New TOMMY JAMES AND SHONDELLS - Travelin' Original 1970’s Sealed Copy of USA Pre

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New TOMMY JAMES AND SHONDELLS - Travelin' Original 1970’s Sealed Copy of USA Pressing

This item is brand new and shrink wrapped.

This listing is for a new copy of TOMMY JAMES AND SHONDELLS - Travelin' Sealed USA Vinyl LP on the Roulette label This is a Sealed Original copy with cut-out notch on the sleeve (see photo)

This item is one of a batch of SEALED ORIGINAL LPs from 1960's and 1970's from a warehouse find by one of our distributors of! These are original sealed copies of some juicy semi-obscurities!! Since we cannot see through the shrink-wrap to ensure perfection inside the record jackets after (in some cases) 55 years, we cannot take any opened copies back in return—sealed copies are fine—but once they’re opened, that’s it. The risk is minor, we believe, as these were all stored in an operational warehouse until we purchased them. They appear to be in excellent condition. Very few copies remaining on these gems, please act fast!

TOMMY JAMES AND SHONDELLS - Travelin' (SR 42044): The last album (1970) ade by Tommy with the Shondells is also considered by many fans to be their best. It s without a doubt their edgiest, recorded with very few technical effects ('gritty and grainy, like dust in your mouth and sand in your boots,' says Tommy). By the time of this album's 1970 release on Roulette, Tommy James and the Shondells had morphed from the garage/frat-rock of 'Hanky Panky' to the pop psych of 'Crimson and Clover' to the gospel-soul of 'Sweet Cherry Wine.'

For this last album as a group, they reduced the psychedelic quotient from "Crimson & Clover" and experimental flights of "Cellophane Symphony" and muscled up some heavy rock 'n' soul. Opening with the near-instrumental title tune, the sound is funky progressive rock, complete with a lengthy syncopated organ-and-drums breakdown and even a short drum solo. The heavy sounds continue with James effectively refashioning himself into a soul shouter and blues crooner. Mike Vale propels the album's second single 'Gotta Get Back to You' with his bass line. The band's mid-60s garage-rock roots turn up in the 'Little Black Egg' riff of 'Moses & Me,' but topped with a processed vocal that's very end-of-the-decade, and the bluesy 'Bloody Water' borrows the guitar hook of 'Tobacco Road' and roughs it up nicely. The album's pre-release hit, 'She,' is also the tune that fits least with the album's heavy vibe. Co-written with Richie Cordell and bubblegum kings Jerry Kasenetz and Jeff Katz, the lush ballad is a throwback to the Shondells' earlier work. James and Bob King's originals were significantly more grown-up and gritty than the pop songs the group recorded a couple of years earlier, and suggested the expanded horizons James would explore in his solo career.

Traces of the group's earlier studio experiments are still to be heard here, but with the psychedelic fog lifting, the focus is more firmly on song craft.

Sealed original, with cut-out notch

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