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James were formed in Manchester in 1982 by Jim Glennie, Tim Booth, Larry Gott and Gavan Whelan. Signing, a year later, to Anthony H. Wilson's Factory label, before being snapped up by the Sire Records Company. Their folksy/indie sound found early cult status, before they became big chart toppers. Well almost, 'Sit Down' reached no. 2 in the UK singles charts, quickly followed by a no. 2 album, 'Seven'. The band split up in 2001, before re-forming some years later.

Links To Peel

Peel played the band's debut single in 1983 through the Factory label and would continue supporting their new material until 1991, when they achieved success with a new re-released version of 'Sit Down', which reached number 2 in the UK singles chart. Singer Tim Booth in an interview with The Quietus in 2016 described how John Peel's music was a lifeline during his education:

"Music became my saviour. I had been sent away to a prison-like [boarding] school and I would listen to John Peel on my headphones in bed. I realised that there was a world out there of other people expressing something from their pain. I felt very alone and music was the thing that made me feel not alone. This is why I get emotional talking about some of these albums." [1]

Interestingly the prison like boarding school which Tim Booth described was Shrewsbury School, the same place where Peel studied and boarded when he was a child.

Festive Fifty Entries

Sessions

James - Peel Session 1983

James - Peel Session 1983

1. Recorded: 1983-10-03. Broadcast: 19 October 1983

  • Vulture / The Chicken Wire / Discipline / Hymn From A Village

2. Recorded: 1986-01-12. Broadcast: 20 January 1986. Repeated: 04 February 1986, 24 February 1986, 29 December 1986

  • Tin Can / Summer Song / Folklore / Sili Din

3. Recorded: 1987-09-03. Broadcast: 09 September 1987. Repeated: 28 September 1987, 25 November 1987, 30 December 1987

  • What For? / Ya Ho / Stowaway / Whoops

4. Recorded: 1990-04-10. Broadcast: 30 April 1990. Repeated: 19 June 1990

  • How Was It For You / Sunday Morning / Come Home

Other Shows Played

1983
James - Hymn From a Village

James - Hymn From a Village

1985
1986
James - What For

James - What For

1988
James - Sit Down

James - Sit Down

1989
1990
1991

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