Ode to J Smith – Vinyl Reissue

[eastwood]

Does anyone know why this is the only album that hasn’t been reissued on vinyl?

[paul_c]

Not totally sure – but could be to do with the fact it wasn’t released on Independiente.

[Driftwood_]

Not sure, Fran refers to it more as a “project” album iirc, being its own thing separate to the rest of the catalogue? I hope it eventually does get one though.

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[Shatterjack]

I registered here just to ask about this, and there’s already a topic lol. It is really annoying me no end to have every album on vinyl apart from this one, which was one of my favourites. Just make it happen, it can’t be that difficult.

[elfy]

Could do with a reissue. It’s the only one that can’t be got for a reasonable price on vinyl anywhere. Lowest I can find is still over a hundred quid.

[Fran]

Hey Elfy
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[paul_c]

A few years ago on Discogs there was a seller who had 3 copies for sale, all water damaged, and they were still extortionate. I tried to barter down but they weren’t for having it.

Eventually managed to find a copy for £40 on eBay in 2018, from a seller near the bonnie bonnie banks. I got lucky!

[Elodie]

I love this record! I would def get the reissue version on vinyl

[Scottrobmitchell]

Hi, totally agree a release on vinyl would be brilliant. I was lucky to see the band on this tour at the picture house in Edinburgh.

[emmyboo]

I’m so glad to see that several people are asking about this! Been looking for years for a reasonably priced vinyl to complete the collection.

[Fran]

The re-issued albums on vinyl were the albums we recorded on Independiente. They sold their catalogue of songs to Concord. Andy Mac, who was my A&R man and who owned Independiente stipulated to them that they re-issue the back catalogue. So those 5 albums made the re-issue. Ode was released on PIAS (Play It Again Sam), Where You Stand was released on another and Everything at once was released on yet another. I am pretty sure these will get a re-issue on vinyl. Ode is an interesting record. It was a project album, recorded to a brief. Write an album in 2 weeks, tour it for 2 weeks to eke out the creases, then record on 8 track multitrack and mix it in 2 weeks. The resulting songs were patchy. There are still some very good moments. J. Smith being one of my favorites. Neils drumming is sensational and we recruited the Crouch End Festival choir to sing the latin part at the end, which was translated from English to Latin by the person who “Writing to Reach You” was written about’s dad, who was an Italian scholar at Strathclyde University. He was fluent in latin.
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[deebee]

Ode was an interesting album and there are some great songs on there. I would definitely buy a reissued vinyl (it’s missing from my collection)
How can we forget the famous gong that sat behind Neil on stage ? 😂
Thanks for the explanation Fran.

[big_chair]

Ode is probably in my top 3 favorite Travis albums. It’s the strangest album in the discography but its character is so strong. I’d love if Chinese Blues made an appearance on the next tour.

[MusicGirl99]

In my Top 5. Love it, full of rockers. And I have all the vinyl (too much lol).

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