To celebrate the 30th anniversary of The La’s pivotal year, The Viper Label is pleased to release The La’s 1987.  The band had already built up a fierce reputation during the two previous years taking Liverpool by storm but by the start of 1987 the band had a new line up and practice room- an old Stables next to Strawberry Fields, in which they could rehearse every day working on new songs and playing them later that same evening! It was an extremely creative time in which La’s classics: 

There She Goes, Timeless Melody & Way Out  were written and the standard La’s set,  starting with Son of a Gun and ending with Looking Glass was formulated – eventually securing them a major recording contract and exposing them to the wider World.

 

Featured on this album are the legendary recordings from the Flying Picket (Trade Union Centre Venue- recorded on Pete Townsend old mixing desk) plus recordings made in Echo & the Bunnymen’s studio at the behest of  the late Pete De Freitas who supervised over the session with ‘fifth’ Bunnyman the late Jake Brockman, also featured are outtakes from the Stables rehearsals and ‘live’ rarities.

 

This album is a must not just for La’s completists but for fans the world over and reveals a fresh and fertile period when the band were still white hot.

NOTE: In conjunction with it’s release, The Viper Label/ Redhouse Originals is also pleased to present an Photography exhibition of recently discovered La’s photos taken by  photographer Jake Summerton during 1987. 

 

Source: louderthanwar

 

CD TRACK LISTING: 

 

 The Picket Session 11 – 27 May 1987

  1) Come In Come Out

  2) Liberty Ship 

  3) Doledrum

  4) Way Out 

  5) Callin’ All 

 

De Freitas Session  25 – 26 April 1987

  6) Way Out

  7) Doledrum

  8) IOU     

  9) Failure

10) Timeless Melody  

11) Callin’ All

12) Clean Prophet    

13) Son of a Gun       

14) I Can’t Sleep

15) Liberty Ship

16) Freedom Song   

 

The Stables  March – May 1987

17) Looking Glass

18) It’s Not Impossible

 

Live at ‘ The World Downstairs’ Royal Court  2 Oct 1987

19) Feelin’

20) Way Out

21) I Can’t Sleep

22) There She Goes

23) Knock Me Down

 

Live at the Cafe Berlin 12 Feb 1987

24) Jumpin’ Jack Flash

25) The Way We Came

 

VINYL TRACK LISTING

 

SIDE 1

 

 The Picket Session 11 – 27 May 1987

  1)   Come In Come Out

  2)   Liberty Ship 

  3)   Doledrum

  4)   Way Out 

  5)   Callin’ All 

 

De Freitas Session  25 – 26 April 1987

  6)    Son of a Gun 

  7)    IOU

  8)    Timeless Melody     

  

SIDE 2

 

Live at the Cafe Berlin 12 Feb 1987

Jumpin’ Jack Fash

Clean Prophet

Come In Come Out

 

Live at St James Parson Hall 3Oct 1987

4)   Freedom Song

 

Live at ‘ The World Downstairs’ Royal Court  2 Oct 1987

5)   Feelin’

6)   Way Out

7)   I Can’t Sleep

8)   Knock Me Down 

9)  There She Goes