Text is from a recommended music blog “Birds with broken wings”
One of Martyn’s more experimental recordings was ‘One World.’ Released in 1977, the story behind the record is as interesting as the date itself. Created in the courtyard of an island home situated in the middle of a small English lake, equipment was set up on either end of the body of water to incorporate the calming sound of waves lapping at the shores, and to additionally include the flock of geese that called the body of water home. The lake also served to reflect back the amplified music, creating a ‘strangled’ quality to the guitar solos, resulting in a most unusual sounding LP. 
There is also a companion piece, ‘Another World’ that contains instrumentals and material not included on the official release which informs us that the all of the sessions were recorded exclusively between the hours of 3am to 6am. Unfortunately, you’d need to possess the U.K. mix of ‘One World,’ as the version released here in the States was entirely remixed having been deemed to contain ‘no commercial content.’ Not surprisingly, Martyn moved towards decidedly more mainstream recordings after this, perhaps at the urging of his label, or maybe to finally earn a bit of money, and perhaps to gain some well deserved recognition from the buying public.
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