TRAFFIC Mr. fantasy NEAR MINT UK ORIGINAL 1967 Pink Island EYE LP PSYCH PROG

	£		78
	$		103

TRAFFIC "MR.FANTASY"
Another rare record in Stereo. Original 1967 UK press, in Stereo, is rare as hens teeth. Stereo records from this era are super hard to find as "stereo" was only just being introduced and therefore no one owned stereo equipment yet.
Pink Island label with the "Eye" logo on the very first textured label.
Catalogue number: ILPS9061. Matrix: ILPS+9061+A / ILPS+9061+B.

Condition:
The ultrathin and fragile laminated gatefold flipback sleeve is printed by E.J.Day and Co London, and in EX condition.
The record is the original UK PRESS in STEREO on Island records from 1967 in EX+ to NEAR MINT condition.

The awesome first album by UK epic fusion acid rock / jazz band Traffic. Original line-up of band Winwood, Mason, Capaldi, Wood. Tracks include "Dear Mr Fantasy", "No face, no name, no number", "Dealer", "Utterly simple" and "Coloured Rain". A very nice laminated gatefold copy of the first Traffic LP, true psych pioneers!

 
Mr. Fantasy is the debut album by English rock band Traffic. It was released in 1967. For the recording, group members included Jim Capaldi, Steve Winwood, Chris Wood, and Dave Mason, however Mason left the band before the album was released.
1. "Heaven Is in Your Mind" Jim Capaldi, Steve Winwood, Chris Wood Winwood and Capaldi 4:16
2. "Berkshire Poppies" Capaldi, Winwood, Wood Winwood 2:55
3. "House for Everyone" Dave Mason Mason 2:05
4. "No Face, No Name, No Number" Capaldi, Winwood Winwood 3:35
5. "Dear Mr. Fantasy" Capaldi, Winwood, Wood Winwood 5:44
6. "Dealer" Capaldi, Winwood Capaldi and Winwood 3:34
7. "Utterly Simple" Mason Mason 3:16
8. "Coloured Rain" Capaldi, Winwood, Wood Winwood 2:43
9. "Hope I Never Find Me There" Mason Mason 2:12
10. "Giving to You" (album version) Capaldi, Mason, Winwood, Wood None 4:20

 AllMusic Review by William Ruhlmann:
Since Traffic's debut album, Mr. Fantasy, has been issued in different configurations over the years, a history of those differences is in order. In 1967, the British record industry considered albums and singles separate entities; thus, Mr. Fantasy did not contain the group's three previous Top Ten U.K. hits. Just as the album was being released in the U.K., Traffic split from Dave Mason. The album was changed drastically for U.S. release, both because American custom was that singles ought to appear on albums, and because the group sought to diminish Mason's presence; on the first pressing only, the title was changed to Heaven Is in Your Mind. In 2000, Island reissued Mr. Fantasy in its mono mix with the U.K. song list and five mono singles sides as bonus tracks; it also released Heaven Is in Your Mind, the American lineup in stereo with four bonus tracks. Naturally, the mono sound is punchier and more compressed, but it isn't ideal for the album, because Traffic was fashioned as an unusual rock band. Steve Winwood's primary instrument was organ, though he also played guitar; Chris Wood was a reed player, spending most of his time on flute; Mason played guitar, but he was also known to pick up the sitar, among other instruments. As such a mixture suggests, the band's musical approach was eclectic, combining their background in British pop with a taste for the comic and dance hall styles of Sgt. Pepper, Indian music, and blues-rock jamming. Songs in the last category have proven the most distinctive and long-lasting, but Mason's more pop-oriented contributions remain winning, as do more light-hearted efforts. Interest in the mono mix is likely to be restricted to longtime fans; anyone wishing to hear Traffic's first album for the first time is directed to Heaven Is in Your Mind.

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