John Barleycorn Must Die

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Summary

Hughesy's assessment:

Essential.

Track listing: Glad; Freedom Rider; Empty Pages; Stranger to Himself; John 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): Glad; Freedom Rider; Empty Pages; I Just Want You to Know; Stranger to Himself; John Barleycorn; Every Mother's Son; Sittin' Here Thinkin' of My Love; Backstage and Introduction; Introduction by Bill Graham; Who 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 Introduction; Medicated 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: Glad; Freedom Rider; Empty Pages; John Barleycorn (Must Die)

Almost there:  Stranger to Himself; Every Mother's Son

Worthwhile: Stranger to Himself (Alternative Mix); John Barleycorn Must Die (First Version); Every Mother's Son (Alternative Mix); Back Stage and Introduction; Medicated 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) 

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