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At only 22 years old, Steve Winwood sat down in early 1970 to fulfill a contractual commitment by making his first solo album, on which he intended to play all the instruments himself. The record got as far as one backing track produced by Guy Stevens, "Stranger to Himself," before Winwood called his erstwhile partner from Traffic, Jim Capaldi, in to help out. The two completed a second track, "Every Mother's Son," then, with Winwood and Island Records chief Chris Blackwell moving to the production chores, brought in a third Traffic member, Chris Wood, to work on the sessions. Thus, Traffic, dead and buried for more than a year, was reborn. The band's new approach was closer to what it perhaps should have been back in 1967, basically a showcase for Winwood's voice and instrumental work, with Wood adding reed parts and Capaldi drumming and occasionally singing harmony vocals. If the original Traffic bowed to the perceived commercial necessity of crafting hit singles, the new Traffic was more interested in stretching out. Heretofore, no studio recording had run longer than the five-and-a-half minutes of "Dear Mr. Fantasy," but four of the six selections on John Barleycorn Must Die exceeded six minutes. Winwood and company used the time to play extended instrumental variations on compelling folk- and jazz-derived riffs. Five of the six songs had lyrics, and their tone of disaffection was typical of earlier Capaldi sentiments. But the vocal sections of the songs merely served as excuses for Winwood to exercise his expressive voice as punctuation to the extended instrumental sections. As such, John Barleycorn Must Die moved beyond the jamming that had characterized some of Traffic's 1968 work to approach the emerging field of jazz-rock. And that helped the band to achieve its commercial potential; this became Traffic's first gold album.
© William Ruhlmann /TiVo
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JIM CAPALDI, Drums, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer - Steve Winwood, Composer, Producer, Bass Guitar, Organ, Percussion, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Paschal Byrne, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - CHRIS BLACKWELL, Producer - Chris Wood, Flute, Percussion, Saxophone, Saxophones, AssociatedPerformer - Traffic, MainArtist
℗ 2011 Island Records, a division of Universal Music Operations Limited
JIM CAPALDI, Drums, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Steve Winwood, Producer, Organ, Percussion, Piano, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Paschal Byrne, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - CHRIS BLACKWELL, Producer - Chris Wood, Flute, Percussion, Saxophone, Saxophones, AssociatedPerformer - Traffic, MainArtist
℗ 2011 Island Records, a division of Universal Music Operations Limited
JIM CAPALDI, Drums, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer - Steve Winwood, Producer, Bass Guitar, Organ, Piano, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Paschal Byrne, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - CHRIS BLACKWELL, Producer - Chris Wood, Organ, AssociatedPerformer - Traffic, MainArtist
℗ 2011 Island Records, a division of Universal Music Operations Limited
JIM CAPALDI, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Steve Winwood, Producer, Drums, Guitar, Bass Guitar, Percussion, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Paschal Byrne, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - CHRIS BLACKWELL, Producer - Traffic, MainArtist
℗ 2011 Island Records, a division of Universal Music Operations Limited
JIM CAPALDI, Tambourine, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Traditional, ComposerLyricist - Steve Winwood, Producer, Acoustic Guitar, Piano, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Paschal Byrne, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - CHRIS BLACKWELL, Producer - Chris Wood, Flute, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer - Traffic, MainArtist
℗ 2011 Island Records, a division of Universal Music Operations Limited
JIM CAPALDI, Drums, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Steve Winwood, Producer, Bass Guitar, Organ, Piano, Saxophone, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Paschal Byrne, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Traffic, MainArtist - Guy Stevens, Producer
℗ 2011 Island Records, a division of Universal Music Operations Limited
DISC 2
JIM CAPALDI, ComposerLyricist - Steve Winwood, ComposerLyricist - Traffic, MainArtist - Guy Stevens, Producer
℗ 2011 Universal Island Records Ltd. A Universal Music Company.
Traditional, ComposerLyricist - Steve Winwood, Producer, ComposerLyricist - CHRIS BLACKWELL, Producer - Traffic, MainArtist
℗ 2011 Universal Island Records Ltd. A Universal Music Company.
JIM CAPALDI, ComposerLyricist - Steve Winwood, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Traffic, MainArtist - Guy Stevens, Producer
℗ 2011 Island Records, a division of Universal Music Operations Limited
Traffic, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2011 Universal Island Records Ltd. A Universal Music Company.
Steve Winwood, ComposerLyricist - Jimmy Miller, ComposerLyricist - Traffic, MainArtist
℗ 2011 Universal Island Records Ltd. A Universal Music Company.
Steve Winwood, Producer, ComposerLyricist - CHRIS BLACKWELL, Producer - Traffic, MainArtist
℗ 2011 Universal Island Records Ltd. A Universal Music Company.
Traffic, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2011 Universal-Island Records Ltd.
JIM CAPALDI, ComposerLyricist - Steve Winwood, ComposerLyricist - Chris Wood, ComposerLyricist - Jimmy Miller, Producer - Traffic, MainArtist
℗ 2011 Universal Island Records Ltd. A Universal Music Company.
JIM CAPALDI, ComposerLyricist - Steve Winwood, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Traffic, MainArtist - Guy Stevens, Producer
℗ 2011 Island Records, a division of Universal Music Operations Limited
JIM CAPALDI, ComposerLyricist - Steve Winwood, Composer, Producer, ComposerLyricist - CHRIS BLACKWELL, Producer - Traffic, MainArtist
℗ 2011 Island Records, a division of Universal Music Operations Limited
Albumbeschreibung
At only 22 years old, Steve Winwood sat down in early 1970 to fulfill a contractual commitment by making his first solo album, on which he intended to play all the instruments himself. The record got as far as one backing track produced by Guy Stevens, "Stranger to Himself," before Winwood called his erstwhile partner from Traffic, Jim Capaldi, in to help out. The two completed a second track, "Every Mother's Son," then, with Winwood and Island Records chief Chris Blackwell moving to the production chores, brought in a third Traffic member, Chris Wood, to work on the sessions. Thus, Traffic, dead and buried for more than a year, was reborn. The band's new approach was closer to what it perhaps should have been back in 1967, basically a showcase for Winwood's voice and instrumental work, with Wood adding reed parts and Capaldi drumming and occasionally singing harmony vocals. If the original Traffic bowed to the perceived commercial necessity of crafting hit singles, the new Traffic was more interested in stretching out. Heretofore, no studio recording had run longer than the five-and-a-half minutes of "Dear Mr. Fantasy," but four of the six selections on John Barleycorn Must Die exceeded six minutes. Winwood and company used the time to play extended instrumental variations on compelling folk- and jazz-derived riffs. Five of the six songs had lyrics, and their tone of disaffection was typical of earlier Capaldi sentiments. But the vocal sections of the songs merely served as excuses for Winwood to exercise his expressive voice as punctuation to the extended instrumental sections. As such, John Barleycorn Must Die moved beyond the jamming that had characterized some of Traffic's 1968 work to approach the emerging field of jazz-rock. And that helped the band to achieve its commercial potential; this became Traffic's first gold album.
© William Ruhlmann /TiVo
About the album
- 2 disc(s) - 16 track(s)
- Total length: 01:32:32
- Main artists: Traffic
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: UMC (Universal Music Catalogue)
- Genre: Pop/Rock Rock
© 2010 Universal-Island Records Ltd. This Compilation ℗ 2010 Universal-Island Records Ltd.
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