''Winwood'' is the first compilation album of music featuring

Steve Winwood Stephen Lawrence Winwood (born 12 May 1948) is an English musician and songwriter whose genres include blue-eyed soul, rhythm and blues, blues rock, and pop rock. Though primarily a guitarist, keyboard player, and vocalist prominent for his dis ...

. This two-record set was issued in 1971 by

United Artists Records United Artists Records was an American record label founded by Max E. Youngstein of United Artists in 1957 to issue movie soundtracks. The label expanded into other genres, such as easy listening, jazz, pop, and R&B. History Genres In 1958 ...

and features music which Winwood performed with

the Spencer Davis Group The Spencer Davis Group were a British blues and R&B influenced rock band formed in Birmingham in 1963 by Spencer Davis (guitar), brothers Steve Winwood (vocals, keyboards, and guitar) and Muff Winwood (bass guitar), and Pete York (drums). ...

, Powerhouse,

Traffic Traffic is the movement of vehicles and pedestrians along land routes. Traffic laws govern and regulate traffic, while rules of the road include traffic laws and informal rules that may have developed over time to facilitate the orderly an ...

and

Blind Faith Blind Faith were an English rock supergroup that consisted of Steve Winwood, Eric Clapton, Ginger Baker, and Ric Grech. They followed the success of each of the member's former bands, including Clapton and Baker's former group Cream and ...

. UA Records issued this album after Winwood's band Traffic left UA when their home label

Island Records Island Records is a multinational record label owned by Universal Music Group. It was founded in Jamaica by Chris Blackwell, Graeme Goodall, and Leslie Kong in 1959, and was eventually sold to PolyGram in 1989. Island and A&M Records, another ...

set up their own American operation. Issued without Winwood's authorization as catalogue number UAS-9950, it was taken off the market after legal action by Winwood and Island Records. It was then reissued with minor changes as catalogue number UAS-9964. Currently out of print, it was issued on CD by

Universal Music Universal Music Group N.V. (often abbreviated as UMG and referred to as Universal Music Group or Universal Music) is a Dutch– American multinational music corporation under Dutch law. UMG's corporate headquarters are located in Hilversum ...

of Japan for the Japanese market.

Track listing

Side one

(All songs performed by the Spencer Davis Group unless otherwise indicated) # "

Keep On Running "Keep On Running" is a song written and first recorded by Jackie Edwards. It became a hit in the UK for The Spencer Davis Group; their version reached number one in the charts. Recordings "Keep On Running" was written by Jamaican singer-songwri ...

" ( Jackie Edwards) – 2:42 # "

Somebody Help Me "Somebody Help Me" is a single by The Spencer Davis Group, which was released in 1966. As with "Keep on Running", it was composed by Jackie Edwards. Chart performance "Somebody Help Me" became the band's second consecutive and last number-on ...

" (Edwards) – 1:57 # "Goodbye Stevie" (Steve Winwood,

Muff Winwood Mervyn "Muff" Winwood (born 15 June 1943, Erdington, Birmingham, England) is an English songwriter and record producer. The elder brother of Steve Winwood, both were members of The Spencer Davis Group in the 1960s, in which Muff played bass gui ...

Spencer Davis Spencer Davis (born Spencer David Nelson Davies; 17 July 193919 October 2020) was a Welsh musician. He founded the Spencer Davis Group, a band that had several hits in the 1960s including "Keep On Running", " Somebody Help Me", "Gimme Some Lov ...

, Peter York) – 2:22 # " Cross Roads" (

Robert Johnson Robert Leroy Johnson (May 8, 1911August 16, 1938) was an American blues musician and songwriter. His singing, guitar playing and songwriting on his landmark 1936 and 1937 recordings have influenced later generations of musicians. Although his r ...

) – 2:32 (performed by Powerhouse) # "

Gimme Some Lovin' "Gimme Some Lovin" is a song first recorded by the Spencer Davis Group. Released as a single in 1966, it reached the Top 10 of the record charts in several countries. Later, ''Rolling Stone'' included the song on its list of the 500 Greatest Son ...

" (Steve Winwood, Muff Winwood, Davis) – 2:53

Side two

(Tracks 1, 2 and 3 performed by the Spencer Davis Group, tracks 4, 5 and 6 performed by Traffic) # " I'm A Man" (Steve Winwood,

Jimmy Miller Jimmy Miller (March 23, 1942 – October 22, 1994) was an American record producer and musician. While he produced albums for dozens of different bands and artists, he is known primarily for his work with several key musical acts of the 1960s ...

) – 2:48 # "Can't Get Enough of It" (Steve Winwood, Miller) – 3:37 # "Stevie's Blues" (Steve Winwood) – 3:50 # "Paper Sun" 5 RPM single edit(Steve Winwood,

Jim Capaldi Nicola James Capaldi (2 August 1944 – 28 January 2005) was an English singer-songwriter and drummer. His musical career spanned more than four decades. He co-founded the progressive rock band Traffic in 1967 with Steve Winwood with whom he c ...

) – 3:26 # "Heaven Is in Your Mind" (Steve Winwood, Capaldi, Chris Wood) – 4:11 # "Coloured Rain" (Steve Winwood, Capaldi, Wood) – 2:44

Side three

(All songs performed by Traffic) # "Dear Mr. Fantasy" (Steve Winwood, Capaldi, Wood) – 5:33 # "Smiling Phases" (Steve Winwood, Capaldi, Wood) – 2:36 # "Dealer" (Capaldi) – 3:10 # "Medicated Goo" (Steve Winwood, Miller) – 3:35 # "Forty Thousand Headmen" (Steve Winwood, Capaldi) – 3:11 # "Vagabond Virgin" (

Dave Mason David Thomas Mason (born 10 May 1946) is an English singer-songwriter and guitarist from Worcester, who came to prominence in 1967 as a founding member of the rock band Traffic. While with Traffic, he wrote and sang lead vocals on two of the b ...

, Capaldi) – 5:10

Side four

(All songs performed by Traffic unless otherwise indicated) # "Sea of Joy" (Steve Winwood) – 5:19 (performed by Blind Faith) # "Empty Pages" (Steve Winwood, Capaldi) – 4:30 # "Stranger to Himself" (Steve Winwood, Capaldi) – 3:45 # "Freedom Rider" (Steve Winwood, Capaldi) – 5:25

Charts

References

{{Authority control Steve Winwood albums 1971 compilation albums Albums produced by Jimmy Miller United Artists Records compilation albums Albums produced by Chris Blackwell Albums produced by Steve Winwood Albums produced by Guy Stevens Albums produced by Jac Holzman