James: Laid / Wah Wah box set

As mentioned in the SDE Preview for 2015, Mancunian band James (best known for their 1991 hit Sit Down) are seeing two of their albums reissued in March this year – Laid (1993) and Wah Wah (1994). The individual releases will be complemented by a four disc box set that combines both albums.

The band worked with Brian Eno for the first time on Laid and the sessions for that album also produced the improvisational Wah Wah album which followed exactly a year later.

Laid will be reissued as a two-CD deluxe edition as well as a double vinyl set while Wah Wah is just a two-LP set (no separate CD deluxe). Both vinyl issues will feature printed inner sleeves and come with a download code.

The super deluxe box set contains Laid and Wah Wah, along with 32 bonus tracks (20 previously unreleased) across two additional CDs – including rehearsals, jams, demos, plus B-sides, radio sessions and live tracks (see full track listing below).

The set comes complete with a 56-page hardcover book, a few button badges and postcards. My guess is that this will be a 10-inch sized ‘super deluxe’ although that’s not confirmed.

The box and individual releases are due on 23 March.

Laid / Wah Wah super deluxe box set

• • UK Pre-order: Laid / Wah Wah
• • USA Pre-order: Laid / Wah Wah *best price
• • CANADA Pre-order: Laid / Wah Wah
• • SPAIN Pre-order: Laid / Wah Wah *good price

Laid 2CD deluxe edition

• • UK Pre-order: Laid
• • USA Pre-order: Laid
• • CANADA Pre-order: Laid
• • GERMANY Pre-order: Laid
• • SPAIN Pre-order: Laid
• • FRANCE Pre-order: Laid

Laid 2LP vinyl edition

• • UK Pre-order: Laid [VINYL]

Wah Wah 2LP vinyl edition

• • UK Pre-order: Wah Wah [VINYL]

Track listings

4CD super deluxe box set

CD1 – Laid
1. Out To Get You
2. Sometimes (Lester Piggott)
3. Dream Thrum
4. One of The Three
5. Say Something
6. Five-O
7. P.S.
8. Everybody Knows
9. Knuckle Too Far
10. Low Low Low
11. Laid
12. Lullaby
13. Skindiving

CD2 – Wah Wah
1. Hammer Strings
2. Pressure’s On
3. Jam J
4. Frequency Dip
5. Lay The Law Down
6. Burn The Cat
7. Maria
8. Low Clouds
9. Building A Fire
10. Gospel Oak
11. DVV
12. Say Say Something
13. Rhythmic Dreams
14. Dead Man
15. Rain Whistling
16. Basic Brian
17. Low Clouds
18. Bottom Of The Well
19. Honest Joe
20. Arabic Agony
21. Tomorrow
22. Laughter
23. Sayonara

CD3 – Rehearsals, Out-takes & Jams (previously unreleased)
1. Carousel (rehearsal demo of Say Something)
2. Unknown Track 8 (rehearsal demo)
3. Dream Thrum (rehearsal demo)
4. Chicken Goth (rehearsal demo)
5. Jam J (Additional Jam) (rehearsal jam)
6. You Were Born (Take 1) (early version of One of the Three)
7. Bruce Jam 1 (Mix 1)(early version of Knuckle Too Far)
8. Jam D / Rhythmic Dreams alt. (rehearsal jam)
9. Jam E (out-take)(rehearsal jam)
10. Jam 11 (Slow Jam – Grotesque/Angular) (rehearsal jam)
11. Jam 12B (Dreamy Later Singing) (rehearsal jam)
12. Jam P (Fabulous Melody But Unusual Bass) (rehearsal jam)
13. Jam P2 (Later)(rehearsal jam)
14. Jam Q (early version of Honest Joe) (rehearsal jam)
15. Jam R – Beefheart Jam (rehearsal jam)
16. Who Is Gospel Oak? (early version) (rehearsal jam)
17. Falsetto (instrumental version of Skindiving)
18. Jam 13 – Fast Marcus Has Mixed (rehearsal jam)

