This page lists all news item that were originally published on the old oneofthethree site in 2001. Links and images have either been removed or pointed to the new site where internal.
Update 26.12.01
The official James website has an exclusive download of a remix of Fine from the Pleased To Meet You album by Mark Hunter (Chunney Lad). The file is in mp3 format.
Tim Booth’s own website – www.timbooth.net – will now not be up and running until the New Year as opposed to December as was announced in his departure statement.
Update 21.12.01
T-shirts and other merchandise from James recent tour should be available on the official merchandise site www.bandmad.com early in the New Year. It was originally scheduled to be available from last Monday, but was delayed.
Update 14.12.01
Website Ananova has reported that the DVD of the Manchester show is due for a February release. As yet there has however been no official release date publicised.
Update 12.12.01
The two solo albums – Mosquito and Another Small Machine – are now available again to buy from Opal Music for £10.95 each.
Andy Diagram’s band The Spaceheads are on tour in Europe over the next couple of months. Dates confirmed so far are :
December 14 – Nijmegen Extrapol, Netherlands
December 15 – Brussels Action Against Euro Summit – contact novacinema@village.uunet.be for further info
December 16th – Louvain Le Neuve, Belgium
January 12th – Micro Music Theatre, Athens, Greece
February 1st – Espace Julien, Marseille, France
February 20th – Nouveau Casino, Paris, France
February 21st – Lune des Pirates, Amiens, France
Click here for the Spaceheads website
Update 11.12.01
James played an emotional final show with Tim Booth at Wembley Arena last night to a crowd of about 10,000 people. The set included guest appearances by Andy Diagram, Larry Gott and Brian Eno.
The setlist was as follows : Laid, Waltzing Along, Tomorrow, She’s A Star, I Know What I’m Here For, God Only Knows, Protect Me, Out To Get You, Hymn From A Village, Someone’s Got It In For Me, Getting Away With It (All Messed Up), English Beefcake, Sometimes, Johnny Yen, Born of Frustration, Ring The Bells / Top Of The World, Sound / Come Home, Sit Down
For a review click here
Update 9.12.01
The b-sides compilation Ultra failed to reach this week’s Top 75 album chart.
Update 8.12.01
Jim Glennie has announced in a statement that James intend to continue following Tim’s departure.
James played Thursday night at Birmingham NEC to a crowd of about 6,000 people. The setlist ran as follows:
Say Something, Waltzing Along, Laid, I Know What I’m Here For, English Beefcake, God Only Knows, Protect Me (acoustic), Getting Away With It (All Messed Up), Stutter, Vervaceous, She’s A Star, Born of Frustration, Come Home, Tomorrow / Top Of The World, Sound / Out To Get You, Sit Down
For a review click here
The following night, James played a triumphant homecoming show in Manchester in front of a sell-out crowd of 16,000. Ex-band members Larry Gott and Andy Diagram made guest appearances.
The show was filmed for a DVD release early in the new year.
The setlist ran as follows :
Say Something, Waltzing Along, Sometimes, Laid, I Know What I’m Here For, God Only Knows, Someone’s Got It In For Me, Vervaceous, Protect Me (acoustic), Out To Get You, Hymn From A Village, Johnny Yen, Getting Away With It (All Messed Up), Tomorrow, Born of Frustration, Ring The Bells / Top Of The World, Sound / Space, She’s A Star, Come Home, Sit Down
For a review click here.
Update 5.12.01 pm
James setlist at Newcastle last night ran as follows : Say Something, Waltzing Along, Sometimes, Laid, I Know What I’m Here For, God Only Knows, Protect Me (acoustic), Walking The Ghost, Hymn From A Village, Tomorrow, Space, Born of Frustration, Getting Away With It (All Messed Up), Destiny Calling, Ring The Bells / Someone’s Got It In For Me, Sound / Out To Get You, Sit Down.
Andy Diagram did not perform at the show, but is reported to be appearing at all the remaining shows on the tour.
Update 5.12.01 am
Tim has answered some fan questions on the official James website
James played their third date of their tour last night at the Telewest Arena in Newcastle.
