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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Bosco239, youtube
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Etienne, Chortle.com
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Rowing Rob, Guardian.co.uk
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Foxfoxton, Youtube
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Microcuts 22, Twitter
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Brighton Argus
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NevW47479, UKTV.co.uk
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12dgdgdgdgdgdg, Youtube
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Tres Ryan, Twitter
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Patrick Kavanagh, Guardian.co.uk
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Alex Quarmby, Edfringe.com
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Anon, BBC Complaints Log
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Frankie Boyle, Comedian
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Carcrazychica, Youtube
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Anon, westhamonline.com
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Richard Herring, Comedian
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Anonymous, The Northfield Patriot
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Borathigh5, Youtube
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Joycey, readytogo.net
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John Robins, Comedian
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Iain, eatenbymissionaries
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Tin Frog, Twitter
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Tweeter Kyriakou, Twitter
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Carla, St Albans, Dailymail.co.uk
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Horatio Melvin, Twitter
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Lee Mack, Mack The Life, 2012
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Henry Howard Fun, Twitter
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Spanner, dontstartmeoff.com
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Pnethor, pne-online.com
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Pudabaya, beexcellenttoeachother.com
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Brendon, Vauxhallownersnetwork.co.uk
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Zombie Hamster, Twitter
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Danazawa, Youtube
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Birmingham Sunday Mercury
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Lenny Darksphere, Twitter
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Anamatronix, Youtube
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Esme Folley, Actress, cellist, Twitter
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Al Murray, Comedian
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Genghis McKahn, Guardian.co.uk
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Leach Juice, Twitter
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Gabrielle, Chortle.com
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Gwaites, Digitalspy
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Rudeness, Youtube
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Meanstreetelite, Peoplesrepublicofcork
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98rosjon, Twitter
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Joe, Independent.co.uk
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General Lurko 36, Guardian.co.uk
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Peter Fears, Twitter
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Johnny Kitkat, dontstartmeoff.com
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Neolab, Guardian.co.uk
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Alwyn, Digiguide.tv
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Emilyistrendy, Youtube
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Stuart, Chortle
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Sweeping Curves, Twitter
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Cabluigi, Guardian.co.uk
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Sidsings000, Youtube
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Nicetime, Guardian.co.uk
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Dahoum, Guardian.co.uk
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Visualiser1, Twitter
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Guest, Dontstartmeoff.com
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Cojones2, Guardian.co.uk
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Aaron, comedy.co.uk
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Maninabananasuit, Guardian.co.uk
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Pirate Crocodile, Twitter
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Mrdavisn01, Twitter
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Tweeterkiryakou, Twitter
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Deepbass, Guardian.co.uk
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James Dellingpole, Daily Telegraph
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Mearecate, Youtube
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Peter Ould, Twitter
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Liam Travitt, Twitter
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DVDhth's grandparents, Twitter
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World Without End, Twitter
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Joskins, Leeds Music Forum
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FBC, finalgear.com
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Contrapuntal, Twitter
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Idrie, Youtube
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Len Firewood, Twitter
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Secretdeveloper, Youtube
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Bobby Bhoy, Twitter
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Yukio Mishima, dontstartmeoff.com
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Funday’schild, youtube.
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Fairy Pingu, Twitter
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Anon, dontstartmeoff.com
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Robert Gavin, Twitter
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Dominic Cavendish, Daily Telegraph
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Dick Socrates, Twitter