John Barleycorn Must Die

1970 Blues Rock Folk Rock Prog Rock

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Tracklist

A1 GladWinwood 6:32
A2 Freedom RiderCapaldi, Winwood 6:20
A3 Empty PagesCapaldi, Winwood 4:47
B1 Stranger To HimselfCapaldi, Winwood 4:02
B2 John BarleycornTraditional 6:20
B3 Every Mother’s SonCapaldi, Winwood 7:05

Musicians

Steve WinwoodProducer, Organ, Piano, Percussion, Written-By, Vocals, Bass Guitar, Electric Piano, Instruments (All), Acoustic Guitar, Arranged By, Instruments (All Other)
Jim CapaldiDrums, Percussion, Written-By, Vocals, Tambourine
Chris WoodSaxophone, Flute, Saxophone (Electric), Percussion, Organ

Production

Chris BlackwellProducer
Guy StevensProducer

Also credited. Written-By: Traditional. Design (Album): Mike Sida. Engineer: Andy Johns, Brian Humphries. Lacquer Cut By: Lee Hulko. Photography By: Richard Polak.

Release notes

1st pressing with pink “i” label, unlaminated cover and without Traffic ‘symbol’ on the left side of the centre labels.

Outside cover uses a kraft paper background with silk-screened graphics instead of a burlap sack background with printed graphics as seen in some US and later versions.
Gatefold cover. Inside gatefold shows full-spread colour image of the band.

On runout variant 3, the stamping “AudioMatrix” is almost illegible, but it is visible. (See: )

Note that versions with Side A runout “ILPS + 9116 + A4” is a mispressing, with Track A3 cutting out abruptly at 4:33. (See: )