Tommy James & the Shondells – Travelin' – Used LP

still sealed!!!  Gatefold.  Cut out with big sawcut into right side near top.  Michigan 1970!  The final vinyl for TJ with the Shondells.  And definitely a solid ending!   Travelin' Review   by Joe Viglione Travelin' is a solid and respectable recording from the innovative and totally underrated group who became synonymous with bubblegum music. They didn't go out in a blaze of glory as the Beatles did with Let It Be, but this final album from the Shondells on Roulette before Tommy James went solo (enabling Peter Vale and Mike Vale to come up with their own production, a band called Hog Heaven) is a good study in creativity. The nondescript cover of James driving the horse and carriage away from outlaws hardly represents the music inside, but it is prophetic (the texture is like Elton John's Madman Across the Water, meaning Roulette spent some money on the heavy cardboard gatefold). Perhaps the man sitting next to James is co-producer Bob King, while the band is smiling and peering