Paul Martin

Paul Martin is the performing name of the record company executive, recording engineer, singer and song writer Paul Myerberg from New York who first came to notice during the folk singing boom, then switched to rhythm and blues music. He was mostly active in the mid-1960s. 

Guerssen Records note: "In the mid-Sixties Paul started writing and recording some impressive demos which ran the gamut from garage-punk, to jangly folk-rock, soul-pop and baroque, orchestrated pop. Many of these were cut on 4-track tape at Tower Sound Studios in midtown Manhattan with the help and guidance of the skilled jazz musician, Frank Owens. While at Tower, Paul met Herb Ostrow who released Paul’s first single on the IMPEX label out of Philadelphia. “It Happened”, a terrific garage number, came out in the spring of 1966. The following year, Paul released a second 45 on his own Rodin label, “The Last Remains of our Love” (another impressive, passionate garage gem), backed with “The Fairy Princess” (a dreamy pop-psych track)."

Some albums have been released of his recordings, some of which remain obscure. He switched to record production as a recording engineer in New York. His early work was repackaged in 1996.

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