TRAFFIC "John Barleycorn Must Die" UK ISLAND 1st PRESS

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TRAFFIC "John Barleycorn Must Die" UK ISLAND 1st PRESS
1970 Pink Labels,Textured EJ Day GF, 3/6/70 Date Matrix
TRAFFIC
John Barleycorn Must Die

HERE WE HAVE AN EXCELLENT, UK ISLAND (ILPS 9180) PINK LABEL FIRST PRESSING (July 1970) OF TRAFFIC'S OUTSTANDING "John Barleycorn Must Die" LP

PRESSED ON QUALITY HEAVYWEIGHT VINYL WITH DEEP CUT GROOVES WHICH DELIVER SENSATIONAL AUDIO (beautiful, impressive loud cut with superb depth and clarity)
THE ALBUM HAS THE FIRST PINK ISLAND LABELS
FIRST PRESS FULL MATRIX SET:
ILPS 9116 A/2 , UAS 5504 A, STERLING, LH, and dated 6.3.70 (all etched apart from STERLING which is stamped)
ILPS 9116 B/2 , UAS 5504 B, STERLING, LH, and dated 6.3.70 (all etched apart from STERLING which is stamped)
AND IS HOUSED IN THE ORIGINAL ROUGH TEXTURED GATEFOLD SLEEVE "Printed and made by the E. J. Day Group, London and Bedford"

THIS REALLY IS AN EXCELLENT UK FIRST PRESSING OF AN ABSOLUTELY TREMENDOUS AND ESSENTIAL LP

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.
The band's new approach was closer to what it perhaps should have been back in 1967, basically a showcase for Winwood's voice and instrumental work, with Wood adding reed parts and Capaldi drumming and occasionally singing harmony vocals.
If the original Traffic bowed to the perceived commercial necessity of crafting hit singles, the new Traffic was more interested in stretching out. Heretofore, no studio recording had run longer than the five-and-a-half minutes of "Dear Mr. Fantasy," but four of the six selections on John Barleycorn Must Die exceeded six minutes. Winwood and company used the time to play extended instrumental variations on compelling folk- and jazz-derived riffs. Five of the six songs had lyrics, and their tone of disaffection was typical of earlier Capaldi sentiments. But the vocal sections of the songs merely served as excuses for Winwood to exercise his expressive voice as punctuation to the extended instrumental sections.
As such, 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.

Track Listing:
Side 1: GLAD / FREEDOM RIDER / EMPTY PAGES
Side 2: STRANGER TO HIMSELF / JOHN BARLEYCORN / EVERY MOTHERS SON

LABELS: The labels are CLEAN and BRIGHT with NO unwanted marks/writing and barely a trace of any spindle marks
VINYL Visual: The vinyl still retains its DEEP, GLOSSY SHEEN. There are some light marks on the surfaces but these have NO major audio consequence
VINYL Audio: TREMENDOUS, CRYSTAL CLEAR, WARM, RICH and VERY STRONG audio reproduction. SENSATIONAL DELIVERY THROUGHOUT. There are NO jumps, NO sticks, NO scratches, just the occasional, intermittent light click/pop but certainly nothing I ever found intrusive on play-grading this wonderful LP. SOUNDS ABSOLUTELY SUPERB. Plays to an extremely high standard with GREAT CLARITY, NO groove-wear and NO distortion and must be graded EXCELLENT for audio. NOT over-graded in ANY way as I use strict RECORD COLLECTOR grading standards (please refer to my feedback and 'about me' page). FANTASTIC LP
SLEEVE: The gatefold cover is in EXCELLENT condition. It is CLEAN and SOLID with practically UNWORN top and bottom edges (some feathering to the opening edge) but due to its delicate untreated finish there is some rubbing to the spine, but it still remains one of the better examples of this sleeve I have seen (see pics)


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