------------------------------------------ VOLUME 39, sent September 19, 1996 Topics in this issue: ( A Note to all Subscribers) 1. Re: SW Concert Video in Japan 2. Re: Traffic Related CDs 3. Fillmore East 1968 4. "Here Right Now" 5. Who is dead now? 6. London town 7. A new subscriber 8. American Mr. Fantasy cover 9. Re: LP versions? ------------------------------------------ Quick note here: One of our Subscribers has volunteered his time and made all back volumes of SP available BY-TOPIC. I have put these on my web-site now; so if you need to look up a particular subject, check http://www.azstarnet.com/~bobbieg/maillist.htm for the links to both the old chronologically-formatted back-volumes, and the new, by-topic area. Many, many thanks to Steve Smith!! --BG 1*1*1*1*1*1*1*1*1*1*1*1*1 Date: Tue, 10 Sep 1996 17:38:02 -0700 From: woontner@sirius.com Subject: Re: SW Concert Video in Japan Hisao The inclusion of Feeling Alright in this concert is very notable in that Winwood has rarely performed Dave Mason songs. Alan Woontner 2*2*2*2*2*2*2*2*2*2*2*2*2 Date: Tue, 10 Sep 1996 17:39:37 -0700 From: woontner@sirius.com Subject: Re: Traffic Related CDs Mike Could you tell me how to get in touch with Blackmail/Edsel. I am very interested in Aiye Keta and Oh How We Danced Thanks Alan Woontner 3*3*3*3*3*3*3*3*3*3*3*3*3 Date: Tue, 10 Sep 1996 17:45:22 -0700 From: woontner@sirius.com Subject: Fillmore East 1968 One of these days im going to get around to doing a review on the Fillmore Easy 1968 Traffic show. A truly fine and remarkable concert with unique arrangements of several songs including Pearly Queen as an instrumental, 40,000 Headman with organ (no guitar) and a unique winwood/Capaldi harmony not heard on other recordings. Also included are several Mason tunes: Feeling Alright, You Can All Join In, Don't Be Sad (I've never heard this one live and it sounds good). Particularly notable is a fantastic Colored Rain, with an extended flute and sax intro and a rockin' organ interlude and conclusion. This is Traffic as I always wanted to hear them. A rock/jazz quartet with three excellent soloists. 4*4*4*4*4*4*4*4*4*4*4*4*4 From: "BobbieG." (bobbieg@azstarnet.com) Date: Wed, 11 Sep 1996 11:16:11 +0700 Subject: "Here Right Now" Way last October, in Volume 14, Alan Woontner wrote that "Here Right Now" was an unrecorded SDG song. Well, it was recorded and it appears on the _Eight Gigs a Week_ CD. --- Bobbie 5*5*5*5*5*5*5*5*5*5*5*5*5 From: "BobbieG." (bobbieg@azstarnet.com) Date: Wed, 11 Sep 1996 11:31:38 +0700 Subject: Who is dead now? In time for Halloween, let's get a good list going of everyone SW's worked with, who has passed on. Right off the top of my head, I can think of: Traffic: Chris Wood, Rebop Kwaku Baah, Jimmy Miller Blind Faith: Rick Grech Other: Graham Bond, Viv Stanshall, Jimi Hendrix Who've I missed? --- Bobbie 6*6*6*6*6*6*6*6*6*6*6*6*6 Date: Fri, 13 Sep 1996 21:47:50 +0000 From: Robert Ballot (nomead@earthlink.net) Subject: London town I'm putting together a travel guide about London. One of the sections involves musical references to specific parts of town. I would be in your debt if your mailing list could contribute. Thanks, in advance. Bob Ballot [As Bob is not a regular reader of SP, would you please direct your replies straight to him? Thanks. He has promised to send me the complete results when he's done so that I can post them here. -BG] 7*7*7*7*7*7*7*7*7*7*7*7*7 Date: Sat, 14 Sep 1996 19:00:18 +0200 From: jfernan1@pie.xtec.es (Javier Garcia) Subject: A new subscriber Hi! I'm an staunch Spanish follower of Steve Winwood's career since the 60's, when I got to knew the SDG. Some years ago I purchased the only SDG CD available at that time, entitled "The Best of ...", on which I found and listened to some curious takes of "Stevie's Blues", "Somebody help me" and "Searchin'" with a backing organ not heard neither on the 60's versions nor on "Eight gigs a week" double CD. I've read somewhere that one or the two official recordings of "Gimme some lovin'" by SDG included some future members of Traffic. Do you have any answers to these questions?. In 1968, while in Eastbourne, Susex, I attended a Traffic gig, of which I still keep the Eastbourne Gazette review from August 7th same year, including a picture of the group relaxing after the concert. I have also some beautiful B&W and colour pictures of SDG to trade in case anyone is interested. 8*8*8*8*8*8*8*8*8*8*8*8*8 Date: Tue, 17 Sep 1996 11:59:25 -0700 From: woontner@sirius.com Subject: American Mr. Fantasy cover The first Traffic album I owned was the original American release of Mr. Fantasy, with the aforementioned "Were a fade, you missed this" which indeed was the ending seconds of Paper Sun. Since I have long since replaced this album with the re-released CD of Mr. Fantasy I can no longer remember the front cover. I remember the back cover having Steve, Jim and Chris (no Dave) posing in a park, with their hands gesturing strangely, but I can't quite remember if the front cover was just the Traffic symbol or something else. 9*9*9*9*9*9*9*9*9*9*9*9*9 Date: Thu, 19 Sep 1996 10:01:45 +0900 From: hamabe@nifs.ac.jp (Makoto HAMABE) Subject: Re: LP versions? Andrea wrote in vol.38 "I'm trying to find out whether or not Refugees Of The Heart and/or Far From Home were released on LP. And, if they were, where I could find them." I have an LP of "Refugees of the Heart". It was released from Virgin America. I can't find any difference between LP version and CD version about their contents. Concerning "Far from Home", I have not seen it as LP form yet. Makoto HAMABE. END OF SMILING PHASES, VOL 39