Due to unprecedented demand TRAMPOLENE (the Welsh group, not the bouncy thing spelled with an ‘i’!) will re-release their classic debut album ‘Swansea To Hornsey’ (Anniversary Edition) on Friday November 17th through Strap Originals. On the same day singer, guitar slinger and lead Tramp, Jack Jones, will publish his first novel, also entitled ‘Swansea To Hornsey’.
Says Jack Jones: “The album and the book is ‘Swansea To Hornsey’ as it should have been. We couldn’t find anyone to publish the book the first time round. I always wanted to give fans the ultimate experience of listening to the album & reading my book. I was gob smacked when Peter (Doherty) said he loved the book so much he was gonna start a publishing company and put my book into the world…not something you hear every day. We edited it together as we drove across Europe…getting to know each other even deeper. It was a magical time, and now this all feels like a surreal dream. The album has been going for silly money on eBay & fans are always asking for it to be re-pressed…so we thought f**k it, let’s make it happen.”
To celebrate the release TRAMPOLENE will be performing three special commemorative shows where they will be playing the album in it’s entirety. The shows are:
NOVEMBER
30th Manchester - Night & Day
DECEMBER
1st Cardiff - Clwb Ifor Bach
2nd London - Omeara
Tickets are on sale at 10am on 30th August from the bands official store.
‘Swansea To Hornsey’ comes in a new sleeve, or should that be old sleeve, as it was planned as the original sleeve before drummer Mr Williams went a wandering on the eve of the release, only to return to the band two years ago. The album will be available on digital platforms, on the fast disappearing CD format, and on three different shades of coloured vinyl: Daffodil Yellow, Dragon Red & Common Welsh Green. The digital version comes with five bonus tracks taken from a barnstorming XFM Session recorded in September 2013. The full tracklisting is:
1.Artwork Of Youth
2.Imagine Something Yesterday
3.Alcohol Kiss
4. Dreams So Rich, Life So Poor
5.The Gangway
6.Ketamine
7.You Do Nothing For Me
8.Primrose Hill (CD/DIGITAL NOT ON VINYL EDITION)
9.The Boy That Life Forgot
10.Beautiful Pain
11.Already Older Than I Dreamed I’d Be
12.Blue Balls & A Broken Heart
13.Storm Heaven
14. Pound Land
BONUS TRACKS DIGITAL VERSION:
15. You Do Nothing For Me (XFM Session)
16. My Bourgeoisie Girl (XFM Session)
17. Alcohol Kiss (XFM Session)
18. I’m On My Own (XFM Session)
19. It’s Not Rock & Roll (XFM Session)
