TRAFFIC Traffic 1968 UK ISLAND 1st PRESS w/FIXED BOOKLET MINT
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TRAFFIC Traffic 1968 UK ISLAND 1st PRESS w/FIXED BOOKLET MINT
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1968 UK Island Records (ILPS 9081T) FIRST PRESSING
BEAUTIFUL COPY AND FINAL UPGRADE (I seem to be saying 'final upgrade' a lot at the moment but the current selection I am listing are all from the same original owner. All are in stunning barely played condition and have been carefully stored in a record box for the past 50+ years. Better copies would be hard to find and collections like this are now becoming almost impossible to find)
PRESSED WITH THE FIRST ISSUE PINK ISLAND LABELS WITH THE 'BULLSEYE'' LOGO DESIGN
MATRIX: ILPS 9081 T A //2 6 1 / ILPS 9081 T B ▽ 5 1 3
THE RECORD IS HOUSED IN THE ORIGINAL MATT GATEFOLD SLEEVE WITH INTERNAL FLIPBACKS "Printed in England by Garrod & Lofthouse Ltd." WITH STAPLED 8 PAGE BOOKLET
COMPLETE WITH THE ORIGINAL POLY-LINED INNER SLEEVE DATED SEPTEMBER 1968 ('098')
After dispensing with his services in December 1967, the remaining members of Traffic reinstated Dave Mason in the group in the spring of 1968 as they struggled to write enough material for their impending second album. The result was a disc evenly divided between Mason's catchy folk-rock compositions and Steve Winwood's compelling rock jams. Mason's material was the most appealing both initially and eventually: the lead-off track, a jaunty effort called "You Can All Join In," became a European hit, and "Feelin' Alright?" turned out to be the only real standard to emerge from the album after it started earning cover versions from Joe Cocker and others in the 1970s. Winwood's efforts, with their haunting keyboard-based melodies augmented by Chris Wood's reed work and Jim Capaldi's exotic rhythms, work better as musical efforts than lyrical ones. Primary lyricist Capaldi's words tend to be impressionistic reveries or vague psychological reflections; the most satisfying is the shaggy-dog story "Forty Thousand Headmen," which doesn't really make any sense as anything other than a dream. But the lyrics to Winwood/Capaldi compositions take a back seat to the playing and Winwood's soulful voice. As Mason's simpler, more direct performances alternate with the more complex Winwood tunes, the album is well-balanced. It's too bad that the musicians were not able to maintain that balance in person; for the second time in two albums, Mason found himself dismissed from the group just as an LP to which he'd made a major contribution hit the stores. Only a few months after that, the band itself split up, but not before scoring their second consecutive Top Ten ranking in the U.K.
Side A:
You Can All Join In
Pearly Queen
Don't Be Sad
Who Knows What Tomorrow May Bring
Feelin' Alright?
Side B:
Vagabond Virgin
Forty Thousand Headmen
Cryin' To Be Heard
No Time To Live
Means To An End
LABELS: NEAR MINT
Clean, unmarked labels which show little signs of use
VINYL Visual: NEAR MINT (MINT)
Both surfaces shine like new with nothing but some harmless in-vinyl pressing blemishes common on these early Islands
VINYL Audio: MINT
Plays perfectly throughout with nothing to fault
SLEEVE: NEAR MINT
The cover has slight rub on the corners.
The spine is perfect with all text clear and the internal booklet is pristine
POST & PACKING:
A PROTECTIVE POLY SLEEVE, QUALITY BOX (NOT ENVELOPE) MAILER AND AMPLE STIFFENERS ARE ALWAYS USED TO ENSURE THAT YOUR RECORD ARRIVES SAFELY
UK: £5.00 (Recorded Delivery)
EUROPE: Airmail: £15.00 (International Tracked)
INTERNATIONAL: Airmail: £25.00 (International Tracked)
DUE TO THE CURRENT CIRCUMSTANCES I WILL ONLY BE POSTING ONCE A WEEK ON FRIDAY
ALL RECORDS ARE PLAY-CHECKED UNLESS SEALED
Combined Post: Additional records £2 (UK) £3 (Europe) £5 (International)
Guarantee: All records are unconditionally guaranteed (including sealed and/or unplayed) and I will offer a complete, no quibble refund upon return of the item should you not be pleased with it in any way
1436 (GS 9.0.5 (1436))
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