Product Description
The Best of the Island Years is a 4-disc digest version of last year’s, definitive 18 disc set covering John Martyn’s classic years with Island Records between 1967 and 1987.

All 56 tracks on the 4-disc edition capture Martyn at the height of his creativity on the label; all of them have been chosen from the out-takes, unreleased songs and rare live recordings that were first included on The Island Years 18CD Box Set. This collection features the best of the rarities from The Island Years and creates an exceptional collection of recordings for fans who have everything but the complete box set. It includes three songs which were unreleased prior to inclusion on the complete box set – ‘Hi Heel Sneakers’, from the Grace And Danger sessions, ‘Love In Your Life’ from Sapphire and ‘Lifeline’ from the Apprentice sessions, Martyn’s final recordings for the Island Records label.

[tracklisting]CD1
1. Go Easy – Alt Take # 2 (4:34)
2. Bless The Weather – Alt Take (4:51)
3. Just Now – Alt Take #2 (3:37)
4. Head And Heart – Alt Take (4:59)
5. Glistening Glyndebourne (7:47)
6. May You Never – Live At The Hanging Lamp (4:18)
7. Head And Heart – Live At The Hanging Lamp (3:57)
8. I’d Rather Be The Devil – Live At The Hanging Lamp (7:50)
9. Solid Air – Alt Take (4:30)
10. Over The Hill – Alt Take (3:17)
11. I’d Rather Be The Devil – Alt Take #2 (6:02)
12. Go Down Easy – Alt Take #3 (5:11)
13. Dreams By The Sea – Alt Take (3:22)
14. May You Never – Alt Take (3:46)
15. Fine Lines – Alt Take (3:55)

CD2
1. The Glory Of Love – Alt Take (2:40)
2. Make No Mistake – Alt Take (6:45)
3. Sunday’s Child – Alt Take (6:30)
4. Spencer The Rover – BBC Sight And Sound (3:53)
5. Eight More Miles – Alt Take (2:44)
6. Outside In – Liver At Leeds (18:56)
7. Solid Air – Live At Leeds (7:10)
8. The Man At The Station – Live At Leeds (2:42)
9. Dealer – Alt Take (5:16)
10. One World – Alt Take (4:19)
11. Smiling Stranger – Alt Take (3:35)
12. Certain Surprise – Alt Take #2 (4:00)

CD3
1. Couldn’t Love You More – Alt Take (3:14)
2. Big Muff – Take 1 (7:11)
3. Dancing – Alt Take #2 (3:54)
4. Small Hours – Alt Take (9:50)
5. Black Man At Your Shoulders (8:30)
6. Some People Are Crazy – Alt Take (4:12)
7. Grace And Danger – Alt Take (7:37)
8. Johnny Too Bad – Alt Take (7:18)
9. Hi Heel Sneakers – Unreleased Song (3:17)
10. Running Up The Harbour – Alt Take (4:38)
11. Sweet Little Mystery – Old Grey Whistle Test – 10/1/1981 (4:58)
12. Our Love – Alt Take (5:54)
13. After Tomorrow Night – Alt Take (4:36)

CD4
1. Sapphire – Andy Lydon Mix (4:49)
2. Over The Rainbow – Andy Lydon Mix (3:47)
3. Fisherman’s Dream - Andy Lydon Mix (4:33)
4. Mad Dog Days – Andy Lydon Mix (5:21)
5. Love In Your Life – Previously Unreleased Song (3:26)
6. Solid Air – Live At Glastonbury (5:42)
7. Bless The Weather – Live At Glastonbury (4:10)
8. Lonely Love – Alt Take (3:22)
9. Angeline – Alt Take (5:03)
10. Piece By Piece – Take 1 (3:58)
11. The River (4:17)
12. Send Me One Line (5:12)
13. The Apprentice (4:16)
14. Lifeline (3:52)
15. Patterns In The Rain (3:26)
16. John Wayne – Live At The London Palladium (8:03)[/tracklisting]
http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B00N3GJ6XU/?tag=imwan-21

For reference, here's our old thread for the original 18-disc set from which the above is distilled:

viewtopic.php?f=17&t=85046

This looks very interesting but will need to see this set discounted further.

Rick A.

Bump: Added full product image to the first post.