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Last Exit (Traffic album)

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Cover
Songs
Reception
Track listing
Personnel
Release history
References

{{Infobox album
| name = Last Exit
| type = Album
| longtype = and Live album
| artist = Traffic
| cover = TrafficLastExit.jpg
| alt =
| released = May 1969
| recorded = Live tracks: March 14, 1968
Studios tracks: 1968
| venue = The (original) Fillmore, San Francisco, CA
| studio = Morgan Studios, London
| genre = Progressive rock
| length = 34:04
| label = Island
United Artists
| producer = Jimmy Miller
| prev_title = Traffic
| prev_year = 1968
| next_title = John Barleycorn Must Die
| next_year = 1970
| misc = {{Singles
| name = Last Exit
| type = studio
| single1 = Medicated Goo
| single1date = December, 1968(UK)
February, 1969 (US)

 }} {{Extra album cover

| header = US Cover
| type = studio
| cover = TrafficLastExitUSA.jpeg
| border = yes
| alt =
| caption =
}}
}}Last Exit is the third studio album by English rock band Traffic released in May 1969. It is a collection of odds and ends collected by Island Records after the initial breakup of the band. The first half of the album consists of studio recordings, while the second half was recorded live at the Fillmore Auditorium^[1]. The album reached number 19 in the American Billboard 200 chart.^[2]

Cover

As implied by the cover photos, the album features the original lineup of Steve Winwood, Jim Capaldi, Chris Wood, and Dave Mason. Mason only appears on two tracks: "Just for You" and "Something's Got a Hold of My Toe". The original American LP released by United Artists Records has different cover artwork. The US front features a different picture of the band cut up into the shape of the band's logo with a black background.

Songs

Some of the studio recordings of this album were originally released on mono singles. The versions that appear on the album are re-mixed for stereo.

"Just for You" was previously released in February 1968 as the A-side of a UK Dave Mason solo single. Conveniently for its use on this album, other members of Traffic backed up Mason on this track.^[3] (The B-side was "Little Woman" which did not include other Traffic members.) The single was released after Mason left Traffic the first time, following Mr. Fantasy.

"Medicated Goo" and "Shanghai Noodle Factory" were the A and B-sides of a UK Traffic single released in December 1968. The single version of "Medicated Goo" is a shorter edit with false ending that is not heard on the stereo album. The song would become a staple of the re-formed band's live performances in 1970-71.

"Something's Got a Hold of My Toe" is an instrumental and appears to be an outtake not originally intended for release. It is unclear why producer Jimmy Miller (a lyricist elsewhere on the album) gets a co-writing credit on this. "Withering Tree" was previously released as the B-side to "Feelin' Alright" (September 1968), although the version on the LP is slightly different from the single. It was likely recorded while Dave Mason was still in the band, despite his absence from the recording. "Feelin' Good" and "Blind Man", the two live recordings that make up the second half of the album, are cover songs.

Reception

{{Album ratings
|rev1 = AllMusic
|rev1score = {{Rating|3|5}}^[4]
}}AllMusic's retrospective review said that Last Exit, though weaker than its two predecessors, "isn't bad as profit-taking products go." They complimented most of the studio tracks as highly appealing works, and praised the cohesive jamming on the live tracks.^[4]

Track listing

{{Tracklist
| headline = Side one
| title1 = Just for You
| writer1 = Dave Mason
| length1 = 2:18
| title2 = Shanghai Noodle Factory
| writer2 = Steve Winwood, Jim Capaldi, Chris Wood, Jimmy Miller, Larry Fallon
| length2 = 5:06
| title3 = Something's Got a Hold of My Toe
| writer3 = Winwood, Mason, Miller
| length3 = 2:14
| title4 = Withering Tree
| writer4 = Winwood, Capaldi
| length4 = 3:04
| title5 = Medicated Goo
| writer5 = Winwood, Miller
| length5 = 3:36
}}{{Tracklist
| headline = Side two
| title6 = Feelin' Good
| note6 = live at the Fillmore
| writer6 = Anthony Newley, Leslie Bricusse
| length6 = 10:40
| title7 = Blind Man
| note7 = live at the Fillmore
| writer7 = Deadric Malone, Joseph Scott
| length7 = 7:06
| total_length = 34:04
}}

Personnel

Traffic

Steve Winwood – organ, lead vocals (all but 1, 3), piano, bass, guitar (2, 5)
Dave Mason – guitar (1, 3), lead vocals (1)
Chris Wood – flute, saxophone, organ
Jim Capaldi – drums, percussion, backing vocals

Technical

Guy Stevens, Mike Sida – art direction
Francine Winham, Raymond Ross, Richard Polak – photography

Release history

Year	Type	Label	Catalog #
1969	LP	United Artists	UAS-6702
1969	LP	Island UK	ILPS 9097
1988	CD	Island	7 90925-2
LP	Island	422-842 787-1
CS	Island	422-842 787-4
1990	CD	Island	422-842 787-2
2001	CD	Polygram	548540
2001	CD	Island	548540

References

1. ^on the album "Recorded live at the Fillmore West", although the Fillmore West did not yet exist on March 14, 1968; it did not open until July 5, 1968
2. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.billboard.com/artist/430346/traffic/chart?f=305|title=Billboard 200 - Traffic|accessdate=September 18, 2017}}
3. ^Liner notes from the Dave Mason compilation Scrapbook.
4. ^¹{{cite web |url={{Allmusic|class=album|id=r20377|pure_url=yes}} |title=AllMusic: Last Exit album review|publisher=www.AllMusic.com |accessdate=2009-09-12 }}

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