Traffic - Shoot Out At The Fantasy Factory
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Steve Winwood – lead and backing vocals, acoustic piano, organ, guitars
Chris Wood – saxophones, flute
David Hood – bass
Roger Hawkins – drums
Jim Capaldi – percussion, backing vocals (A2)
Rebop Kwaku Baah – percussion
Additional personnel
Barry Beckett – keyboards (A4)
Jimmy Johnson – clarinet (A4)
Written by Jim Capaldi (A1-B1, B3), Steve Winwood (A1- B1, B3), Chris Wood (B2)
1LP, Standard sleeve
Original analog Master tape : YES
Heavy Press : 180g
Record color : Black
Speed : 33 RPM
Size : 12'’
Stereo
Studio
Record Press : RTI
Label : Friday Music
Original Label : Island Records
Recorded in 1972 at Strawberry Hill Studios, Jamaica
Engineered by Jerry Masters, Steve Melton
Produced by Steve Winwood, Jim Capaldi
Mastered by Joe Reagoso, Kevin Gray
Originally released in 1973
Reissued in 2013
Tracks:
Side A:
- Shoot Out At The Fantasy Factory
- Roll Right Stones
Side B:
- Evening Blue
- Tragic Magic
- (Sometimes I Feel So) Uninspired
Reviews:
“After two exemplary releases, Shoot Out at the Fantasy Factory marked a fall-off in quality for Traffic. The problems lay in both composition and performance. Beginning with the title track, based on a guitar riff reminiscent of the recent Deep Purple hit "Smoke on the Water," and continuing through the lengthy "Roll Right Stones," the folkish ballad "Evening Blue," reed player Chris Wood's instrumental "Tragic Magic," and the uncertain self-help song "(Sometimes I Feel So) Uninspired," the material was far from the group's best. Lyricist Jim Capaldi was co-credited with Steve Winwood as the album's producer, and he may have contributed to the cleaner mix that made his words easier to understand. Easier, that is, in the technical sense, since the musing about a sort of minor-league Stonehenge "Roll Right Stones" didn't do much with the image, and, though it struggled for a more positive outlook, "(Sometimes I Feel So) Uninspired" seemed to come out on the side of despair. Winwood's music seemed to recycle his own ideas when it didn't borrow from others. Meanwhile, the rhythm section had been replaced by Muscle Shoals studio aces David Hood and Roger Hawkins, who proved proficient but not as kinetic as their predecessors, so that the playing often seemed mechanical. Capaldi sang no songs here, and Wood's flute and saxophone, so often the flavoring of Traffic songs, were largely absent. What was left was a competent, if perfunctory effort in the band's familiar style. They had built up enough of a following through touring that the album was a commercial success, but it sounds like an imitation of earlier triumphs.” AllMusic Review by William Ruhlmann
Ratings :
Discogs : 4.43 / 5