STUCK IN THE VINYL AGAIN - TRAFFIC - HEAVEN IS IN YOUR MIND

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Good Monday morning gang (if you believe in such things ) and welcome back to Stuck In The Vinyl Again. Today we remember Christopher Gordon Blandford Wood, British born saxophonist / flautist and founding member of progressive psychedelic jazz jam rock band, Traffic, on this, the 38th anniversary of his passing. The musician known simply as Chris Wood died in 1983, of pneumonia at age 39. To honor his legacy, we spotlight the debut LP by Traffic. Mr. Fantasy if you've got the UK release or Heaven Is In Your Mind, if you have the US release. Dave Mason left the band shortly after UK release, so for the US release the track list arrangement was altered and the group photo as well to not include Mason. Our record says Heaven Is In You Mind while the album cover says Mr. Fantasy. The catalogue numbers indicate that both are the US release, so maybe this is a misprint. I'm not sure. I thoroughly enjoyed the album, despite Dave Mason being on there .... 

1. "Paper Sun" Capaldi, Winwood Winwood 3:26

2. "Dealer" Capaldi, Winwood Capaldi and Winwood 3:13

3. "Coloured Rain" Capaldi, Winwood, Wood Winwood 2:46

4. "Hole in My Shoe" Mason Mason 3:04

5. "No Face, No Name and No Number" Capaldi, Winwood Winwood 3:38

6. "Heaven Is in Your Mind" Capaldi, Winwood, Wood Winwood and Capaldi 4:22

7. "House for Everyone" Mason Mason 2:05

8. "Berkshire Poppies" Capaldi, Winwood, Wood Winwood 2:59

9. "Giving to You" (stereo album version; mono album has the mono single mix) Capaldi, Mason, Winwood, Wood None 4:18

10. "Smiling Phases" Capaldi, Winwood, Wood Winwood 2:44

11. "Dear Mr. Fantasy" Capaldi, Winwood, Wood Winwood 5:33

12. "We're a Fade, You Missed This" Capaldi, Winwood Winwood 0:53

Traffic :

Jim Capaldi – drums, percussion, vocals

Dave Mason – guitar, Mellotron, sitar, tambura, harmonica, percussion, bass guitar on "Dear Mr. Fantasy" and "Dealer", vocals

Steve Winwood – Hammond organ, guitar, bass guitar, piano, harpsichord, percussion, vocals, arrangements

Chris Wood – flute, saxophone, Hammond organ, percussion, vocals, sleeve design

with :

Jimmy Miller – producer, maracas on "Dear Mr. Fantasy"

Small Faces (Steve Marriott, Ronnie Lane, Ian McLagan, Kenney Jones) – backing vocals and percussion on "Berkshire Poppies"

Francine Heimann - spoken-word midsection on "Hole in My Shoe" (uncredited) from US Version

Technical :

Eddie Kramer – engineer

John Benton-Harris – photography

Margaret Goldfarb – re-release coordinator