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Side B – Factory Demo Tape

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Side B, a 1983 promo by James.

Summary

An early demo tape produced for Rob Gretton at Factory Records.

Track List

Stutter / Things Were Perfect / What’s The World / Vulture / Discipline / Announcement / Insect (aka Skullduggery) / Sea Song (aka Chain Mail) / Withdrawn / Fire So Close

Details

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Release Name: Side B
Artist Name:
Release Date: 23rd March 1983
Format: Promo Album
Catalogue: n/a

This is an early demo tape produced for Rob Gretton at Factory Records.

The note on the tape, which is addressed to Rob, says “Quality of the tape recorded in practise was really bad, so here’s a live tape.”

The exact date is unknown but it is likely that it was recorded the Liverpool State Ballroom gig on the 23rd March 1983 as the setlist is identical.

The track list includes a good number of early songs, some under early names; Insect was later released as Skullduggery and Sea Song as Chain Mail.

Songs related to this release:

Withdrawn

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Withdrawn is track ten on the 1986 James album Stutter.

It featured in Model Team International’s set supporting The Fall at Manchester Poly in 1980. It was Factory’s preferred choice to be the band’s first single, but James insisted on recording What’s The World instead.

Details

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Withdrawn, muscles all tense
Nothing flows for the self-obsessed
Feel all washed up, feel all washed up, feel all washed up, feel all washed up

Restless, can't sit still
A mental state, or a physical ill
Toxic, bones all cracked
Step on a bus, get a panic attack

It's all that you took me so high
Now getting out of bed is enough to make me cry
Saps all my energy
That's how it used to be
You came just in time

Feel all washed up, feel all washed up
Need a wash up, need a wash up, need a wash up, need a wash up
Need a wash, need a wash, need a wash, need a wash
Need a wash up, need a wash up

Restless, muscles all ache
So tense, tense, watch me shiver and shake
Not a dance but a scream by the body at the stake
Pierce my heart, something's gonna break
Pierce my heart, something's gonna break

Days when you cannot deny
Crawling out of bed is enough to make you cry
That's how it used to be before you came by

Screwed up at school
Ate bad food
Too many TV viewers live in you
I'm finished

Need a wash up, need a wash, need a wash
Need a wash up, need a wash, need a wash
Too much to take, I'm overcome
So wash me up with a loving touch
Too much to take, I'm overcome
So wash me up with a loving touch
Too much to take, I'm overcome
So wash me up with a loving touch
Too much to take, I'm overcome
So wash me up with a loving touch

Need a wash up, need a wash
Need a wash, need a wash
Need a wash up, need a wash
Need a wash, need a wash
Need a wash up, need a wash
Need a wash, need a wash

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Song:Withdrawn
Released:21st July 1986
Main Associated Album (or Single):Stutter
First Heard Live:Unknown Venue – 22nd November 1982
Played at:
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