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such as "Gimme the Blues" and "Sorry". Since the reunion gigs it has been rumoured that Mavers has continued working on the La's' elusive second album. When interviewed in August 2006, John Power explained that Mavers was still "tinkering with something that's majestic" and of the release date, "I can’t tell you where and when...' cos whatever he does, whether it’s in this lifetime or the next, it can’t be rushed".
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Studios in October 1999, but the band split up leaving the album unreleased. The album tapes re-surfaced in October 2015, with plans for a near-future release. In common with many tapes from the 90s and earlier they had become sticky and required baking to restore
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revealed plans of the La's' second album to be recorded with the
Babyshambles as backing band and Drew McConnell revealed plans for him to join the La's as bassist; this supposed lineup did not materialise and live appearances were cancelled. In 2010, a four-disc box-set of singles, b-sides, studio
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and other UK festivals. After three concerts, Miniski was replaced as drummer by roadie Jim "Jasper" Fearon, who was Mavers' school friend and one time bass player for the La's. The set lists were mostly the same as in the late 1980s, although certain encores contained some previously unheard songs
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Liverpool began circulating. One of these demo tapes was sent to Underground Magazine. A journalist there
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Cammell briefly reunited once more in 2002, performing with another former La's member, guitarist Barry Sutton in Heavy Lemon. The band played three shows in 18 months before disbanding. Cammell also performed with Sutton again in his jam-style project Beatnik Hurricane in 2015,
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Manchester under the name Lee Rude & The Velcro Underpants. Following this Mavers and Murphy reformed the La's and played a series of "stripped back" shows across the UK and Europe including a
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and to date has sold fewer than 50,000 copies in the U.S. The album included, among new material, re-recorded versions of all the previous singles, including a remixed version of "There She Goes" which was then re-released as a single. This time around, the song reached number 13 in the
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joined in 1984 as rhythm guitarist, eventually gaining songwriting prominence and emerging as the band's enduring figurehead. Bernie Nolan, accomplished musician formerly of the
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in 1992, releasing 4 studio albums before splitting in 2001. Guitarists Barry Sutton and Peter
Cammell featured in an early lineup of the band. Cast reformed in 2010. In 2016, Jay Lewis who performed with the band in 2005, later joined Cast as bassist.
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Swerdlow. The band recorded a nine-track album with future
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by MW Macefield was published in 2003. The book contained interviews with many former members of the La's including Lee Mavers, John Power, Mike Badger, Paul
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for "There She Goes" features the La's scampering through run-down Liverpool streets and was filmed in an afternoon on a hand-held camera. It was re-released a number of times, the earliest being 1990's
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have noted the band's "simple, tuneful, acoustic-driven arrangements". The La's were also noted for their distinctly different style to other popular British bands in the late 1980s, such as
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with the task of reviewing unsigned bands gave the cassette to Andy McDonald at Go Discs. Several record labels later became interested in signing the band. The band chose to sign with
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in 1983 and Mavers joined the next year, although for most of the group's history, the frequently changing line-up revolved around the core duo of Lee Mavers (vocals, guitar) and
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1984:"The La's Lee Mavers makes surprise comeback in Manchester"
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2498:In Search of The La's: A Secret Liverpool
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1425:"The 25 Best Albums of the Britpop Era"
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1828:"Pete Doherty and The La's team up"
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671:The La's – There She Goes excerpt
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1634:"The La's Broadcast?"
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1886:. NME. 26 April 2009
1860:. NME. 30 March 2009
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1718:. BBC. 24 March 2005
1431:. 30 September 2020.
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147:John "Timmo" Timson
2800:The Lightning Seeds
2634:Jim "Jasper" Fearon
2628:John "Timmo" Timson
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2056:(Interview: video).
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1964:. NME. 22 July 2009
1511:(20 October 1990).
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1739:"The La's – Live!"
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1153:The La's 1986-1987
1109:Singles Collection
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2105:"The Likely La's"
2011:"@TheLasOfficial"
1411:"Making The La's"
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