The Steve Winwood Broadcast Archive - Volume 2 - Traffic - Live In Stockholm '67

The Steve Winwood Broadcast Archive - Volume 2 - Traffic - Live In Stockholm '67 - 2020

With the compelling talent of Steve Winwood in it's ranks Traffic was always likely to be a force to be reckoned with. Along side the mercurial ability of Winwood the other members Jim Capaldi, Chris Wood and Dave Mason produced a unique sound incorporating Jazz, Rock, folk and Eastern music. This CD demonstrates the different elements Traffic contained which made them one of England's most influential groups. The sound quality is well balanced and showcases how good Traffic were when playing live

01. Giving To You

02. Smiling Phases

03. Coloured Rain

04. Band Introductions

05. Hole In My Shoe

06. Feelin' Good

07. Paper Sun

08. Dear Mr. Fantasy

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Traffic - Live On Air 1967

Traffic - Live On Air 1967 - 2018

This is a traffic history, it is recommended only for serious traffic fans like me
Because the sound is poor

Broadcast On October 1st 1967
01. Paper Son > A House For Everyone
02. Interview > Hole In My Shoe
03. Coloured Rain
04. Dear Mr. Fantasy
05. Smiling Phases

Broadcast On December 11th 1967
06. Here We Go Round The Mulberry Bush
07. Heaven Is In Your Mind
08. Dealer
09. No Face, No Name, No Number
10. Hope They Never Find Me Here





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Chris Wood - Evening Blue

Chris Wood - Evening Blue - 2017

Perhaps best known for co-founding Traffic with Steve Winwood, Jim Capaldi and Dave Mason, Chris Wood was self taught on Saxophone and Flute although he was also an accomplished keyboards player and bass guitarist too. And a fine artist as well; from Stourbridge College of Art, Chris was accepted by the Royal Academy in 1965 where he ultimately faced the choice – music or art.

Via The Steve Hadley Quartet, he moved on to other Midlands-based bands – Shades Of Blue which included pianist Christine Perfect (later McVie of Fleetwood Mac) and then Locomotive with Mike Kellie (Spooky Tooth). Knowing Steve Winwood from The Elbow Room in Birmingham as well as through his sister Steph who designed clothes for The Spencer Davis Group led, eventually, to the formation of Traffic which evolved from out of hours jam-sessions at The Elbow Room.

Traffic decamped to an isolated farmhouse (The Cottage) on the Berkshire Downs. Success came with their first single (Paper Sun) with their first album (Mr Fantasy) being issued in December 1967. The group split after releasing their second album with Winwood joining Eric Clapton in Blind Faith. Wood and Capaldi reunited with Dave Mason to form the short-lived Mason Capaldi Wood and Frog before Chris left for America where he joined Dr John and toured the US. On his return to Britain, along with Winwood, he joined the first version of Ginger Baker’s Airforce, playing two gigs and releasing one album. After which Traffic – as a three piece – reformed.

Chris introduced the traditional ballad John Barleycorn to Capaldi and Winwood and it became not only the title song to Traffic’s next LP but a lynchpin of their concerts for the remainder of the group’s life.

Close friends with Jimi Hendrix, Wood played on his Electric Ladyland album as well as contributing to records by Free, Fat Mattress, Sky, Noel Redding, Third World, John Martyn, Gordon Jackson, Crawler, Jim Capaldi, Rebop Kwaku Baah, Bobby Whitlock and many others.

He met his wife via Hendrix (she was part of Jimi’s inner circle) – Chris and Jeanette Jacobs were married in November 1972 at Kensington Registry Office in London.

Traffic folded after the release of the When The Eagle Flies LP in 1974. In the years that followed, Chris took tentative steps toward recording his own LP but, plagued by addiction and his wife’s serial infidelity while progress was made, it was slow. Eventually, an album was completed and sequenced in October 1978 but, for reasons which remain unknown, Island chose not to issue it. In the mid-80s the 1/4″ masters disappeared and remained missing until 2013.

Jeanette (from whom he was now separated) died of a seizure on New Year’s Day 1980 – she was 30. Chris was affected by her death as deeply as he was by Jimi’s passing as well as other close friends like Paul Kossoff and his erstwhile band-mate Rebop Kwaku Baah.

