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TRAAMS - personal best

Released 22nd July 2022. ‘personal best’, the third album from Chichester’s TRAAMS and their firs...

Released 22nd July 2022. ‘personal best’, the third album from Chichester’s TRAAMS and their first in seven years, represents a band rebuilt from the ground up. After half a decade apart, all it took was a global pandemic to reaffirm their intense urge to create music together, and the limitations the situation brought with it ended up revolutionising their sound. “A lot of this album is about recognising yourself,” Stu, vocalist and songwriter, says. “This record is about the little changes ...

Traffic - John Barleycorn Must Die (2021 Reissue)

Released 14th May 2021. After a brief disbandment Traffic returned in Summer of 1970 with John Ba...

Released 14th May 2021. After a brief disbandment Traffic returned in Summer of 1970 with John Barleycorn Must Die, hitting No’5 in the US Billboard Chart and thus making it their highest ever peak position in the US. John Barleycorn would take the band’s jazz/rock leanings beyond mere jamming and give Winwood excuse to exercise his expressive voice as punctuation to the extended instrumental sections. Re-Issued individually from the phenomenal 2019 Traffic – The Studio Albums 1967-74 Boxset....

Traffic - Mr Fantasy (2021 Reissue)

Released 14th May 2021. After Steve Winwood jumped ship from chart toppers The Spencer Davis Grou...

Released 14th May 2021. After Steve Winwood jumped ship from chart toppers The Spencer Davis Group and quit the bright lights in favour of the countryside and jam sessions with Jim Capaldi, Dave Mason and Chris Wood, in wake of these events Traffic were formed, it was Birmingham, April ,1967. Traffic began as a psychedelic rock group and diversified their sound through the use of instruments such as keyboards like the Mellotron and harpsichord, sitar, and various reed instruments, and by inco...

Traffic - Shootout At The Fantasy Factory (2021...

Released 14th May 2021. The Sixth studio album by Traffic would meet mixed reviews from the music...

Released 14th May 2021. The Sixth studio album by Traffic would meet mixed reviews from the music press but nonetheless singles like “Evening Blue” and “(Sometimes I Feel So) Uninspired” are high points. They summarized that the album “embodies the inconsistencies that beset the band as well as the high points that have kept Traffic moving. Re-Issued individually from the phenomenal 2019 Traffic – The Studio Albums 1967-74 Boxset. Remastered from the original tapes, pressed on 180g heavy weig...

Traffic - Traffic (2021 Reissue)

Released 14th May 2021. The second offering from Traffic, October 1968 would be their self titled...

Released 14th May 2021. The second offering from Traffic, October 1968 would be their self titled Album, achieving a strong balance between Dave Mason’s simple and straightforward folk-rock songs and Steve Winwood’s complex and often haunting rock jams would see the album peak in the UK charts at No’9 and No’16 in the US Billboard Chart. Re-Issued individually from the phenomenal 2019 Traffic – The Studio Albums 1967-74 Boxset. Remastered from the original tapes, pressed on 180g heavy weight ...

Travis - 12 Memories (2021 Reissue)

Released 13th August 2021. None other than Elton John raved that 12 Memories would “take you on a...

Released 13th August 2021. None other than Elton John raved that 12 Memories would “take you on a real journey… like The Beatles’ Revolver”. And, just like The Beatles in 1966, Travis were at a critical juncture when it came to recording their fourth album. Coldplay had launched a career patterned on Travis’ The Man Who-era songwriting, while frontman Fran Healy was secretly battling depression. With the Iraq war newly raging in the background, the group began to look outwards in their songwr...

Travis - The Boy With No Name (2021 Reissue)

Released 28th May 2021. On May 28th, the top five album from Scottish rock band Travis, The Boy W...

Released 28th May 2021. On May 28th, the top five album from Scottish rock band Travis, The Boy With No Name, returns to vinyl for the first time. Cut at London’s Metropolis Studios, Craft Recordings’ new reissue of the bands fifth studio album comes housed in a gatefold sleeve and features a bonus 7” single.

Travis - The Invisible Band (20th Anniversary E...

Expected Release 3rd December 2021. The Man Who’s success may have seemed impossible to build upo...

Expected Release 3rd December 2021. The Man Who’s success may have seemed impossible to build upon, but when it came to crafting a follow-up, Travis’ natural composure became their greatest asset. Returning to the studio with The Man Who’s co-producer Nigel Godrich (Radiohead, Beck, Paul McCartney) they crafted a near-perfect 45-minute album praised by Q magazine for having some of “the best and most fully crafted” songs of their career to date. Lead single ‘Sing’ remains their highest-charti...