The Long-Player Goodbye

by Travis Elborough

For 60 years the way our music has been presented to us has been in the form of the LP, the album: 12-odd tracks representing something much more than the sum of their parts. But if we can download a single track, is the album going to go the way of the old 78 and be consigned to the dustbin of history?

Travis Elborough takes us on a fond, nostalgic, entertaining and informative tour through the history of the album, from its revolutionary arrival on the global scene in 1948, when it entirely transformed the way music was listened to and produced, to its revered position as the creative benchmark to which all musicians aspire.

Out Now

The Long-Player Goodbye live
Travis will be appearing on the following dates in July and August

Wednesday 16th July
Stoke Newington Bookshop,
159 Stoke Newington High Street
London
N16 0NY

Saturday 19th July
Latitude Festival Henham Park,
Southwold,
Suffolk

Saturday 16th August
The Green Man Festival Glasnusk Park, Monmouthshire

Friday 1st August
Standon Calling,
Standonm Hertfordshire,
LR53 7HG

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