Traffic When the Eagle Flies (180g Vinyl LP)

Heavyweight 180g Vinyl LP Reissue Remastered from the Original Tapes!

One of the greatest British rock acts of their generation Traffic emerged from the West Midlands as Birmingham's very own Beatles. Deeply psychedelic at first, later acid folk related their music remains an inventive template for any band with aspirations to musical excellence. Utilizing improvisational methods with tremendous versatility they employed Mellotron and harpsichord, sitar and reeds as well as the conventional rock flavors. Given that their stand out performers were Stevie Winwood, Jim Capaldi, Dave Mason and Chris Wood such excellence was hardly a surprise.

For 20 year swan song When the Eagle Flies (1974), the key word was simplification. Winwood agreed with Rolling Stone's suggestion that the album was something of a return to Traffic's roots and it's the band's most organic release of the 1970s. Although it was a darker and more introspective moment in Traffic's history, When the Eagle Flies stands as a testament to the relentlessly creative art that Winwood, Capaldi, and Wood made together and it remains a fitting (although somewhat temporary) finale to a brilliant journey. Featuring the single "Walking in the Wind," it was Traffic's fourth consecutive album to break into the Top Ten and go Gold. 

Remastered from the original tapes and pressed on 180g heavyweight vinyl LP with the artwork caringly overseen and interpreted.