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.
James Dellingpole, Daily Telegraph
James Dellingpole, Daily Telegraph
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Peter Ould, Youtube
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Rubyshoes, Twitter
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Esme Folley, Actress, cellist, Twitter
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Maninabananasuit, Guardian.co.uk
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Anon, BBC Complaints Log
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Alwyn, Digiguide.tv
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Emilyistrendy, Youtube
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Peter Fears, Twitter
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Neva2busy, dontstartmeoff.com
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Carla, St Albans, Dailymail.co.uk
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John Robins, Comedian
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Tweeter Kyriakou, Twitter
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Johnny Kitkat, dontstartmeoff.com
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Slothy Matt, Twitter
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Meanstreetelite, Peoplesrepublicofcork
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Bobby Bhoy, Twitter
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Visualiser1, Twitter
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General Lurko 36, Guardian.co.uk
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Meninblack, Twitter
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BBC iPlayer edition of discussion of Stewart Lee on A Good Read
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Borathigh5, Youtube
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Lents, redandwhitekop.com
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Stokeylitfest, Twitter
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Aaron, comedy.co.uk
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Anonymous, The Northfield Patriot
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Wharto15, Twitter
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Someoneyoudon'tknow, Chortle.com
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Secretdeveloper, Youtube
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Fairy Pingu, Twitter
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Gabrielle, Chortle.com
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DVDhth's grandparents, Twitter
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Shane, Beverley, Dailymail.co.uk
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Aiden Hearn, Twitter
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Karen Laidlaw, Edfringe. com.
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Jackmumf, Twitter
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Cojones2, Guardian.co.uk
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World Without End, Twitter
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Zombie Hamster, Twitter
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Tokyofist, Youtube
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Len Firewood, Twitter
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Brighton Argus
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12dgdgdgdgdgdg, Youtube
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Lenny Darksphere, Twitter
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Whoiscuriousgeorge, Youtube
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Iain, eatenbymissionaries
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Chez, Chortle.com
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Syhr, breakbeat.co.uk
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Dave Wilson, Chortle.com
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Guest, Dontstartmeoff.com
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Keilloh, Twitter
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Funday’schild, youtube.
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Stuart, Chortle
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Lancethrustworthy, Youtube
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Z-factor, Twitter.
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Rowing Rob, Guardian.co.uk
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Contrapuntal, Twitter
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Coxy, Dontstartmeoff.com
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Mearecate, Youtube
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Rudeness, Youtube
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Robert Gavin, Twitter
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Dick Socrates, Twitter
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Dominic Cavendish, Telegraph
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Hiewy, Youtube
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Dahoum, Guardian.co.uk
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Birmingham Sunday Mercury
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Joycey, readytogo.net
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Anon, westhamonline.com
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Guest1001, Youtube
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Richard Herring, Comedian
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NevW47479, UKTV.co.uk
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Lucinda Locketts, Twitter
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Etienne, Chortle.com
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Bosco239, youtube
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Microcuts 22, Twitter
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Jamespearse, Twitter
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Liam Travitt, Twitter
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Leach Juice, Twitter
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FBC, finalgear.com
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Genghis McKahn, Guardian.co.uk
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Lee Mack, Mack The Life, 2012
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Sam Rooney, Youtube
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A D Ward, Twitter
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Carcrazychica, Youtube
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Idrie, Youtube
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GRTak, finalgear.com
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Brendon, Vauxhallownersnetwork.co.uk
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Fowkes81, Twitter
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Anamatronix, Youtube
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Danazawa, Youtube
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Pnethor, pne-online.com
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Alex Quarmby, Edfringe.com
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Joe, Independent.co.uk
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Joskins, Leeds Music Forum
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Peter Ould, Twitter
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Horatio Melvin, Twitter
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Al Murray, Comedian
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Pudabaya, Twitter
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Ishamayura Byrd, Twitter
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Tres Ryan, Twitter
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Dominic Cavendish, Daily Telegraph
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Henry Howard Fun, Twitter
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98rosjon, Twitter
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Tin Frog, Twitter
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Pirate Crocodile, Twitter
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Shit Crit, Twitter
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Mpf1947, Youtube
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Tweeterkiryakou, Twitter
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Kozzy06, Youtube
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Anonymous, don'tstartmeoff.com
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Clampdown59, Twitter.
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Frankie Boyle, Comedian
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Cabluigi, Guardian.co.uk
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Sweeping Curves, Twitter
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Spanner, dontstartmeoff.com
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Mrdavisn01, Twitter
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Deepbass, Guardian.co.uk
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Foxfoxton, Youtube
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Cyberbloke, Twitter
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Pudabaya, beexcellenttoeachother.com
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Mini-x2, readytogo.net
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Anon, dontstartmeoff.com
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Yukio Mishima, dontstartmeoff.com
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Sidsings000, Youtube
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Gwaites, Digitalspy
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Neolab, Guardian.co.uk
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Gmanthedemon, bbc.co.uk
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Nicetime, Guardian.co.uk
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Patrick Kavanagh, Guardian.co.uk