Never to completely shake his dependencies, Chris Wood died in Birmingham’s Queen Elizabeth Hospital on the morning of July 12, 1983. Three weeks earlier, he had turned 39.

Traffic’s Far from Home LP, issued in 1994, was dedicated to Chris – the front cover shows a solitary stick-figure playing a flute.

Traffic was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame on March 15, 2004. In Jim Capaldi’s acceptance speech he said: Chris Wood was the magic man in Traffic. He was the one who came up with John Barleycorn. We sadly miss Chris. Traffic foreve.

CD 1
01. Song For Pete
02. See No Man Girl
03. Letter One
04. Barbed Wire
05. Don't It
06. Jam In Butter
07. Moon Child Vulcan
08. Tone Blind Rhythm Deaf
09. Birth In A Day
10. No 4 B Side
11. Barbed Wire (Take 3 Alt R Mix)
12. Birth In A Day (Take 3 CW Mix)
13. Song For Pete (Studio Rehearsal Take 2)
14. See No Man Floral Dance




CD 2
01. Piano #1 - Chris Wood
02. Love - Traffic
03. Outside In (Album Version) - John Martin
04. Come Here Sweet Man - Martha Velez
05. Flutered - Chris Wood
06. Early in the Morning (Live at The Royal Albert Hall) - Airforce
07. Song For Freedom - Gordon Jackson
08. Automatic Reggae - Tyrone Downie
09. Sullen Moon (Band Recording #1) - Cris Wood
10. Zagapam - Rebop Kwaku Baah
11. Jam 1 - Mason, Capaldi, Wood & Frog
12. There In The Greenbriar - Sky
13. Diggin' On You (Home Demo) - Dr. John, Jeanette Jacobs & Chris Wood
14. Just For You - Dave Mason
15. The Fame Groove - Chris Wood
16. Lamb - Chris Wood and Stuar Carr
17. No Time To Live - Traffic




CD 3
01. Piano #2 - Chris Wood
02. On A Theme Of... - Mason, Capaldi, Wood & Frog
03. Steph's Tune - Tyrone Downie
04. 40.000 Headman - Traffic
05. So Much In Love With You (Album Version) - john Martyn
06. Cinnamon Girl (First Run Through) - Spiteri & Chris Wood
07. Tragic Magic - Traffic
08. Polo No 1 (Sketch) - Chris Wood
09. Game Called Life - Bobby Whitlock
10. Snakes And Ladders - Gordon Jackson
11. Out Of Tune With The Universe - Dr. John, Jeanette Jacobs & Chris Wood
12. Meteorites - Remi Kabaka
13. Ley It Up - Chris Wood & Vinden Wylde
14. Sold On Down The Line - Crawler
15. Waiting On You (Live At The BBC / 1969) - Mason, Capaldi, Wood & Frog
16. For Rfk Jfk & Mlk - Shawn Phillips
17. Sullen Moon (Demo) - Chris Wood
18. John Barleycorn - Traffic
19. Zola - Chris Wood




CD 4
01. Piano #3 - Chris Wood
02. What To Look For - Chris Wood & Maps
03. Vulcan (The Aurora Collaboration) Chris Wood & Spiteri
04. Coloured Rain (Mono Version) - Traffic
05. Sing To Me Woman - Gordon Jackson
06. Dealer (Album Version) - Traffic
07. Barbed Wire (Take 2 Alt - W mix)
08. Mourning Sad Morning - Free
09. Evening Blue - Traffic
10. Feelin' Alright? (Live At The BBC) - Mason, Capaldi, Wood & Frog
11. All Black Festival - Remi Kabaka
12. Three Hours (Alternate Version) - Nick Drake
13. Steph's Dub - Tyrone Downie
14. Spring Too (Live) - Chris Wiid & Stuart Carr
15. Rainmaker - Traffic
16. Seagull - Jim Capaldi
17. Sylvanae - Chris Wood

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Rick Grech - The Last Five Years

