Unreleased Songs:
Last Orders was part of the Whiplash Sessions, 23 tracks that leaked from James’ recording sessions from the album of that name. It was an instrumental.
| Song: | Last Orders |
| Released: | Unreleased |
| First Heard: | Whiplash Sessions |
Muscle was part of the Whiplash Sessions, 23 tracks that leaked from James’ recording sessions from the album of that name.
It was also titled Hey That Muscle in Brian Eno’s diaries of the recording sessions.
| Song: | Muscle (aka Hey That Muscle) |
| Released: | Unreleased |
| First Heard: | Whiplash Sessions |
Help Yourself was part of the Whiplash Sessions, 23 tracks that leaked from James’ recording sessions from the album of that name.
| Song: | Help Yourself |
| Released: | Unreleased |
| First Heard: | Whiplash Sessions |
Maybe Jane was part of the Whiplash Sessions, 23 tracks that leaked from James’ recording sessions from the album of that name.
There were two versions of this song – Normal and Stephen Hawkins – the later having Tim’s voice processed through a machine that resembled Stephen Hawkins’ voicebox.
| Song: | Maybe Jane |
| Released: | Unreleased |
| First Heard: | Whiplash Sessions |
Exma was part of the Whiplash Sessions, 23 tracks that leaked from James’ recording sessions from the album of that name.
| Song: | Exma |
| Released: | Unreleased |
| First Heard: | Whiplash Sessions |
Without You was part of the Whiplash Sessions, 23 tracks that leaked from James’ recording sessions from the album of that name.
| Song: | Without You |
| Released: | Unreleased |
| First Heard: | Whiplash Sessions |
Hand On My Rocket was part of the Whiplash Sessions, 23 tracks that leaked from James’ recording sessions from the album of that name.
| Song: | Help Yourself |
| Released: | Unreleased |
| First Heard: | Whiplash Sessions |
James opened with a singalong of this standard at their headlining performance at the Seattle Endfest on August 6, 1994. They also did it a torrential thunderstorm at Hardwick Live on August 22, 2015.
| Song: | Singing In The Rain (byArthur Freed/Nacio Herb Brown) |
| Released: | Unreleased |
| First Heard: | Seattle Endfest, 6th August 1994 |
An improvised track played at the end of the Paris Casino show on November 23, 1993, this track metamorphosised into Homeboy and Fishknives four years later.
| Song: | Throwing It All Away |
| Released: | Unreleased |
| First Heard: | Casino de Paris, 23rd November 1993 |
On November 24, 1992 James played at Redondo Beach in California and Tim performed an accapella version of the Patti Smith song of the same name. Sadly, no known recording exists of the show.
| Song: | Redondo Beach (by Patti Smith) |
| Released: | Unreleased |
| First Heard: | The Strand, Redondo Beach, 24th November 1992 |
In June 1992, James stood in late for Morrissey at Glastonbury Festival when he cancelled.
They opened the show with a cover of his song We Hate It When Our Friends Become Successful which he’d written about James.
Live – Glastonbury 26th June 1992
| Song: | We Hate It When Our Friends Become Successful (by Morrissey) |
| Released: | Unreleased |
| Main Associated Album (or Single): | |
| First Heard Live: | Glastonbury Festival, 26th June 1992 |
A song that was played twice on the band’s European tour in May 1992 in Bern and Milan before being demoed for the Laid album but missing the final cut.
| Song: | It's Over |
| Released: | Unreleased |
| Main Associated Album (or Single): | |
| First Heard Live: | Bern, 4th May 1992 |