Trying to figure out which Traffic singles were released can be a nuisance. The first three singles were recorded as such by the band, but after that the local representatives of Fontana / Island took over by picking album tracks and releases differed from country to country. This is a mishmash of UK, Dutch and German releases:
Paper sun / Giving to you {Fontana, 278 301 YF}
Hole in my shoe / Smiling phases {Island, WIP 6017}
Here we go round the mulberry bush / Coloured rain {Island, WIP 6025}
No face, no name, no number / Forty thousand headmen {Fontana, 269 378 YF}
Feelin’ alright? / Withering tree {Fontana, 269 387 TF and Island, WIP 6041}
You can all join in / Withering Tree {Fontana, 260 163}
Shanghai Noodle Factory / You can all join in {Island, ALSO WIP 6041}
Medicated goo / Shanghai Noodle Factory {Island, WIP6050}
Medicated goo / Pearly Queen {Island, 269 394 TF}
Empty Pages / Stranger To Himself {Island, 6014 021}
Although there are picture sleeves of "Feelin’ alright?" / "Withering tree" with release number Island WIP 6041 there are also UK labels of "Shanghai Noodle factory" with release number WIP 6041. Even the Traffic fansite doesn't shed a light on this. "Medicate goo" was released with "Shanghai Noodle Factory" as the B-side as Island WIP6050, but in The Netherlands the flipside was "Pearly Queen". To confuse matters even more "Withering tree" (flipside of "Feelin' alright") was also B-side to a French (?) "You can all join in" single.
Anyway: great band, nice collection!
Rating:*****
