The La's - Album Session Highlights

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December, 1989-February, 1990
Eden Studios, London, UK
Band Members: Lee Mavers (guitar, vocals), John Power (bass), Peter 'Cammy' Camell (guitar) & Neil Mavers (drums)
Producers: Steve Lillywhite & Mark Wallis
Engineers: Mark Wallis, Dave Charles & Donal Hodgson
THE LA'S recording their album, highlights from the first session. The band did each song several times in a row; I've selected and assembled the standouts here in the order performed (Lee Mavers; tracklist for the album was not the same as the label's).
Yes, there's songs missing, but the rest of the Eden sessions remain hidden. I'd do them justice.

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@egoexertus232 7 лет назад

0:00 Way Out 2:45 There She Goes 5:19 Doledrum 8:13 Freedom Song 10:40 Son of a Gun 12:34 I Can't Sleep

@jule_ah 6 лет назад

you just have to pause your life and take your time to appreciate how good this band is.

@InParticularNobody 4 года назад

For the very first time, I can hear why he was disappointed with the Steve Lillywhite production job. Stunning.

@robertgoodchild2675 4 года назад

Their demo was better than this recording

@skerten18 3 года назад

All he had to do was press record.

@jonburrows2883 3 года назад

I've said this before but I used to go and see The La's around Liverpool over 3-4 years and their sound was always incredible. That Lillywhite album is unlistenable to me. He just didn't get them. God bless Tone Garvey for giving us all a better idea of what they really sounded like.

@ToneLa 3 года назад

You're alright, you.

@jamesdavies5266 Год назад

Lillywhite shite

@brianj4201 2 месяца назад

Yeah I'm with you and in a similar boat with Joy Division. Martin Hannett really ruined JDs sound with his krautrock bullshit imo. Listening to them on live recordings you can tell that's how they were supposed to sound. Not some top of the pops shite.

@prettyprrrrettaygood 2 месяца назад

@@brianj4201Agree. Its one thing for a producer to work WITH a band to expand their sound. But not cool to impose a sound on the band. But the La's. is it better to have a flawed album or no album? LM was unhappy w Hedges and Leckie and Porter, etc. so I doubt anyone would satisfy him.

@David-by4mb 3 года назад

My God, the intro into Way Out is life changing. Viva The La’s.

@haydnmarsh9971 Год назад

Lee Mavers. What a talent

@user-er7dx1hu2q 4 года назад

I love this sound very much.and vocal too.warm and human.I am happy so much.thank you.I am human too.

@andyrichardson5802 2 года назад

Been a La’s fan since 1990, and saw them play life-changing gigs ( for me at least) at Nottingham Trent Poly, Manchester Academy, Manchester Uni, and Leeds Elland Road ( Supporting the Happy Mondays). When I bought the LP ( on tape, couldn’t afford the CD) I loved the clean clarity of it, but was underwhelmed by the missing elements ; I.e. The kick n snap of Lee’s brilliant acoustic rhythm guitar, the rawness of his vocals live.. The growl of John’s bass ( and his backing vocals) and the blistering power and snap of the lead guitar and the drums on tunes like I can’t sleep, timeless melody and failure. Plus all the other songs they played live like Callin All and Jack in a Box , Mind Blowing band.

@nervesinapattern7261 Год назад

I’ve been listening to them none stop this year, I completely agree with you on the demos. There’s a roughness to them that’s just absolutely something else. I’m listening to the demos and alternative recordings more now, I’d have given anything to have seen them live but it was before my time. You’re incredibly lucky to have been there. I’m just grateful to have come across them.

@andyrichardson5802 Год назад

They were a Fantastic live band in 1989-91.. amazing to my young ears .. they came across as very real, very true.. as good as the Beatles ( Rubber Soul / Revolver era) possibly?! As good as the early Kinks and The Who. Maximum Rattle n Roll! Lee Mavers had the world at his feet.. and the demos are a fantastic document.. 👌🏼🎶

@valiantthor3594 5 лет назад

I can't sleep starts on 12:34 and the first thing you hear is Lee Mavers saying 1, 2, 3, 4...

@bazilkush388 3 года назад

Just goes to show the genius of mavers

@yeahyeahyeah-7674 3 года назад

@@bazilkush388 what coz he said 1234?

@bazilkush388 3 года назад

@@yeahyeahyeah-7674 yeah yeah yeah

@petenoakes65 3 года назад

@@yeahyeahyeah-7674 cos it’s at 12.34...geddit?

@yeahyeahyeah-7674 3 года назад

@@petenoakes65 ohhhh 😂😂

@thebetbetunderground9548 7 лет назад

Gold everytime. Have only given this a cursory listen. I'm gonna get pretty absorbed with this, definitely. Thank you for another treasure out of that treasure wellspring. Ain't you Maver's greatest asset La'?

@ToneLa 7 лет назад

cheers! if I'm not the producer Lee should have had I'lll.. carry on anyway. Who knows. He gave me a musical journey. Others seeing what I saw (or hesrd what I heard) satisfies me :) T x

@valiantthor3594 5 лет назад

I trawl the internet and Spotify for The La's, there's a serious supply and demand problem here. I am addicted to The La's... and beer.

@billybigtime2808 5 лет назад

Valiant Thor I’m also addicted to the La’s and weed

@matthewjdouglas6471 3 года назад

You addicted to la bier and the la's good choice.