The setlist included Hymn From A Village, not played since 1994 at least if my memory serves me correctly, and Someone’s Got It In For Me. Full setlist to come.
Did you go? If so, we’re looking for reviews – email to oneofthethree@hotmail.com – there’s a prize for the best review on the tour.
Below are a couple of pictures of shirts available on the tour – prices for both are £15 and there’s a skinny version of the “face” shirt
Musicroom are selling a new Best Of James songbook featuring chords and lyrics to 29 classic James tracks from the Best Of, Millionaires and Pleased To Meet You.
The tracks are : Born of Frustration, Come Home, Crash, Destiny Calling, English Beefcake, Getting Away With It (All Messed Up), Homeboy, How Was It For You?, Hymn From A Village, I Know What I’m Here For, Just Like Fred Astaire, Lose Control, Out To Get You, Pleased To Meet You, Ring The Bells, Runaground, Say Something, Senorita, Seven, She’s A Star, The Shining, Sit Down, Sometimes, Sound, Strangers, Tomorrow, Waltzing Along, We’re Going To Miss You
Update 4.12.01 am
Early reports from James gig last night at Leeds University show that James played a very similar setlist to the Brighton show, without any guest appearances, but including I Defeat (which Tim said they’d never played before – Hereford and Glasgow in 1998 spring to mind), Waltzing Along and Top Of The World.
Click here for reviews of the show – if you were there, send me a review to oneofthethree@hotmail.com. There’s a prize for the best review.
Update 3.12.01 pm
Today saw the release of the James B-Sides Ultra and the re-release of remastered versions of the Gold Mother, Seven, Laid and Whiplash. The stand out track of the extra tracks has to be the previously unreleased Mark Hunter remixed Say Something (The Saying Nothing Remix). Early reports suggest many people are having difficulty getting hold of them.
Update 3.12.01 am
James opened their final UK tour with Tim Booth at the Brighton Centre last night. The setlist consisted of :
Say Something, Sometimes, Laid, Senorita, English Beefcake, Getting Away With It (All Messed Up), She’s A Star, Space, Vervaceous, Johnny Yen, Come Home, God Only Knows, Born of Frustration, Ring The Bells / Protect Me (acoustic), Tomorrow, Sound / Out To Get You, Sit Down
Click here for a review of the show
The show also saw a new tour programme featuring new pictures, a gigography, fans reminiscing about James and the sleevenotes to the remastered albums. There was also an extensive selection of new t-shirts including James written in the shape of a face, the classic JA-M-ES shirts, a University of Manchester shirt with the James flower in place of the logo, a 3D style flower logo, a sweatshirt with a small daisy on the front and several vests / skinny tops based around the flower. Mugs and the Folklore book were also available.
Update 26.11.01
James have just completed three dates on their Iberian tour in Madrid, Lisbon and Porto. For fan reviews as submitted, please check the tour section.
Rumours on the official James chatboard suggest that ex-band members Larry Gott and Andy Diagram WILL be appearing at certain shows on the upcoming UK tour – Larry in Manchester only and Andy at all shows except Leeds and Birmingham, although there has been no official confirmation.
Michael Kulas has just completed a recording session for his first post-James album at Lendalfoot in Scotland. The official Kulas website has thirty-second samples of four songs from these session.
Update 16.11.01
A James aftershow party has been arranged by the website www.aftershow.co.uk for immediately after the Manchester Arena show on Friday December 7. The party is at the Quay Bar in Castlefields – advance tickets are £6 plus booking fee from Piccadilly Box Office on 0161-832-111 or www.ticketline.co.uk. The party also includes a DJ set by Dave Haslam. Click here to see more details from the press release
Update 13.11.01
James B-sides album called Ultra will be released on Monday December 3 in the UK on Fontana.
The tracklisting for the album is
Gone Too Far, Honest Pleasure, Sunday Morning, China Girl, Still Alive, The Lake, I Defeat, Goalies Ball, Chunney Chops, Tonight, Dreaming Up Tomorrow, William Burroughs, Assassin, Stolen Horse, Undertaker, Egoiste, Van Gogh’s Dog, Where You Gonna Run?
