Transgressive Records today announces the third drop in a comprehensive reissue of Graham Coxon’s complete solo catalogue (spanning 9 studio albums and 3 original soundtracks), with the vinyl release of three additional studio albums – Love Travels At Illegal Speeds (2006), The Spinning Top (2009) and A+E (2012); plus the first-time digital release of acoustic live album Live At The ICA Acoustic (2004), all available on 4th December. 

The three studio albums will be available on CD, black vinyl and limited edition coloured vinyl, exclusive to independent record shops and Graham’s store, as follows: Love Travels At Illegal Speeds on CD, double black vinyl and double purple vinyl; The Spinning Top on CD, double black vinyl and double black marble vinyl; and A+E  on CD, black vinyl and red and blue splatter vinyl.

The announcement of the digital release of Live At The ICA Acoustic is accompanied by the release of a live video for the acoustic track ‘Baby, You’re out of My Mind (Live At The ICA Acoustic)’, previously only available via DVD. Watch HERE.

Ahead of his upcoming sold-out career-spanning show at O2 Forum Kentish Town, Graham will play an additional run of UK dates with shows in Edinburgh, Manchester, Bristol and Brighton in the run up to London on Saturday 28th November. These special headline shows will mark Coxon’s first full live band performances in over 10 years. Tickets and information HERE.  Full list of dates:

22 November – EDINBURGH – Liquid Rooms

23 November – MANCHESTER – New Century Hall

25 November – BRISTOL- Electric Bristol

26 November – BRIGHTON –  Concorde 2

28 November – LONDON – O2 Forum Kentish Town – SOLD OUT!

Following the Top 20 success of 2004’s Happiness In Magazines, Graham reunited with producer Stephen Street for Love Travels At Illegal Speeds. Originally released in March 2006, Graham’s sixth solo album delivered another volley of punk rock riffs and power pop choruses, with the likes of ‘I Can’t Look At Your Skin’ and ‘Gimme Some Love’ boasting some searing, ’70s rock style guitar solos.

“I thought Love Travels At Illegal Speeds was better than Happiness In Magazines in a lot of ways,” says Graham. “Sonically, it was getting a bit more sophisticated. I was playing these simple guitar solos. I thought, Why not? In indie land, it’s always like: Nah, you don’t do guitar solos! So it became a lot more traditional, sort of a late ’70s thing.”

After the spiky punk riffs and power pop melodies of Happiness in Magazines and Love Travels At Illegal Speeds, Graham took a very different path for his seventh solo album, 2009’s The Spinning Top, mastering the complex fingerpicking styles of folk guitarists Bert Jansch and Davy Graham. Featuring contributions from Robyn Hitchcock, Martin Carthy, and late Pentangle double bassist Danny Thompson, The Spinning Top is one of the most ambitious and rich records of Graham’s career, presenting a rich tapestry of moods and styles within its bucolic atmosphere and nimble playing, with enchanting highlight ‘In The Morning’ embracing the scales and allure of traditional Indian music. 

“It was like going to the bloody gym for six months,” recalls Graham with a laugh. “These songs started appearing while I was sat at the table with a pot of tea, and my love for things like Davy Graham, Bert Jansch and John Martyn started bubbling up.” Adding, “I liked the idea of it being more contemplative rather than just in-your-face, three-minute guitar songs.”

Originally released in 2012, Graham Coxon’s eighth solo album A+E was inspired by the wave of nu rave and post-punk-inspired groups then prevalent in the UK music scene. On tracks such as ‘City Hall’ and ‘Meet And Drink And Pollinate’, Coxon drew a line from the present back to late ’70s/early ’80s pioneers like Magazine, Wire and Cabaret Voltaire. 

“My band had played a gig at the sadly no more Leeds Cockpit, and there was this club night afterwards,” remembers Graham. “Everything they were playing sounded amazing. It was all new stuff, and the kids looked so cool. It made a really big impression on me, and A+E was sort of based on what I thought I was hearing that night. It didn’t give a fuck – it was just riffs in your face and was very mischievous.”

With his back catalogue long sold out and in high demand on physical formats, the release of Castle Park in June kicked off the comprehensive reissue of Coxon’s expansive solo catalogue and comes alongside the re-release of The Sky is Too High and The Golden D, available now. Further drops to come include the studio albums Love Travels at Illegal Speeds (2006), The Spinning Top (2009), A+E (2012); as well as the two Original Songs and Score album soundtracks for The End of The F***ing World 1 (2018) and The End of The F***ing World 2 (2019); plus Superstate (2021), the original soundtrack released to accompany the graphic novel of the same name.