Traffic "Mr Fantasy" Island ILP961 Mono G/fold 1st UK press 1967 A/B pink/eye
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Traffic ? "Mr. Fantasy" Island Records ?– ILP961 UK 1st Pressing. Vinyl, Mono LP, released in a gate-fold sleeve in 1967.
The vinyl does have one or two surface marks but these do not affect playback, except for the odd crackle between tracks. The album played through on my (admittedly unsophisticated) Crosley without any hop skip or jump. The gate-fold sleeve shows minimal signs of wear and is in great condition. The spine is intact and completely legible. Matrix / Runout (Variation 1 Side A stamped): ILP+961+A Matrix / Runout (Variation 1 Side B stamped): ILP+961+B
Released in 1967, "Mr Fantasy" is Traffic's debut album. 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. The album reached the number 16 position in the UK album chart on 30 December 1967, and reached number 88 in the American Billboard charts.
Considered by far the strangest and most art rock style album that Traffic released, "Mr. Fantasy" didn't gain much more than a cult following for Traffic at the time. Critics seemed to like the album, though, and most said it was clear that Steve Winwood and Traffic were good at putting together semi-mainstream psychedelic rock, except this album was not quite mainstream enough. By their next release, the eponymous Traffic, the band was said to have worked through that. This album features even more horns, flutes, and less rock-style instruments than most of Traffic's future releases. The sitar was used much more in this album than any other later Traffic albums, undoubtedly because of Dave Mason's influence.
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