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Interview with Jim and Saul as part of the Classic Album Sundays series about Gold Mother filmed live at the Royal Albert Hall
Classic Album Sundays – James Gold Mother at Royal Albert Hall with Jim Glennie and Saul Davies
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5 Live Interview With Tim Booth and Jim Glennie
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Interview with Tim and Jim by Nihal Arthanayake on 5 Live
Rennes Transmusicalles – 7th December 1991
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Top Of The World / Come Home / God Only Knows / Born of Frustration / Live A Love of Life / Hang On / Hymn From A Village / Johnny Yen / Walking The Ghost / Gold Mother / Ring The Bells / Sit Down / How Was It For You / Sound / StutterSupport
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Keith Cameron, NME
Nirvana manage to blow everyone else off the map including headliners James, though no fault of theirs. If we must have bands playing arenas of this size – and to be honest, no band worthy of your respect ought to aspire to plying their trade in dismal barns – then I’d vote for James. If only because their music is now so seamlessly tailored for such occasions.
The Simple Minds comparisons are valid if you remember the Minds circa “New Gold Dream”, as a song like “Sound” has the same sleek aerodynamic grandeur. One hopes the flab won’t set in, but perhaps it’s inevitable.
Whatever, Tim Booth’s juggling with fire here, and the concessions to history – “Johnny Yen” and a patently ridiculous “Hymn From A Village” – squirm horribly in their new attire. For better or worse, richer or much richer, that particular James is long gone.
Belfast Ulster Hall – 14th November 1991
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Born of Frustration / Bring A Gun / Lose Control / Don't Wait That Long / Live A Love of Life / Gold Mother / God Only Knows / Sit Down / Top Of The World / Sound / Come Home (incomplete set)Support
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Recorded by BBC Radio 1 for broadcast as part of their In Session series, this show appears on the KTS bootleg disc “Live And Dangerous”.
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Liverpool Royal Court – 12th November 1991
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Liverpool Royal Court – 11th November 1991
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Edinburgh Playhouse – 9th November 1991
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Aberdeen Capitol – 8th November 1991
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Glasgow Barrowlands – 6th November 1991
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Sit Down / What's The World / Gregory's Town / Lose Control / Sunday Morning / Undertaker / Hang On / Hymn From A Village / Protect Me / How Much Suffering / Next Lover / Don't Wait That Long / Ring The Bells / God Only Knows / Stutter / Sound / Gold Mother / How Was It For You? / Come HomeSupport
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Glasgow Barrowlands – 5th November 1991
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Middlesbrough Town Hall – 3rd November 1991
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Middlesbrough Evening Gazette
Sit Down? Tim can`t stay still!
Some might call it perverse, others would prefer the millstone theory, Sit Down was the second song in ‘James’ set at the Town Hall last Sunday. Half the crowd probably expected it to be a rousing encore.
Tickets for the show went on sale with the song No.2 in the charts, but plenty of more mature fans were in the audience along with the one-hit wonderers, This was betrayed by the long singalong to Johnny Yen, one of a mere handful of tracks from the group’s pre-superstar days.
Johnny Yen followed the beautifully plaintive Top Of The World and roaring Come Home as encore three, before a blast of the splendid How Was It For You ended the evening.
During Johnny Yen, Tim Booth – as skinny a front man as your likely to see – leapt into the crowd. Few could have realised that he had been ill and forced to cancel gigs just 2 days before as he spiralled and twisted maniacally.
Tim is a mesmering character, vital to James appeal. His overt strangeness was heightened by flashing shapes behind the band, which sent the crowd into overdrive particularly during a mind- bending God Only Knows and relentless Gold Mother.
Just because a band have a big hit doesn’t mean they have sold out.
How was it for you? For me it was sheer pleasure.
Preston Guild Hall – 2nd November 1991
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