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Fire and Water: The Elemental, Avant-Garde John Martyn

Dave Laing, Let It Rock, 1 December 1973

1967: "SO THERE I WAS on this barge on the river wearing nothing but denims and a smile…" so runs the sleeve note on London Conversation, the first "white" album on a thriving reggae label by an eighteen year old folk guitarist and singer.

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