TRAFFIC John Barleycorn Must Die LP ISLAND 1970 UK orig+pink 'I' STEVE WINWOOD
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TRAFFICJIM CAPALDI, CHRIS WOOD, STEVE WINWOOD
Though it ultimately must be considered an interim vehicle
for singer/songwriter/keyboardist/guitarist Steve Winwood,
Traffic was a successful group that followed its own individual course through
the rock music scene of the late '60s and early '70s.
Beginning in the psychedelic year of 1967 and influenced by the Beatles,
the band early on turned out eclectic pop singles in its native Great Britain,
though by the end of its first year of existence it had developed
a pop/rock hybrid tied to its unusual instrumentation
"JOHN BARLEYCORN MUST DIE"
Produced by Chris Blackwell/Steve Winwood and Guy Stevens*
1970 LP ISLAND RECORDS ILPS 9116 STEREO
MADE IN ENGLAND ORIGINAL FIRST PRESSING
First pressing released on the pink Island label with ''I'' logo
Released in unlaminated, a bit rough gatefold cover, outside silkscreened,
inside doublepaged, coloured image of the band.
This version: "6?3?70" etched on run-off grooves
Barcode and Other Identifiers
LABEL: ISLAND - PINK LABEL WITH 'I' LOGO - BLACK TEXT
Catalog on cover: STEREO ILPS 9116
Catalog on labels: ILPS-9116 (Side One / Side Two)
Matrix / Runout (Side A, Etched): ILPS 9116 A/2 UAS 5504 A 6?3?70 (Stamped): STERLING RC
Matrix / Runout (Side B, Etched): ILPS 9116 B/2 UAS 5504 B 6?3?70 (Stamped): STERLING LH
On labels: rim text reads '......Stereo Island Records Stereo Made in England......'
? 1970
(on Side A): Produced by Steve Winwood and Chris Blackwell
(on Side B): Produced by Steve Winwood and Chris Blackwell except* Produced by Guy Stevens
On Back Sleeve: Island Music Ltd
Recorded at Island Studios & Olympic Studios, London
Engineers: Brian Humphries/Andrew Johns
Photography: Richard Polak
Illustrations: Courtesy of the English Folk Dance & Song Society
Album Design: Mike Sida
Printed and made by the E. J. Day Group, London and Bedford
Island Records Ltd Basing Street London W11
from my records collection
tracklisting
Side A: GLAD - FREEDOM RIDER - EMPTY PAGES
Side B: STRANGE TO HIMSELF - JOHN BARLEYCORN - EVERY MOTHERS SON
grading
RECORD VG but (please, and read above description)
SLEEVE VG(+) but (please, see pictures and read above description)
At only 22 years old, Steve Winwood sat down in early 1970 to fulfill 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. Winwood and company used
the time to play extended instrumental variations on compelling folk- and jazz-derived riffs.
John Barleycorn Must Die moved beyond the jamming that had characterized 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...(AllMusic)
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