| Dates connected with James: | |
| Contribution/Role/Speciality: | Designer |
Designer and Larry Gott’s wife. She was responsible for the sleeves to the Sometimes, Laid and Say Something singles and the inside covers of the Laid album.
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Goodchild, Chloe
| Dates connected with James: | |
| Contribution/Role/Speciality: | Vocal Tutor/Coach |
Chloe was Tim’s singing teacher and also provided backing vocals on the Booth and the Bad Angel album.
Goldberg, Danny
| Dates connected with James: | |
| Contribution/Role/Speciality: | Record label head |
Goldberg was appointed MD of Mercury in the US just before the release of the Booth and the Bad Angel and withdrew much of the financial backing for the album’s promotion. He is also credited by insiders as being the man responsible for the failure of Whiplash in America as he was not a fan of James music.
Garside, Nick
| Dates connected with James: | 1985 - 1990 |
| Contribution/Role/Speciality: | Producer |
Nick produced and engineered the James II EP and the Gold Mother album.
Fontana Records
| Dates connected with James: | 1989 - 1992 |
| Contribution/Role/Speciality: | Record Label |
A famous 1960s label resurrected by Phonogram records in 1989 to house its “hip” bands. James were signed to head up this label.
Fenner, Ben
| Dates connected with James: | |
| Contribution/Role/Speciality: | Sound Engineer |
Sound engineer for the Laid and Wah Wah sessions, Ben was responsible for running the studio and ensuring all jams in the second studio were recorded and catalogued for the band to go back to for compiling the Wah Wah album.
Fall
| Dates connected with James: | 1980 |
| Contribution/Role/Speciality: | Supporter, Influence |
Seminal Manchester band dating back to the seventies, The Fall were champions of James in the early days providing many support slots including the band’s first major show, a support slot at Manchester Poly in 1980. Jim and Paul were both massive fans, travelling the country to go and see them.
Factory Records
| Dates connected with James: | 1983 - 1984 |
| Contribution/Role/Speciality: | Record Label |
Legendary Manchester record label which was born out of the punk scene and had bands on its roster such as Joy Division, New Order and Happy Mondays and it owned Manchester’s Hacienda nightclub where James played many early shows. James released their first two singles on Factory in 1983 and 1985 although not officially signed to Factory. The label went bankrupt in 1994 after a failed artist policy and the back catalogue bought out by London Records.
Billy’s Shirts
| Dates connected with James: | 1991 |
| Contribution/Role/Speciality: | Merchandising company |
James own merchandising company set up in 1991 to cope with the massive demand for James t-shirts, located in a disused factory in Prestwich, Manchester until 1994 when the company was dissolved.
Bates, Dave
| Dates connected with James: | 1990 |
| Contribution/Role/Speciality: | Record label A+R |
A+R man at Phonogram Records responsible for signing James to the Fontana offshoot of Phonogram in 1990.
Band of Holy Joy
| Dates connected with James: | 1989 |
| Contribution/Role/Speciality: | Support Band |
James support band on the triumphant 1989 Come Home tour, The Band Of Holy Joy were a fellow Rough Trade band, described by Tim as the best support band James have ever had.
Dodd, Andy
| Dates connected with James: | 1987 - 1988 |
| Contribution/Role/Speciality: | Band Manager |
Co-managed the band with Eliot Rashman as So What Management 1987 – 1988 and was responsible for recommending Dave Baynton-Power to the band.