Dear Mr Fantasy – A Celebration for Jim Capaldi Featuring the Music of Jim Capaldi & Traffic, Various Artists 2CD/Blu-ray
- NEW 2CD / MULTI-REGION BLU-RAY VIDEO CLAMSHELL BOX FEATURING OF THIS LEGENDARY CONCERT STAGED TO CELEBRATE THE LIFE & WORK OF JIM CAPALDI.
- FEATURING STEVE WINWOOD, PAUL WELER, YUSUF / CAT STEVENS, PETE TOWNSHEND, JOE WALSH, GARY MOORE, BILL WYMAN, JON LORD & MORE.
- WITH AN ILLUSTRATED BOOKLET.
2CD / Blu-Ray video release of this special concert staged at the Roundhouse in London on 21st January 2007 to celebrate the life and music of Traffic co-founder and acclaimed solo artist Jim Capaldi. Aside from his work with Steve Winwood and Chris Wood in Traffic, (a band inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in 2004), Jim also worked with many other artists and was a successful solo performer in his own right.
A wonderful house band was joined by a stellar line-up of musicians to perform their favourite Traffic and Jim Capaldi songs including STEVE WINWOOD, PAUL WELLER, PETE TOWNSHEND, JOE WALSH, YUSUF / CAT STEVENS, GARY MOORE, BILL WYMAN, JON LORD, DENNIS LOCORRIERE, SIMON KIRKE and many others who performed to a full house.
Originally issued in 2007, this new Esoteric Recordings edition gathers together the concert recordings on two CDs and a multi-region Blu-ray video of the concert film, issued in this format for the first time, in a clam shell box set.
‘Dear Mr Fantasy – A Celebration for Jim Capaldi’ is the ultimate document of this wonderful night of music.
