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