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John Martyn - The Island Years (17cd)

The Island Years is the most exhaustive career retrospective from one of Britain's most original and enduring singer/songwriters. Housed in an LP size hard-back slip case, this lavish box set contains 17 Discs including:

. 17 CDs featuring 12 key studio albums, recorded for Island between 1967 and 1987, now with previously unreleased mixes, Out-Takes, unheard songs and 2 complete, previously unreleased live solo concerts from 1972 and 1977 and the complete demos for The Apprentice, the last album Martyn delivered to Island. 

. A hard-back book featuring a new essay by The Island Years compiler and researcher John Hillarby plus rare and previously unseen photographs and extensive memorabilia.

There is a strong selection of previously unreleased alternative takes from Martyn's career defining 70s albums Stormbringer, The Road To Ruin, Bless The Weather, Solid Air, Inside Out, Sunday's Child and One World: plus there are extensive outtakes and a number of unreleased songs from Martyn's 80s Island releases: Grace And Danger, Sapphire and Piece By Piece.



Mijn laatste bijdrage voor dit jaar! (Hoop dat het allemaal werkt..)

Allemaal een goed oud en nieuw gewenst, en veel plezier met deze box !