THE TUMBLER

John Martyn

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Prog Folk

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2.83 | 21 ratings | 1 reviews | 14% 5 stars

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Studio Album, released in 1968

Songs / Tracks Listing

1. Sing a Song of Summer (2:18)
2. The River (2:53)
3. Goin' Down to Memphis (3:07)
4. The Gardeners (3:11)
5. A Day at the Sea (2:29)
6. Fishin' Blues (2:35)
7. Dusty (3:01)
8. Hello Train (2:33)
9. Winding Boy (2:19)
10. Fly On Home (2:29)
11. Knuckledy Crunch and Slippledee-Slee Song (2:51)
12. Seven Black Roses (4:02)

Total Time 33:43

Line-up / Musicians

- John Martyn (Iain David McGeachy) / vocals, acoustic guitar, harmonica

With:
- Paul Wheeler / acoustic guitar
- Harold McNair / flute (4,7,10)
- David Moses / double bass

Releases information

Artwork: CCS with Francine Winham (photo)

LP Island Records ‎- ILPS9091 (1968, UK)
LP Island Records ‎- 5707119 (2017, Europe)

CD Island Remasters ‎- IMCD 173 (1994, Europe)
CD Island Remasters ‎- IMCD 320 (2005, Europe) Remastered by Paschal Byrne

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JOHN MARTYN The Tumbler ratings distribution

2.83
(21 ratings)

Essential: a masterpiece of progressive rock music (14%)
Excellent addition to any prog rock music collection (43%)
Good, but non-essential (29%)
Collectors/fans only (14%)
Poor. Only for completionists (0%)

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Review by kenethlevine
SPECIAL COLLABORATOR Prog-Folk Team

One thing that could be said for the quasi benevolence of record companies and artist management back in the day is that a measure of quality control was brought to bear from a slightly independent source, which prevented accidents like these from ever seeing a record press. Sure, once established, artists inevitably issued archive recordings that could be enjoyed or dismissed wistfully with a cluck of the tongue, oh those silly boys! But here we have somebody who thought what JOHN MARTYN needed to improve on his debut was to return to Scottish elocution school and inseminate it with a US southern blues style, so the very first and only Cajun canterbury album. This dampens the potential counterbalancing of fine guest playing on guitars and flutes. As Monty Python once said, and said, and said, "silly silly silly".

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