John James - John James


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Vinyl L.P - Transatlantic Records - TRA 242.
1971 - U.K.

Cover design, photos (A. Powell): HIPGNOSIS.
Art direction: Paul Leevet.
Tinting: Maurice Tait.


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  1. WIKIPEDIAJune 7, 2025 at 11:14 AM


    John James is known, primarily, as a solo acoustic fingerstyle guitarist, composer and entertainer.

    Born and raised in the hills of West Wales, the first live music James heard was in the chapel: congregational hymn singing with an emphasis on harmony. When he bought his first record (Little Richard's "Tutti Frutti"/"Long Tall Sally") at 10 years old, he was already two years into classical piano study. After dabbling with different musical instruments including the drums and chromatic harmonica, by his 12th birthday the piano was forsaken for the guitar.

    First solo acoustic guitar recordings were made in Bob Hall's front room in South London and released on the Saydisc label on the compilation album Blues like Showers of Rain, featuring Joanne Kelly, Dave Kelly, Francis McGillivray and Mike Cooper.

    A contract with Transatlantic records followed. However the first tracks by John James that Transatlantic released were on the Contemporary Guitar Sampler, a budget album that also featured Bert Jansch, John Renbourn, Gordon Giltrap and Mike Rogers. JJ's track And the Dog was Sleeping in the Corner was recorded at Bill Leader's house in North London. JJ's first solo release was the album “Morning brings the Light” and followed by “John James” both of which were made up of mostly own songs and guitar instrumentals.

    At the end of 1970, John James left London to live in Cornwall and join the Famous Jug Band, replacing Clive Palmer who, after his short time with the Incredible String Band, had formed the Famous Jug Band with Jill Johnson, Henry the Jug (Mick Barlett) and Pete Berryman. The gig in Berryman and James making an album of acoustic guitar instrumentals. The album Sky in my Pie, released on Transatlantic, was recorded in Sound Techniques, Chelsea and produced by Stefan Grossman.

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