John Martyn – Solid Air (VG+/VG+) – LP, UK 1975

Solid Air is an LP by John Martyn from 1975 released on the Island Records label.

About this album

Solid Air is John Martyn’s landmark 1973 album, and one of the key British folk-rock records of the decade. Written and recorded during a period of deep personal and musical change, it balances intimate songwriting with loose, exploratory playing, drawing on folk, jazz and blues without losing its pastoral core. The title track, written for Nick Drake, became one of Martyn’s defining songs, while “May You Never” gave the album a lasting place in his catalogue. Produced by Chris Blackwell and Jonathan Miller, Solid Air helped establish Martyn as a singular voice: reflective, adventurous and capable of turning confessional writing into something quietly expansive.