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.

Traffic's eclectic beginning with 1967's Mr. Fantasy was nearly derailed when Mason quit but came back in time to feature large again on Traffic (1968) where the potent if sometimes stylistically troubled combination of the guitarist's pop flair and the others different ambitions caused friction. That didn't prove to be a bad thing. The opening "You Can All Join In" morphed into "Pearly Queen" with such charm that only those within the camp would have suspected the members didn't always see eye to eye. Here are also signs of sounds to come on "Forty Thousand Headmen," one of Capaldi's most brilliant compositions. The hit single duly arrived via Mason's fertile pen on "Feelin' Alright?" a song that has become a rock standard.

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