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Release News The new single "Seven" will be released on 6th July. It's a four track E.P. and fearures three brand new tracks called: "Goalies ball", "William Burroughs" and "Still Alive" .

Tour News

Initially available on 7" (33rpm) cassette and CD it will be foUowcd on 13th July by a rush released live CD recorded at Alton Towers entitled "Seven plus Three".

The band will soon be recording an EP featuring four new tracks which will be released in the Aurumn.

Plans are afoot to release a video compilation by the end of the year, which will include promotional videos and rare TV appearances.

Despite having written lots of new material, due to tour commitments the band will be unable to begin recording until the new year, so expect news of a new album by next Spring.

James will be taking part in the foUowing Festivals in Europe throughout the Summer:

Band News

lOth July

12th July

18th July

31st July

Leysin Festival, Switzerland

Lc Fort Nieulay, Calais

Tamaris Festival, Morlaix, Brittany

Feilc Festival , Thurles, Eire

Watch out for the "seven" video where the band get knocked down by a tidal wave, but, they get up smiling. Mark Hunter will be debuting his new haircut live on st11ge at Alton Towers. Saul unfortunately wont bel!! I

U .S. News Following their sellout U.S. Tour in March, Born of Frustration reached No. 2 in the U.S. Alternative Chart, and has received heavy radio play for over 5 months.

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The Official James Fan Club Magazine

Subsequent issues of this magazine will be available free of charge to official fan club members only.

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For membership details please send a S.A.E. to:

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Maguioe compiled by: Rachcl George

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Wull rlla11.b to:

Martine McDonagh ]off Lillywhite Christine J upp

John Finch Youth

Alan Pdl B~nda Barr

Gaynor Lukes Nicole Parhi Hardco~

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Deb LlsaX from Canada would l.ike a British

Pen-Pal.

StdaOJe Redfern from !he USA wUI be in the UK

durina Occembcr and would be interested to hear from

anothtr James fan.

Kadri Klvi.stik from Estonia is 21 and would be

happy to bear from somebody who's into

·•sruttcr ...

Annclics from Belgium would like lO hear from

somebody.

LuC)• BUiings from StralfOnlo()O·Avon would

apprecune a reply.

Caroline from Hants would like a pen·pil.

Lucy Wilkinson from Cornwall v.'OIIId like 10

hear from another Chain MAJI member.

- • Catherine aacd IS from Helen from Warrington

Devon is interested in M~, would like 10 write 10

MOWIWn Biking, Drawin3, somebody poosibly in the Painting and Pic Collecting. same area.

R8chd Asklwn l&ed 18 from Go$pon, whose interests

R.acbc:1 from Noningham. include unpma~tious

people, would like to bear from somebody from

Manchester if possible.

Julie Forsyth from Joe from Catli.sle would

like to write to fans dtber Scotland. in the UK or abroad.

Julie "8•d 18 from Graham from Kent is 24 Manchester wh<* interests

are JAMES, Swi.mming, aod is interested in

Reading and Going Out is Football, travcllina and

looking fo.rward to a ~ly. ~inl.

Andres from \Vlg1111 Marina Thomu from ~'U&I11tltees a reply to every

Hants. letter received.

Dcrelt from Tync & Wear. Stuan McNiven .p 14 from Scotland.

U you would lab a poa pol plouc writt to: CMla Mall

Ian Marsh from South - ,.,..,..., ro Box tSl, Mncbeoter, M"' 40U.

Yorbhitt. II you un: altncly wrirtta Ia

alld JOV u- doco ""' - · · k wiD boo pdatccl ia tbo out '-"·

Y outh i' one of 1h(Ke tutne$ - )'OU

know tJx son - 1t IUSl pops up OD

~hina undtt tho suiK "Produced by . • • ·' or .. ftc. m.ixrd by • • • • ' You wouJdn ' t be ap<clld ., "'- tho fact - •••• brJ work tlut h< b r.mou. for and ht i• ""' b~»y '-1ina hil SIUdio J<l>UUUoo to \0\'0<T)' about adf publicJJy. His IDOIIO>)ilabK DIOilid<cr •.as adorned the sletffl or rocorclt by anuts as Wldc·rwngtog u Kote Bllih. Bamnarama~ BJut: Pt:arl, 1'bt Orb and, of COUI'lC, james.

