SCARCE & CLEAN 1970 ORIG = TRAFFIC JOHN BARLYCORN MUST DIE = STEVE WINWOOD GEM

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   CLEAN FIRST PRINTING ON TWO-TONE UNITED ARTISTS

                                               1970 THIRD LP   

                                      TRAFFIC

       John Barlycorn Must Die

                     USA -  (TWO-TONE) United Artists - UAS 5504

SCARCE = CLEAN & COLLECTIBLE

Original 1970 VINYL first pressing on the old orange & black United Artists label in THICK gatefold cover, of the classic third Traffic album = John Barlycorn Must Die peaked at #5 on the Billboard 200, their highest charting album in the US

Includes the multi colored inner sleeve

Traffic's third studio album released in 1970. The depth of those albums came from having two superior songwriters, Steve Winwood and Dave Mason; by John Barleycorn, Winwood was leading a trio that included Chris Wood on reeds & flute and Jim Capaldi on drums. Winwood now supplied guitar as well as keyboards, and songs such as "Glad" and "Freedom Rider" reflected the trio's fondness for winding instro passages and jams. But the 1970 album is remembered most for the title tune, a traditional folk song blessed with one of the finest vocals of Winwood's long career... this is very much a Traffic album, it is more heavily dominated by Winwood's musical vision and playing than its predecessors.
There are two strong musical courses, running through Winwood's veins, coming naturally to a crossroads here, the ever-present Jazz/R&B that Winwood had been feeding off since the Spencer Davis Group's days, and his connection to the English Folk tradition.
Actually, when you think that it was recorded over thirty years ago, it is even a more astounding example of how "ahead-of -its-times" Traffic was and, even more conclusively, what a tremendous composer Winwood had already become at 22.

"John Barleycorn Must Die" is the only recording by just the Traffic "core" trio, and it is also one of their strongest. With Dave Mason only a memory, and the Blind Faith experiment with Eric Clapton over, Steve Winwood returned to the studio to record his first solo album, originally titled "Mad Shadows." Needing a little musical support, he soon enlisted Capaldi and Wood, and Traffic was reborn with "John Barleycorn." However, the radio-friendly 3-minute song structures were abandoned, as Winwood & Co. stretched out into extended jazz-rock compositions. The instrumental "Glad," in particular, with Winwood's unforgetable piano riff and Wood's fat sax, may be the finest jazz-rock composition ever put to vinyl. In addition, early Traffic's folk-rock was updated by reaching back to medieval England for the title track. With limited, but extremely talented and complementary, personnel, "John Barleycorn" is probably Traffic's most cohesive and focused artistic statement.

Side one

1. "Glad" (Winwood) 6:32
   • Steve Winwood - Hammond organ, piano, percussion; Chris Wood - saxophone, flute, electric saxophone, percussion; Jim Capaldi - drums, percussion
2. "Freedom Rider" (Winwood/Capaldi) 6:20
   • Winwood - vocals, Hammond organ, piano, percussion; Wood - saxophone, flute; electric saxophone, percussion; Capaldi - drums, percussion
3. "Empty Pages" (Winwood/Capaldi) 4:47
   • Winwood - vocals, Hammond organ, electric piano, bass; Wood - hammond organ; Capaldi - drums, percussion

Side two

1. "Stranger To Himself" (Winwood/Capaldi) 4:02
   • Winwood - vocals, piano, electric guitar, bass, drums; Capaldi - vocals
2. "John Barleycorn" (traditional-arr. Winwood) 6:20
   • Winwood - vocals, guitar, piano; Wood - flute, percussion; Capaldi -   vocals, tambourine
3. "Every Mother's Son" (Winwood/Capaldi) 7:05
   • Winwood - vocals, Hammond organ, piano, electric guitar; Capaldi - drums
     

CONDITION: The Cover: CLEAN, SOLID, M- still and sharp all over...there are no bends, no writing and no split seams...

The vinyl:  all glossy & shiny "EX" (excellent) minor inner sleeve paper scuffs only = so = the deep groove pressing plays excellent CLEAN with no audio problems ... clean U.A. labels

A GREAT ADDITION TO ANYONE'S COLLECTION !

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