This is the third Traffic BBC album I'm posting. It's a concert from 1970. It leans heavily on the "John Barleycorn Must Die" album, which would be released a couple of months later.
At the time, the band was just a trio consisting of Steve Winwood, Jim Capaldi, and Chris Wood. A few months later, Ric Grech would join on bass. (Prior to Grech joining, Winwood generally did bass parts on his organ.)
When I first posted this album in 2018, I made some decisions that I now regret. One is that the concert was emceed by BBC DJ John Peel, and I cut out all of Peel's banter between songs. I am now restoring all of that. The other is that I added some additional songs at the end, from a November 1970 concert at the Fillmore East. That made sense if I was going to present just one Traffic concert from 1970. But I have since decided that later concert deserves to be posted in full, so I've removed those extra songs from this album.
So this is how I should have posted the album in the first place. Note I also made a slight change to the album title (and thus the cover art too), since it should be "John Peel's Sunday Concert" and not just "In Concert."
The music here is unreleased. The sound quality is excellent.
This album is one hour long.
01 talk (Traffic)
02 Who Knows What Tomorrow Will Bring (Traffic)
03 talk (Traffic)
04 Every Mother's Son (Traffic)
05 talk (Traffic)
06 No Time to Live (Traffic)
07 talk (Traffic)
08 Medicated Goo (Traffic)
09 talk (Traffic)
10 John Barleycorn (Traffic)
11 talk (Traffic)
12 Pearly Queen (Traffic)
13 talk (Traffic)
14 Stranger to Himself (Traffic)
15 talk (Traffic)
16 Empty Pages (Traffic)
17 talk (Traffic)
18 Glad [Instrumental] (Traffic)
19 Freedom Rider (Traffic)
02 Who Knows What Tomorrow Will Bring (Traffic)
03 talk (Traffic)
04 Every Mother's Son (Traffic)
05 talk (Traffic)
06 No Time to Live (Traffic)
07 talk (Traffic)
08 Medicated Goo (Traffic)
09 talk (Traffic)
10 John Barleycorn (Traffic)
11 talk (Traffic)
12 Pearly Queen (Traffic)
13 talk (Traffic)
14 Stranger to Himself (Traffic)
15 talk (Traffic)
16 Empty Pages (Traffic)
17 talk (Traffic)
18 Glad [Instrumental] (Traffic)
19 Freedom Rider (Traffic)
https://pixeldrain.com/u/AqLpeRf5
alternate:
https://bestfile.io/en/Qp9JsE0lLP8ZHNu/file
Originally, I used the cover of a popular bootleg for this concert. But much later, I decided it simply wasn't a very good picture. So I replaced it with a photo of the band playing at Middlesborough, Britain, in March 1970.
I am sorry but I personally have to take exception to this one because I was at the Fillmore show. I gave the program to an old friend for Christmas about 12 years ago. He was ecstatic. This is one concert that I love the way it was, the way I saw it. I only wish the other 2 acts that were on the bill were available. The opening act was T.Rex and the second act was Cat Stevens with Alun Davies accompanying him on acoustic guitar. A great night all around. I spent many a night at the Fillmore East. I was there for quite a few LIVE albums; Derek & the Dominoes, Allman Brothers, Humble Pie, Johnny Winter. I found a Santana concert I was at that was never released from April , 1971. Anyway, leave this Traffic concert as is.
ReplyDeleteI think it's great (but I wasn't expecting to hear a show I attended). Thank you.
ReplyDeleteGood idea! i saw Traffic live in Gothenburg 1970 which was good but marred by bad sound.. love this..thanks for this and a lot of other really inspired ideas and music!
ReplyDeleteStuffy from Sweden
Thanks for the thanks. And I envy you for getting to see them in 1970!
DeleteJust an FYI...you mention that the total length is around 123 minutes, but it actually appears to be about 40 minutes less than that, or 82+ minutes. Regardless, you did a good job on this, and I really appreciate it!
ReplyDeleteThanks. I just fixed that. It must have been a mistake on my part. I think I had a brain fart and calculated that an hour is 100 minutes long!
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