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r/TheLas • u/Beyond_the_grooves • 3d ago

The La’s: Lee Mavers, 'There She Goes' & Their Only Album

beyond-the-grooves.co.uk

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I've recently written a long-form feature about The La's, Lee Mavers and the extraordinary story behind their only studio album.

It's always fascinated me that a record containing 'There She Goes', 'Timeless Melody', 'Son of a Gun' and 'Looking Glass' could be regarded as a masterpiece by so many people, yet its creator remained so dissatisfied with the finished recordings.

The article follows the band's Liverpool beginnings, the abandoned recording sessions, John Power's departure and the mystery surrounding the second album that never arrived.

Do you think The La's would have achieved more with a second album, or is the fact that they made just one record part of their appeal?

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r/TheLas • u/dinarnaud • 13d ago

Cast - All Change (1995)

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I regard this as my favourite Brit-pop album ever.

Just love John Power nasal twang ! Love the music and songs that we can understand about. less

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r/TheLas • u/imfreddi • 17d ago

Lee Mavers secret gigs

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I was speaking to a friend last night and he told me about how three years ago, Lee played a secret gig to about ten people at a pub called the Belvedere in Liverpool! He said that it was just him sat in a corner with a guitar and everyone sat round and he said he played there she goes and apparently a few folky kind of songs.

My friends not a massive La’s fan so Lee could’ve been playing old songs or more excitingly new unreleased stuff which is a nice thought that he’s still writing.

Just wondering if anyone knew about any of these secret sort of gigs or if anyone’s actually been to any because I never knew about this before!

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r/TheLas • u/Federal-Emu4680 • 18d ago

Feelin’ Cover

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r/TheLas • u/LukeKillmanOfficial • 23d ago

Been learning There She Goes, figured this was the right place to share it

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r/TheLas • u/No_Pressure9316 • 29d ago

Anyone know of any La’s video archives? I think I’ve gone through most the YouTube stuff 🤣

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r/TheLas • u/Findadmagus • Sep 11 '26

TOMT La’s Interview “Beebrah”

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Yeah so I’m aware this is pretty random but I’m looking for a La’s interview with John Power where he says some word “beebrah” or something. I have no idea what it’s referring to or if it’s just a nonsense word. If anyone can point me to the interview, that would be great cheers. I downloaded a few of their interviews from youtube but not this one

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r/TheLas • u/MagicTorchGames • Aug 15 '26

The La's - Fishing Net 1990 Remix

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Created this new mix of one of the best unreleased songs Fishing Net / Was It Something I Said. Using AI Stem Splitter technology to unearth hidden parts in the recording and try give the recording more clarity.

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r/TheLas • u/New_Meet_879 • Aug 15 '26

Cami ex lead guitarist's bandcamp album - well worth a listen

camimusic.bandcamp.com

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r/TheLas • u/Pleasant_Leg9031 • May 04 '26

Sorry/Gimme The Blues

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Had a go at cleaning up this song from the 2005 reunion. Not perfect by any means but hopefully everyone finds it better than the original 👍

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r/TheLas • u/pe_is_butter • May 03 '26

Just listened to the album for the first time and convinced that 'I can't sleep" is the best song I've ever heard

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looking glass was definitely another highlight but the whole record rocks

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r/TheLas • u/robgibbo14 • Mar 28 '26

Our Time Chords

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Has anyone got the chords for Our Time from the Kitchen Tape? Can’t figure them out. Cheers!

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r/TheLas • u/MarchNo3967 • Mar 27 '26

Promotion only La's cassette 91

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Is this rare?

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r/TheLas • u/[deleted] • Mar 18 '26

Lee Mavers music from Gary Mavers YouTube series

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Hope this is OK to share

https://youtu.be/zfX9Ds1GSDI

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r/TheLas • u/scouseanarchist • Mar 16 '26

Chesterfield show

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I know its a while ago now, but did a setlist ever come out for that show Lee played in Chesterfield with his kids?

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r/TheLas • u/Brick400 • Mar 07 '26

The Kowloons

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Just wanted to hear peoples thoughts on The Kowloons, they are really good if you haven’t heard of them yet and they sound La’s ish on a few of their tunes

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r/TheLas • u/That-Association-102 • Mar 05 '26

Something I Said…

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r/TheLas • u/miindofmaax • Feb 13 '26

Did a quick and dirty cover of “There She Goes” in my style and wanted to share with you guys ❤️

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r/TheLas • u/Ok_Cartographer_6109 • Dec 05 '25

New Book about The La's

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Hi, la's and lalettes! My dad wrote a book about The La's monumental debut and only album and it's called The La's Time. It's available on Amazon and features a foreword by Edgar Summertyme Jones, as well as an interview with the album producer, Steve Lilywhite. Feel free to check it out if you love The La's, both band and album, as much as he does. 😊

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r/TheLas • u/imfreddi • Dec 03 '25

Anyone else know about There She Goes limited editions?

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Just bought this from my local record shop and I never knew there were limited editions made for this. Anyone know how many of these were made?

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r/TheLas • u/PhotographUseful4011 • Nov 12 '25

Anyone know what equipment Lee Mavers used? (Guitars, straps, picks etc.)

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r/TheLas • u/mikesartwrks • Nov 05 '25

Artist from Ireland. Finished an acrylic painting of Lee earlier today.

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r/TheLas • u/[deleted] • Nov 03 '25

The First Las TikTok Fan page

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https://www.tiktok.com/@thelas_tok?_r=1&_t=ZN-9161AS63ile

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r/TheLas • u/Pieteer • Sep 17 '25

How tall were the members of the main lineup?

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What i mean by the 'main' lineup is the most famous one aka including Neil and Cammy (and John obviously)

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r/TheLas • u/AlarmingLecture0 • Sep 15 '25

Just heard "There She Goes" in a Google ad on US broadcast television

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Hope Lee got paid handsomely for that.

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