London Conversation
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{{Infobox album
| name = London Conversation
| type = studio
| artist = John Martyn
| cover = London Conversation.jpg
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| released = October 1967
| recorded = Tony Pike's studio, Putney, London
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| label = Island
| producer = Theo Johnson
Supervised by Chris Blackwell
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| prev_year =
| next_title = The Tumbler
| next_year = 1968
}}{{Album ratings
| rev1 = AllMusic
| rev1Score = {{rating|2|5}} [https://www.allmusic.com/album/london-conversation-mw0000377899 link]
|rev2 = Mojo
|rev2Score = {{rating|3|5}}{{cite magazine|last=Wirth|first=Jim|title=Lucifer rising|date=October 2023|magazine=Mojo|page=94}}
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London Conversation is the first album by John Martyn, released on Island Records in 1967. Largely self-penned, the album is much more folk oriented than his blues/jazz tinged later releases. Recording was completed by 9 August and the album was released when Martyn was 19 in October 1967. The album reputedly cost £158 to record.{{cite journal |last1= Penney|first1= Stuart |last2=Savage |first2= Chris |date=September 1996|title= Frog to Prog: Pink Label LPs|journal= Record Collector|issue= 205|page= 84}} The cover photo was taken by Barry Wentzel on the roof of Island Records boss Chris Blackwell's flat in Cromwell Road, London.{{cite book |url= https://books.google.com/books?id=09u8BQAAQBAJ&pg=PT52 |page=52 |title=Some People Are Crazy: The John Martyn Story|author=John Neil Munro|author-link=John Neil Munro|publisher=Birlinn |date= 1 May 2011|isbn=9780857900067 }}
Track listing
All tracks composed by John Martyn except where indicated.
;Side one
- "Fairy Tale Lullaby" – 2:50
- "Sandy Grey" (Robin Frederick) – 2:25
- "London Conversation" (Martyn, Jon Sundell) – 2:42
- "Ballad of an Elder Woman" – 2:43
- "Cocain" (Traditional; arranged by Martyn) – 2:59
- "Run Honey Run" – 2:37
;Side two
- "Back to Stay" – 3:28
- "Rolling Home" – 5:43
- "Who's Grown Up Now" – 4:01
- "Golden Girl" – 2:34
- "This Time" – 3:07
- "Don't Think Twice" (Bob Dylan) – 4:11
;Bonus track on 2005 CD reissue
- "She Moved Through the Fair" (Traditional) – 2:33
Personnel
References
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External links
- [http://www.johnmartyn.com/ The Official John Martyn Website]
- {{youTube|uNuIsicWcKQ|Rolling Home}}
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