TRAFFIC – BEST OF TRAFFIC LP – Nr MINT UK STEVE WINWOOD

Traffic – Best Of Traffic
(Island Records  ILPS9112  Island Pink Rim Labels)
Matrix No’s: A6/B5 Pecko – UK Pressing

Sleeve in Very Good+ condition
– some wear to edges, some ringwear & a few marks

Vinyl in Nr MINT condition
(there are some surface marks visible on the vinyl when held up to the light but they don’t affect the sound quality)

Traffic were an English rock band, formed in Birmingham, in April 1967 by Steve Winwood, Jim Capaldi, Chris Wood and Dave Mason. They began as a psychedelic rock group and diversified their sound through the use of instruments such as keyboards like the Mellotron and harpsichord, sitar, and various reed instruments, and by incorporating jazz and improvisational techniques in their music. Their first three singles were “Paper Sun”, “Hole in My Shoe”, and “Here We Go Round the Mulberry Bush”.

Traffic disbanded in 1969, during which time Winwood joined Blind Faith, then reunited in 1970 to release the critically acclaimed album John Barleycorn Must Die. The band’s line-up varied from this point until they disbanded again in 1974. A partial reunion, with Winwood and Capaldi, took place in 1994.

Traffic were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2004.

Best of Traffic is a compilation album by the band Traffic, released in 1969.

Track listing

1. “Paper Sun” (Steve Winwood, Jim Capaldi)
2. “Heaven Is in Your Mind” (Capaldi, Winwood, Chris Wood)
3. “No Face, No Name, No Number” (Winwood, Capaldi)
4. “Coloured Rain” (Winwood, Capaldi, Wood)
5. “Smiling Phases” (Winwood, Capaldi, Wood)
6. “Hole in My Shoe” (Dave Mason)
7. “Medicated Goo” (Winwood, Jimmy Miller)
8. “40,000 Headmen” (Winwood, Capaldi)
9. “Feelin’ Alright” (Mason)
10. “Shanghai Noodle Factory” (Winwood, Capaldi, Wood, Mason, Miller, Larry Fallon)
11. “Dear Mr. Fantasy” (Winwood, Capaldi, Wood)

Personnel

• Jim Capaldi – drums, percussion, backing vocals, lead vocal on “Heaven Is in Your Mind”
• Dave Mason – bass, guitar, sitar, mellotron, backing vocals, lead vocals on “Hole in My Shoe” and “Feelin’ Alright”
• Steve Winwood – lead vocals (except on “Hole in My Shoe” and “Feelin’ Alright”), organ, piano, bass, guitar, percussion, harpsichord, backing vocals on “Hole in My Shoe” and “Feelin’ Alright”
• Chris Wood – flute, saxophone, organ, percussion, backing vocals