[4] In 1970, Traffic toured in support of their comeback album John Barleycorn Must Die, with a quartet line-up of Steve Winwood, Chris Wood, Jim Capaldi, and Ric Grech.

[6] This album was set for release in early 1971 but cancelled for unknown reasons, though Side A eventually appeared as bonus tracks on the 1999 reissue of John Barleycorn Must Die.

He found the album "lax at times, but not bad for live jazziness—Stevie Winwood and Dave Mason play as engagingly as Mike Ratledge and Elton Dean, say, and in a genuine rock style."

He appreciated how much "more aggressive" it sounded compared to the band's studio recordings, adding that "the double percussion of Jim Gordon and Rebop Kwaku Baah driving pretty hard at times.

Reviewing the rerelease for PopMatters, Ronnie D. Lankford Jr. was somewhat disappointed by the relatively inessential, two-track second-half and the lack of bonus tracks typically found on reissues, but felt the first-half "exceeds expectations" and the album ultimately "offers a close facsimile of what the original Traffic sounded like live, and that's reason enough to add it to your collection.

"[13] AllMusic's William Ruhlmann expressed even more enthusiasm about the release, saying it serves as an overview of "the Winwood/Mason/Traffic musical world" and shows "how good a contractual obligation album could be ... the playing was exemplary, and the set list was an excellent mixture of old Traffic songs and recent Mason favorites.