John Barleycorn Must Die

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Summary

Hughesy's assessment:

Essential.

Track listing: GladFreedom RiderEmpty PagesStranger to HimselfJohn Barleycorn (Must Die)Every Mother's Son

1999 reissue track listing (Studio bonus tracks appear to be demos left over from  Winwood's planned solo album. Live tracks recorded on 18/19 November at Fillmore East with Ric Grech on bass were to have been side one of Live November 70, presumably shelved in favour of Welcome to the Canteen): GladFreedom RiderEmpty PagesI Just Want You to KnowStranger to HimselfJohn BarleycornEvery Mother's SonSittin' Here Thinkin' of My LoveBackstage and IntroductionIntroduction by Bill GrahamWho Knows What Tomorrow May Bring (live); Glad (live)

2011 Deluxe reissue disc two: Stranger to Himself (Alternative Mix); John Barleycorn Must Die (First Version); Every Mother's Son (Alternative Mix); Back Stage and IntroductionMedicated Goo (Live); Empty Pages (Live); Forty Thousand Headmen (Live); Who Knows What Tomorrow May Bring? (Live); Every Mother's Son (Live); Glad / Freedom Rider (Live) 

Classics: GladFreedom RiderEmpty PagesJohn Barleycorn (Must Die)

Almost there:  Stranger to HimselfEvery Mother's Son

Worthwhile: Stranger to Himself (Alternative Mix); John Barleycorn Must Die (First Version); Every Mother's Son (Alternative Mix); Back Stage and IntroductionMedicated Goo (Live); Empty Pages (Live); Forty Thousand Headmen (Live); Who Knows What Tomorrow May Bring? (Live); Every Mother's Son (Live); Glad / Freedom Rider (Live) 

© Ian Hughes 2015