TRAFFIC "John Barleycorn Must Die" UK ISLAND 2nd PRESS

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	$		45

  TRAFFIC "John Barleycorn Must Die" UK ISLAND 2nd PRESS PINK RIM LABELS,Textured EJ Day GF, EX+ AUDIO, TOP COPY
TRAFFIC
John Barleycorn Must Die

HERE WE HAVE AN EXCELLENT, UK ISLAND (ILPS 9116) PINK RIM SECOND PRESSING OF TRAFFIC'S OUTSTANDING "John Barleycorn Must Die" LP FROM 1970 IN BEAUTIFUL ONE/TWO PLAY CONDITION AND DELIVERING SENSATIONAL AUDIO

PRESSED ON QUALITY MID-WEIGHT VINYL
THE ALBUM HAS THE SECOND PINK RIM ISLAND LABELS
MATRIX: ILPS 9116 A-5U / ILPS 9116 B-5U
MOTHERS/STAMPERS: 1/O and 1/O
AND IS HOUSED IN THE ORIGINAL ROUGH TEXTURED GATEFOLD SLEEVE "Printed and made by the E. J. Day Group, London and Bedford"

BEAUTIFUL UK SECOND PRESSING OF AN ABSOLUTELY TREMENDOUS AND ESSENTIAL LP - PROBABLY MY FAVOURITE TRAFFIC ALBUM WHICH SOUNDS SENSATIONAL FROM THE STUNNING INSTRUMENTAL OPENER 'GLAD' THROUGH TO THE CLOSER 'EVERY MOTHERS SON' - GREAT STUFF - HIGHLY RECOMMENDED

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 only ONE spindle mark on one side - BEAUTIFUL BARELY PLAYED COPY
VINYL Visual: The vinyl still retains its DEEP, GLOSSY SHEEN. There are some light hairlines on the surfaces but these have NO 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, NO loud clicks/pops and only the slightest touch of surface noise between some (not all) of the tracks. SOUNDS ABSOLUTELY SENSATIONAL THROUGHOUT and plays to an extremely high standard with GREAT CLARITY, NO groove-wear and NO distortion (its hardly been played) 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 good and solid with little wear to the top and bottom edges and all text on the spine CLEAR and BOLD. Very nice example of this incredibly easily worn sleeve (please see photos)

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LOVELY UK SECOND PRESS COPY OF TRAFFIC'S 1970 MASTERPIECE WHICH PLAYS BEAUTIFULLY THROUGHOUT - ONE STUNNING TRACK AFTER ANOTHER - HIGHLY RECOMMENDED
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