This album is in addition to the four remastered albums with extra tracks due for release on the same day
Click here to view/order at Amazon :
Ultra £9.99 ex postage
Gold Mother £7.99 ex postage – bonus tracks : Hang On, Crescendo, Come Home (Skunk Weed Skank Mix), Lose Control (live), Sit Down (live)
Seven £7.99 ex postage – bonus tracks : Protect Me (Acoustic Live), Sound (live), Heavens (live), Don’t Wait That Long (live)
Laid £7.99 ex postage – bonus tracks : Laid (live), Sometimes (live), Five-O (live), Say Something (remix)
Whiplash £7.99 ex postage – bonus tracks : Lost A Friend (live), Greenpeace (live), Homeboy (live), Waltzing Along (Flytronix Mix)
Update 11.11.01
According to Kulas Online, Michael is presently writing songs for his next album, due out next year. He will not be replacing Tim in James and will not be part of any post-Tim incarnation of James.
Update 7.11.01
Several people have asked about how to get tickets for November’s Portuguese shows – Lisbon Coliseum on November 23, Porto Coliseum on November 24.
Taking a look at the web, there’s a phone line for a company called SIC.24 that has the Lisbon show on their website – http://ondaticket.siconline.pt/. Their telephone number is 00351 21 417 3111. I hope someone there speaks English because the site’s totally in Portuguese!
There seem to be another number as well : Ticketline (Lisbon) 00351 21 712 03 00
I presume one of these would give you a number for Porto as well.
For the Madrid show at La Riviera on November 22, this site gives you details of the show and allows you to order on-line for collection on the day from the venue. It even allows you to do this in English if you click the button in the top left hand corner. To phone for tickets, use the number 0034 902 15 00 25 from the site to reserve your tickets.
In Tim’s interview with Channel 4 teletext he revealed he hopes to have some music out in April 2002 – watch this space for more details.
Turin Brakes, previously announced as support for James UK tour, will now not be appearing at the Leeds University show on December 3rd. They will still appear at all other shows. Replacements have not yet been announced.
A Portuguese band called Plastica, who Tim met during James festival performances in Portugal in May 2000, will be supporting James on their two Portuguese dates in Lisbon and Portugal.
Update 5.11.01
According to US website www.sirencd.com, Mercury are re-issuing four classic James albums with extra tracks on December 3.
The albums with the extra tracks are as follows:
Gold Mother – plus Come Home (Skunk Weed Skank Mix), Lose Control (live), Sit Down (live), Gold Mother (Warp Remix)
Seven – plus Protect Me (Acoustic Live), Sound (live), Heavens (live), Don’t Wait That Long (live)
Laid – plus Laid (live), Sometimes (live), Five-O (live), Say Something (remix)
Whiplash – plus Lost A Friend (live), Greenpeace (live), Homeboy (live), Waltzing Along (Flytronix Mix)
I assume that the live tracks on Gold Mother are from the G-Mex 1990 show, the Seven tracks are from the Seven live video, the Laid tracks from the Radio 1 James Day and the Whiplash tracks from the Radio 1 Mark Radcliffe session (Lost A Friend) and the Shepherds Bush Empire Radio 1 show from March 1997.
Not very inspired choices for extra tracks when we have a surfeit of b-sides and acoustic radio session tracks….
More as it gets confirmed.
Update 30.10.01
Tim Booth will be doing an interview with Channel 4 teletext – index page 450 tomorrow, 31st October
Update 29.10.01
Tim Booth has announced his intention to leave James at the end of their UK December tour. More details including a full statement to the fans and press release here.
He also indicated that Larry Gott and Andy Diagram will be joining the band at some point during the tour.
Update 28.10.01
Tim and Saul will be presenting an award at tomorrow’s Q Awards in London. Watch out for Channel 4’s broadcast next week to catch a glimpse of the boys.
Update 18.10.01
An extra date has been added to James December UK tour – they will now be playing Leeds University on Monday December 3rd.
