Best Of Traffic (1969) - Traffic
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Jim Capaldi, Dave Mason, Steve Winwood, Chris Wood
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Paper Sun
Date Performance: 1967, Running Time: 4:12
Comments: (P) 1967 Island Records Ltd. |
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Heaven Is In Your Mind
Date Performance: 1967, Running Time: 4:20
Comments: (P) 1968 Island Records Ltd. |
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No Face, No Name, No Number
Date Performance: 1967, Running Time: 3:34
Comments: (P) 1968 Island Records Ltd. |
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Coloured Rain
Date Performance: 1967, Running Time: 2:43
Comments: (P) 1967 Island Records Ltd. |
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Smiling Phases
Date Performance: 1967, Running Time: 2:45
Comments: (P) 1968 Island Records Ltd. |
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Hole In My Shoe
Date Performance: 1967, Running Time: 2:56
Comments: (P) 1968 Island Records Ltd. |
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Medicated Goo
Date Performance: 1968, Running Time: 3:37 |
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(Roamin' Thro' The Gloamin With) 40,000 Headmen
Date Performance: 1968, Running Time: 3:14 |
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Feelin' Alright?
Date Performance: 1968, Running Time: 3:02 |
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Shanghai Noodle Factory
Date Performance: 1968, Running Time: 5:06 |
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Dear Mr. Fantasy
Date Performance: 1967, Running Time: 5:45
Comments: (P) 1968 Island Records Ltd. |
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Francine Heiman
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| Released » |
1969-10
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Domestic Vinyl/CD Album
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Andy Johns (Engineer), Glyn Johns (Engineer), Eddie Kramer (Engineer), Jim Capaldi (Songwriter), Jim Capaldi (Songwriter), Larry Fallon (Songwriter), Dave Mason (Songwriter), Dave Mason (Songwriter), Jimmy Miller (Songwriter), Steve Winwood (Songwriter), Steve Winwood (Songwriter), Chris Wood (Songwriter), Chris Wood (Songwriter), Jimmy Miller (Produced By) |
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United Artists/Island |
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UAS-5500/IMCD 169 (846 153-2)
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| Running Time » |
40:31
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| Liner Notes » |
(This Compilation) (P) 1969 Island Records
The copyright in this sound recording is owned by Island Records Ltd.
Island Masters
Compact Disc Digital Audio
LC 0407
BIEM MCPS
Made in France by PMDC
All rights of the producer and of the owner of the work reproduced reserved.
Unauthorized copying, hiring, lending, public performance and broadcasting prohibited.
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Could've been better but still good enough
Review written by John Fitzgerald, October 30th, 2004 Island attempted to clean things up regarding Traffic (as they had broken up due to Steve Winwood going off to join Blind Faith) in 1969. In addition to the previously unreleased material compilation album "Last exit", "Best of Traffic" tries to hit the bright spots in Traffic's short career up to that point (naturally unaware that they would reform shortly after). The twanging pop of Winwood's "Paper sun" and Mason's much covered "Hole in my shoe" are essential listens here as is the "Paper sun" single B side only track in the stomping "Smiling phases" and though there are many good choices here (like "Heaven is in your mind", "No face no name no number" & "Dear Mr. Fantasy" from the "Mr. Fantasy" album and the "had to be there" inclusion of "Feelin' alright" from their selftitled 1968 album), some choices are questionable as to whether they should be thought of as Traffic's "best" recordings. Naturally, this is all down to opinion and some may feel as though songs like "Coloured rain" are needed, I have found that song, though good, somewhat overrated and it's understandable that Island apparently wished to enclose some tracks from their "Last exit" album, but "Shanghai noodle factory" sounds too much like "Who knows what tomorrow may bring" from the "Traffic" album to me (and as that was the track they chose to release, then surely that would be considered preferable to this one, if they felt they needed to include one with "that sound"?) and given that "Welcome to the canteen" had not taken place yet, the inclusion of the "Last exit" version of "Medicated goo" is excusable (since the still to come live version, I think, is better) but I still feel that they may have been better off starting with PS, HIMS & SP and then including the B side to Mason's one off Island single ("Little woman" since the A side of the single showed up on LE, but it is understandable if this track was not included here going by the fact that Family was his backing band on that track, and not Traffic, though Traffic were the backing band on that single's A side track, "Just for you"), "Feelin' alright (Take 1)" (which showed up on DM's "Scrapbook" compilation double album on Island in 1972) & the two "Here we go round the mulberry bush" soundtrack unique tracks (the films title track and "Am I what I was or am I what I am") and then used the remaining time for the "best of the regular album tracks" but that's just me. As it is, I find it amusing that, from what I have heard, the rest of Traffic was not happy with Dave's "Hole in my shoe" (as they felt it was too commercial for their psychedelic tastes at the time) but listening back on Winwood's "Paper sun" (which was deemed un-commercial then) in comparison now, they both seem as commercial as each other. Oh, how times change, but again, this could be just me. This album is still partly essential for those two single tracks plus the "Paper sun" single B side track "Smiling phases" as said above and then I'd suggest you hunt down the UK version of Islands remastered "Traffic" CD for it's inclusion of the above mentioned "Here we go round the mulberry bush" soundtrack tunes to clean up your Traffic collection.
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2011-04-17 |
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Discography entry submitted by Pablo Roufogalis & Steve MacDougall. |
