Traffic ‎– John Barleycorn Must Die

NEW VINYL LP ON UNIVERSAL 2021

180 GRAM VINYL.

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.

Tracklist

Glad     6:32
Freedom Rider     6:20
Empty Pages     4:47
Stranger To Himself     4:02
John Barleycorn     6:20
Every Mother's Son     7:05