Last Exit (Traffic album)

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Last Exit
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Studio album and Live album by
ReleasedMay 1969
RecordedLive tracks: 14 March 1968
Studios tracks: 1968
VenueThe (original) Fillmore, San Francisco, CA
Studio Morgan, London
Genre Progressive rock
Length34:04
Label
Producer Jimmy Miller
Traffic chronology
Traffic
(1968)
Last Exit
(1969)
John Barleycorn Must Die
(1970)
Singles from Last Exit
  1. "Medicated Goo"
    Released: December, 1968(UK)
    February, 1969 (US)
Side one
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Just for You" Dave Mason 2:18
2."Shanghai Noodle Factory" Steve Winwood, Jim Capaldi, Chris Wood, Jimmy Miller, Larry Fallon5:06
3."Something's Got a Hold of My Toe"Winwood, Mason, Miller2:14
4."Withering Tree"Winwood, Capaldi3:04
5."Medicated Goo"Winwood, Miller3:36
Side two
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
6."Feelin' Good" (live at the Fillmore) Anthony Newley, Leslie Bricusse 10:40
7."Blind Man" (live at the Fillmore) Deadric Malone, Joseph Scott7:06
Total length:34:04

Personnel

Traffic
Technical

Release history

YearTypeLabelCatalog #
1969LPIsland (UK)ILPS 9097
1969LPUnited Artists (US)UAS-6702
1988CDIsland7 90925-2
1990LPIsland422-842 787-1
1990CSIsland422-842 787-4
1990CDIsland422-842 787-2
2001CDIsland548540

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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. "Billboard 200 - Traffic" . Retrieved 18 September 2017.
  3. Liner notes from the Dave Mason compilation Scrapbook.
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