title: The Church with One Bell
text: # The Church with One Bell
  
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  The Church with One Bell is a 1998 covers album by John Martyn. It was recorded in one week at CaVa Sound Studios, Glasgow, Scotland. The CD has a hidden bonus track after a 50 seconds break attached to the last track. It is a slower and remixed version without synthesizer of "How Fortunate The Man With None".
  
  The cover depicts a former church in the village of Roberton in Lanarkshire, Scotland. Martyn, who at that time was living in an adjacent cottage, purchased the church and converted it into a recording studio.
  
  ## Track listing
  
  * "He's Got All the Whiskey" (Bobby Charles)
  * "God's Song (That's Why I Love Mankind)" (Randy Newman)
  * "How Fortunate the Man with None " (Dead Can Dance; words: Bertolt Brecht)
  * "Small Town Talk" (Bobby Charles, Rick Danko)
  * "Excuse Me Mister" (Ben Harper)
  * "Strange Fruit" (Lewis Allan)
  * "The Sky Is Crying" (Elmore James, Clarence Lewis, Morgan Robinson)
  * "Glory Box" (Adrian Utley, Beth Gibbons, Geoff Barrow)
  * "Feel So Bad" (Lightnin' Hopkins)
  * "Death Don't Have No Mercy" (Reverend Gary Davis)
  
  ## Personnel
  
  * John Martyn - vocals, guitar
  * John Giblin - bass
  * Spencer Cozens - piano, keyboards
  * Arran Ahmun - drums, percussion
  
  ### Technical
  
  * Stefon Taylor - engineer
  * Lawrence Watson - photography
  