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John Barleycorn Must Die by Traffic (CD, Jul-2003, Island Records USA) 
John Barleycorn Must Die by Traffic (CD, Jul-2003, Island Records USA)

 
John Barleycorn Must Die by Traffic (CD, Jul-2003, Island Records USA)

Artist: Traffic
Release Date: Jul 2003
Format: CD
Record Label: Island Records (USA)
Genre: Psychedelic, Rock & Pop
UPC: 766482497140
Product ID: EPID51905078
Description: Japanese remaster in an LP-replica sleeve adds four extra songs. Although JOHN BARLEYCORN MUST DIE was originally intended as Steve Winwood's post-Blind Faith solo debut, Winwood and producer/label head Chris Blackwell first drafted Jim ...
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Track Listing
1. Glad
2. Freedom Rider
3. Empty Pages
4. Stranger to Himself
5. John Barleycorn
6. Every Mothers Son

Details
Distributor:Phantom Import Distributi
Recording Type:Studio
Recording Mode:Stereo
SPAR Code:n/a

Album Notes
Japanese remaster in an LP-replica sleeve adds four extra songs.
Although JOHN BARLEYCORN MUST DIE was originally intended as Steve Winwood's post-Blind Faith solo debut, Winwood and producer/label head Chris Blackwell first drafted Jim Capaldi to provide lyrics, and then Chris Wood dropped by to add his familiar reeds, and almost by accident, Traffic was reborn.
This was a different, and better, Traffic than the ill-fated quartet lineup with Dave Mason, which never entirely settled on an artistic direction. The sound of JOHN BARLEYCORN MUST DIE, on the other hand, remained the template for the rest of the reunited band's career--long, organically developed songs with a subtle jazz-rock feel, powered by Capaldi's percussion and Winwood's organ. "John Barleycorn," a traditional English folk song about the process of brewing ale (not, as the liner notes mistakenly claim, a call for temperance), here becomes a pastoral reverie carried along by flute and acoustic guitar, and proves to be the record's highlight. However, the quality of the other songs, particularly the instrumental opener, "Glad," and the outstanding ballad "Empty Pages," is nearly as high.

Editorial Reviews
...The best cut on the album is probably the title tune....Wood's flute is again exceptional, delicate and ornate, and Steve sings the song just right, with an admirable sense of restraint and simplicity...
Rolling Stone (09/03/1970)

3 stars out of 5 - ...a stew of jazz, folk and prog....seeing the band lapsing into a little too much jam-based indulgence...
Q (02/01/2000)

...shows that Traffic were capable of thoughtful, inventive and occasionally very beautiful music.
Mojo (01/01/2000)

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