Traffic - On the Road
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Music CD Cover Artist: Traffic Edition: Music CD Format: Live, Original recording remastered CD Release Date: 2003-05-20 Music Label: Island Soundtracks:
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Free Music Notes for On the Road Album
Free Music Review: The Greatest Popular Music Album Of The Last 30 Years?
Hit: 5 Stars
Hardly a modest claim, let's see if it can be justified? Firstly, I'd just like to deal with the review posted under the title "Plodding Traffic" ... notwithstanding a factual inaccuracy (Jim Gordon was long gone by '73) this is not "a band at the end of the road" but rather a band at the very pinnacle of their career.I'd also argue the fact that this album sets the pattern for future supergroup live albums, simply because nobody else ever sounded like Traffic. Moving on ... I bought this album on vinyl back in '73 and despite the fact that thousands of other releases have passed through my hands in the 30 years since, this remains my favourite album of all time, by any artist and boy-oh-boy, there are some great ones it had to usurp. Musicianship is quite simply at a level seldom encountered within the popular music genre; even the Muscle Shoals guys (who provide 'support' on drums, bass and keyboards) ooze class. I have often cited this album as evidence that Steve Winwood is the greatest living rock artist. His vocal style is unique, his improvised piano playing a revelation and his distinctive guitar work at least equal to contemporaries such as Clapton and Page - just listen to him solo on Sometimes I Feel So Uninspired - talk about an ironic title. By the time that Island got around to recording Traffic, live in the Spring of '73, they were several months into a world tour behind their new studio album (Shoot Out) and these taped performances from gigs in Germany really do smoke. These guys are just so 'together' it takes your breath away! I personally consider every track on this album at least equal, but generally superior, to their studio versions ... and Traffic were a GREAT studio band too! The fact that the tracks are all comparatively long (anything from 7 to 20 minutes) is a blessing, yet I would have preferred some to be even longer! After playing this album quite literally thousands of times over 30 years I have never tired of it, even momentarily. Frankly, I don't feel that Winwood or Capaldi ever quite reached the musical heights of Traffic again, once they went forward with their solo careers ... despite a clutch of gems. Things just quitely came to an end for Traffic in '74 after When The Eagle Flies (another 5 Star release) and an appearance atthe Reading Festival ... then there was punk and, well, things were never the same again were they! So, if you fancy listening to seven groundbreaking and hypnotic songs, rendered with unprecedented and intuitive brilliance, in an incomparable style; look no further. If you don't love this release, you don't love music. One final word on this newly remastered version : yes, sound quality is much improved, for which I'm grateful. But, where are the extra tracks? Island recorded entire performances and those tapes ARE apparently still in the vaults ... this should have been extended to a 100+ minute double-pack. Shame on today's record company executives who always seem to put money/convenience before artistry. I suppose I'll just have to continue tracking down those dodgy audience tapes. From a bonus material viewpoint, the Traffic remastered series started well, faltered a little in the middle and then totally imploded with this last batch ... not a single extra track on any of the final three remasters. Unbelievable, utterly unbelievable.