Traffic
Steve Winwood- lead vocals, keyboards and lead guitar
Chris Wood- flute and sax
David Hood- bass
Rebop Kwaku Baah- congas, bongos
Jim Capaldi- drums
Roger Hawkins- drums
Coleman Auditorium
Queens College
Queens, N.Y.
1972 (exact date not known)
audience recording from unknown low generation trade cassette (Maxell XLII) >
played on Nak. 125 into soundforge (WAV) >
flac (sb's aligned) > torrentially yours.
runtime: 89:14 (minutes/seconds)
setlist:
1: medicated goo 3:53
2: light up or leave me alone 5:23
3: glad > 9:00
4: freedom rider 4:48
5: every mother's son 9:25
6: hidden treasure 4:18
7: John Barleycorn 6:22
8: rock and roll stew 6:16
9: the low spark of high heeled boys 14:40
10: 40,000 headmen 5:47
11: many a mile to freedom 7:02
12: gimme some lovin' (end cuts) 12:14
notes:
this comes from the 1972 Traffic tour of their enormously popular
"the low spark of high heeled boys" album, which was the 1st tour
with this expanded band lineup.
the Santa Monica Feb. 21, 1972 Traffic show was officially released
on home video and then on DVD (64 minutes of it). that is the only
officially available account of this tour ("on the road" the double
live album which is probably Traffic's most familiar official live
release, was recorded in Germany during the "shootout at the fantasy
factory" tour of 1973). the earliest official live Traffic release is
from the era with Dave Mason, part of "Last Exit" which includes 2
fairly long tracks from 1968 at the Fillmore West in S.F. Ca. along
with some studio tracks. "Welcome to the Canteen" also includes some
live material from London and Croyden, U.K. from July 1971.
this concert includes some songs not heard in any official live
Traffic release (only studio ones), and while hardly prizewinning
recording quality, it is a very listenable sound quality document
of a fine college performance in New York state. it had some between-
song recorder shutoffs, 3 or 4 during the show, which I have spliced
seamlessly with applause. (hopefully) you won't even notice it in here.
The only missing music in here is the end of gimme some lovin', probably
not much of it. the source tape runs out near what sounds like the
end of the song. I have no idea who taped this, only that I got it
years ago from Phil B. in N.Y. (he was not the taper) on a cassette
and have applied a +20 cent pitch adjust to it which seems to make
it sound like early 70's era Traffic as I remember it. I saw Traffic
just once, probably the tour after this one. I hope I didn't mess
it up, but the tape sounded like they were just a bit flat and
dragging before. the result of the pitch adjust took about 40 seconds
off the runtime of my entire original tape recording, which is not a
drastic adjust, but enough to notice.
Traffic is a jam band, among other things, fronted by one of the
finest singers in rock music, who also plays great on the keys and
guitar. not long before WTTC it was three minute numbers for them,
but by this point extended instrumentals were a regular staple in
Traffic concerts. they never had a bad album or tour, but in the
opinion of most, LSOHHB was the pinnacle of popularity for them,
following the also very well recieved "John Barleycorn Must Die"
release of 1970.
Do not sell this recording.
(not even for corn and barley)
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