London Conversation Explained

London Conversation
Type:	studio
Artist:	John Martyn
Cover:	London Conversation.jpg
Released:	October 1967
Recorded:	Tony Pike's studio, Putney, London
Genre:	Folk, folk rock
Label:	Island
Producer:	Theo Johnson Supervised by Chris Blackwell
Next Title:	The Tumbler
Next Year:	1968

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.^[1] The cover photo was taken by Barry Wentzel on the roof of Island Records boss Chris Blackwell's flat in Cromwell Road, London.^[2]

Track listing

All tracks composed by John Martyn except where indicated.

Side one

1. "Fairy Tale Lullaby" – 2:50
2. "Sandy Grey" (Robin Frederick) – 2:25
3. "London Conversation" (Martyn, Jon Sundell) – 2:42
4. "Ballad of an Elder Woman" – 2:43
5. "Cocain" (Traditional; arranged by Martyn) – 2:59
6. "Run Honey Run" – 2:37

Side two

1. "Back to Stay" – 3:28
2. "Rolling Home" – 5:43
3. "Who's Grown Up Now" – 4:01
4. "Golden Girl" – 2:34
5. "This Time" – 3:07
6. "Don't Think Twice" (Bob Dylan) – 4:11

Bonus track on 2005 CD reissue

1. "She Moved Through the Fair" (Traditional) – 2:33

Personnel

• John Martyn - vocals, guitar, sitar, harmonica

External links

• The Official John Martyn Website

Notes and References

1. Penney. Stuart . Savage . Chris . September 1996. Frog to Prog: Pink Label LPs. Record Collector. 205. 84.
2. Book: Some People Are Crazy: The John Martyn Story. 52 . John Neil Munro. John Neil Munro. . 1 May 2011. 9780857900067 .