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- From: dap@portal.vpharm.com (David A. Pearlman)
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- Subject: Re: live Traffic '69?
- Message-ID: <1992Dec21.223241.6370@portal.vpharm.com>
- Date: 21 Dec 92 22:32:41 GMT
- References: <1992Dec21.192859.13868@ryn.mro4.dec.com>
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- Brian Rost writes:
- >
- >OK, I remember after the release of "John Barleycorn Must Die" that a live
- >Traffic album of the short-lived quartet of Winwood/Capaldi/Wood/Grech was
- >going to be issued. I was a member of a record club that listed it as a new
- >release, which of course never shipped (believe me, I ordered a
- >copy)....instead, UA put out "Winwood" which was a compilation curiously
- >released as if it had new material on it. Interesting that "Welcome to the
- >Canteen", while obviously a Traffic album, does not have the word "Traffic"
- >anywhere on it!
- >
- >There was quite a stink between Island and UA over the Winwood package (early
- >pressings were recalled and later packages contained notices that it contained
- >previously released material along with a truncated version of the liner notes)
- >and I suspect that had something to do with the "Canteen" credits, although it
- >appeared that way worldwide, not just in the US.
- >
-
-
- Was the stink with Island Records? I recall that Winwood himself was
- pissed. Anyway, as you note, UA was required to recall the compilation, and
- it was later reissued with truncated liner notes. Actually, the original
- copies had a very nice multi-page booklet with tons of detail. The
- reissued copies didn't have this booklet at all. The early copies are
- much preferable...
-
- Incidentally, this was a very nice 2-album compilation drawn from all
- aspects of Winwood's career up to that point.
-
-
- dap
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