Best of Traffic
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Best of Traffic is a compilation album by the band Traffic
, released in 1969.
The U.S. LP version of the compilation had a different cover design and replaced "Smiling Phases" with "You Can All Join In".
Traffic (band)
Traffic were an English rock band whose members came from the West Midlands. The group formed in April 1967 by Steve Winwood, Jim Capaldi, Chris Wood and Dave Mason...
, released in 1969.
The U.S. LP version of the compilation had a different cover design and replaced "Smiling Phases" with "You Can All Join In".
Track listing
- "Paper Sun" (Steve WinwoodSteve WinwoodStephen Lawrence "Steve" Winwood is an English international recording artist whose career spans nearly 50 years. He is a songwriter and a musician whose genres include soul music , R&B, rock, blues-rock, pop-rock, and jazz...
, Jim CapaldiJim CapaldiNicola James "Jim" Capaldi was an English musician and songwriter. His musical career lasted more than four decades. He co-founded Traffic in Birmingham with Steve Winwood, and the band's psychedelic rock was influential in Britain and the United States...
) - "Heaven Is in Your Mind" (Capaldi, Winwood, Chris WoodChris Wood (rock musician)Christopher Gordon Blandford 'Chris' Wood was a founding member of the English rock band Traffic, along with Steve Winwood, Jim Capaldi, and Dave Mason....
) - "No Face, No Name and No Number" (Winwood, Capaldi)
- "Coloured RainColoured Rain"Coloured Rain" is a psychedelic rock/pop-song written by Steve Winwood, Jim Capaldi and Chris Wood and was recorded by Traffic in 1967 for their debut album Mr. Fantasy....
" (Winwood, Capaldi, Wood) - "Smiling Phases" (Winwood, Capaldi, Wood)
- "Hole in My ShoeHole In My Shoe"Hole in My Shoe" is a song by Traffic which as a single release reached number 2 in the UK charts and number 22 in the German charts in 1967. Composed by guitarist Dave Mason, it was disliked by the other three members of the group, who felt that it did not represent the band's musical or lyrical...
" (Dave MasonDave MasonDavid Thomas "Dave" Mason is an English singer, songwriter, and guitarist from Worcester, who first found fame with the rock band Traffic...
) - "Medicated Goo" (Winwood, Jimmy Miller)
- "Forty Thousand Headmen" (Winwood, Capaldi)
- "Feelin' AlrightFeelin' Alright"Feelin' Alright" also known as "Feeling Alright" is a song written by Dave Mason of the English rock band Traffic from their eponymous 1968 album, Traffic...
" (Mason) - "Shanghai Noodle Factory" (Winwood, Capaldi, Wood, Miller, Larry Fallon)
- "Dear Mr. FantasyDear Mr. Fantasy"Dear Mr. Fantasy" is a rock song by Traffic from their 1967 album, Mr. Fantasy. An extended live version of the song also appears on the 1971 Traffic album Welcome to the Canteen...
" (Winwood, Capaldi, Wood)
Personnel
- Jim CapaldiJim CapaldiNicola James "Jim" Capaldi was an English musician and songwriter. His musical career lasted more than four decades. He co-founded Traffic in Birmingham with Steve Winwood, and the band's psychedelic rock was influential in Britain and the United States...
– percussion, drums, keyboards, vocals - Dave MasonDave MasonDavid Thomas "Dave" Mason is an English singer, songwriter, and guitarist from Worcester, who first found fame with the rock band Traffic...
– vocals, bass, guitar, Mellotron - Steve WinwoodSteve WinwoodStephen Lawrence "Steve" Winwood is an English international recording artist whose career spans nearly 50 years. He is a songwriter and a musician whose genres include soul music , R&B, rock, blues-rock, pop-rock, and jazz...
– vocals, organ, piano, bass, guitar, percussion, harpsichord, keyboards - Chris WoodChris Wood (rock musician)Christopher Gordon Blandford 'Chris' Wood was a founding member of the English rock band Traffic, along with Steve Winwood, Jim Capaldi, and Dave Mason....
– flute, saxophone, organ, vocals