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''John Barleycorn Must Die'' is the fourth studio album by the English rock band Traffic, released in 1970, on Island Records in the United Kingdom, and United Artists in the United States, catalogue UAS 5504. It peaked at number 5 on the ''Billboard'' 200, their highest charting album in the US,〔(Traffic in the USA Charts ), Allmusic. Retrieved 9 August 2011.〕 and has been certified a gold record by the RIAA. In addition, the single "Empty Pages" spent eight weeks on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100, peaking at number 74.〔("Empty Pages" Chart History ), Billboard.com. Retrieved 9 August 2011.〕 The album was marginally less successful in the UK, reaching number 11 on the UK Albums Chart.〔(Traffic in the UK Charts ), The Official Charts. Retrieved 9 August 2011.〕 ==Background and content== In late 1968, Traffic disbanded, guitarist Dave Mason having left the group for the second time prior to the completion of the ''Traffic'' album. In 1969, Steve Winwood joined the supergroup Blind Faith, while drummer/lyricist Jim Capaldi and woodwinds player Chris Wood turned to session work. Wood and Winwood also joined Blind Faith's drummer Ginger Baker in his post-Blind Faith group Ginger Baker's Air Force for their first album.〔Nick Logan and Bob Woffinden, editors. ''The Illustrated New Musical Express Encyclopedia of Rock''. New York: Harmony Books, 1977, p. 234.〕 In the beginning of 1970, after the demise of Blind Faith, the band having lasted barely six months, Winwood returned to the studio ostensibly to make his first solo album, originally to be titled ''Mad Shadows''. He recorded two tracks with producer Guy Stevens, "Stranger to Himself" and "Every Mother's Son", but yearned for like-minded musicians to accompany. Inviting Wood and Capaldi to join him, Winwood's solo album became the reunion of Traffic, and a re-launch of the band's career.〔''John Barleycorn Must Die'', 1999 reissue Island Records IMCD 266 546499-2, liner notes p. 3.〕 As did most of their albums, it featured influences from jazz and blues, but the version of the traditional English folk tune "John Barleycorn" also showed the musicians attending to the same strains of folk baroque and electric folk as contemporary British bands Pentangle and Fairport Convention. It was reissued for compact disc in the UK on 1 November 1999, with five bonus tracks, including three recorded in concert from the Fillmore East in New York City. In the US, the remastered reissue of 27 February 2001 included only the two studio bonus tracks. Steve Winwood oversaw a deluxe edition version that was released on 15 March 2011,〔(Progressive Rock With a Capital P ). – www.popmatters.com.〕 featuring the original studio album, digitally remastered on disc one, plus a second disc of bonus material including more of the Fillmore East concert with alternate mixes and versions of album tracks. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「John Barleycorn Must Die」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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