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Vinyl Album

Artist: John And Beverley Martyn Title: The Road To Ruin Label:   Island Country: UK Catalogue: ILPS 9133 Date: Nov 1970 Format: LP Collection:   I Own It     I Want It  Community:  7 Own, 1 Wants Price Guide: Valuation Page » Search eBay #AD  » Search Amazon #AD This site contains affiliate links for which we may be compensated.

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Track	Artist	Title	Composer	Rating
A1	John And Beverley Martyn	Primrose Hill	Beverley Martyn	Rate
A2	John And Beverley Martyn	Parcels	John Martyn	Rate
A3	John And Beverley Martyn	Auntie Aviator	John Martyn, Beverley Martyn	Rate
A4	John And Beverley Martyn	New Day	John Martyn	Rate
B1	John And Beverley Martyn	Give Us A Ring	Paul Wheeler	Rate
B2	John And Beverley Martyn	Sorry To Be So Long	John Martyn, Beverley Martyn	Rate
B3	John And Beverley Martyn	Tree Green	John Martyn	Rate
B4	John And Beverley Martyn	Let It Happen	John Martyn, Beverley Martyn	Rate
B6	John And Beverley Martyn	Road To Ruin	John Martyn	Rate

Notes

Includes John Martyn, guitars, harp & vocals; Beverley Martyn, vocals; Paul Harris, Piano; Wells Kelly, drums & bass; Rocky Dzidzornu, congas; Dave Pegg, bass; Alan Spenner, bass; Danny Thompson, double bass; Dudu Pukwana, saxophone; Lyn Dobson, flute; Ray Warleigh, saxophone. Arrangements by Tony Cox, John Martyn & Paul Harris.

Front cover by Max Ernst from "Une Semaine De Bonté"

Images

Number: 2374744  THUMBNAIL Uploaded By: leonard Description: front cover	Number: 2374747  Uploaded By: leonard Description: back cover	Number: 1502972  Uploaded By: Hawkmarty SUBS Description: First pink rim label design A	Number: 1502978  Uploaded By: Hawkmarty SUBS Description: First pink rim label design B
Number: 893768  Uploaded By: Gian_paolo Description: Side 1 label - third pink rim design	Number: 893769  Uploaded By: Gian_paolo Description: Side 2 label - third pink rim design	Number: 2794791  Uploaded By: leonard Description: back cover	Number: 2794792  Uploaded By: leonard Description: a
Number: 2794793  Uploaded By: leonard Description: b	Number: 1502807  HIDDEN Uploaded By: Hawkmarty SUBS Description: Sleeve front	Number: 1502808  HIDDEN Uploaded By: Hawkmarty SUBS Description: Sleeve back

Comments and Reviews

Gian_paolo 20th Jun 2023		@Bluemeanie: is it an acetate or...?
Bluemeanie 19th Jun 2023		I have this on a custom Apple Label, presumably it was recorded or mastered at the Apple studios. Not sure where to categorize it now lol
leonard 4th Nov 2021		Added alternate back cover (EMI Records Ltd.) and later labels
Hawkmarty SUBS 18th Nov 2017		Yuri Grishin's Island Records interestingly highlights that the earliest pink rim labels just have the (P) date between the catalogue number and the STEREO, the next design has Island Records Ltd between the (P) and the date and the next (apart from Mike McGear's "Woman" and The Bunch's "Rock On") has Island Records Ltd following the (P) date and also has the Side indicators replaced by A and B after the catalogue numbers. That design is what is here. Yuri says that design started with issue 9201. This could imply that there is a copy of this LP with the second pink rim design.
Hawkmarty SUBS 18th Nov 2017		Barry Winton in his article says no this was not on pink.
Hawkmarty SUBS 18th Nov 2017		Hmmm. The only evidence I have is sourced from the history of the Island label that was in Record Collector a good few years ago, written by Stuart Penney and Chris Savage, and they state that the pink label is by far the hardest John Martyn LP to find as it was issued only weeks before the change in design. Yuri Grishin's Island Records doesn't even mention this LP anywhere but does note that the change in the pink rim labels exemplified here took place early in 1972.
Gian_paolo 18th Nov 2017		@Hawkmarty have you any proof/evidence of a UK pressing on pink label? Never seen one. Interesting about the two different pink rim labels, I suppose they changed the layout in 1972?
Hawkmarty SUBS 18th Nov 2017		Sleeve and first pink rim label design added. Was originally one of the last pink label issues.

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