Come Home / Government Walls / God Only Knows / You Can’t Tell How Much Suffering (On A Face That’s Always Smiling) / Crescendo / How Was It For You? / Hang On / Walking The Ghost / Gold Mother / Top Of The World 1991 Reissue: Music: Videos & DVDs". James. Archived from the original on 31 December 2020 . Retrieved 29 December 2020.

James’ 3rd album, Gold Mother, released on two LP gold vinyl (what else) was the band’s breakthrough album and this release combines the 1990 and 1991 version. For many, this was the band’s defining album and certainly the one that saw them gain commercial success, riding the wave of the Madchester scene. For me it expresses the essential nature of James with its imagination and diversity. How Was It For You? preceded the album in April 1990 and achieved the band’s first Top 40 hit, reaching number 32. The album followed in June and was met with almost universal approval by the music press who were suddenly beginning to champion James again and was accompanied by a month-long tour of larger venues culminating in a triumphant performance at Glastonbury. Come Home, remixed by Flood, was re-released at the end of June and also hit number 32 in the charts.Gold Mother (sleeve). James. Fontana Records. 1990. PHCR-1023. {{ cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) ( link)

Baynton-Power knew Dodd through a bandmate, and was sceptical about joining James as he had been previously conned out of money. [12] [13] After Baynton-Power joined, guitarist Larry Gott went to the Band on the Wall venue in Manchester to visit a friend. It was during an open mic night there that Gott witnessed, and was subsequently impressed, by violinist/guitarist Saul Davies. [14] Davies had previously seen the band live in 1982; the day after meeting Gott, Davies auditioned for the rest of James. [15] James released the live album One Man Clapping in March 1989 as a joint venture between their own label One Man Clapping and Rough Trade Records. [16]James released their second studio album Strip-mine in September 1988, through Sire and Blanco y Negro Records. [1] While making it, two of Sire's popular acts ( the Housemartins and the Smiths) had broken up, and were anticipating James to be their next breakthrough artist. [2] The album had been delayed from release by Sire on eight different occasions, and was remixed at the insistence of the band's managers Eliot Rashman and Andy Dodd. [2] [3] Sometime later, Rashman and Dodd resigned, and McDonagh, who had managed the band previously, was reinstated. [4] Two months after the album's release, the band left Sire. [5] Following the release of Lose Control, a number 38 single, and the triumphant winter tour that included the infamous G-Mex shows, James hit the big-time with the re-release of Sit Down in March 1991, sitting at number 2 in the national charts for four weeks, being held off only by Chesney Hawkes’ The One And Only. This event is part of National Album Day which is returning on Saturday, the 14 th October and this year it is themed around the 90s. It’s a wonderful opportunity for the music community come together each year to celebrate and promote the art of the album. This year’s 90s theme will look to shine a light on a truly remarkable decade of music, from the birth of Britpop, the formation of the Spice Girls, to the trip-hop and rave cultures that enriched the decade.