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For the article about the song and character ''John Barleycorn Must Die'' is a 1970 album by British Rock band Traffic . As most of their albums did, it featured many different genres of music including Art Rock , Jazz Rock , and many Psychedelic influences. After recording the album early in 1970, it was released with Island Records and United Artists in July of 1970. It became the first Traffic album to reach gold status, running 35 Minute s, 6 Second s, on the original copy. Many said it featured some of Steve Winwood 's best musical writing, with the instrumental "Glad" being a favorite of many, running 6 minutes and 59 seconds. TRACK LISTING #" Glad " (Winwood) - 6:59 #"Freedom Rider" (Winwood/ Capaldi ) - 5:35 #"Empty Pages" (Winwood/Capaldi) - 4:47 #"Stranger To Himself" (Winwood/Capaldi) 4:02 #" John Barleycorn " (traditional-arr. Winwood) - 6:20 #"Every Mother's Son" (Winwood/Capaldi) - 7:05 The remastered CD of this album also includes:
The first 2 bonus tracks appear to be demos left over from when Winwood was still planning to make this a solo album. The live bonus tracks comprise what was to have been side 1 of the lost 1970 Traffic live album. Side 2 remains lost. These feature the transitional lineup of Winwood, Capaldi, Wood and Rick Grech. TRIVIA
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