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Welcome to the Canteen is the first live album by English rock band Traffic. It was recorded live at Fairfield Halls, Croydon and the Oz Benefit Concert in the canteen of the Polytechnic of Central London London, on 3 July 1971 and released in September of that year.
Jul 30, 2022 · Enjoy the live performance of Traffic, a legendary rock band, in their 1971 album Welcome To The Canteen.
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- Joy Setiawan
Nov 14, 2020 · 152K views • 10 years ago. •. Track list 01. Medicated Goo (Jimmy Miller, Steve Winwood) 3' 34'' 02. Sad and Deep as You (Dave Mason) 3' 48'' 03. Forty Thousand Headmen (Jim Capaldi, Winw...
Sep 11, 2023 · Released on September 10, 1971, Welcome to the Canteen reached #26 on the Billboard LP chart in America, but flopped in their native Britain. In the U.S. the whole incendiary performance of “Gimme Some Lovin’” was issued as a 45 rpm single (cut into A- and B-sides), credited to “Traffic, Etc.”
The first half of Welcome to the Canteen — about 20 minutes — exceeds expectations. The band kicks off with a high energy take on “Medicated Goo”, dating from Last Exit. This is one of...
Feb 11, 2013 · What you get on Welcome to the Canteen are listless versions of three Traffic songs, two Dave Mason tracks and one Spencer Davis oldie. Although some critics have been kind to this album, I would put Canteen near the bottom of the live albums I own.
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John Barleycorn was the band’s future, but you won’t find a whiff of it here. Instead, a reunion with Dave Mason for a summer tour in 1971 birthed this monster: one track each from the first three Traffic albums, two from Mason’s solo elpee and the aforementioned Spencer Davis Group classic.