Update 13.10.01
With Ben Folds cancelling his support slots on the December UK tour, Turin Brakes have stepped into the breach.
Update 27.9.01
James have announced three Iberian dates for late November ahead of their UK arena tour
November 22 – Madrid La Riviera
November 23 – Lisbon Coliseum
November 24 – Oporto Coliseum
Update 26.9.01
Despite James and Mercury going their separate ways at the end of their contract, there are still plans to release the b-sides album Now That’s What I Call B Sides Vol 1 through Mercury before the end of the year. Tracklisting and a release date are still not finalised.
There is still no news on any progress in James attempts at getting a new contract with a new label.
Update 6.9.01
James have announced their amicable departure from Mercury Records following the completion of their contract with the album Pleased To Meet You. No news yet as to what happens next….. Click here for the press release.
Update 21.8.01
According to Playlouder.com, James have been “released from their contract” by Mercury. Actually, Pleased to Meet You was James’ last album on their present contract, but as usual, the press never let the truth get in the way of an excuse to diss the band. More to come, no doubt…..
Update 7.8.01
James headlined the Benicassim Festival in Spain on Friday night with the show broadcast live on Spanish radio. They then flew back to the UK to headline the Guildford Festival – click here for reviews – on Saturday, before an early evening slot at Dublin’s Witness Festival on Sunday where they also performed in the acoustic tent.
Tim hinted at the Witnness Festival that English Beefcake may be the next single off the Pleased To Meet You album.
Update 1.8.01
Pleased To Meet You has dropped out of the Top 75 albums after only three weeks on the chart.
Update 31.7.01
Band-Mad, the new James merchandising company has increased its range of James merchandise, including some shirts on special offer at £5 and a jacket at £15, along with all the new Pleased To Meet You merchandise.
James On Line, Mercury’s James site has a new section with an eight minute video of studio footage of the recording of the Pleased To Meet You album, including an exclusive version of English Beefcake.
Update 26.7.01
Pleased To Meet You slumped to number 47 in the album charts in its third week of release.
Strange Dancing – The Early Years, the Warner compilation of early James material, is now due for release on August 20. Regular readers will no doubt take this with a pinch of salt and see it when they believe it!
Rumour has it that Orbital have been approached to remix Falling Down for a potential future release.
Update 23.7.01
Strange Dancing appears to have been deleted from the catalogue at HMV which would suggest the release has been delayed or cancelled. No word from Warners on this (turn the clock back fourteen years or so and it’s a case of deja vu)
Update 18.7.01
James on line merchandise is now on sale at www.bandmad.com. Only new t-shirts debuted at the recent shows (don’t get too excited, they’re not that great or cheap) are available at present.
Click here to see One Of The Three’s archive of James t-shirts
Update 16.7.01
James have parted company with Blue Grape, their merchandising company, and are presently in negotiation with an as yet unnamed company to take over the manufacture and sale of James merchandise.
Pleased To Meet You dropped out of the Top 20 album chart this week, plummeting to Number 29. Getting Away With It (All Messed Up) dropped to number 69 in the singles charts
Update 13.7.01
Getting Away With It (All Messed Up) dropped to number 48 in the UK single charts last week after entering at 22 the week before despite the band’s appearance on Top of the Pops.
Update 12.7.01
Tim held a forty-minute webchat at Dotmusic.com this evening – click here to see a transcript
According to Tim at Sunday’s Liverpool show, Falling Down will be the next single from the album Pleased To Meet You.
A promotional condom was issued to promote the Pleased To Meet You album. A picture of the box can be found below. A case of poor old Johnny yen?
Update 8.7.01
Pleased To Meet You reached a disappointing number 11 in the album charts.
Virgin Megastores in the UK are offering a free poster with all purchases of Pleased To Meet You whilst stocks last. V Shop / Our Price are offering Laid for £4.99 with CD purchases of the album.
James are to play the Electron Festival in Athens, Greece on September 21.
