TRAFFIC Mr Fantasy '67 Mint- UK Pink Island Orig EJ Day

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Traffic - 'Mr Fantasy'

(Rare UK Fisrt Press on ISLAND, # ILPS 9061 from 1967)

Label/Sleeve -> Rough pink label with Black/Orange Ball Island Logo on the left of Spindle Hole, Gatefold Sleeve printed by E.J Day Group, London and Bedford

Matrix #s -> ILPS+9061+A /  ILPS+9061+B

Grade (Cover/Vinyl)  -> VG /Near Mint- to MINT-

Description -> Vinyl is in superb shape. NO spindle marks, clean and shiny looking. Ultra fine hairlines caused by paper sleeve. The cover has a price sticker transparent scotch tape on lower spine, some rub wear and some yellowish stains inside gatefold.(See picture).

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The still teen-age Steve Winwood was already a practiced lead vocalist who could handle multiple instruments, having fronted the moderately successful Spencer Davis Group. However, Traffic at first was a full-blown collaboration between Winwood, Capaldi, and the drug-dazed Mason. Mason's tracks are so full of starry-eyed Eastern mysticism and

psychedelic free association that they're utterly unbearable ("Utterly Simple"). But the rest of the band stays closer to its source - the Beatles - by keeping their collective tongue firmly in its collective cheek. The result is a set of stirring anthems ("Coloured Rain"; title track), trippy ballads ("No Face, No Name, and No Number"), and high-energy

rockers ("Berkshire Poppies"; "Dealer"). With studio gimmickry and odd instrumentation everywhere, this is one of the best Sgt. Pepper's-influenced albums of the 60's

Musicians :

Steve Winwood (vocals, guitar, piano, harpsichord, organ, bass, percussion);

Dave Mason (vocals, guitar, sitar, tamboura, shakkai, Mellotron, bass);

Chris Wood (vocals, flute, saxophone, organ);

Jim Capaldi (vocals, drums, percussion)

Tracks :

Heaven Is In Your Mind

Berkshire Poppies

House For Everyone

No Face, No Name And No Number

Dear Mr. Fantasy

Dealer

Utterly Simple

Coloured Rain

Hope I Never Find Me There

Giving To You

Traffic was a rock band from Birmingham, England, formed in early 1967 by Steve Winwood with Jim Capaldi, Chris Wood and Dave Mason.

The group's distinctive sound, innovative recordings and collaborative songwriting approach influenced many other groups in the progressive rock genre in the late 1960s and early 1970s. Like many other groups of the period, Traffic was heavily influenced by the early recordings of The Band, and they also retreated to a country house (in Berkshire, England) at the beginning of their career in order to write and develop their material before making their live debut

My grades are VG/VG+/VG++ or EX-/EX/EX+/NM-/M-/Mint

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