TRAFFIC : PAPER RAIN

1. giving to you
2. smiling phases
3. coloured rain
4. hole in my shoe
5. feelin' good
6. paper sun
7. dear mr. fantasy
   Bonus Tracks :
8. coloured rain
9. feelin' alright
10. you can all join in
11. dear mr. fantasy
12. no face, no name, no number
13. hope I never find me here
14. just for you (Dave Mason)
15. littlte woman (Dave Mason)

Label : Colosseum Records

Venue : Radiohuset, Stockholm, Sweden

Recording Date : September 12, 1967

Length : 72:13

Quality : Soundboard recording (A-)

Review : This very enjoyable bootleg is largely comprised of 1967-68 live performances by the band, including seven songs from a gig in Stockholm in September 1967, a couple from Fillmore West in San Francisco in March 1968 and three from Copenhagen in May 1968. Rounding out the disc are both sides of the rare and good (though not brilliant) Dave Mason solo single "Just For You"/"Little Woman," issued on Island in 1968, as well as a 1967 studio version of "Hope I Never Find Me There" (here retitled "Hope They Never Find Me Here"). Mason appears on all the cuts except the two March 1968 ones from San Francisco. The sound is very good for live recordings of the period, and the band play very well and spiritedly, even on the songs requiring duplication of relatively exotic effects. Even if the fidelity might be somewhat below the standards of official releases, it's not at all hard to dig, though it is odd to hear a male voice doing the spoken interlude in "Hole in My Shoe" rather than a childish female one. The songs encompass many of the best early numbers by the band: "Hole in My Shoe," "Feelin' Alright," "Paper Sun," "Smiling Phases," "You Can All Join In," "Coloured Rain." This is not just something for insane collectors; anyone who's a serious fan of the band, which you presumably are if you're even considering buying a Traffic bootleg, will find it a highly pleasurable listen.

Note : Most sources state the exact date for the Stockholm gig as September 12, 1967 at Radiohuset.