The international release dates for Pleased To Meet You have been confirmed as follows :
2 July : UK, Ireland (13 track limited edition)
2 July : Austria, Belgium, Germany, Holland, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland
3 July : Japan
9 July : Denmark, Greece, New Zealand, Norway
12 July : Italy
13 July : South Africa
17 July : Canada
23 July : Australia
All international versions are 11 track albums which exclude the tracks Gaudi and What Is It Good For? Buyers outside the UK can purchase the album online at Audiostreet and get the full UK version with the two missing tracks and bonus CD material.
The single Getting Away With It (All Messed Up) was released on June 25th and reached number 22 in the Top 40, after peaking in the midweek charts. The single’s showing was enough to merit an appearance on Top of the Pops on Friday 6 July.
James have announced a December UK arena tour with support from “special guests” Ben Folds
December 2 – Brighton Centre
December 4 – Newcastle Telewest Arena
December 6 – Birmingham NEC
December 7 – Manchester Arena
December 9 – Glasgow SECC
December 10 – Wembley Arena
Update 20.6.01
James compilation album of material from their Sire and Factory days “Strange Dancing – The Early Years” is now scheduled for release on Monday 23rd July.
The album artwork has finally been revealed – see the picture above. The “man” on the cover is a computer generated image from pictures of all seven band members – click here to read Tim’s explanation to Q of the concept behind the cover.
Update 19.6.01
Last night James played an exclusive “Sessions” set for XFM at the Sound nightclub in Leicester Square. The 20 song set featured Alaskan Pipeline, Space, Stand, Senorita, Junkie, Waltzing Along, Sometimes, Just Like Fred Astaire, Pleased To Meet You, The Shining, Falling Down, I Know What I’m Here For, Destiny Calling, Fine, English Beefcake, Born of Frustration and Ring The Bells with an encore of What Is It Good For?, She’s A Star and Getting Away With It (All Messed Up).
For a review of the gig, click here
James have been confirmed to play the Benicassim Festival in Spain on Friday August 3rd, according to the festival’s site www.fiberfim.com
Update 15.6.01
According to Siren CD, the two CD singles of the Getting Away With It single are as follows:
CD1 : Getting Away With It, Make It Alright, So Swell (Ambient Version)
CD2 : Getting Away With It, Stand, The Shining (Live At Ridge Farm)
More details as I get it……
Update 12.6.01
The James official website is running a competition for five pairs of tickets to the XFM gig. The competition winners will be notified on Thursday 14th so don’t delay with your entry.
Update 11.6.01
James will be appearing on CDUK this Saturday 16th June, starting at 11.30am on ITV.
James are playing an exclusive gig for XFM at Sound in Leicester Square next Monday 18th June. Tickets can only be obtained by entering a competition at the XFM website.
Mercury have just released a new press biography for the album, which takes a look back at James career from an interesting viewpoint. Click here to read it.
Update 7.6.01
Mercury have updated their James site – www.jamesonline.co.uk – with a news section, audio streams of samples of English Beefcake, Pleased To Meet You and Fine plus a full version of the track Pleased To Meet You. There is the promise that all tracks will be available on stream before the album release.
There is also the chance to watch the videos for Waltzing Along, Born of Frustration, Destiny Calling, an electronic Press Kit, Laid, Runaground, Sit Down, Say Something, Sometimes, She’s A Star and Tomorrow.
There’s also a competition that you have to enter numerous times to get the various bits of the site and the navigation can be a bit tricky, but go and have a look, you’ll be pleasantly surprised.
Pleased To Meet You will also be released in Spain, Portugal and Greece on July 2nd, the same day as the UK. No other international releases have been confirmed. For those outside these countries, CD-WOW are selling the album for £8.99 including free worldwide delivery.
Update 2.6.01
Getting Away With It (All Messed Up) has been added to Virgin Radio’s playlist and was also voted number 14 in this week’s listener charts at www.virginradio.co.uk where you can still vote for it.
Update 30.5.01
The line-up for the Guildford Festival has now been confirmed. James headline on Saturday 4th August supported by Cast, Saw Doctors, Bert Jansch and Bernard Butler, Chumbawamba, The Chameleons and Bjorn Again. Pulp and Catatonia headline the other two nights.
