John Martyn

Following an inauspicious first release for Island, John Martyn's unique brand of acoustic music began to take some sort of shape with the Al Stewart-produced The Tumbler. Martyn, whose debut was a solo acoustic offering, here employs a second guitar, bass and, most notably, jazz flautist Harold McNair to create his blend of folk, blues and jazz. While his songs show only marginal development from London Conversation, it's his arrangements and, especially, vocals which are the real differences, each becoming increasingly more idiosyncratic. Although nowhere near the caliber of his later recordings, The Tumbler is an important step in Martyn's varied career.

The Tumbler

Sing A Song Of Summer

The River

Goin' Down To Memphis

The Gardeners

A Day At The Sea

Fishin' Blues

Dusty

Hello Train

Winin’ Boy Blues

Fly On Home

Knuckledy Crunch And Slippledee-Slee Song

Seven Black Roses

Live At Rockpalast 1978 (Live) [Explicit]

Alan Thomson

Jeff Allen

The Smiling Stranger In Bremen (Live at Schauburg 1983) (Explicit)

《The Church With One Bell》是英國傳奇歌手John Martyn一次跨越時空的翻唱實驗。專輯名暗喻人類共通的精神共鳴之場域，他精選Randy Newman、Elmore James等十位音樂人的經典作品，將自己浸透滄桑的煙燻嗓音化作重塑音樂的媒介。從布魯斯的粗糲筋骨到靈魂樂的撕裂感，再至民謠的沉靜敍事，Martyn用迷幻吉他音牆與即興電子氛圍，將原作解構為充滿液態流動感的私密獨白。暗湧的低頻如教堂地下暗河，斑駁的混響處理讓每首歌披上哥特式光影，最終指向專輯核心命題——當不同時代的苦難與救贖在同一個共鳴空間疊加時，音樂如何成為超越個體的集體性禱告。

The Tumbler

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The Tumbler

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