Name: The Low Spark Of High Heeled Boys
Brand: Traffic

Bonus disc

Bonus disc: No

Catalogue number

7751258

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Colour

Black

Colour details

Discogs ID

Format multiplier

Download code

Download code: No

Rough Trade Exclusive

Rough Trade Exclusive: No

Extended format

Extended format: No

Format detail

Format Music US

Limited edition

Release date

2021-05-14

Signed copies

Signed copies: No

Supplier US

Unive­rsal

Tax rate US

Sales:8.875

UPC / Barcode

602577512582

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Total Cap

1 / Extended format: No / LP / Rough Trade Exclusive: No / Signed copies: No / black

FRM09306

Blue

Ice Blue

Extended format: Yes

180g Vinyl

2023-06-16

Orchard

829421093060

Blue LP

Artist

Traffic

Genre US

60s & 70s

Label US

Island

Traffic is an English rock band that formed in April 1967. The group was comprised of Steve Winwood, Jim Capaldi, Chris Wood, and Dave Mason. They started as a psychedelic rock group with influences from The Beatles and later incorporated jazz and improvisational techniques into their music. After disbanding in 1969, Traffic reunited in 1970 to release the album John Barleycorn Must Die. The band's lineup changed over the years until they disbanded again in 1975. In 1994, there was a partial reunion with Winwood and Capaldi, and in 2004 Traffic was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
Similar Artists: Blind Faith, Blood Sweat & Tears, Spirit, Quicksilver Messenger Service
Humble Pie, Buffalo Springfield, The Yardbirds
James Gang,Ten Years After,Iron Butterfly,Derek & The Dominos
Spooky Tooth ,Steppenwolf ,The Youngbloods 
The Spencer Davis Group,Faces,Country Joe & The Fish 
Free,Savoy Brown ,Hot Tuna

The Low Spark Of High Heeled Boys was a big change from thequiet, largely acoustic flavour of traffic's reunion album john barleycorn must die. although the gentle opening track, 'hidden treasure', and the meandering, mellow closer, 'rainmaker', were in keeping with the pastoral vibe of the previous record, sandwiched in between those are several increasingly aggressive and lyrically sour songs about that evergreen topic, life in a rock and roll band. the venality of the business gets a workout in the 12-minute title track, a slow-building jazz-rock groove that starts with a sense of quiet menace and ends with a pealing, distorted guitar solo, with one of steve winwood's most impassioned and lengthy organ solos at the song's heart. 'rock and roll stew' and jim capaldi's sneering putdown 'light up or leave me alone' are even more forceful, with only the groovy ecological message of 'many a mile to freedom' lightening the mood. even that song rocks harder than anything on john barleycorn must die, though, and that extra hint of power is likely what helped make the low spark of high heeled boys traffic's most commercially successful album in the united states.

The Low Spark Of High Heeled Boys

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