Audio Samples
Primrose HillParcelsAuntie AviatorNew DayGive Us a RingSorry to Be So LongTree GreenSay What You CanRoad to RuinHere I Am - (previously unreleased)Track List
Primrose HillParcelsAuntie AviatorNew DayGive Us a RingSorry to Be So LongTree GreenSay What You CanRoad to RuinHere I Am - (previously unreleased)Album Remarks & Appraisals:
John and Beverley Martyn's classic album from 1970 has been digitally remastered and expanded with 1 Previously Unreleased Demo recorded at Sound Techniques, Chelsea - August 1970. This album is John and Beverly's follow up to Stormbringer. In much of the same manner as that album, here Martyn recruited Pentangle member Danny Thompson on bass (who would end up playing on most of Martyn's albums over the ensuing years). John went solo again after this album after Beverley had given birth to their second child. Features 9 tracks including 'Parcels', 'Give Us A Ring', 'Say What You Can' & 'Tree Garden'. Island. 2005.
Album Notes
Recording information: Sound Techniques, Chelsea, MA (08/1970).
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. ~ James Chrispell
