James
Hoochie Coochie Club
Edinburgh
1985-05-26


01 Johnny Yen: 3:04
02 Sandman: 3:40
03 Vulture: 2:04
04 Just Hip: 4:24
05 Island Swing: 5:02
06 Summer Song: 3:53
07 Not There: 4:50
08 Prison: 3:11
09 Whats The World: 2:12
10 Withdrawn: 3:49
11 Black Hole: 4:57
12 Chain Mail: 3:41
13 Stutter: 4:04
14 Folklore: 3:26
15 Yahoo: 3:44
16 Law & Order: 2:53


Total time 59:02


***Direct from the master tape***

A Manattheback original, high quality master recording

Notes; there is the odd tape 'wobble' here and there.

Recording info;

Aiwa TPS-30/CM-30 mic/TDK AD90

Transfer info;

NAK BX300E/Genexxa EQ/Pioneer PDR-509/Maxell CD-R XLII-80/DBpoweramp (flac level8)/TLH checksum


Band - Double drummer line-up, Smith/Hanley/Scanlon/Hanley/Burns + the newly added Brix.

Here's another one for you that has been gathering dust in my attic archive. I went along to see James on the back of them being touted as the next big
thing from Manchester / the new Smiths / Morrissey's favourite band etc etc. But I have to say I was hugely disappointed on the night and came away
thinking that this was a terrible gig. Over the years I tried listening to the tape again, post their 'sit down' phase, but still it did very little for me.

Then last month I gave it another go and listened to it in full (for the first time since I recorded it) and it did begin to sound alot better than I
had remembered, so I decided to give it the transfer treatment and upload it here for you lot to make up your own minds.

I've no idea where the track list originated from, I have the tracks written on the tape sleeve, but I can't remember where I got them from - and they
would have been written well before internet days. This gig was a year before they released their first album, so the titles may be completely wrong
and not being a fan, I'm not sure if there's any tracks here that have never been officially released? Any corrections are more than welcome.

That said, the quality is as good as you'll get for this period of tape, as you will hear from the sample.

Enjoy


MATB 12 Oct 2011