Tbo lfOtJI ofYoulh'•lo« affair with mut»e stU1s in eamesc in 1979. wM:n h< .,. ... m the qua>i-punk bond, The Four Be Two'•· lie odmiu thot the Four Be: T\\'0'1 " ••• wun't a a.roup, but a Malcolm Mcl.a~·t)'P< 5<0m", ond eliot he ", • . wastht oaly ooc thai cauJd •~wily pl.a)'". Del}lite lhis, ht Rill oallc$ with pride about lhnr drbtll single, whkh he beikw• wu ohm of it.s time. Coincidentally, aonong tho m<mbcrs of The Four Be TWo's w•a the brother of Publlo lmaJ< l.td 'a J alln L )'don.

As a nalunll_1 ~ucc.:~r tu 1he ch01os of tbc post·ponk oomcdclwn came the heady, hedonisli< days of Youth in the band "Kllhlli Joke". As ont c:omme:.-.t:a.tor rw:nes ... tbt.i1 invoh·emcnt with the duk anj 11.11d illc-ga.l ph:trmaccv.dcals wa.s lcsrncJary". Thccnzy arclt of ntuab and waards CTentuall) took llJ toO aod Y ouch kli the bond, apericnci<lc wtw be bcbC'\'a to be a brtakdown an lbe procas.

Pullmg himvll tocctbcr ...,th lht bclp of thtftpy, lJid St"'"8 htmstlf together .,th Jtmmy Cau1y (half of 1ht ,_, dcfunc< KLF), Youell formed "Brillian1". o..n.. this time Youth lJid Catny W<>ri<od v.'ith lhc (lll)&moua StoCk, Aitken and Watcnnan and, ahbougb be hu duc:nbcd the Cautyl\'oulh and SAW Dllllitioc• a; " • bit of a faa.<eo • ', he still mointiWU eliot he learned roorc from 11 than an)thifll O<OD)'ODC~

Afttr havifll a hit with "It's • Man'$ World", Br~Jtsnt fell into a .split with tbcir label and into a c:oun c..,. which wa• v.·•y beyond their expense. Youth rt'X1cd b) IDQ\'&DM to

-New York and mninc 10 re-leam bi1 trade. tlttowm; lliauclf into oil that t«hnol-.y oould offtr him.

E\"C'Du..a;illy ~b:.a~ once more to London, Youlb Slutcd building hiJ rq>Uli,IJOn a a p.roducer and it •"M

durin& thi> time that ht was noticed by jamn tfu lint unprCA'OD$ of tho band~ ~~"t"f, tft:~ 001 quitr rht """"' u the reciprocal ananetrntttt. He re<ouniJ a story of how hiJ &t· mote dnaucd h.arn clown to a 8'8 by 1 bond called Juntt in 1984. Ht ,...,..., too unprCIIOd 11 flm. " My flat -matt ..-.-u ecnatit about this g~ momcnl in roc:k hi>tory", he rca.lb, "lAd it wcttt ri&ht over my bead. I COD

