This was another bunch of tunes that always seemed to go down well whenever they were posted on the old blog.
Village Fire was released by Factory Records as a 12″ EP in 1985. It has the prefix of FAC 138. It brought together all the five tracks that James had recorded for Jimone (FAC 78, released in 1983) and James II (FAC 119, released in 1985).
mp3 : James – What’s The World
mp3 : James – Folklore
mp3 : James – Fire So Close
mp3 : James – If Things Were Perfect
mp3 : James – Hymn From A Village
Completely unrecognisable from the material that would turn the band into chart regulars a few years later, all these songs still sound marvellous the best part of 30 years later.
The Smiths did a live version of one of the songs, recorded live at the Barrowland Ballroom in Glasgow. I was in the audience roaring my approval:-
mp3 : The Smiths – What’s The World (live)
Enjoy!!
THE NEW VINYL VILLAIN 