Traffic - 40,000 Headmen (1971)

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From the album Welcome to the Canteen.
Progressive rock/ Jazz Fusion

Welcome to the Canteen is the fifth album by English rock band Traffic. It was recorded live at Fairfield Halls, Croydon and the Oz Benefit Concert, London, July 1971 and released in September of that year. It was recorded during Dave Mason's third stint with the band, which lasted only six performances.
The tracklist includes one song each from the first three Traffic albums; two songs from Mason's first solo album, Alone Together; and "Gimme Some Lovin'" from Steve Winwood's former band, the Spencer Davis Group. (Winwood's organ and Mason's rhythm guitar are conspicuously out of sync for part of "Gimme Some Lovin'".)

• Steve Winwood -- lead vocals (except on "Sad and Deep as You" and "Shouldn't Have Took More Than You Gave"), organ, electric piano, electric guitar on "Dear Mr.Fantasy", acoustic guitar on "40,000 Headmen"

• Jim Capaldi -- tambourine, percussion, backing vocal on "Medicated Goo"

• Chris Wood -- sax, flute, electric piano, organ

• Dave Mason- lead vocals on "Sad and Deep as You" and "Shouldn't Have Took More Than You Gave", lead guitar, acoustic guitar on "Sad and Deep as You"

• Ric Grech -- electric bass

• Rebop Kwaku Baah -- congas, timbales, bongos

• Jim Gordon -- drums