Rick Grech - The Last Five Years - 1973

from AMG

The late Rick Grech was given a unique retrospective by his label RSO Records, much like the rare 1971Winwood double LP on United Artists. The big difference being that the recalled UA package on Winwood had a lavish eight-page photo essay spread written by Bobby Abrams, while Grech's single LP contains one photo page with very little information on where the material came from. Eight of the nine songs are written or co-written by bassist Rick Grech, the one hold-out being Steve Winwood's "Sea of Joy." Now listen up history buffs, because AMG is the first publication to see this musical nugget myth in print. When the late Jimmy Miller was at the residence of this writer (who represented the producer for many years) looking over the vast collection of his work, he smiled when seeing "Sea of Joy" on a "best-of" Rick Grech. To paraphrase Miller as best as possible "The best of Rick Grech? It's Jack Bruce playing bass on "Sea of Joy"!" According to archivist John McDermott in the Blind Faith Deluxe Edition, the song is "highlighted by Rick Grech's striking violin work," that being true, "Sea of Joy" is certainly a key track on a Grech compilation -- but Jimmy Miller was absolute that Jack Bruce is performing on some of the Blind Faith material. Is this truly Cream meets Traffic? Perhaps only Jack Bruce, Steve Winwood, Ginger Baker, or engineer George Chkiantz know for sure, but it certainly adds some intrigue to a much revered song and album.

The Last Five Years is an extraordinary collection because it focuses on Rick Grech the songwriter as much as the journeyman. Where it fails is not in the music, but in the presentation. "Second Generation Woman" is taken from 1969's Family Entertainment album by Family, which contained three Rick Grech compositions. Track three here, "Face in the Cloud" is also from those sessions. The third composition from that Family disc, "How-Hi-The-Li," is track three on side two of this LP. "Kiss the Children," the second track, is from the 1972/1973 G.P. solo disc by Gram Parsons -- the diversity in Grech's work certainly worthy of better attention than just slapping the tunes on the disc with little commentary. "Just a Guest" was written solely by Grech and features the superb vocals of Rosetta Hightower, produced by Ian Green. It's such a great track, yet looking at the listing on the back cover, even hardcore fans would think it is Grech performing his own tune. This was licensed from Phonogram, most likely from Hightower's own record. It is followed by Ginger Baker's Air Force, the final track from that live double album produced by Jimmy Miller, the Baker/Grech piece "Doin' It." Side two opens with 1968's "Hey Mr. Policeman" from Family's Music in a Doll's House album, produced by Dave Mason. "Rock & Roll Stew" from Traffic's brilliant 1971 disc, Low Spark of High Heeled Boys is probably the track with the most recognition, next to "Sea of Joy.." And there you have it, the tracking information to what was a brilliant concept -- housing stunning performances from many of Grech's ensembles. The pity here is that the music is so good, a better presentation and package could have been a blessing to all involved. The Last Five Years is a brilliant collection of songs that can get you riled up over how labels treat precious art like this as so much "product" to be issued on a budget line like a Camden or Pickwick.

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01. Family - Second Generation Woman
02. Gram Parsons - Kiss the Children
03. Family - Face in the Cloud
04. Rosetta Hightower - Just a Guest
05. Ginger Baker's Air Force - Doin' It
06. Family - Hey Mr. Policeman
07. Traffic - Rock N' Roll Stew
08. Family - How - Hi - The - Li
09. Blind Faith - Sea of Joy






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Dave Mason - Dave Mason is Alive!

Dave Mason - Dave Mason is Alive! - 1973

Gravado em 1971 no "The Troubador" em Los Angeles, chegou às lojas em 1973 durante desacordos contraturais que Mason tinha com sua gravadora à época. Lançado sem a aprovação do músico, mal embalado e porcamente mixado, foi recebido com críticas mornas. 

O set é fortemente embassado no seu "Alone Together", mais "Walk To the Point" gravado originalmente com Cass Elliott e a eternamente clássica "Feeling Alright".

É um disco que até 2010 não havia ainda sido relançado por problemas de "copyright", quando ganhou uma versão em mini-disco japonês, que, aonde sei, encontra-se "out of print". A versão postada é uma que já roda na net há alguns anos, mas, com a derrubada de tantos links nos úlltimos anos, rareou-se também.

