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Village Fire

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Released
  
June 1985

Producer
  
Chris Nagle

Artist
  
James

Label
  
Factory Records

Length
  
12:20

1985 Village Fire
  
1986 Chain Mail

Release date
  
June 1985

Genre
  
Folk music

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Recorded
  
August 1983 & October 1984, Strawberry Studios, Stockport

Village Fire is the third EP by James, released in 1985 by Factory Records. It contains all five tracks from their previously released EPs Jimone (side A) and James II (side B).

Contents

Track listing

From Jimone:

  1. "What's the World" – 1:55
  2. "Folklore" – 2:49
  3. "Fire So Close" – 1:45

From James II:

  1. "If Things Were Perfect" – 3:00
  2. "Hymn from a Village" – 2:51

Personnel

  • Tim Booth - Vocals
  • Jim Glennie - Bass guitar
  • Paul Gilbertson (Jimone) / Larry Gott (James II) - Lead guitar
  • Gavan Whelan - Drums

    • "What's The World" was covered by The Smiths during their show at Glasgow Barrowlands, 25 September 1985.

    Songs

    1What's the World1:58
    2Folklore2:50
    3Fire So Close1:49

    References

    Village Fire Wikipedia
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