Carrying on our chat with Tim Booth we continue on the early years of James with the recording of their first demo, signing to Factory Records & making their debut release with the Jimone EP in November 1983. From there Tim tells us about meeting The Smiths & playing with them at the Hacienda & subsequently touring Ireland with them & later joining the Meat Is Murder Tour in 1985. James are touring with Johnny Marr across the USA in the autumn & Tim tells us how this came about. We also hear about leaving Factory Records in 1985 & ending up on Sire Records – debut album Stutter is produced by Lenny Kaye. The follow up Strip Mine doesn’t appear until 18 months after it was recorded & we hear about that what let do these delays. We also get to ask Tim about the famous Anti Clause 28 gig with the Stone Roses at the International, signing to Rough Trade in 1989 & releasing the Gold Mother album which leads to the huge success of Come Home & Sit Down. Tim talks us through writing, releasing & re-recording Sit Down. We talk about a few of the bands bib gigs from this era including the G Mex & the roof of the Piccadilly Hotel in Manchester as well as Alton Towers in 1990 in front of 30,000 fans. The Seven album also comes out in 1990 & we touch on that & then hear about how the band met & worked with Brian Eno We move onto this year’s Yummy album – the bands first number 1 in the UK Chart & talk through some upcoming festival appearances throughout 2024.
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Music Maps The Rock & Roll Book Club Podcast – Tim Booth - James & When I Died For The First Time Part 1
Tim Booth joins us this week to talk about his new book ‘When I Died For The First Time’ out now on Constable (imprint of Little Brown). We talk about his writing influences from Doris Lessing & Patti Smith to Frank Herbert & then how his experiences in James influenced his writing. We also talk in depth about James latest UK number 1 album Yummy as well as their recent appearance at Glastonbury 2024 & their other appearances they have coming up over the summer & an autumn USA tour with Johnny Marr.
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Life’s A Shocking Miracle
Clash – “We Love Being The Underdog!” James Interviewed
“We started writing new material already, and I might start on a new book soon. We’re always open to some crazy opportunity coming our way, and we’ll be like: OK, that could be good! With the Johnny Marr tour – we’ve wanted to go back to America for a while, and this is a great way to do it. It’ll be a really harmonious tour”
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The Overlap – Tim Booth on Leeds, Late Nights with Gordon Strachan, and Will Ferrell | Football Music & Me
Tim Booth on Leeds, Late Nights with Gordon Strachan, and Will Ferrell | Football Music & Me
Daily Telegraph – Tim Booth from James interview: ‘You’re not famous if it doesn’t go to your head’
“Tim Booth’s debut novel has lots of sex in it – explicit sex – from a tryst between a debauched rock star and a young pop diva on a circular waterbed to a very saucy encounter beneath a Marie Antoinette skirt at a masked ball..”
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XS Noise – Tim Booth of James on new album 'Yummy' and his debut novel 'When I Died for the First Time'
In this interview, Tim discusses the writing and recording of YUMMY, upcoming live shows writing his first novel and lots more
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Daily Mail – James singer Tim Booth reveals how falling in love with his Shamanic healer wife saved him after cheating death: 'I challenged myself to find a purpose in life or I was going to check out early'
James singer Tim Booth has revealed how falling in love with his wife Kate Shela at first sight gave his life a purpose after he almost died from a childhood liver disease.
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Virgin Radio – Tim Booth reflects on James reaching number one and shares update on new album
“We didn’t want to lose people with this game because we’ve got very loyal fans who don’t want to be exploited. All these bands putting out 20 different coloured vinyls and all this kind of stuff. It wasn’t our way”
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Stereoboard – Review: James - Yummy (Album Review)
Despite some similarities with earlier releases, James are no parody of their former selves. Instead, they have evolved into a more mature version. With the addition of Alper’s voice, there is a sustained feeling of being offered something new. As a result, ‘Yummy’ is without doubt the best album James have released since they reformed.
XS Manchester – James 'Laid' with Saul Davies (plus bonus 'Yummy' interview)
Jim Salveson of XS Manchester talks to Saul Davies about each track on the Laid album and bonus Yummy content
Virgin Radio – ‘We’re an album band’ - James break down their number one record, Yummy, track-by-track
“I think it’s something perhaps people don’t focus on so much nowadays, with the making of a record, is the thing as an entirety. It’s more like, ‘Where’s your focus track, and let’s pour the energy into that.’ But we’re still old school in that respect, we want it to sound like an hour and a quarter’s worth of music that takes you on a journey, that connects, almost like a set list.”
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