Traffic - 5 Classic Albums (2017)

Traffic were an English rock band, formed in Birmingham, in April 1967 by Steve Winwood, Jim Capaldi, Chris Wood and Dave Mason. They began as a psychedelic rock group and diversified their sound through the use of instruments such as keyboards like the Mellotron and harpsichord, sitar, and various reed instruments, and by incorporating jazz and improvisational techniques in their music. Their first three singles were "Paper Sun", "Hole in My Shoe", and "Here We Go Round the Mulberry Bush". Traffic disbanded in 1969, during which time Winwood joined Blind Faith, then reunited in 1970 to release the critically acclaimed album John Barleycorn Must Die. The band's line-up varied from this point until they disbanded again in 1974. A partial reunion, with Winwood and Capaldi, took place in 1994. Traffic were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2004.

Though it ultimately must be considered an interim vehicle for singer/songwriter/keyboardist/guitarist Steve Winwood, Traffic was a successful group that followed its own individual course through the rock music scene of the late '60s and early '70s. Beginning in the psychedelic year of 1967 and influenced by the Beatles, the band turned out eclectic pop singles in its native Great Britain, though by the end of its first year of existence it had developed a pop/rock hybrid tied to its unusual instrumentation: At a time when electric guitars ruled rock, Traffic emphasized Winwood's organ and the reed instruments played by Chris Wood, especially flute. After Dave Mason, who had provided the band with an alternate folk-pop sound, departed for good, Traffic leaned toward extended songs that gave its players room to improvise in a jazz-like manner, even as the rhythms maintained a rock structure. The result was international success that ended only when Winwood finally decided he was ready to strike out on his own.

UK five CD set containing a quintet of albums from the classic rock band packaged together in a slim line slipcase. Includes the albums Mr. Fantasy, Traffic, John Barleycorn Must Die, The Low Spark Of High Heeled Boys, and Shoot Out At The Fantasy Factory.

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DISC 1 - 1967 - Mr. Fantasy
DISC 2 - 1968 - Traffic
DISC 3 - 1970 - John Barleycorn Must Die
DISC 4 - 1971 - The Low Spark Of High Heeled Boys
DISC 5 - 1973 - Shoot Out At The Fantasy Factory

DISC 1 - 1967 - Mr. Fantasy\
01 Heaven Is In Your Mind
02 Berkshire Poppies
03 House For Everyone
04 No Face, No Name, No Number
05 Dear Mr. Fantasy
06 Dealer
07 Utterly Simple
08 Coloured Rain
09 Hope I Never Find Me There
10 Giving To You

DISC 2 - 1968 - Traffic\
01 You Can All Join In
02 Pearly Queen
03 Don't Be Sad
04 Who Knows What Tomorrow May Bring
05 Feelin' Alright
06 Vagabond Virgin
07 Forty Thousand Headmen
08 Cryin' To Be Heard
09 No Time To Live
10 Means To An End

DISC 3 - 1970 - John Barleycorn Must Die\
01 Glad
02 Freedom Rider
03 Empty Pages
04 Stranger To Himself
05 John Barleycorn
06 Every Mother's Son

DISC 4 - 1971 - The Low Spark Of High Heeled Boys\
01 Hidden Treasure
02 The Low Spark Of High-Heeled Boys
03 Rock & Roll Stew
04 Many A Mile To Freedom
05 Light Up Or Leave Me Alone
06 Rainmaker

DISC 5 - 1973 - Shoot Out At The Fantasy Factory\
01 Shoot Out At The Fantasy Factory
02 Roll Right Stones
03 Evening Blue
04 Tragic Magic
05 (Sometimes I Feel So) Uninspired


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