Tickets are now on sale. Click here for more details
Update 29.5.01
The attached picture shows the promo one-track single on sale at E-bay for the forthcoming single Getting Away With It (All Messed Up) due for release on Monday 25th June. Radio airplay for the single is reported to be slow so far with no Radio 1 playlisting to date.
The single artwork for Getting Away With It is rumoured to be based around the picture to the left taken from the official Mercury James site. The site www.jamesonline.co.uk now features a new front page and would appear to be being prepared for relaunch. A full album promo has appeared as well (and no, I don’t have a copy)
James have announced a warm-up gig at the Grimsby Auditorium on Friday 6th July as a warm-up for their performance at T In The Park the following day and Liverpool Summer Pops Festival two days later. More details in the Tour Dates section. The gig replaces the show cancelled in November due to storm damage to the venue.
The Warner Brothers compilation double album Strange Dancing – The Early Years covering James career with Factory and Sire Records between 1983 and 1988 is now scheduled for release on Monday 25 June, according to HMV.
Update 24.5.01
CD-WOW will sell the new album Pleased To Meet You worldwide for £8.99 including postage and packing, including the US. Click here to go to their site
Update 22.5.01
James are one of the bands with memorabilia featured in the new Manchester branch of the Doc Marten’s store in Manchester Triangle (formerly Corn Exchange) – also featured are The Stone Roses, Happy Mondays, Buzzcocks and Oasis. The exhibition runs until August.
Update 21.5.01
Tim gave an interview at Later during the recording sessions for the show, to see and read it, click here
Update 20.5.01
The new single Getting Away With It (All Messed Up) has been delayed by one week and will now be released on Monday 25th June, one week before the album Pleased To Meet You.
Update 17.5.01
James played the three songs – Getting Away With It (All Messed Up), Falling Down and Born of Frustration at Tuesday night’s recording of the Later With Jools program. The band were reportedly very pleased with the way the recording went.
In the chatroom last night, Mike indicated that plans are afoot for festival dates in Greece, Mexico, the US and Canada and that there are still plans for a UK tour in December as reported exclusively here about a month ago. San Francisco, Los Angeles, New York and Toronto were mentioned in the conversation. Nothing has however been confirmed…….
Mike also appeared to rule out any additional festival dates to those already announced, which are : July 7 T In The Park, July 8 Liverpool Kings Dock, August 4 Guildford Festival, August 5 Witnness Festival, Ireland and August 25 Nottingham Wollaton Park. For more details of these, see the tour dates section.
Fans favourite track Scratchcard is also likely to appear as a b-side after being left off the album’s final tracklisting.
Update 15.5.01
James rehearsed three tracks for tonight’s Later With Jools performance – new single Getting Away With It (All Messed Up), Falling Down from the new album Pleased To Meet You and the classic 1992 hit Born of Frustration.
CD-WOW now have Pleased To Meet You available on pre-order for £8.99 with shipping to the UK, Europe, Asia, Australia and New Zealand. I’m trying to find out if they ship to the US and save you paying exorbitant import prices. Click here to go to CD-WOW.
Update 13.5.01
Contrary to rumours on the official site messageboard Alaskan Pipeline is not Scratchcard which was played on the Autumn 2000 tour – it is a totally new track.
Laid is being used in the trailers to promote the new movie American Pie 2 in the US. The song also appeared in the theatrical trailer for the original movie, although it didn’t actually appear in the movie.
Update 11.5.01
The official James site now has an exclusive remix of the album track Fine by David Baynton-Power called Finer. Click here to go the site.
Update 10.5.01
James will be playing the Witnness Festival at the Fairyhouse Racecourse near Dublin on Sunday August 5th, the day after their headlining performance at the Guildford Festival. See the live page for more details
Update 6.5.01
James new studio album, due for release on July 2nd will be called Pleased To Meet You. Tracklisting is as follows:
| 1. Space | 2. Falling Down | 3. English Beefcake |
| 4. Junkie | 5. Pleased To Meet You | 6. The Shining |
| 7. Senorita | 8. Gaudi | 9. What Is It Good For |
| 10. Give It Away | 11. Fine | 12. Getting Away with It |
| 13. Alaskan Pipeline |
Update 6.5.01
James are confirmed as guests on Jools Holland’s BBC2 Later programme to be recorded on Tuesday 15th May and transmitted at 11.30pm on Friday 18th May and repeated on Sunday 20th May.
