Sunday's Child is a John Martyn

John Martyn

John Martyn, OBE , born Iain David McGeachy, was a British singer-songwriter and guitarist. Over a forty-year career he released twenty studio albums, working with artists such as Eric Clapton and David Gilmour...

 album released in 1975. John Martyn's follow-up to 1973's Inside Out is a more song-oriented, less experimental album. His eighth record, including two with his wife Beverley Martyn

Beverley Martyn

Beverley Martyn is a singer, songwriter, and guitarist.While still a student, she was picked to front The Levee Breakers, a jug band who played the folk circuit in South East England...

, shows the many facets of Martyn's playing, from his effects-driven electric guitar to his acoustic work. This album contains a collection of strong original songs, as well as a pair of covers: the traditional British ballad "Spencer the Rover" and the country standard "Satisfied Mind."

Track listing

All tracks composed by John Martyn; except where indicated

1. "One Day Without You"
2. "Lay It All Down"
3. "Root Love"
4. "My Baby Girl"
5. "Sunday's Child"
6. "Spencer the Rover" (Traditional, arr. John Martyn)
7. "Clutches"
8. "The Message"
9. "A Satisfied Mind
   A Satisfied Mind
   A Satisfied Mind is a compilation of 9 of the 12 songs from the 1962 Capitol album Big Bluegrass Special plus "A Satisfied Mind" which was previously released as flipside of Glen Campbell's 1966 Capitol single "Can’t You See I’m Trying"....
   
   " (Red Hayes, Jack Rhodes
   Jack Rhodes
   Andrew Jackson Rhodes was an American country music producer and songwriter, penning such hits as "A Satisfied Mind", "Silver Threads and Golden Needles", "Conscience I'm Guilty", "The Waltz of the Angels", "Beautiful Lies", and "Till the Last Leaf Shall Fall"...
   
   ; falsely credited as Traditional, arr. John Martyn)
10. "You Can Discover"
11. "Call Me Crazy"

Bonus tracks

1. "Ellie Rhee" (outtake)
2. "A Satisfied Mind" (first mix)
3. "One Day Without You" (live)
4. "You Can Discover" (live)
5. "My Baby Girl" (live)
6. "The Message" (live)
7. "Spencer The Rover" (live)"

Bonus tracks 3-7 recorded 7 January 1975 for John Peel

John Peel

John Robert Parker Ravenscroft, OBE , known professionally as John Peel, was an English disc jockey, radio presenter, record producer and journalist. He was the longest-serving of the original BBC Radio 1 DJs, broadcasting regularly from 1967 until his death in 2004...

 session. John Martyn solo, with guitar.

Personnel

• John Martyn - vocals, guitar, Moog synthesiser, clavinet
• Danny Thompson
  Danny Thompson
  Daniel Henry Edward 'Danny' Thompson is an English multi-instrumentalist best known as a double bassist and businessman...
  
   - double bass
• Liam Genockey
  Liam Genockey
  Liam Genockey is an Irish drummer.Liam Genockey was born in Dublin, Ireland. During the 1960s he lived in Plymouth, Devon, U.K, playing in local semi-pro groups, then in the early 70's playing with Torbay based rock band Adolphus Rebirth...
  
   - drums
• Al Anderson - bass on "One Day Without You"
• John Bundrick
  John Bundrick
  John Douglas "Rabbit" Bundrick is an American rock keyboardist, pianist and organist. He is best known for his work with The Who and associations with others including Eric Burdon, Bob Marley and the Wailers, Roger Waters, Free and Crawler. Bundrick is noted as the principal musician for the cult...
  
   - piano on "My Baby Girl"
• Kesh Sathie - tabla on "My Baby Girl"
• Beverley Martyn - backing vocals on "My Baby Girl"
• Terry Wilson
  Terry Wilson
  Terry Wilson may refer to:*Terry Wilson *Terry Wilson...
  
   - bass on "Clutches"
• Tony Braunagel - drums on "Clutches"

External links

• The Official John Martyn Website