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In 1967, when still-teenaged keyboardist Steve Winwood left the Spencer Davis Group (for whom he'd sung lead on hits like "Gimme Some Lovin'" and "I'm a Man") to start a new band with guitarist Dave Mason, few observers thought their idea of blending pop, rock, and jazz would work. Immediately, though, Traffic scored giant hits with Winwood's east-meets-west "Paper Sun" and Mason's acid-jazzy "Hole in My Shoe". Between those songs, the smoking-guitar driven title track, the swinging instrumental "Giving to You" and the haunting ballad, "No Face, No Name, No Number", Traffic's debut established both players as elite members of the new guard of late 60s British rock. --Billy Altman
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9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
A fine debut for Winwood & Co,
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This review is from: Mr. Fantasy (Audio CD)
'Dear Mr Fantasy' was a product of Steve Winwood's desire to distance himself from the hype of the pop scene and make a serious 'ROCK' record instead of the hip singles that he had been churning out with Spencer Davis and the angst of Dave Mason's desire for hit records ( only Mason wanted 'Hole in My Shoe' released as the groups second single the others opting for the more solid rock feel of 'Coloured Rain' ) .With three hit singles under their belt, 'Paper Sun', 'Hole In My Shoe' & 'Here we go round the Mulberry Bush', the tensions within the band over direction and control proved too much and Manson left before the LP's release in December 1967. 'Dear Mr Fantasy' is a sucsess in spite of the waring factions as the varied material makes for interesting listening. 'Heaven Is In Your Mind', the beautiful 'No Face, No Name, No Number', 'Dear Mr Fantasy' (much loved by the Grateful Dead & Stephen Stills) and 'Coloured Rain' show the promise of a great rock band while the whimsy and pychedelic trappings of 'Berkshire Poppies'(with a little help from Steve Marriott), 'House For Everyone', the caustic mesage of 'Utterly Simple', fairground grind of 'Hope I Never Find Me There' and the multi layered pop march of 'Giving To You' showed a perfect grasp of the pop ethic. Its such a shame that they couldn't see it that way at the time.
17 of 18 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
A psych-pop gem,
This review is from: Mr. Fantasy (Audio CD)
While their later albums concentrated more on the folk/rock/jazz elements of their music, this grand first effort can be seen as Traffic's 'Sgt Pepper'. A masterpiece of atmosphere, songwriting and psychedelia (without succumbing to the excesses of bands such as Pink Floyd), every track strikes true. 'Heaven Is In Your Mind' and 'Dear Mr Fantasy' are expansive rock showcases for Steve Winwood's many talents, Dave Mason's 'House For Everyone' and 'Stupidly Simple' are Beatle-style toytown psych at its best (check out the inventive "music box" opening of the former) - not to mention Cockney Singalong 'Berkshire Poppies', featuring The Small Faces' Steve Marriott; soulful ballad 'No Face No Name No Number'; and cheery jazz instrumental 'Giving To You'.Along with 'Sgt Pepper', 'Ogdens Nutgone Flake' and 'Village Green Preservation Society', this is one of the seminal albums of psychedelic England.
6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
a cult classic,
By nick g black (London, England United Kingdom) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Mr. Fantasy (Audio CD)
yes, there was even a film to go along with the strange cover, over which me and my youthful contemporaries used to pore on many a long night..The curse of the mellotron has doomed such albums to a particular time and place.. hippie England 67-69.. but it contains some gems,and if you think this is all pastoral whimsy,you'd be wrong. No accident that the Grateful Dead later appropriated Dear Mr Fantasy for their own,because it is a great jamming track, and well played on this album. The songs are well put together.. very much a feature of the post Sgt Pepper age ...different tones and textures coming fast and furious .. and seemed to herald the arrival of a major band. In fact Traffic headed into a completely different direction, rapidly ditched the mellotron, and got interesting. get When the Eagle flies if you want to hear how they ended up. If you want to dwell on musical cliches, put this down to an exotic example of psychedelia meets jazz/rock/blues...
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