CD4 B-sides, Radio Sessions & Live
1. America (Live In The U.S. 9/92) (B-side of Sometimes)
2. Building A Charge (B-side of Sometimes)
3. Wah Wah Kits (B-side of Laid)
4. The Lake (B-side of Laid)
5. Seconds Away (B-side of Laid)
6. Say Something (New Version)
7. Assassin (B-side of Say Something/Jam J)
8. Laid (Acoustic 99x, Atlanta 26/2/94) B-side of Say Something – US promo CD
9. Low Low Low (BBC Session 27/9/93)
10. Sometimes (BBC Session 27/9/93)
11. Tomorrow (BBC Session 27/9/93)
12. Five-O (BBC Session 27/9/93)
13. Jam J (Arena Dub / Amphetamine Pulsate) 12″ remix
14. Jam J (Sabresonic Tremelo Dub / Spaghetti Steamhammer) 12″ remix

Laid – 2CD deluxe

CD1 – Laid
1. Out To Get You
2. Sometimes (Lester Piggott)
3. Dream Thrum
4. One of The Three
5. Say Something
6. Five-O
7. P.S.
8. Everybody Knows
9. Knuckle Too Far
10. Low Low Low
11. Laid
12. Lullaby
13. Skindiving

CD2 – Bonus Disc – Live, Radio Sessions, B-sides, Rehearsal Demos & Jams
1. America (Live In The U.S. 9/92) (B-side of Sometimes)
2. Building A Charge (B-side of Sometimes)
3. Wah Wah Kits (B-side of Laid)
4. The Lake (B-side of Laid)
5. Seconds Away (B-side of Laid)
6. Say Something (New Version)
7. Jam J (New Version)
8. Assassin (New Version)
9. Laid (BBC Session 27/9/93)
10. Five-O (BBC Session 27/9/93)
11. Sometimes (BBC Session 27/9/93)
12. Say Something (BBC Session 27/9/93)
13. Low Low Low Low (BBC Session 27/9/93) (previously unreleased)
14. Tomorrow (BBC Session 27/9/93) (previously unreleased)
15. Dream Thrum (rehearsal demo) (previously unreleased)
16. You Were Born take 1 ( early version of One of the Three) (previously unreleased)
17. Bruce Jam 1 (Mix 1) (early version of Knuckle Too Far) (previously unreleased)
18. Carousel (rehearsal demo of Say Something)
19. Falsetto (instrumental version of Skindiving) (previously unreleased)

Laid – 2LP vinyl

1. Out To Get You
2. Sometimes (Lester Piggott)
3. Dream Thrum
4. One of The Three
5. Say Something
6. Five-O
7. P.S.
8. Everybody Knows
9. Knuckle Too Far
10. Low Low Low
11. Laid
12. Lullaby
13. Skindiving

Wah Wah – 2LP vinyl

1. Hammer Strings
2. Pressure’s On
3. Jam J
4. Frequency Dip
5. Lay The Law Down
6. Burn The Cat
7. Maria
8. Low Clouds
9. Building A Fire
10. Gospel Oak
11. DVV
12. Say Say Something
13. Rhythmic Dreams
14. Dead Man
15. Rain Whistling
16. Basic Brian
17. Low Clouds (2)
18. Bottom Of The Well
19. Honest Joe
20. Arabic Agony
21. Tomorrow
22. Laughter
23. Sayonara

Laid / Wah Wah super deluxe box set

• • UK Pre-order: Laid / Wah Wah
• • SPAIN Pre-order: Laid / Wah Wah *good price

Laid 2CD deluxe edition

• • UK Pre-order: Laid
• • USA Pre-order: Laid
• • CANADA Pre-order: Laid
• • GERMANY Pre-order: Laid
• • SPAIN Pre-order: Laid
• • FRANCE Pre-order: Laid

Laid 2LP vinyl edition

• • UK Pre-order: Laid [VINYL]

Wah Wah 2LP vinyl edition

• • UK Pre-order: Wah Wah [VINYL]