Incoming Traffic: The Studio Albums 1967-1974 vinyl box set

6LP vinyl box set due in May

Universal Music are set to release a new Traffic vinyl box set, the snazzily titled, The Studio Albums 1967–1974.

The six-LP set collects together the Island-released Mr Fantasy, Traffic, John Barleycorn Must Die, Shoot Out At The Fantasy Factory, The Low Spark Of High Heeled Boys and When The Eagle Flies. 1969 odds ‘n’ sods compilation Last Exit isn’t included.

The LPs have been remastered from the original tapes and presented in their original and highly collectable ‘first’ Island pressing form (gatefold sleeves, pink eye labels etc). The set also includes a related and rare facsimile promo poster for each album.

Traffic were originally formed in 1967 when Steve Winwood fled the Spencer Davis Group at the ripe old age of 18, and joined drummer/singer Jim Capaldi, singer/guitarist Dave Mason and reed player Chris Wood. The quartet soon rented a cottage out in rural Berkshire to ‘get their heads together in the country’ (man).

While the group were quickly successful with the singles ‘Paper Sun’ and ‘Hole In My Shoe’, they were more at home on the album format, and also enjoyed considerable success within the U.S., scoring four consecutive top ten albums from 1970 to 1974.

The Studio Albums 1967-1974 is released 17 May 2019.

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Mr Fantasy LP

Side A

1. Heaven Is In Your Mind
2. Berkshire Poppies
3. House For Everyone
4. No Face, No Name, No Number
5. Dear Mr. Fantasy

Side B

1. Dealer
2. Utterly Simple
3. Coloured Rain
4. Hope I Never Find Me There
5. Giving To You

Traffic LP

Side A

1. You Can All Join In
2. Pearly Queen
3. Don’t Be Sad
4. Who Knows What Tomorrow May Bring
5. Feelin’ Alright?

Side B

1. Vagabond Virgin
2. Forty Thousand Headmen
3. Cryin’ To Be Heard
4. No Time To Live
5. Means To An End

John Barleycorn Must Die LP

Side A

1. Glad
2. Freedom Rider
3. Empty Pages

Side B

1. Stranger To Himself
2. John Barleycorn
3. Every Mother’s Son

Shoot Out At The Fantasy Factory LP

Side A

1. Shoot Out At The Fantasy Factory
2. Roll Right Stones

Side B

1. Evening Blue
2. Tragic Magic
3. (Sometimes I Feel So) Uninspired

The Low Spark Of High Heeled Boys LP

Side A

1. Hidden Treasure
2. The Low Spark Of High Heeled Boys
3. Rock ‘n’ Roll Stew

Side B

1. Many A Mile To Freedom
2. Light Up Or Leave Me Alone
3. Rainmaker

When The Eagle Flies LP

Side A

1. Something New
2. Dream Gerrard
3. Graveyard People

Side B

1. Walking In The Wind
2. Memories Of A Rock N’ Rolla
3. Love
4. When The Eagle Flies