SHIP TO SHORE - RE-RELEASE

Paul Russell, writer and CD archivist for Genesis, Yes,
Van Der Graaf, ELP, The Nice etc writes…

"Playing Ship To Shore for the first time in the relative comfort of Belsize Park in leafy north London when vinyl was king and crackles and hisses were par for the course, those recently converted to Nigel Mazlyn Jones would pour over the album cover and wonder at the grey and windswept musician as he pointed out to sea.
Was he pointing at the ship, or the wave that I later discovered soaked him just after the photo was taken, either way we were fascinated by the bearded figure with the 12 string slung casually over his shoulder, the same guitar that would sing out for 12 breathtaking minutes as the epic title track held us spellbound, and took us from the sanctuary of Belsize Park to that forbidding north Cornish coast line.
We were into Harper, (Roy not Ben) John Martyn before he went all schmaltzy and stopped having fights with Danny Thompson on stage, and Al Stewart now there was a man not afraid to give his guitar a good thrash, then we discovered NMJ first on vinyl then in concert, hunched over his acoustic guitars with a small array of effects units and the strange sounding Santour as the opening act for the likes of Barclay James Harvest, Renaissance, Judy Tzuke and Camel.

NMJ live stopped people going to the bar, hardened rock fans stopped reminiscing about the good old days and listened, he played 'Ship to Shore' of course then he
was gone, and we were left wondering where we could buy his albums, and ruing the fact that the Barclay's had lost their edge since Woolly Wolstenholme had packed up his mellotron and left the band.

NMJ sings passionately about the planet, he makes you want to listen, it makes me wonder why Ship to Shore isn't in everyone's collection.

Ship is a warning given years before we new about global warming, given by a man who understands and cares and happens to be
able to communicate through the medium of music. The title track means a lot of different things to different people, but to NMJ even in 1976 it had us all as the
crew of the good ship mother earth.
Whilst preparing the album for release on CD, NMJ dug through old tapes and found some unreleased gems, some are complete songs, some are themes from
Ship itself, all are worth hearing and are most definitely NMJ. Ship to Shore is worth a few quid on vinyl so if you ever see one buy it, or if you cant find a copy get the CD and start paddling."

The re-release includes a 12 page insert booklet with full lyrics, NMJ 's story of how he started, pictures of all the players and track notes etc.

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