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Vinyl love: James “Wah wah”

(Vinyl Love is a series of posts that quite simply lists, describes, and displays the pieces in my growing vinyl collection. You can bet that each record was given a spin during the drafting of each corresponding post.)

Artist: James
Album Title: Wah wah
Year released: 1994
Year reissued: 2015
Details: Double LP, Black vinyl, 180 gram, Remastered

The skinny: This is the companion album to “Laid“. When James went into the studio to record that album, producer Brian Eno saw the way the band came up with its material in such an organic way and suggested they release two albums. The one album proper, which became “Laid”, and the second, “Wah wah”, were the jams by the band that Eno recorded. For the most part, the album is snippets with a few proper songs (the below being an example of these) but it’s some seriously beautiful stuff.

Standout track: “Honest Joe”

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Vinyl love: James “Laid”

(Vinyl Love is a series of posts that quite simply lists, describes, and displays the pieces in my growing vinyl collection. You can bet that each record was given a spin during the drafting of each corresponding post.)

Artist: James
Album Title: Laid
Year released: 1993
Year reissued: 2015
Details: Double LP, Black vinyl, 180 gram, Remastered

The skinny: Pretty much everyone knows the title track, if not by name, then recognizing it within a few songs of pressing play, but it’s not even close to being the best song on the album. “Laid” was the Manchester-based James’ fifth album but their first working with uber-producer Brian Eno. It’s a beautiful atmospheric record that begs for earphones and candlelight.

Standout track: “Sometimes (Lester Piggott)”

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Vinyl love: James “Seven”

(Vinyl Love is a series of posts that quite simply lists, describes, and displays the pieces in my growing vinyl collection. You can bet that each record was given a spin during the drafting of each corresponding post.)

Artist: James
Album Title: Seven
Year released: 1992
Year reissued: 2017
Details: Double LP, Black vinyl, 180 gram

The skinny: On their fourth album, James followed their breakthrough with more of what made the previous album so successful, albeit with a bigger palette. Not my favourite album of theirs by a long shot, falling off a bit after the first three tracks, but they are some incredible tracks indeed.

Standout track: “Ring the bells”