or
Sign in to turn on 1-Click ordering.
or
Amazon Prime free trial required. Sign up when you check out. Learn more
More Buying Choices
Have one to sell? Sell yours here
Available to Download Now
 
Buy the MP3 album for £6.90
  
 
 
 
Mr Fantasy
 
See larger image 
Share your own customer images

Mr Fantasy [Import]

Traffic | Format: Audio CD
4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (11 customer reviews)
Price: £31.33 & this item Delivered FREE in the UK with Super Saver Delivery. See details and conditions
o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o
In stock.
Dispatched from and sold by Amazon.co.uk. Gift-wrap available.
Only 1 left in stock--order soon (more on the way).
Want guaranteed delivery by Saturday, June 2? Choose Express delivery at checkout. See Details
Buy the MP3 album for £6.90 at the Amazon MP3 Downloads store.

Shop on Amazon.co.uk, pay with your currency
Amazon.co.uk Currency Converter
Amazon.co.uk allows you to pay for your items in your local currency. Restrictions apply. Learn More.

Amazon's Traffic Store

Image of Traffic
›
Visit Amazon's Traffic Store
for all the music, discussions, and more.

Frequently Bought Together

Mr Fantasy + Traffic + John Barleycorn Must Die
Price For All Three: £42.87

Show availability and delivery details

Buy the selected items together

  • In stock.
    Dispatched from and sold by Amazon.co.uk.
    This item Delivered FREE in the UK with Super Saver Delivery. See details and conditions

  • Traffic ~ Traffic Audio CD £5.77

    In stock.
    Dispatched from and sold by Amazon.co.uk.
    This item Delivered FREE in the UK with Super Saver Delivery. See details and conditions

  • John Barleycorn Must Die ~ Traffic Audio CD £5.77

    In stock.
    Dispatched from and sold by Amazon.co.uk.
    This item Delivered FREE in the UK with Super Saver Delivery. See details and conditions

Customers Who Bought This Item Also Bought

Product details

  • Audio CD (15 Dec 2007)
  • Number of Discs: 1
  • Format: Import
  • Label: Universal Japan
  • ASIN: B000F6YPUK
  • Other Editions: Audio CD  |  Audio Cassette  |  Vinyl  |  MP3 Download
  • Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (11 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 657,211 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

    •  Would you like to update product info or give feedback on images?

Product Description

Amazon.co.uk Review

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

Tags Customers Associate with This Product

 (What's this?)
Click on a tag to find related items, discussions, and people.
 
(1)

Your tags: Add your first tag
 
See most popular tags

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews
17 of 19 people found the following review helpful
A psych-pop gem 30 May 2001
Format: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.

Comment | 
Was this review helpful to you?
9 of 10 people found the following review helpful
By Mr. C. W. Smith VINE™ VOICE
Format: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.

Was this review helpful to you?
6 of 7 people found the following review helpful
a cult classic 14 Mar 2003
Format: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...

Comment | 
Was this review helpful to you?
Most Recent Customer Reviews
Classic album
As an impressionable 14 year old in 1967 I was simply blown away by this album. To this day No Face, No Name and No Number and Dear Mr Fantasy remain two of the tracks I would have... Read more
Published 14 months ago by G. Wilkinson
60's Super Group
Superb album from a great 60's Super Group. I liked Stevie Winwood when he was in the Spencer Dabies Group. Read more
Published on 11 Jan 2010 by Mr. Paul J. Clawson
Fantasy of the misters
I have worn out the vinyl so finally got the CD, brilliant stuff, truly BRILLIANT!
Published on 3 Jan 2010 by heron fin 2
Excellent album and the best version
In a few short words... a cracking debut album, and mono is the only way to hear this album. I originally owned the mono vinyl and that was getting a little battle-worn through... Read more
Published on 11 July 2009 by Poddy
Awful Digital Sound !
I bought this album on vinyl because the cd has a terribly compressed sound , only to discover that this album has been mastered directly from the cd and also has that awful... Read more
Published on 2 Jan 2009 by P. D. Laffey
Caught in the psych age
When it was made, 'Mr Fantasy' was probably considered a cutting-edge album from four fine musicians. Read more
Published on 28 Jun 2007 by D. J. H. Thorn
Beware - the remastering here is a travesty
One of the greatest albums ever made for sure. Beware! The remastering here is a travesty. Look for the original UK vinyl, beautifully produced by Jimmy Miller which sounds so much... Read more
Published on 18 April 2006 by B
Mmmmmmmmm Weird???
This is Stevie Winwood pre-L.A., before he got unintelligable, boys and girls stick to half a pint of cider, this is your brain on drugs!!! Read more
Published on 16 Nov 2003 by Chick Copp
Search Customer Reviews
Only search this product's reviews

Customer Discussions

This product's forum
Discussion Replies Latest Post
No discussions yet

Ask questions, Share opinions, Gain insight
Start a new discussion
Topic:
First post:
Prompts for sign-in
 


Active discussions in related forums
Search Customer Discussions
Search all Amazon discussions
   
Related forums

What Other Items Do Customers Buy After Viewing This Item?

› Explore similar items

Listmania!

Create a Listmania! list

Look for similar items by category

Look for similar items by subject




i.e., each product must be in subject 1 AND subject 2 AND ...

Feedback


Amazon.co.uk Privacy Statement Amazon.co.uk Delivery Information Amazon.co.uk Returns & Exchanges