design [album] Mike Sida engineer Andy Johns engineer Brian Humphries mastered by Lee Hulko photography by Richard Polak producer Chris Blackwell producer Steve Winwood Recorded At Island Studios Recorded At Olympic Studios Printed By E.J. Day Group Made By E.J. Day Group 1st pressing with pink i label, unlaminated cover and without Traffic 'symbol' on the left side of the centre labels.
Outside cover uses a kraft paper background with silk-screened graphics instead of a burlap sack background with printed graphics as seen in some US and later versions. Gatefold cover. Inside gatefold shows full-spread colour image of the band.
On runout variant 3, the stamping AudioMatrix is almost illegible, but it is visible. (See: [l288546])
Note that versions with Side A runout ILPS + 9116 + A4 is a mispressing, with Track A3 cutting out abruptly at 4:33. (See: John Barleycorn Must Die) Matrix / Runout: ILPS 9116 A/2 UAS 5504 A 6.3.70 RC STERLING (Side A runout, etched [STERLING stamped], variant 1) Matrix / Runout: ILPS 9116 B/2 UAS 5504 B 6.3.70 LH STERLING (Side B runout, etched [STERLING stamped], variant 1) Matrix / Runout: ILPS 9116 A2 UAS 5504 A 6.3.70 RC STERLING LH (Side A runout, etched [STERLING stamped], variant 2) Matrix / Runout: ILPS + 9116 + B 4 (Side B runout, etched, variant 2) Matrix / Runout: ILPS 9116 A/2 AudioMatrix UAS 5504 A 6.3.70 RC STERLING LH (Side A runout, etched [STERLING; AudioMatrix stamped], variant 3) Matrix / Runout: ILPS 9116 B/2 AudioMatrix UAS 5504 B 6.3.70 AM STERLING LH (Side B runout, etched [STERLING; AudioMatrix stamped], variant 3)