Heaven Is in Your Mind [Extra tracks, Original recording remastered]

Traffic | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (August 29, 2000)
• Original Release Date: 1967
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Extra tracks, Original recording remastered
• Label: Island
• ASIN: B00004WF69
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Vinyl  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (20 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #14,605 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Editorial Reviews

Japanese limited edition reissue of 1969 album, packaged in a miniature LP sleeve featuring 16 tracks. Island. 2003. --This text refers to an alternate Audio CD edition.

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163 of 165 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars 1st TRAFFIC album... discrepancies explained !!!, February 26, 2001

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C. Steven Blue (Los Angeles, CA USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Heaven Is in Your Mind (Audio CD)

O.K. Let me see if I can explain all the confusion surrounding the latest releases of Traffic's landmark first album, "Mr. Fantasy" or, as it was first titled in the U.S., "Heaven Is In Your Mind." There are three remastered versions of this album that have been released in the past year and a half. All three versions are currently available on Amazon.com. The first release (in October 1999) is Mr. Fantasy [ORIGINAL RECORDING REMASTERED] [IMPORT]: This is the original STEREO ENGLISH version of this album, and it includes as bonus material the original MONO AMERICAN version of the album. The next release (in August 2000) is MR. Fantasy [ORIGINAL RECORDING REMASTERED] [EXTRA TRACKS]: This is the original MONO ENGLISH version of the album, and it includes as bonus material the four missing songs that were included on the American version of the album, plus the A-side of the rare single, "Here We Go 'Round The Mulberry Bush." The third release (also in August 2000) is Heaven Is In Your Mind [ORIGINAL RECORDING REMASTERED] [EXTRA TRACKS]: This is the original STEREO AMERICAN version of the album (and the one, I might add, that I have been waiting for at least 15 years to arrive, THANKS!!!). It includes as bonus material the two tracks from the English version that were dropped on the American version, plus the A-side and B-side of the rare single, "Here We Go 'Round The Mulberry Bush." I hope this explains the complaints everyone is having about these releases. The great thing is that, for the first time on CD, you can have whatever version you grew up with to enjoy, and remastered to boot! And for the completist fan, you can have all the versions. And if you are new to Traffic, I highly recommend this one, the AMERICAN STEREO version, but then I'm biased (this is the one I grew up with)! No matter which version you choose, Traffic's first album is a psychedelic treat not to be missed.

14 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Mr. Fantasy by another name, January 10, 2001

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This review is from: Heaven Is in Your Mind (Audio CD)

Although most critics rate this as the best Traffic album, I'd definitely rank it third. Heaven is in your mind was essentially the UK album Mr. Fantasy without two tracks and resequenced. Using the sequencing from the US release (and adding the two tracks cut from the previous vinyl version plus two tracks from the soundtrack album Here We Go Round The Mulberry Bush)Island has reissued the album with terrific sound.

There are problems. The booklet is very skimpy (particularly when compared to the UK version) consisting of little more than the credits and the two covers for the album (which were the same save for the title). What is really mystifying is why Island didn't just release the UK version of Mr. Fantasy. That version includes all the original tracks plus 8 of the original mono mixes. The bonus tracks from Heaven is in your mind were added to Traffic (the band's second album).

Perhaps Bill Levenson (who supervised this reissue) felt that there would be more interest from fans in this with the bonus cuts vs. the mono mixes. It's hard to figure what logic dictates what gets released and doesn't. Anyhow, this fine reissue would probably do for most fans but I'd recommend the UK reissues from 1999 for dedicated fans. All three releases have additional bonus tracks (5 on Traffic and 6 on John Barleycorn Must Die).

11 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Psychodelic Masterpiece, September 12, 2003

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This review is from: Heaven Is in Your Mind (Audio CD)

This is one of the true Master Works of the Psychodelic Era. This album, along with Sgt. Pepper's, Magical Mystery Tour, Axis: Bold As Love, Are You Experienced and a few others represents the "high water mark" of Music of this (or any) century. This (these) milestones in Music are "Lenses" through which everything that came before was projected onto all that has (and will)come in the future.