No Face No Name No Number

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THIS was written by Jim Capaldi and Steve Winwood, founding members of Traffic, and released on the band’s Mr Fantasy debut album in 1967. It was issued as a single in 1968 and reached No 40 in the chart.

I am a huge fan of Steve Winwood’s voice and I think it is at its best in this beautiful melody (though I think the psychedelia-influenced middle 8 could have been improved). https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=azf7OUdfjDg

Capaldi was Traffic’s drummer but he was no mean singer too, as you can hear in this rehearsal take.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7FyNElzc4ng

Pete Townshend did it at the Roundhouse in London in 1974, I think without the rest of The Who.

I like this version by Bryan Ferry on his 2010 album Olympia.

https://www.google.com/search?client=firefox-b-d&channel=trow&q=bryan+ferry+no+face+no+name+no+number

Jim Capaldi died in 2005 at 60. Two years later in a tribute event at the Roundhouse, Pete Townshend gave No Face No Name No Number a bit more of a Who flavour than in his 1974 performance. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3V8Qa0qKrr4

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