Traffic - John Barleycorn Must Die CD (Mega Blowout Sale)
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The wonderful psychedelic proto-progressive group Traffic came to a grinding halt sometime in late 1968, when Steve Winwood left the band to join Blind Faith or the band fell apart and he went and joined Blind Faith (not sure which came first). After Blind Faith fell apart, Steve started work on a solo album which, after a little bit of time turned into a Traffic album as Jim Capaldi and Chris Wood came on board. This is a very jazzy rock album for 1970 and I've owned it in some form ever since I was 13 (my first copy was a Bar-Mitzvah gift!). Also included are serious folk influences, another pretty cool thing for 1970. Not as wonderful as "Mister Fantasy", the band's 2nd album, but still a very good one, I think that the general level of musical interest and, especially, the huge amount of Steve's talents that you can hear on this, make this a very worthy release, even all these years later. Includes two never released bonus tracks!
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