say thac now". h wu lata, though., tbat be wa1

tll)turtd; ". . , 1 staned listening more clooely to thclyria on""""' lotcr record•nas •11<1 oo, wiTh hindsight, I thtn "'<~~' bock to the rarly noordi.ogs and substquenlly enjoyed them immcnKly".

~~~fa< James, they w<rc bemurod to 11y the least when 1hcy were. COilftontcd with Youth's approac-h on th<lr fir>l d•y In the studio. lie hod ll1lll•fonncd 1hc wuall)' antl>q>tic and unlnJparlnJ a~mosphere of lh< r<('C)I'(Itns SIUd10 in1n o den of hl5 own, with the htlp of COJ>dk-llght, crystals and I ndion cup ond Mil bmginp.

He ••plains: " We C<ft<tolly do 'vibc>up' lht studiO \0\ben we do a 4<.00• any.ny - but with JOJT.a tlttrc • • ocvcn people •II doi na li"" pcrforrn.1DI:ts, 10 we rall)• \\'Cill to

town, )'011 know, Y,'t flOC hundJeds of amdlcs. 'That ,.... tho most dt<onu>d studio I 've owr don<, but it belpcd With 1ht r.cordt"8",

It htlpcd the but<! u "'dl .. their prod:xcr AI Youth SII)'J: "It can only rcallr htlp me if it ltcl .. the band. It doca worl<. Wha> )'011 oc: • >CCI>< )'0\1

arc atlkr.t.ina eu~ai.•-. thUlgl to occur, but tf )'OU M\'t 1 Ott!>< which i! Itt Wllh jU$1 ftu_,.t llrip l,.hl$ and 110 ltiiiOipbcrt tbcn D<Kh:ng'• gomg to occur . , . you a<t music 1h11 d<><s nothlr.g for people".

The suoccsa ofthuub<cqocnt LP, uSt>~en' ' is: undoubtcdl)' 1cstamcnt to thr clfn'1in11css ofYouth'5 mctbotb.

ILE The ...Woc:tion of ...,loa "" album >"" bclpcd malcc littina at the top of the dtaru iJ on aph.todU.ac tn tl!df, but YouiA is..WuJ todnw diV1duts lmcs"" the fccli"8 of sabo>fxtoo ir. his multi·fxeted caroa.

••J get most J~ti.tfaction. from .mtiog, but producm; wben I'm not writing p... 1 tli!T<rcnt kind of satisf:amon, bceawr it "mort td.Oc:ss work. oocause )Wr objectivity iJ iDc:rt:Hcd, btc:iu.....-c )'0\1 can hl"-e a pcrspccm-. at>d J'OU can do 10me of )'OUr bCSI work "' ello1 situotJOn. I tltink I do &n)'WJ.f".

Jud&inc from Youth's v;ork witb ]UDC$0\Uthc!IIM J"*' or 10, il would be difficult to~- But it docm 't end then:. OTcr lhc yean Youth may have ltl up hiJ own rc<:ord label, studio aod dt$:gn company, but thls Ita.-s<oppcd him makil1jl plaau for the future: . Ho~ewr~ al"-ayt 1he non· conformin, tbc ma.n wbo claims lhlt he has ", • . ne\'er made • ~tn\la.ht rock or straight daooe rcoord io my lift ••• "' continues 10 ~« not bJack and white bul dliJcrcnt shack$ of Kt'C)'. And, jUM .. he talk.• about hiJ production technique taylna, ·· .• . you can't ;us~ assume «naJn thing~ 2te going Ul go the WAY )'OU thtnl< t.'ley'IT png to co, bcaUJC 1hey never do", so be u1ks about Jus furore pii.IIJ bcina cqvally non· SpecifiC.

"I don't rally bcbcve I '"' KtuoUy surtcd my carcct properly yet. I'.., j\Uiantcbcd the sutfoa: and il'$ very exciting. You lalow I'"' go< """"' pat pbm- 1', .. 801 ,..,.. put id<:aJ and I think it's goinc 10 be 1 very c:xatina: \c:o yean But i1 ' s rally <JOt

of- tltil1jl:s whore u -.a as you sun tolkioa obout,.hat >""'"' coina to do )'OU iun co mto the ralm of bullshit and sa I don't do tlut. I JIUl do it aod lhco tolk aboul it. Well, I don't e>eo really wk al>ow io,- iu.t do it and carry 011 dotn~ tDOrt thlnp, you know that's the klco ••• Oh Gad, I SC>und liu I' vo ooully Collen 1part • •.

As far •• his' wot+ is eo~ned, he eouldn't be further from abc truth .

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