Traffic were pea and faggot Mods who became psychedelic popsters and ‘got it together in the country’.
Their career-defining third album, from 1970, is reissued this week with a disc of live tracks and outtakes. Its floaty flute-augmented jazz rock, typical of the period, suddenly seems oddly contemporary, with modern day musicians like Wolf People raking the era for licks.
Every Mother’s Son impresses, with its strangely weightless gravity, but the entirely unrepresentative title track, in which Traffic essayed, briefly and tantalisingly, a fleet English folk rock more fluid and mysterious than Fairport or Pentangle, would do you as a stand-alone download.
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Anon, dontstartmeoff.com
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Iain, eatenbymissionaries
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Lancethrustworthy, Youtube
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Rubyshoes, Twitter
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Johnny Kitkat, dontstartmeoff.com
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Idrie, Youtube
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John Robins, Comedian
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Lenny Darksphere, Twitter
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NevW47479, UKTV.co.uk
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Gmanthedemon, bbc.co.uk
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Secretdeveloper, Youtube
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Al Murray, Comedian
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Len Firewood, Twitter
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Anon, westhamonline.com
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Bosco239, youtube
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GRTak, finalgear.com
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Meanstreetelite, Peoplesrepublicofcork
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Zombie Hamster, Twitter
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Anamatronix, Youtube
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Esme Folley, Actress, cellist, Twitter
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Genghis McKahn, Guardian.co.uk
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Carla, St Albans, Dailymail.co.uk
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Birmingham Sunday Mercury
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Brendon, Vauxhallownersnetwork.co.uk
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Deepbass, Guardian.co.uk
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Peter Fears, Twitter
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Richard Herring, Comedian
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Microcuts 22, Twitter
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Neolab, Guardian.co.uk
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Alwyn, Digiguide.tv
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Dave Wilson, Chortle.com
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Visualiser1, Twitter
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FBC, finalgear.com
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Foxfoxton, Youtube
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Anonymous, don'tstartmeoff.com
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BBC iPlayer edition of discussion of Stewart Lee on A Good Read
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Joycey, readytogo.net
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Cyberbloke, Twitter
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Dominic Cavendish, Daily Telegraph
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Henry Howard Fun, Twitter
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Anon, BBC Complaints Log
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General Lurko 36, Guardian.co.uk
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Maninabananasuit, Guardian.co.uk
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Wharto15, Twitter
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Gwaites, Digitalspy
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12dgdgdgdgdgdg, Youtube
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Sweeping Curves, Twitter
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Coxy, Dontstartmeoff.com
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Peter Ould, Youtube
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Guest1001, Youtube
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Pudabaya, Twitter
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Rudeness, Youtube
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Tres Ryan, Twitter
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Aiden Hearn, Twitter
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Fairy Pingu, Twitter
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Aaron, comedy.co.uk
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Mrdavisn01, Twitter
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Alex Quarmby, Edfringe.com
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Pnethor, pne-online.com
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Rowing Rob, Guardian.co.uk
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Yukio Mishima, dontstartmeoff.com
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Tokyofist, Youtube
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Neva2busy, dontstartmeoff.com
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Cabluigi, Guardian.co.uk
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Slothy Matt, Twitter
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Guest, Dontstartmeoff.com
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World Without End, Twitter
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Anonymous, The Northfield Patriot
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Cojones2, Guardian.co.uk
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Kozzy06, Youtube
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Gabrielle, Chortle.com
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Sam Rooney, Youtube
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Etienne, Chortle.com
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Pudabaya, beexcellenttoeachother.com
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Nicetime, Guardian.co.uk
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Lents, redandwhitekop.com
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Funday’schild, youtube.
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Shane, Beverley, Dailymail.co.uk
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DVDhth's grandparents, Twitter
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Joe, Independent.co.uk
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Mearecate, Youtube
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Whoiscuriousgeorge, Youtube
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Peter Ould, Twitter
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Spanner, dontstartmeoff.com
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Dominic Cavendish, Telegraph
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Carcrazychica, Youtube
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Brighton Argus
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Liam Travitt, Twitter
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Lee Mack, Mack The Life, 2012
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Mpf1947, Youtube
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James Dellingpole, Daily Telegraph
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Stuart, Chortle
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Patrick Kavanagh, Guardian.co.uk
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Pirate Crocodile, Twitter
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Frankie Boyle, Comedian
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Emilyistrendy, Youtube
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Sidsings000, Youtube
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Tweeterkiryakou, Twitter
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Joskins, Leeds Music Forum
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Someoneyoudon'tknow, Chortle.com
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Bobby Bhoy, Twitter
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Borathigh5, Youtube
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A D Ward, Twitter
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Dahoum, Guardian.co.uk
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Karen Laidlaw, Edfringe. com.
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Tin Frog, Twitter
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Shit Crit, Twitter
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Horatio Melvin, Twitter