TRAFFIC Traffic 1970 UK ISLAND, , SLEEVE & VINYL NEAR MINT
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TRAFFIC Traffic 1970 UK ISLAND, TOP COPY, SLEEVE & VINYL NEAR MINT
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1970 UK ISLAND (ILPS 9081 T) FIRST PINK RIM PRESSING OF TRAFFIC'S EPONYMOUS SECOND LP
BEAUTIFUL COPY WHICH LOOKS AND SOUNDS LIKE NEW
MATRIX: ILPS 9081 T A // 2 / ILPS 9081 T B ? 5 1
THE RECORD IS HOUSED IN THE ORIGINAL MATT GATEFOLD SLEEVE "Printed and made by the E. J. Day Group, London and Bedford"
COMPLETE WITH THE ORIGINAL PLAIN WHITE DIE-CUT INNER SLEEVE
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.; the album also reached the Top 20 in the U.S., breaking the temporarily defunct group stateside.
Side 1:
You Can All Join In
Pearly Queen
Don't Be Sad
Who Knows What Tomorrow May Bring
Feelin' Alright?
Side 2:
Vagabond Virgin
Forty Thousand Headmen
Cryin' To Be Heard
No Time To Live
Means To An End
LABELS: NEAR MINT
Clean, fresh and unmarked rough textured Pink Rim labels with barely a spindle trace to be seen
VINYL Visual: NEAR MINT
Both surfaces shine like new
VINYL Audio: NEAR MINT
Plays beautifully throughout with nothing of note to fault.
No clicks, ticks or pops and I did not even clean this copy as it looks so immaculate
SLEEVE: NEAR MINT
Again, like new, crisp, clean and sharp
POST & PACKING:
A PROTECTIVE POLY SLEEVE, NEW ANTI-STATIC LINERS, QUALITY BOX (NOT ENVELOPE) MAILER AND AMPLE STIFFENERS ARE ALWAYS USED TO ENSURE THAT YOUR RECORD ARRIVES SAFELY
UK: £5.00 (Recorded Delivery)
UK: £11.00 (Royal Mail Special Delivery Next Day by 1pm)
EUROPE: Airmail: £15.00 (International Signed For delivery)
INTERNATIONAL: Airmail: £20.00 (International Signed For delivery)
Combined Post: Additional records £1 (UK) £2 (Europe including Russia) £3 (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
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856 (GS 7.0.20 (856))
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