Category Archives: Timeline

Whiplash album and She’s A Star single released. A friend of Saul’s in Toronto, Michael Kulas, is drafted in to add backing vocals.

James make their eagerly awaited live return with Adrian Oxaal’s live debut at three low-key shows at Sheffield Leadmill, Bristol Fleece And Firkin and London Camden Dingwalls.

I Believe is released. Tim’s Booth’s side project album Booth and the Bad Angel is released with a single. James act as the backing band for Booth and the Bad Angel on BBC’s Later With Jools Holland show.

James reconvene at RAK Studios with Adrian on-board and Tim back to record the Whiplash album with Stephen Hague.

The Booth and the Bad Angel album is finished in Liverpool with the assistance of Bernard Butler who tried to convince Tim to leave James and form a band with him.

Tim records the basic tracks for the Booth and the Bad Angel album in New York.

James spent two weeks in Westside Studios with Brian Eno.

Black Thursday: James reconvene at The Windings in Wrexham to start their new album. Larry announces that he’s quitting, Tim announces that he’s off to record the Booth and the Bad Angel album with Angelo Badalamenti and a £250,000 tax bill is discovered.

Wah Wah album released.

James spend a few days in a “big barn” near Woodstock, working on new material. James play some small festivals in Oregon and Washington on the West Coast before the massive Woodstock II festival, Larry’s last ever gig in his first stint in the band.

James return to the UK to play the Glastonbury Festival, Larry’s last UK gig in his first stint in the band.

To capitalise on the success of the previous tour and the massive radio success of Laid, James return for a second tour of the US, playing at significantly larger venues than two months earlier.