There is more than one artist with this name: 1. Traffic started out in the mid-60s with Steve Winwood, Dave Mason, Jim Capaldi, and Chris Wood after Winwood left Spencer Davis Group. From the beginning, they were quite popular in their native England, though success elsewhere was slower in coming. Their first three albums combined psychedelic rock with elements of folk and soul music. Within Britain (at least), Traffic reached a much wider audience when, on the dissolution of Cream, two thirds of that band joined Steve Winwood (during a temporary Traffic disbanding) to form Blind Faith, which also included future Traffic member and sometime Family man, Ric Grech. In 1970, after the disbanding of Blind Faith, Winwood set about recording a solo album. After Chris Wood and Jim Capaldi became involved, the decision was taken to release this album (eventually what would become John Barleycorn Must Die) under the Traffic name, despite the absence of Dave Mason. Around 1971, Mason left for good (having been in and out of the band from the beginning), and the the band experienced a variety of personnel changes. The resulting band added some jazzy elements to their style, and the compositions tended to stretch out over longer lengths. With their albums The Low Spark of High Heeled Boys (1971) and Shootout at the Fantasy Factory (1973) their popu
1 | 40,000 Headmen | Smiling Phases (Disc 1) |
2 | Don't Be Sad | Traffic |
3 | When The Eagle Flies | Smiling Phases (Disc 2) |
4 | Coloured Rain | Smiling Phases (Disc 1) |
5 | Withering Tree | Smiling Phases (Disc 1) |
6 | Shoot Out At The Fantasy Factory | Smiling Phases (Disc 2) |
7 | House for Everyone | Mr. Fantasy |
8 | Light up or Leave Me Alone | The Low Spark of High Heeled Boys |
9 | Hope I Never Find Me There | Mr. Fantasy |
10 | No Face, No Name and No Number | Mr. Fantasy |
11 | Giving to You | Mr. Fantasy |
12 | Low Spark Of High-Heeled Boys | Smiling Phases |
13 | Who Knows What Tomorrow May Bring | Traffic |
14 | Forty Thousand Headmen | Traffic |
15 | No Face, No Name, No Number | Smiling Phases (Disc 1) |
16 | Rock & Roll Stew | The Low Spark of High Heeled Boys |
17 | No Time To Live | Traffic |
18 | Medicated Goo | Smiling Phases (Disc 1) |
19 | Utterly Simple | Mr. Fantasy |
20 | Shanghai Noodle Factory | Feelin' Alright: The Very Best Of Traffic |