@silasdavenport1442 Год назад

Personally I think that’s fine if you’re in the right mine

@lennon1482 Год назад

beer and song...gods will

@scottdinsdale6004 3 года назад

I can't sleep wow just wow

@ToneLa 3 года назад

you can't sleep!

@lennon1482 3 года назад

jesus died on a cross for music like this

@ToneLa 3 года назад

nope

@lennon1482 3 года назад

@@ToneLa Yep

@showbizismylife 3 года назад

Jesus has just been on the phone and he thinks you're soft.

@lennon1482 2 года назад

@@showbizismylife if charlamagne didn't direct the christian crusades mavers would be going to morning prayers on a friday not getting stoned and writing there she goes

@hasslereggae 6 лет назад

So fucking good god dam it so good

@PearlBastard1 8 лет назад

awesome work

@casa_arata 2 года назад

It’s just more raw. And yes, it’s better. Steve Albini comes to mind.

@casa_arata 2 года назад

Or just go into a studio and bash the record in one day, then press the vinyl. Out of time.

@shipyard6276 6 лет назад

Wonderful stuff.

@wibblewobble85 8 лет назад

Love this thankyou :)

@EchoMachineOne 8 лет назад

This is a producers/mixers dream surely...

@ToneLa 8 лет назад

Lillywhite skipped "There She Goes", here to remix the single. Mind, jury's out...

@ToneLa 4 года назад

I whacked this through my mixing desk today. Nothin fancy just a cable into it and fuckin with faders IT SOUNDS INCREDIBLE Infuriating that Universal have all the multitracks in their vaults

@EchoMachineOne 4 года назад

@@ToneLa More infuriating that r Lee doesn't pull his finger out!

@kyuseok98 3 года назад

Which unfortunately equals to Lee's nightmare.. ;)

@edwardmulholland7912 9 месяцев назад

Is this the raw Steve Lillywhite sessions? If it is, then it’s so much closer to what Lee wanted. Before all the archive material was released, and all your great work on your channel, nobody had anything to compare the official album to and we only had Lee’s word of what was wrong with that record label approved version of the album. The media and the “business” tried (and to a certain extent succeeded) in painting Lee as an extreme perfectionist/eccentric character. Now me and many others realize that Lee was correct and not “mad”. I have most of the archive releases and have assembled playlists of alternative versions of the album for my own personal enjoyment and for friends that are easily superior to what was officially released. Lee can rest assured that history has proven him correct. Is it any wonder Lee doesn’t want to release anything new, he just doesn’t want the hassle - and I don’t blame him.

@ricwilliams9449 4 года назад

raw, real, amazing

@starlenazofeifa7751 8 месяцев назад

I love this version of Doledrum

@rohancassidy2402 3 года назад

Thanks for this

@showbizismylife 3 года назад

This is interesting to listen to, but I still prefer the released LP. I think some people are a bit in love with the romance of the demos being covered in sixties dust. It's not as if the Go Discs album had Trevor Horn production on it.

@ToneLa 2 года назад

Worse voices though, and I don't know how you get the album Doledrum from this sizzling take... it's a good LP, and this isn't to "compete" with it - I like both! - but interesting to see the differences if you're interested in why Lee wasn't taken with the LP.

@user-er7dx1hu2q 4 года назад

日本語でごめん。ただ、気持ちが暖かくなるんだ、オリジナルより、ライブ、こっちの方が聞きいい♪ セルフプロデュースってことがわかってない自分なんだけど。ありがとう。❤️

@ToneLa 4 года назад

You can say that again.

@soulmantrainc.andthetnp.7087 3 года назад

@@ToneLa init!!

@NapTuren 6 лет назад

It's strange how Way out sounds differently on the album version. The version here is more like the 1987 versions or (more) like the Hedges version.

@ToneLa 6 лет назад

Yeah, you can tell Lillywhite's mixing changes a lot. Doledrum too... the bass here sounds amazing, but almost not in tune on the album? Plus the backing vocals are from the Hedges session - Lillywhite used that to fill in any gaps, which might explain a lot. I love Way Out here, I used a take where they're playing INTO it, it's the warmest take available...

@ryansams1268 4 года назад

@@ToneLa the whole story of The La's drives me insane. The potential they had.... It's such a tragedy. There should be 5 La's albums - each with different songs on them! 🤣 I don't get why Lee hasn't done anything since his record contract expired. Surely he can record and release music exactly how he wants to, but yet, nothing.

@haydnmarsh Год назад

Raw talent

@georgestudholme3467 Год назад

Best British band since free, 😮

@lennon1482 Год назад

love it

@kyuseok98 3 года назад

I Can't Sleep : Electric guitars sounded more organic and sibilant, and that growl of a bass guitar...! Too bad that the final mix came out in a way that infuriates Lee and his co.

@matthewjdouglas6471 3 года назад

It must have really affected Lee. He Could have recorded a second album. He had the songs but he didn't. We will never know the real reason. Maybe because of how dissatisfied he was with the debuts final mix. Shame I love it. It doesn't sound as good as his live versions but I still classic rocknroll record.

@ocmsshow Год назад

Good lord the vocals on There She Goes compared to the album version...

@42976675 2 года назад

Which album? I wonder what if Nick Lowe or T Bone Burnett produced them. People familiar with roots music.

@apes4days254 2 года назад

Where's John's backing vocals?

@yeahyeahyeah-7674 Год назад

Think they might have decided to do them separate but then never got to finish them Hence why songs like son of a gun have the Mike hedges backing vocals take on it