Traffic-John Barleycorn Must Die (1970)
Artist: Traffic
Title: John Barleycorn Must DIe
Sell Price: $3.86
Sell Date: 3/29/26
Condition: VG/VG+ PRO REFURBISH
Discogs Last Sold: 7/15/23 VG+/not graded $4.00
Low: $2.00
Median: $3.86
Average: $3.27
High: $4.00
Current low price: $3.49 VG/VG
Current Number on Sale at Discogs: 2
Have/Want: 12/33
Where Sold: Fort Worth, TX
Time It Took To Sell: 2 years
Where and When Buught: Ebay lot
Gwiz-gau Grade: A-
Sad To See It Go: No
I've had this in my original vinyl stash sitting in storage bought from the dollar bin many many years ago. It was an album I never played beyond the initial once and file away. Although it is quite good, I never bothered to get a CD issue of it. This 8-track that sold came in a lot of a few dozen tapes like they always do. It broke upon playing and found it's way into the refurbish box that went out to Kate's Track Shack and came back in good playable, sellable shape.
This 8-track radically reshuffles the track order. The vinyl kicks off with the AOR radio instrumental hit "Glad" while the 8-track opens with the reduced title track. A completely different mood, but I knew no different so it made sense. There are only 6 tracks on here and only one, "Empty Pages," is under 5 minutes.
This being the fourth album, we find the band still in it's peak period aesthetically and commercially. Winwood is still young sounding yet sounding like he always does even in his more commercial solo years.
Worth rescuing from your local cheap bin whatever the format.
FOR FURTHER REVIEW:
The Low Spark of High Heeled Boys (1971)
Steve Winwood-Arc of a Diver (1980)
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