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Sapphire (John Martyn album)

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Released
  
November 1984

Artist
  
John Martyn

Producer
  
John Martyn

Genre
  
Rock music

Sapphire (1984)
  
Piece by Piece (1986)

Release date
  
November 1984

Label
  
Island Records

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John Martyn albums
  
Piece by Piece, The Apprentice, Cooltide, Well Kept Secret, Glorious Fool

Sapphire is a rock album by John Martyn, who by this stage in his career had almost entirely abandoned the acoustic guitar and folk approach in favour of a glossy pop/rock sound.

Contents

Recorded at Compass Point Studios, Nassau, Bahamas and CaVa Sound Workshops, Glasgow, Scotland, the album was originally released on LP by Island, catalogue number ILPS 9779, with cover photography by Anton Corbijn and a cover illustration by Cathie Felstead.

Robert Palmer assisted in the later stages of the recording.

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Track listing

All tracks composed by John Martyn except where indicated.

  1. "Sapphire" 4:42
  2. "Over The Rainbow" (Harold Arlen, Yip Harburg) 3:21
  3. "You Know" 3:14
  4. "Watching Her Eyes" 3:15
  5. "Fisherman's Dream" 4:16
  6. "Acid Rain" (Martyn, Alan Thomson) 4:11
  7. "Mad Dog Days" (Martyn, Alan Thomson) 4:59
  8. "Climb The Walls" 4:14
  9. "Coming In On Time" 3:34
  10. "Rope-Soul'd" (Martyn, Alan Thomson, Barry Reynolds) 4:46

Personnel

  • John Martyn - guitars, vocals, LinnDrum
  • Barry Reynolds - guitar
  • Alan Thomson - bass guitar, keyboards, LinnDrum
  • Jack Waldman - keyboards
  • Jim Prime - keyboards
  • Robin Rankin - keyboards
  • James Hooker - keyboards
  • Steven Stanley - LinnDrum
  • Andy Lyden - LinnDrum
  • Uziah "Sticky" Thompson - percussion
  • Colin Tully - saxophones
  • Morwenne Laidlaw - vocal harmonies
  • Terry Neason - vocal harmonies
  • Lorna Brooks - vocal harmonies
  • Anton Corbijn - photography

    • Choral section by S.N.O. arranged by Dave Murricane.

    Songs

    1Sapphire5:16
    2Over the Rainbow3:25
    3You Know3:14

    References

    Sapphire (John Martyn album) Wikipedia
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