. It was the second (and last) album released as a duo. Island persuaded John Martyn to resume his solo career as they believed that the public was more interested in John as a solo artist rather than as part of a duo. Wikipedia

Track listing:

01. Primrose Hill
02. Parcels
03. Auntie Aviator
04. New Day
05. Give Us A Ring
06. Sorry To Be So Long
07. Tree Green
08. Say What You Can
09. Road To Ruin

Personnel:

John Martyn - vocals, guitar, harmonica, keyboards
Beverley Martyn - vocals, guitar
Dudu Pukwana - saxophone on "Road to Ruin", "Sorry To Be So Long", "Say What You Can"
Lyn Dobson - flute on "New Day"; saxophone on "Say What You Can"
Dave Pegg - bass on "Say What You Can" & "Give Us A Ring"
Rocky Dzidzornu - congas
Paul Harris - keyboards
Wells Kelly - drums on all tracks, except "Auntie Aviator"; bass on "Auntie Aviator"
Mike Kowalski - drums on "Auntie Aviator"
Alan Spenner - bass on "Primrose Hill", "Road to Ruin", "Sorry To Be So Long"
Ray Warleigh - saxophone on "Primrose Hill"
Danny Thompson - double bass on "New Day"
Recorded at Sound Techniques, Chelsea.
Produced by Joe Boyd

Technicals:

Knosti RCM.
Michell GyroDec full version.
Funk Firm FXR II Tonearm.
Audio Technica AT33PTG/II MC Cartridge.
Harman Kardon HK990 Integrated Amplifier.
Gold Interconnects. E-MU 0204 Audio Interface.
Recording, split and manual de-click with Adobe Audition 3.0.1
Click Repair 3.9.1
Vinyl transfer by son-of-albion, June 2014.