JOESEDDIT’S CRATES FULL OF VINYL - TRAFFIC

I’ve got a couple of crates full of old vinyl albums that I haven’t listened to in years due to lack of equipment to play them. Over a period of about a year and a half I revisited each album on the internet or bought the CD and ranked the songs. I also recorded some brief thoughts, rated the album, and posted the results on Rolling Stone’s 100 Greatest Artists comment section. I’m recycling and categorizing/grouping the posts on this website.

John Barleycorn Must Die

To this day I still don’t know how to classify this music. Certainly wasn’t “mainstream” back in the days when I first started listening to it. Good album. Brings back memories - I got a “contact” high reviewing it. “Glad” might just be my favorite Traffic song.

Scale of 1 to 10:  A

1- Glad

2- Stranger To Himself

3- John Barleycorn

4- Freedom Rider

5- Every Mother’s Son

6- Empty Pages

Low Spark of High Heeled Boys

The title song has always been a favorite, ‘specially back in the stoner days. I always ranked this one ahead of “Barleycorn”, but after having revisited both, I no longer think this is the better Traffic album. Still a good one, though.

Scale of 1 to 10:  A -

1- The Low Spark of High Heeled Boys

2- Many a Mile to Freedom

3- Hidden Treasure

4- Rainmaker

5- Rock ‘n Roll Stew

6- Light Up or Leave Me Alone