Update 27.4.01
James are headlining the Liverpool Echo’s Summer Pops festival at Liverpool’s Kings Dock on Sunday July 8th. The venue will apparently be all seated and in a marquee. Tickets are available from Liverpool Philharmonic, Piccadilly Box Office and other outlets, see the live page for more details
Update 26.4.01
James are headlining the second night of the Guildford Festival on Saturday 4 August. Tickets are not yet on sale. More details can be found at www.guildford-live.co.uk.
James are also to appear as special guests to Bryan Adams at City In The Park in Wollaston Park, Nottingham on Saturday August 25. More details at www.cityinthepark.com
James first single from the new album will be entitled Getting Away With It (All Messed Up), which was formerly known as Daniel’s Saving Grace. The track will be released to UK radio stations on Monday 7 May. It will be released on Monday June 18th.
Update 22.4.01
James have been confirmed as “Special Guests” at T in the Park on Saturday 7 July. The Sunday Mail has run an advert today with James on the bill.
Rumour – I’ve had a tip-off that James are planning an arena tour for December.
A nine-track untitled promo of tracks from the new album has appeared recently at Action Records and also on E-bay.
The promo CD features Space, Falling Down, Saving Grace, Give It Away, Coffee And Toast, Fine, Gaudi, Junkie and The Shining.
The present price (as at 8am, 22/4) is £31 at Ebay.
Update 18.4.01
Michael Kulas has released his second solo album “Another Small Machine” in Canada on 28th March. The catalogue number is INTER001 and can be ordered from www.hmv.com. A special feature on the album will follow as soon as I have more details.
According to Michael, there will be no promotion of the album due to his commitments with James. I would imagine that this will mean no UK release at the present time, if at all.
Update 17.4.01
According to their playlist and the reports of James fans in the US, KCRW’s Morning Become Eclectic Show played a demo of a track called “Fine” from the new LP. More if I can find it out…..
Update 11.4.01
According to the official James website, the new as yet untitled James album will be released in the UK on Monday 2 July. A single, also as yet undecided, will precede it on Monday 18th June.
Update 31.3.01
HMV’s release schedules show a yet untitled James single due for release on June 4th.
Update 16.3.01
James new album, provisionally entitled Space, was presented to the record company by Brian Eno on Wednesday evening.
The proposed tracklisting for the album included the tracks included ‘Space’, ‘Falling Down’, ‘Saving Grace’, ‘Give It Away’, ‘Coffee And Toast’, ‘Fine’, ‘Gaudi’, ‘Junkie’ and ‘The Shining’.
The album should contain 11 or 12 tracks and was described by Eno to the NME as “the best they’ve ever made.”
For more, take a look at Oneofthethree’s special Space feature
Update 7.3.01
According to the official James site, James have actually now finished their new album, contradicting what was posted yesterday.
The album, containing 14 tracks, will be presented by Brian Eno to the record company at an unnamed London studio next Wednesday, 14 March. Following that, a decision will be made on the first single and a release schedule, as revealed here two days ago.
Update 6.3.01
According to the band’s press office, there are no plans to release a single on April 16, as previously reported here and advertised in HMV.
The album is now almost completed and the band have just finished a break following the completion of most of the sessions and mixing, leaving one track to finish in the studio over the course of this week – according to the official website.
The press office added that the band will present the album to the record company, who have not heard the final work yet, over the next couple of weeks. Any first single from the album would not be released until May at the earliest and no song has been yet identified as the first single.
The album should follow “in the summer”, probably late June. It will feature as expected most of the songs previewed on the autumn UK tour. No title has yet been decided on. Read more on the songs here.
