Traffic John Barleycorn Must Die
1970 Vinyl Gatefold
Folk Rock
Blues Rock
Prog Rock

Main image
Island Records
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)



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