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There's mystery in the air as John Martyn revives a classic

Robert Sandall, Daily Telegraph, 7 September 2006

FOR AN ALBUM that had no noticeable commercial impact here when it first appeared in February 1973, John Martyn's Solid Air has enjoyed a remarkable afterlife. Unlike the chart toppers by Gilbert O'Sullivan and Alice Cooper that out-gunned it in its day, Solid Air is now viewed as a classic.

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