DEAR MR. FANTASY
PLAY US A TUNE
SOMETHING TO
MAKE US ALL HAPPY..
Mr. Fantasy
is the
debut album
by English
Rock band
released in
December 1967.
The recording
included
group members
and
Mason temporarily
left the band
shortly after
the album
was released.
The album reached
the number
16 position
in the
UK Albums Chart,
and number 88
on the
Billboard Top LPs
chart in
the United States.
Overview
The album was
recorded at
Olympic Studios
in London
with American
record producer
Jimmy Miller
and
recording engineer
Phill Brown.
When Brown was
asked his
favorite memory
of engineering,
he responded:
"Recording Dear Mr. Fantasy,
At one o'clock
in the morning,
November 1967."
The UK release
was one of the
earliest rock albums
on the
Island Records label.
This edition had a
color gatefold cover
and included 10 songs.
As with
common practice
in the 1960s,
the original UK album
left out
hit songs
from
Traffic singles
of the era.
The sitar,
an instrument
widely associated
with this era
of
Traffic
due to its use
on the singles
"Paper Sun"
and
"Hole in My Shoe",
is used on
only one track
on the UK album,
"Utterly Simple".
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