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Traffic: John Barleycorn Must Die

Traffic: John Barleycorn Must Die (Island ILPS 9116)

John Barleycorn Must Die
Traffic

Island ILPS 9116 (LP, UK, 1970)
Island IMCD 40 (CD, UK, 19??)
Island IMCD 266 (CD, UK, 1999)

 Traffic: John Barleycorn Must Die (Island IMCD 266)

Recorded at Island Studios and Olympic Studios London;
Produced by Chris Blackwell and Steve Winwood;
Except Stranger to Himself produced by Guy Stevens;
Tracks 9-11 taken from the previously unreleased live album Live - November 70 recorded at the Filmore East (New York) on 18/19 November 1970.

Musicians

Steve Winwood: bass guitar, organ, piano, percussion, vocals;
Chris Wood: flute, electric sax, organ, sax, percussion;
Jim Capaldi: drums, percussion, tambourine, vocals

Tracks (LP, first CD)

LP Side 1

  1. Glad (6.59)
  2. Freedom Rider (5.25)
  3. Empty Pages (4.34)

LP Side 2

  1. Stranger to Himself (3.51)
  2. John Barleycorn (Roud 164; G/D 3:559) (6.22)
  3. Every Mother’s Son (7.04)

Tracks (remastered CD)

  1. Glad (6.59)
  2. Freedom Rider (5.25)
  3. Empty Pages (4.34)
  4. I Just Want to Know (1.31)
  5. Stranger to Himself (3.51)
  6. John Barleycorn (Roud 164; G/D 3:559) (6.22)
  7. Every Mother’s Son (7.04)
  8. Sittin’ Here Thinkin’ of My Love (3.32)
  9. Backstage & introduction (1.50)
  10. Who Knows What Tomorrow May Bring (live) (6.56)
  11. Glad (live) (11.30)

Tracks 1, 11 Steve Winwood;
Tracks 2-5, 7-9 Steve Winwood, Jim Capaldi;
Track 6 trad. arr. Steve Winwood;
Tracks 10 Steve Winwood, Jim Capaldi, Chris Wood