The Collection

Designed as a retrospective compilation look at James’ career with Mercury Records, this mid-price compilation features hit singles, key album tracks, the odd B-side and some rarities. So Long Marianne and Confusion appear for the first time on any James release, Once A Friend for the first time on CD, Lazy for the first time on CD other than a Japanese album and Coffee And Toast for the first time other than a download with the UK version of Pleased To Meet You.

Compiled by James archivist and editor of this site Dave Brown, the album doesn’t feature the superior single versions of Seven and Getting Away With It and the unheard single version of Lost A Friend that were requested nor the original version of Out To Get You from the Lose Control EP or the hitherto unreleased acoustic take on I Know What I’m Here For from the 1999 Lighthouse show that spawned the version of Fred Astaire that appears on the Millionaires bonus disc.

• Coffee And Toast :2001
• Confusion :2000
• English Beefcake :2001
• Five-O :1993
• Getting Away With It (All Messed Up) :2001
• Gold Mother :1990
• Heavens :1992
• I Know What I’m Here For :1999
• Laid :1993
• Lazy :1990
• Lose Control :1990
• Lost A Friend :1997
• Once A Friend :1992
• Out To Get You :1990
• Seven :1992
• She’s A Star :1997
• Sit Down :1989
• So Long Marianne (cover) :1991

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• Getting Away With It (All Messed Up)
• I Know What I’m Here For
• Laid (Version 2) (Clean)
• Laid (Version 3) (Explicit)
• Lose Control
• Seven
• She’s A Star
• She’s A Star (Orchestral Version)
• Sit Down
• Sit Down ’98 Apollo 440 Mix
• Sit Down (Original)
• Sit Down ft. Joe Duddell & String Quartet

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The band were on hiatus during this period.