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Kids on Kovers: We Need to Talk About Martyn…
Written by Jimmy
A lot of discussion in the press lately about children on the covers of albums… Started because David Fox went public on the misery caused by his inclusion on the cover of the Placebo album:
This led to lots of discussion about kids on covers and luckily for most the news has been good. Spencer Elwood loved being the Nirvana baby
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And even , Mariora Goschen has enjoyed being the cover girl for Blind Faith, notwithstanding the massive controversy about the cover at the time (she was 11).
We’ve had our own little experience with kids on covers:
But Martyn, fourth on right, bottom row, has said that it helped him a lot in the playground and has grown up to become a relatively well adjust young man. Too bad about Ed and Hannah.
Jimmy
And to bring you back to simpler times, here’s an older and wiser Martyn on harp at a live performance at the Half Moon: