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Traffic - John Barleycorn Must Die

Traffic - John Barleycorn Must Die

Musician: Traffic
Album title: John Barleycorn Must Die
Style: Folk Rock, Blues Rock, Jazz-Rock, Prog Rock
Country: UK
Size MP3 version: 1515 mb
Size APE version: 1571 mb
Size WMA version: 1598 mb
Rating ✫: 4.9
Votes: 815
Format: AA RA AU MP1 ADX AHX FLAC
Genre: Rock

Traffic - John Barleycorn Must Die


Tracklist Hide Credits

A1 Glad
Drums, Percussion – Jim CapaldiOrgan, Piano, Percussion – Steve WinwoodSaxophone, Flute, Saxophone [Electric], Percussion – Chris Wood Written-By – Winwood*
6:32
A2 Freedom Rider
Drums, Percussion – J.C.*Organ, Piano, Vocals, Percussion – S.W.*Saxophone, Flute, Saxophone [Electric], Percussion – C.W.*Written-By – Capaldi*, Winwood*
6:20
A3 Empty Pages
Drums, Percussion – J.C.*Organ – C.W.*Organ, Bass Guitar, Electric Piano, Vocals – S.W.*Written-By – Capaldi*, Winwood*
4:47
B1 Stranger To Himself
Producer – Guy StevensVocals – J.C.*Vocals, Instruments [All] – S.W.*Written-By – Capaldi*, Winwood*
4:02
B2 John Barleycorn
Acoustic Guitar, Piano, Vocals – S.W.*Arranged By – Winwood*Flute, Percussion – C.W.*Tambourine, Vocals – J.C.*Written-By – Trad.*
6:20
B3 Every Mother's Son
Drums – J.C.*Instruments [All Other] – S.W.*Producer – Guy StevensWritten-By – Capaldi*, Winwood*
7:05

Companies, etc.

  • Recorded At – Island Studios
  • Recorded At – Olympic Studios
  • Printed By – E.J. Day Group
  • Made By – E.J. Day Group

Credits

  • Design [Album] – Mike Sida
  • Engineer – Andrew Johns*, Brian Humphries
  • Mastered By – LH*
  • Photography By – Richard Polak
  • Producer – Chris Blackwell, Steve Winwood

Notes

1st pressings with pink "I" rough-textured label, a bit rough gatefold cover, outside silkscreened, inside doublepaged, coloured image of the band.

On runout variant 3, the stamping "AudioMatrix" is almost unreadable, but it is real.(Audio Matrix, Inc.)

Variant 4 matrix with ILPS + 9116 + A4 is mispressing with short version of "Empty Pages" Traffic - John Barleycorn Must Die

Barcode and Other Identifiers

  • Matrix / Runout (Variant 1 Side A engraved sterling stamped): ILPS 9116 A/2 UAS 5504 A 6.3.70 RC sterling LH
  • Matrix / Runout (Variant 1 Side B engraved sterling stamped): ILPS 9116 B/2 UAS 5504 B 6.3.70 RC sterling LH
  • Matrix / Runout (Variant 2 Side B engraved sterling stamped): ILPS 9116 B/2 UAS 5504 B 6.3.70 AM sterling LH

Other versions

Category Artist Title (Format) Label Category Country Year
ILPS 9116 Traffic John Barleycorn Must Die ‎(LP, Album) Island Records ILPS 9116 UK 1970
88 018 ET, ILPS 9116 Traffic John Barleycorn Must Die ‎(LP, Album, RP) Island Records, Island Records 88 018 ET, ILPS 9116 Germany Unknown
LA048 Traffic John Barleycorn Must Die ‎(LP, Album, Gat) Island Records LA048 Mexico 1977
6339 016 N Traffic John Barleycorn Must Die ‎(LP, Album) Island Records 6339 016 N Italy 1970
none Traffic John Barleycorn Must Die ‎(CD, Album, M/Print, Unofficial) ООО "ДОРА" none Russia 1998



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Akinozuru
Folky, jazzy, prog rock, originally intended as Winwood's solo début, it didn't take long until he pulled in the other guys from traffic, minus Mason, to complete the album. The opening and closing tracks are OK, but other than that the I'm not really feeling it.