Chris Hawkins - 25/02/2010

Chris Hawkins presents documentaries, concerts and sessions from the BBC archives, including Manchester band James live at the Brixton Academy in 1984. Formed in 1981, they played a string of gigs under the names Venereal and The Diseases, Volume Distortion, and Model Team International. Vocalists and other musicians drifted rapidly in and out of their line-up, until the band encountered frontman Tim Booth at a student disco, where he was invited to the band's scout hut in Withington to join as a dancer. Their debut release, the Jimone EP, was recorded in August 1983 and released on Factory Records in November. It was named single of the week by major music papers in the UK, and led to a tour supporting The Smiths. Their hit singles include "Sit Down" and "Laid." Completing the line-up are Yazoo who were in session for the BBC in September 1982. And more recently Bat for Lashes playing live for Marc Riley on BBC 6 Music in July 2007.