Dear Mr Fantasy

Not exactly indispensable if you're not already a fan, but clearly his contributions to Traffic and pop music in general ought to be honored and not forgotten. I would have liked more Traffic cuts, after all you'd think there is something in the archives worth hearing. The sonics are quite good and the packaging is stellar. There are few revelations here, but it's all high quality music.

I studied the sheet music with the Traffic recording and it's accurate.

Whoever put this together did an amazingly wonderful job to honor Jim. His body of work and who was as a person is perfectly represented here. So much great music. Invaders of the heart is my favorite. I will miss Jim forever.

I got this cd which holder for DISC 02 is not fixing the cd, so it is falling out from the album always when I move itI do not understand how it possible to make that big quality fault nowadays

A monumental box set from one of rock and rolls good guys, best known for his contributions to Traffic there was defiantly more to Jim Capaldi than his best know work. This carrier spanning set starts with his early band the `Hellions' to his early death from cancer in 2005. The first disc takes us from Hellions, Revolution, deep feeling, touching lightly on Traffic (only 4 songs) via the track that gives the box set its title, before starting on his solo albums. Disc 2 to 3 take us gently through his solo albums ending with the final disc giving us some great demos and a stunning raw rehearsal of that track `Dear Mr Fantasy' again. The music mixes Folk Blues rock Samba and many world music type themesPost Traffic there are myriads of collaborations with a guest list (Clapton Kossoff Santana Winwood and Van Morrison to name a few) which would be/ is the envy of many a professional musician, the tracks from all of his albums handpicked by his wife and do demon straight a musician who seems to be able to fit a song around any musical genre very easily.Sadly missed but great carrier retrospective of a great and largely overlooked man. Thank you universal for making this a special release nicely packaged 4 discs in proper jewel holders in the book set.

Having been a long time fan of Traffic, and knowing that Jim was as influential as Steve Winwood in making Traffic, in its various phases, I was still pleasantly surprised at the depth of Jim`s talent, and entirely delighted to discover the full depth of this remarkable talent, much underrated. I`m surprised that he was not "discovered" as a more prominent artist during the 80`s/90`s, but knowing a lot about this man it just shows what support he gave to a lot of bigger names.Buy this and surprise yourself, there is a lot of work here that should heve had better air time.

I was not introduced to his music until I discovered Traffic in the early 90's. I could not believe I was just working my way past Dear Mr. Fantasy then. After picking up traffics albums I never went any further under the assumption that Steve Winwood was the talent in the band. Not realizing that it was both. This is the first thing I have picked up from his solo career and I will be going back for more. The first two discs in this set are incredible. The third is not bad but suffers from 80's production and then he finishes pretty strong on the forth. I had no idea the "Love Will Keep Us Alive" from the Eagle's Hell Freezes Over CD was written by Mr. Capaldi. The box set sets off on it's musical journey before Traffic. Not bad songs but not much different to the music of the day. But once Traffic started you can really hear his writing shine. There is not a ton of Traffic songs on this. In fact about a third of a disc (if you want a Traffic compilation pick up the 2 CD set Smiling Phases) You then go through his early solo records. Tracks from "Whale Meat Again" (great title) are, in my opinion, the strongest. If you like Traffic or you just like great song writing this should be up your alley. I for one can't wait to pick up those first four solo records. Good thing they to have been rereleased. Record companies don't miss a trick in the book but this time I am glad. If you want to check out more pick up the DVD of the tribute concert for Jim called what else but "Dear Mr Fantasy". His great music done by great artists. Usually I avoid such DVD's but this one is good.

Jim Capaldi stand bei Traffic immer etwas im Schatten des genialen Musikers Steve Windwood (dem längst eine 4CD-Box gewidmet wurde). Nun hat er seine eigene, und die mehr als verdient, denn nicht nur als Drummer, sondern besonders auch als Songschreiber hat er gewichtige Spuren in der Popgeschichte hinterlassen. Leider hat er selbst nichts mehr davon (2005 verstorben). An der Zusammenstellung der Titel ist nichts auszusetzen; das einzige was mir fehlt sind oft die Angaben zu den Mitwikenden auf den einzelnen Tracks.Obwohl ich etliche CDs von Traffic und Capaldi solo habe, gab es noch etliche Perlen zu entdecken, und das nicht nur bei den vorher unveröffentlichten Stücken. Als Beatles-Sammler liegt mir dabei besonders eines am Herzen: Love's got a hold of me - eine Zusammenarbeit mit George Harrison. Erstaunlich, was alles noch so in den Archiven schlummert.

一杯曲が入っていますが、名曲ザッツ・ラブだけで満足です。オリジナル・アルバムが２〜３万円もするのに、この４枚組のアルバムはその１０分の１で買えました。おかげで、しっかり、ジム・キャパルディを聞き込む事が出来そうです。得したと思うと、高価なオリジナル・アルバムに興味がそそられる。この販売価格の変動が興すアマゾンの面白いところですね。