John Martyn: Martyn's Identity Papers
Karl Dallas, Melody Maker, 6 December 1980
ACCORDING to the official biog, John Martyn was born in New Malden, Surrey, but was brought up for the first 15 years of his life in Scotland after his parents split, coming down for occasional visits to his mother in the stockbroker belt.
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