01. Walk To The Point
02. Shouldn't Have Took More Than You Gave
03. Look At You Look At Me
04. Only You Know And I Know
05. Sad And Deep As You
06. Just A Song
07. Feelin' Alright

Dave Mason - Guitar, Vocal
Mark Jordan - Keyboards
Lonnie Turner - Bass
Rick Jaeger - Drums
Felix Falcon - Congas and Percussion


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Chris Wood (Traffic Former) - Vulcan

Chris Wood - Vulcan - 2008

Chris Wood was originally an art student when he met Steve Winwood with whom he formed Traffic in 1966 along with Dave Mason and Jim Capaldi. The original lineup of Traffic broke up in 1968, in that time Chris recorded with Jimi Hendrix, Small Faces, John Martyn, and Fat Mattress, as well as toured with Dr. John. The second incarnation of Traffic was an outgrowth of a Winwood solo album in early '70, where Capaldi & Wood were guesting, but eventually got released under the Traffic moniker as John Barleycorn Must Die. Wood stayed with the band until their final break-up in '75. Wood was working on a solo album, tentatively titled Vulcan, when he passed away due to pneumonia in '83.

The title can be traced to the song "Vulcan" (or "Moonchild Vulcan") that was recorded for, but left off When The Eagle Flies - Traffic's last album in 1974. The genesis of Chris's intended solo effort is unclear; in August of 1970 he seemingly had no such intentions, as he said (in Rolling Stone):

 "I'm not a song writer...my instrument is my voice...but it's hard to write songs that way". The first mention of the possibility seems to have been in 1973. Perhaps the outtake status of "Moonchild Vulcan" in early '74 gave him the push (and material) to start the project - it's also possible that Chris was reading 'the writing on the wall' in regard to Traffic's long-term future at that point as well, and felt the need to start to find his own path.. 

01. Moonchild Vulcan
02. See No Man Girl
03. Letter One
04. Indian Monsoon
05. Barbed Wire (Acoustic)
06. Birth in a Day
07. Sullen Moon
08. Barbed Wire (Band Version)
09. Wood's Bolero (Moonchild Vulcan) (Live, L'Olympia, Paris, France, 25th March 1974) *

* performed by Traffic




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Traffic - Live At the Hammersmith Odean

 

Traffic - Live At the Hammersmith Odean 1970 - 2012

A postagem de hoje é patrocinada integralmente pelo parceiro Celso. Divirtam-se que é coisa fina e que não rola na net na base do 0800.

"Traffic Live At the Hammersmith Odean 1970" é mais um destes álbuns oferecidos digitalmente nas piores casas do ramo, tais como Itunes, 7digital, etc que deixam os compradores (e, consequentemente, seus fans) completamente sem nenhuma informação a respeito.

Pela qualidade da gravação, desconfio de que o áudio foi "remasterizado" a partir de um bootleg dos tempos do vinil (inclusive é possivel ouvir alguns estalos em alguns trechos). Todavia, isso não compromete a audição, cuja qualidade não é  ruim e seu valor como documento da fase mais criativa da banda justificou plenamente os trocados investidos. 

No tracklist, nota-se que quase todas as músicas de "John Barleycorn Must Die" estão presentes ( apenas "Stranger To Himself" ficou de fora). Esse fato fêz-me supor que o pessoal que participou deste show (incrivel que nem isso informam) seja Winwood, Capaldi e Wood e, creio, Reebop na percussão.

As músicas são:

01. Who Knows What Tomorrow May Bring?
02. No Time to Live
03. Every Mother's Son
04. Medicated Goo
05. John Barelycorn Must Die
06. Shoot Out at the Fantasy Factory (que nestas lojinhas está creditada como "Evening Blue")
07. Low Spark of High Heeled Boys
08. Pearly Queen
09. Empty Pages
10. Glad
11. Freedom Rider

No mais, é baixar e ouvir. Comentar não é necessário porque o blog não corre o risco de ser fechado por falta de babação (eu acho kkkkkkk) (*)  e minhas contas não são quitadas por essa forma  de pagamento.

* NB: Celso, não corre. Mas eu te agradeço.

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