His first solo album, recorded at Muscle Shoals studio in Alabama late 1971 while Traffic was on sick leave due to Stevie Winwood's peritonitis. Most of the tracks has group members participating and there was also support from Paul Kossoff, Trevor Burton, Rick Grech and renowed American session musicians such as Jimmy Johnson, David Hood and Roger Hawkins. All tracks but one written or co-written by Capaldi. Not surprisingly there's a lot of Traffic going on. Songwriting is simpler and more sincere and the vocals not as personal as Winwood's, but the feeling is there. To my ears this is as good as most of the stuff Traffic made in their later days. Although some of the cuts sounds a little too tidy, there's still enough dynamics to make it work - "Last Day Of Dawn" has sturdy string arrangements from legend Harry Robinson and the title track (a power soul re-work of Al Jolson's "Anniversary Song") is carried by good brass and a cheeky guitar solo by Kossoff. It did OK in US at #82, but didn't sell much in UK. First US on Island (SW-9314) came with a totally different front sleeve. Premiere UK had label as shown here, thick matt fold/out cover and blue custom Island inner. (TXÄW*)
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