(UK cover)                              (US cover)

   

MR. FANTASY   (1967)

  1. HEAVEN IS IN YOUR MIND  [Winwood-Capaldi-Wood]  4:16

  2. BERKSHIRE POPPIES  [Winwood-Capaldi-Wood]  2:51

  3. HOUSE FOR EVERYONE  [Mason]  2:00

  4. NO FACE NO NAME NO NUMBER  [Winwood-Capaldi]  3:30

  5. DEAR MR.FANTASY  [Winwood-Capaldi-Wood]  5:45

  6. DEALER  [Capaldi]  3:22

  7. UTTERLY SIMPLE  [Mason]  3:13

  8. COLOURED RAIN  [Winwood-Capaldi-Wood]  2:40

  9. HOPE I NEVER FIND ME THERE  [Mason]  2:07

  10. GIVING TO YOU  [Winwood-Capaldi-Mason-Wood]  4:19

   

Players:

STEVE WINWOOD:  keyboards, bass, guitar, lead vocals

DAVE MASON:  guitar, vocals

CHRIS WOOD:  bass, flute, sax

JIM CAPALDI:  drums, percussion, vocals

   

Produced by JIMMY MILLER.

   

Original U.K. release:  Island ILP-961 [mono]/ILPS-9061 [stereo] (pink label, gatefold cover), December 1967.

Released in the U.S. by United Artists (UAL-3651 [mono] / UAS-6651 [stereo]; pink-orange label, gatefold cover), early in 1968 as HEAVEN IS IN YOUR MIND.  From the 2nd pressing, still released in 1968 (again, both in mono and stereo, with same catalogue#, label layout and content), also the U.S. release was named Mr. Fantasy.  The U.S. version included 12 tracks (it adds Paper Sun, Hole In My Shoe and Smiling Phases from early singles and the previously unreleased We're a Fade You Missed This, while two Mason tracks - Utterly Simple and Hope I Never Find Me There - were deleted) and their order was substantially changed.  This is the tracklist:

  1. PAPER SUN  4:18

  2. DEALER  [Capaldi]  3:22

  3. COLOURED RAIN  [Winwood-Capaldi-Wood]  2:40

  4. HOLE IN MY SHOE  3:01

  5. NO FACE NO NAME NO NUMBER  [Winwood-Capaldi]  3:30

  6. HEAVEN IS IN YOUR MIND  [Winwood-Capaldi-Wood]  4:16

  7. HOUSE FOR EVERYONE  [Mason]  2:00

  8. BERKSHIRE POPPIES  [Winwood-Capaldi-Wood]  2:51

  9. GIVING TO YOU  [Winwood-Capaldi-Mason-Wood]  4:19

  10. SMILING PHASES  2:42

  11. DEAR MR.FANTASY  [Winwood-Capaldi-Wood]  5:45

  12. WE'RE A FADE, YOU MISSED THIS  

Also released in a few other countries early in 1968, including Italy (Ricordi International SLIR-22 017, single sleeve), France (Fontana), Germany (also on Fontana), with other tracklist variations.  Italian copies are 12-tracks, and the tracklist is the following: 1. to 10. as the US release, Hope I Never Find Me There at #11, Dear Mr.Fantasy at #12.

Reissued many times in many countries, often with single sleeve.

   

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