Traffic
Mr. Fantasy
AUDIO CD
BRAND NEW & FACTORY SEALED
BRAND NEW & FACTORY SEALED
Island Records UK
IMCD 264 / 546 496-2
UPC | 731454649629
Made in the E.U.
1968
TRACK LISTING
ORIGINAL UK STEREO ALBUM
01. Heaven Is in Your Mind
02. Berkshire Poppies
03. House for Everyone
04. No Face No Name No Number
05. Dear Mr Fantasy
06. Dealer
07. Utterly Simple
08. Coloured Rain
09. Hope I Never Find Me There
10. Giving to You
BONUS TRACKS - ORIGINAL US MONO ALBUM
11. Paper Sun
12. Dealer
13. Coloured Rain
14. Hole in My Shoe
15. No Face No Name No Number
16. Heaven Is in Your Mind
17. House for Everyone
18. Berkshire Poppies
19. Giving to You
20. Smiling Phases
21. Dear Mr Fantasy
22. We're a Fade You Missed This
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24 bit remastered reissue of the 1967 debut by this legendary British psych/ prog rock group that featured Steve Winwood, Dave Mason & Jim Capaldi as members. As a bonus, it includes all 12 tracks from the original U.S. mono album, 'Paper Sun', 'Dealer', 'Coloured Rain', 'Hole in My Shoe', 'No Face, No Name, No Number', 'Heaven Is in Your Mind', 'House for Everyone', 'Berkshire Poppies', 'Giving to You', 'Smiling Phases', 'Dear Mr. Fantasy' and 'We're a Fade You Missed This'. 22 tracks total. Also features the original cover art. These original analogue masters transferred at 24 bits resolution, processed using Sonic Solutions NoNoise technology and mastered to 16 bit for CD using Prism SNS Noise Shaping.
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Since Traffic's debut album, Mr. Fantasy, has been issued in different configurations over the years, a history of those differences is in order. In 1967, the British record industry considered albums and singles separate entities; thus, Mr. Fantasy did not contain the group's three previous Top Ten U.K. hits. Just as the album was being released in the U.K., Traffic split from Dave Mason. The album was changed drastically for U.S. release, both because American custom was that singles ought to appear on albums, and because the group sought to diminish Mason's presence; on the first pressing only, the title was changed to Heaven Is in Your Mind. In 2000, Island reissued Mr. Fantasy in its mono mix with the U.K. song list and five mono singles sides as bonus tracks; it also released Heaven Is in Your Mind, the American lineup in stereo with four bonus tracks. Naturally, the mono sound is punchier and more compressed, but it isn't ideal for the album, because Traffic was fashioned as an unusual rock band. Steve Winwood's primary instrument was organ, though he also played guitar; Chris Wood was a reed player, spending most of his time on flute; Mason played guitar, but he was also known to pick up the sitar, among other instruments. As such a mixture suggests, the band's musical approach was eclectic, combining their background in British pop with a taste for the comic and dance hall styles of Sgt. Pepper, Indian music, and blues-rock jamming. Songs in the last category have proven the most distinctive and long-lasting, but Mason's more pop-oriented contributions remain winning, as do more light-hearted efforts. Interest in the mono mix is likely to be restricted to longtime fans; anyone wishing to hear Traffic's first album for the first time is directed to Heaven Is in Your Mind.
11. Paper Sun
12. Dealer
13. Coloured Rain
14. Hole in My Shoe
15. No Face No Name No Number
16. Heaven Is in Your Mind
17. House for Everyone
18. Berkshire Poppies
19. Giving to You
20. Smiling Phases
21. Dear Mr Fantasy
22. We're a Fade You Missed This
24 bit remastered reissue of the 1967 debut by this legendary British psych/ prog rock group that featured Steve Winwood, Dave Mason & Jim Capaldi as members. As a bonus, it includes all 12 tracks from the original U.S. mono album, 'Paper Sun', 'Dealer', 'Coloured Rain', 'Hole in My Shoe', 'No Face, No Name, No Number', 'Heaven Is in Your Mind', 'House for Everyone', 'Berkshire Poppies', 'Giving to You', 'Smiling Phases', 'Dear Mr. Fantasy' and 'We're a Fade You Missed This'. 22 tracks total. Also features the original cover art. These original analogue masters transferred at 24 bits resolution, processed using Sonic Solutions NoNoise technology and mastered to 16 bit for CD using Prism SNS Noise Shaping.
♫
Since Traffic's debut album, Mr. Fantasy, has been issued in different configurations over the years, a history of those differences is in order. In 1967, the British record industry considered albums and singles separate entities; thus, Mr. Fantasy did not contain the group's three previous Top Ten U.K. hits. Just as the album was being released in the U.K., Traffic split from Dave Mason. The album was changed drastically for U.S. release, both because American custom was that singles ought to appear on albums, and because the group sought to diminish Mason's presence; on the first pressing only, the title was changed to Heaven Is in Your Mind. In 2000, Island reissued Mr. Fantasy in its mono mix with the U.K. song list and five mono singles sides as bonus tracks; it also released Heaven Is in Your Mind, the American lineup in stereo with four bonus tracks. Naturally, the mono sound is punchier and more compressed, but it isn't ideal for the album, because Traffic was fashioned as an unusual rock band. Steve Winwood's primary instrument was organ, though he also played guitar; Chris Wood was a reed player, spending most of his time on flute; Mason played guitar, but he was also known to pick up the sitar, among other instruments. As such a mixture suggests, the band's musical approach was eclectic, combining their background in British pop with a taste for the comic and dance hall styles of Sgt. Pepper, Indian music, and blues-rock jamming. Songs in the last category have proven the most distinctive and long-lasting, but Mason's more pop-oriented contributions remain winning, as do more light-hearted efforts. Interest in the mono mix is likely to be restricted to longtime fans; anyone wishing to hear Traffic's first album for the first time is directed to Heaven Is in Your Mind.
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