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What For (James song)

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Released
  
March 1988

Genre
  
Folk

Producer(s)
  
Hugh Jones

Recorded
  
1987

Label
  
Sire

1988 What For
  
1988 Ya Ho

"What For" is a single by Mancunian band James, released in 1988 by Sire Records, the first after an enforced eighteen-month hiatus and also the first release featuring material off their forthcoming album Strip-mine. Both the title track and one of the two additional tracks, "Not There" were included on Strip-mine, while the other track, "Island Swing" remains otherwise unreleased. "What For" was also included on the compilation Just Say Yo and reached the 33rd spot on John Peel's Festive Fifty of 1988.

Track listing

7" single
  1. "What For"
  2. "Island Swing"
12" EP, cassette
  1. "What For (Climax Mix)"
  2. "Island Swing"
  3. "Not There"

References

What For (James song) Wikipedia