TRAFFIC John Barleycorn Must Die 1970 UK ISLAND 1st PRESS Nr MINT
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80
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106
£ 80
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Aug 8, 2014
Sold Date
Jul 29, 2014
Start Date
£ 20
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13
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Great Britain
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TRAFFIC John Barleycorn Must Die 1970 UK ISLAND 1st PRESS Nr MINT
3/6/70 DATE MATRIX SET - 1st LABEL w/GUY STEVENS CREDIT
TRAFFICJohn Barleycorn Must Die
UK ISLAND (ILPS 9180) PINK LABEL VERY FIRST PRESSING (July 1970)
LOVELY COPY - PLAYS BEAUTIFULLY THROUGHOUT
PRESSED WITH THE FIRST ISSUE PINK ISLAND LABELS WHICH CARRY THE GUY STEVENS PRODUCTION CREDIT FOR HIS TWO TRACKS ON SIDE TWO
Matrix Set Side One: ILPS 9116 A/2 , UAS 5504 A, STERLING LH, RC, 6.3.70
Matrix Set Side Two: ILPS 9116 B/2 , UAS 5504 B, STERLING LH, IJ, 6.3.70
THE RECORD IS HOUSED IN THE ORIGINAL TEXTURED GATEFOLD SLEEVE "Printed and made by the E. J. Day Group, London and Bedford" WITH PASTED-ON CENTRAL PANEL
COMPLETE WITH THE ORIGINAL POLY-LINED INNER SLEEVE DATE CODED '0670' (June 1970)
At only 22 years old, Steve Winwood sat down in early 1970 to fulfil a contractual commitment by making his first solo album, on which he intended to play all the instruments himself.
The record got as far as one backing track produced by Guy Stevens, "Stranger to Himself," before Winwood called his erstwhile partner from Traffic, Jim Capaldi, in to help out.
The two completed a second track, "Every Mother's Son," then, with Winwood and Island Records chief Chris Blackwell moving to the production chores, brought in a third Traffic member, Chris Wood, to work on the sessions. Thus, Traffic, dead and buried for more than a year, was reborn.
The band's new approach was closer to what it perhaps should have been back in 1967, basically a showcase for Winwood's voice and instrumental work, with Wood adding reed parts and Capaldi drumming and occasionally singing harmony vocals.
If the original Traffic bowed to the perceived commercial necessity of crafting hit singles, the new Traffic was more interested in stretching out. Heretofore, no studio recording had run longer than the five-and-a-half minutes of "Dear Mr. Fantasy," but four of the six selections on John Barleycorn Must Die exceeded six minutes. Winwood and company used the time to play extended instrumental variations on compelling folk- and jazz-derived riffs. Five of the six songs had lyrics, and their tone of disaffection was typical of earlier Capaldi sentiments. But the vocal sections of the songs merely served as excuses for Winwood to exercise his expressive voice as punctuation to the extended instrumental sections.
As such, John Barleycorn Must Die moved beyond the jamming that had characterised some of Traffic's 1968 work to approach the emerging field of jazz-rock. And that helped the band to achieve its commercial potential; this became Traffic's first gold album.
Side 1: GLAD / FREEDOM RIDER / EMPTY PAGES
Side 2: STRANGER TO HIMSELF / JOHN BARLEYCORN / EVERY MOTHERS SON
LABELS: EXCELLENT+
Clean, bright labels which have lost none of their strong vibrant pink colour - light/moderate spindle traces
VINYL Visual: EXCELLENT
The surfaces display brush marks (most of which appear to be in-vinyl pressing blemishes) but none of these have any impact on the sound
VINYL Audio: NEAR MINT
Lovely copy and my play-check at volume found little to fault the crystal clear, strong, warm sound - plays beautifully throughout with nothing but an odd one-off tick - nothing really and no other audible distractions of any kind
SLEEVE: NEAR MINT
Superb example - clean, unmarked and practically as-new
POST & PACKING:
A PROTECTIVE POLY SLEEVE, NEW INNER SLEEVE WITH ANTI-STATIC LINER, QUALITY BOX (NOT ENVELOPE) MAILER AND AMPLE STIFFENERS ARE ALWAYS USED TO ENSURE THAT YOUR RECORD ARRIVES SAFELY
UK: FREE (2nd Class Recorded Delivery)
UK: £9.00 (Royal Mail Special Delivery Next Day by 1pm)
EUROPE: Airmail: £14.00 (International Signed For delivery)
INTERNATIONAL: Airmail: £17.00 (International Signed For delivery)
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