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On The Cobbles 
Studio album by John Martyn Released 26 April 2004 Genre Folk rock
Folk jazzLength 45:15 Label Independiente Producer Jim Tullio, Garry Pollitt Professional reviews 
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John Martyn chronology Glasgow Walker
(2000)On the Cobbles
(2004)Late Night John
(2004)On the Cobbles was the final studio album by John Martyn released during his lifetime (his last studio album, "Heaven and Earth", was released posthumously), released in 2004. The album was recorded at various studios in the UK and US including Woolengrange in Ireland; The Toolshed, Chicago USA; Doon The Cellar, Birkenhead; Swan Yard Studios, London; Parr Street Studios, Liverpool; Hornyold Road Studios, Worcestershire and at The Caliope Recorders, Chicago, USA. The album was dedicated to "the surgical team & nurses of Orthopaedic Ward One at Waterford Hospital, Waterford, Ireland."
Track listing
All songs written by John Martyn unless otherwise noted.
- "Baby Come Home" (Frankie Miller) – 3:28
- "Under My Wing" – 4:10
- "Ghosts" – 4:03
- "Back to Marseilles" – 4:20
- "Cobbles" – 3:52
- "My Creator" – 7:17
- "One for the Road" – 4:05
- "Go Down Easy" – 4:57
- "Walking Home" – 4:49
- "Goodnight Irene" (Leadbelly, John Lomax) – 4:14
Personnel
- John Martyn - guitar, vocals
- Peter Erskine - conga
- Ari Brown - tenor saxophone
- Steve Eisen - alto flute
- John Giblin - bass
- Nick McCabe - guitar on "Walking Home"
- Andy Sheppard - tenor & soprano saxophone
- Mavis Staples - vocals on "Goodnight Irene"
- Jim Tullio - acoustic guitar, percussion, keyboards, acoustic bass
- Greg Marsh - drums, percussion
- John Rice - mandolin
- Scott Steiner - Hammond organ
- Spencer Cozens - organ, piano
- Paul Mertens - bass harmonica
- Fred Nelson - piano
- Paul Weller - acoustic guitar, Wurlitzer, B3 Hammond organ, backing vocals on "Under My Wing"
- Chris "Hambone" Cameron - Fender Rhodes
External links
John Martyn studio albums London Conversation (1967) • The Tumbler (1968) • Bless the Weather (1971) • Solid Air (February 1973) • Inside Out (October 1973) • Sunday's Child (1975) • One World (1977) • Grace and Danger (1980) • Glorious Fool (1981) • Well Kept Secret (1982) • Sapphire (1984) • Piece by Piece (1986) • The Apprentice (1990) • Cooltide (1991) • Couldn't Love You More (1992) • No Little Boy (1993) • And (1996) • The Church with One Bell (1998) • Glasgow Walker (2000) • On the Cobbles (2004) • Heaven and Earth (2011)Albums with Beverley Martyn Stormbringer! (February 1970) • The Road to Ruin (October 1970)Live albums Live at Leeds (1976) • Philentropy (1983) • Foundations (1987) • Live (1994) • The Battle of Medway: 17 July 1973 (2007) • The Simmer Dim (2008) • The July Wakes (2008; recorded 1986)Compilations So Far So Good (1977) • The Electric John Martyn (1982) • Sweet Little Mysteries: The Island Anthology (1994) • Late Night John (2004) • Anthology (2007) • Ain't No Saint (2008)Categories:- 2004 albums
- John Martyn albums
- Independiente Records albums
- Albums recorded at Parr Street Studios
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