The Warner Brothers compilation “Strange Dancing – The Early Years” is now likely to be released in May or June. Legal clearance is presently being sought for some of the tracks that will appear on the double album.
With Warner taking over the rights to the London/Factory catalogue, the album will include the five tracks from Jimone and James II EPs (Village Fire EP) and should also include the b-sides from the Sire singles (Chain Mail, So Many Ways, What For and Ya Ho) although the tracklisting has not yet been finalised. It is unlikely that there will be any unreleased material on the compilation as a search of the Sire/WEA archives did not pick up any new tracks.
As previously reported, the band have finalised the tracklisting for the b-sides album which compromises of tracks from “early in their career” (which I take to mean How Was It For You? onwards) right through to the Millionaires b-sides. The tracklisting has yet to be presented to the record company and the release strategy (how it fits in with the new album) will be discussed at the aforementioned presentation, but it is still scheduled for this year.
The “Remasters” series is still in the planning stage. Gold Mother, Seven, Laid and Whiplash will get the treatment with new sleeve notes and possibly extra tracks. Gold Mother may feature the two tracks deleted from the original release back in 1991 – Hang On and Crescendo.
There are presently no confirmations of festival appearances – James had hoped to play Glastonbury, but it is probable that they will make an appearance at at least one of the summer festivals.
Update 5.3.01
According to a release schedule in HMV Romford, James have a new, as yet untitled, single due for release on April 16.
Update 23.2.01
Strange Dancing – The Early Years, the Sire/WEA compilation has been put back until April 16th. Tracklisting and artwork are being finalised as we speak and I should have more details for you at the back end of next week
A tour of the UK is presently “under consideration” but nothing definite has been agreed as yet. It will be 2-3 weeks at the very least before there is any more news.
News update on James ex-manager and mother of Tim’s son Ben : she is now running a management company in Brighton representing Polak and the comedian Rob Newman.
Update 2.2.01
Tim Booth was online in the chatroom at the official James site – www.jamestheband.com on Wednesday night and gave the following information:
– the album and a UK tour are pencilled in for May / June
– the album is now being mixed in London
– a US release and tour is planned for September. A new record label boss in the US is said to be more favourably inclined to James than the previous one.
– Tim is presently teaching dance in Brighton and is about to jet off to the Canary Islands to teach dance there for 10 days
– he was unaware of WEA’s plans for the “Strange Dancing” collection
Update 30.1.01
The new James album, tentatively scheduled for release in April / May is presently being mixed at an unnamed London studio.
Due to be released later in the year, the James b-side album is to be titled “Now That’s What I Call B-Sides Volume 1”. The album will contain 20 tracks including Van Gogh’s Dog, The Lake, Sunday Morning, China Girl and Gone Too Far. The full tracklisting will be confirmed soon.
Larry Gott’s design career is taking off in a big way. One of his designs will be available in Conran stores in London, Paris and New York in the next couple of months and Habitat are currently prototyping one of his designs. More on Larry in this exclusive interview.
Update 29.1.01
More information on the “Strange Dancing” album – this is scheduled for release on March 12 as a two-CD Anthology-type package. Tracklisting and catalogue numbers have not been finalised. I will hopefully get more information on this in the next day or so.
Update 27.1.01
February’s edition of Record Collector features the following “Among the new millenium’s first reissues are ‘Strange Dancing – The Early Years’ covering the pre-fame noodlings of indie popsters James. This was in an article on Warners record label (which Sire is now part of) More as I get it….
Update 24.1.01
Tim Booth will be taking part in a live chat session on the official James website at 8pm UK time on Wednesday 31st January – www.jamestheband.com
Update 4.1.01
James are appearing as special guests at the Villars 24 Heures Grand Prix benefit in Geneva, Switzerland on Saturday 13 January. The event raises funds for Formula Charity, an organization created by racing driver and long-term James fan Jacques Villeneuve and Craig Pollack, the director of British American Racing. James will perform a full electric set at the party surrounding the two-day event on Saturday night.
The event however is press, sponsors and race entrants only according to the official James site. So if you turn up you may well not get it. No other shows are planned whilst the band are in Switzerland.
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