Ain't No Saint (album)
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Ain't No Saint is a career-spanning retrospective of folk musician 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...

, released on the eve of the singer's 60th birthday in 2008. Compiler John Hillarby chose at least one track to represent each of Martyn's albums, including rarities and outtakes.

Track listing

  1. "Fairy Tales Lullaby" (John Martyn) – 2:51
  2. "Sing a Song of Summer" (Martyn) – 2:19
  3. "Stormbringer" (Martyn) – 4:17
  4. "Tree Green" (Martyn) – 3:10
  5. "Head and Heart" (Martyn) – 4:52
  6. "In the Evening" (Martyn) – 4:06
  7. "Solid Air" (Martyn) – 5:47
  8. "Keep On" (Martyn) – 4:58
  9. "The Glory of Love" (Billy Hill, Martyn) – 2:16
  10. "Go Down Easy" (Martyn) – 3:37
  11. "Ain't No Saint" [instrumental] (Martyn) – 5:55
  12. "Fine Lines" (Martyn) – 3:49
  13. "Eight More Miles" (Martyn) – 2:03
  14. "Call Me Crazy" (Martyn) – 7:26
  15. "Black Man at Your Shoulder" (Martyn) – 7:22
  16. "All for the Love of You" (Martyn) – 5:05
  17. "Working It Out" (Martyn) – 2:44
  18. "Couldn't Love You More" (Martyn) – 3:05
  19. "Advertisement" (Martyn) – 0:34
  20. "Small Hours" [instrumental] Martyn 10:20
  21. "Anna" (Martyn) – 4:13
  22. "Lookin' On" (Martyn) – 5:16
  23. "Amsterdam" (Martyn) – 5:29
  24. "Hung Up" (Martyn) – 4:00
  25. "Acid Rain" (Martyn, Alan Thomson) – 4:12
  26. "Who Believes in Angels" (Martyn) – 4:57
  27. "The Apprentice" (Martyn) – 4:22
  28. "Hole in the Rain" (Martyn) – 4:40
  29. "One World" (Martyn) – 6:27
  30. "Sunday's Child" (Martyn) – 6:12
  31. "Carmine" (Martyn) – 5:29
  32. "The Sky Is Crying" (Elmore James, Clarence L. Lewis, Morgan Robinson)) – 4:01
  33. "So Sweet" (Martyn) – 4:50
  34. "Back to Marseilles" (Martyn) – 4:20
  35. "Bless the Weather" [live] (Martyn) – 11:49
  36. "Make No Mistake" [live] (Martyn) – 5:16
  37. "So Much in Love with You" [live/#] Martyn 5:55
  38. "Spencer the Rover" [live] (Martyn, Traditional) – 4:07
  39. "My Baby Girl" [live] (Martyn) – 2:48
  40. "You Can Discover" [live] (Martyn) – 5:15
  41. "Solid Air" [live] (Martyn) – 7:00
  42. "I'd Rather Be the Devil (Devil Got My Woman)" [live] (James) – 8:55
  43. "Outside In" [live] (Martyn) – 13:09
  44. "Advertisement" [live] (Martyn) – 0:17
  45. "Big Muff" [live] (Martyn) – 9:32
  46. "One Day Without You" [live] (Martyn) – 3:27
  47. "Dealer" [live] (Martyn) – 7:14
  48. "Smiling Stranger" [live] (Martyn) – 7:44
  49. "Johnny Too Bad" [live] (Hylton Beckford, Derrick Leapold Crooks, Shadow Wilson, Delroy Wilson) – 3:56
  50. "Hurt in Your Heart" [live] (Martyn) – 6:49
  51. "John Wayne" [live] (Martyn) – 6:37
  52. "Angeline" [live] (Martyn) – 5:21
  53. "Mad Dog Days" [live] (Martyn) – 5:12
  54. "The Moment" [live] (Martyn) – 4:16
  55. "Fisherman's Dream" [live] (Martyn) – 5:06
  56. "Sweet Little Mystery" [live] (Martyn) – 5:55
  57. "May You Never" [live]" (Martyn) – 5:37
  58. "Step It Up" [live]" (Martyn) – 3:47
  59. "Sunshine's Better" [live] (Martyn) – 5:05
  60. "One for the Road" (Martyn) – 3:28
  61. "Over the Hill" [live] (Martyn) – 3:27

Personnel

  • Arran Ahmun – drums
    Drum kit
    A drum kit is a collection of drums, cymbals and often other percussion instruments, such as cowbells, wood blocks, triangles, chimes, or tambourines, arranged for convenient playing by a single person ....

  • Spencer Cozens
    Spencer Cozens
    Spencer James Cozens and brought up mainly in Bingham, Nottinghamshire, England is a musician, writer and producer.Spencer has written music and toured with John Martyn. He has also toured with Joan Armatrading....

     – piano
    Piano
    The piano is a musical instrument played by means of a keyboard. It is one of the most popular instruments in the world. Widely used in classical and jazz music for solo performances, ensemble use, chamber music and accompaniment, the piano is also very popular as an aid to composing and rehearsal...

  • John Paul "J.P." Jones
    John Paul Jones (musician)
    John Paul Jones is an English multi-instrumentalist, songwriter, composer, arranger and record producer. Best known as the bassist, mandolinist, and keyboardist for English rock band Led Zeppelin, Jones has since developed a solo career and has gained even more respect as both a musician and a...

     – mandolin
    Mandolin
    A mandolin is a musical instrument in the lute family . It descends from the mandore, a soprano member of the lute family. The mandolin soundboard comes in many shapes—but generally round or teardrop-shaped, sometimes with scrolls or other projections. A mandolin may have f-holes, or a single...

  • 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...

     – guitar
    Guitar
    The guitar is a plucked string instrument, usually played with fingers or a pick. The guitar consists of a body with a rigid neck to which the strings, generally six in number, are attached. Guitars are traditionally constructed of various woods and strung with animal gut or, more recently, with...

  • Alan Thompson – bass
    Bass guitar
    The bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a pick....

  • Martin Winning – saxophone
    Saxophone
    The saxophone is a conical-bore transposing musical instrument that is a member of the woodwind family. Saxophones are usually made of brass and played with a single-reed mouthpiece similar to that of the clarinet. The saxophone was invented by the Belgian instrument maker Adolphe Sax in 1846...


Production

  • Joe Black – project coordinator
  • Paschal Byrne – mastering
  • Daryl Easlea – liner notes, sleeve notes
  • John Hillarby – liner notes, compilation, tape research
  • Kenny Mathieson – photography
  • Barry Plummer – photography
  • Phil Smee – design
  • Shamil Tanna – cover photo

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