Rashman and Andy Dodd. Sometime later, Rashman and Dodd resigned, and McDonagh, who had managed the band previously, was reinstated. Two months after the album's release, the band left Sire. Around this time, keyboardist Mark Armistead joined the band on a part-time basis; drummer Gavan Whelan was asked to leave in December 1988. They continued to gig, some shows featured Gary Rostock of Easterhouse or Mike Pickering's girlfriend as substitutes, until the following month when they were auditioning for a replacement. During these auditions, the band came up with several new songs through improvisations. The try-outs were unfruitful; based on a tip-off from Dodd, the band learned of a drummer from Wales, David Baynton-Power. Baynton-Power knew Dodd through a bandmate, and was sceptical about joining James as he had been previously conned out of money. After Baynton-Power joined, guitarist Larry Gott went to the Band on the Wall venue in Manchester to visit a friend. It was during an open mic night there that Gott witnessed, and was subsequently impressed, by violinist/guitarist Saul Davies. Davies had previously saw the band live in 1982; the day after meeting Gott, Davies auditioned for the rest of James. James released the live album One Man Clapping in March 1989 as a joint venture between their own label One Man Clapping and Rough Trade Records. One Man Clapping was promoted with a UK tour, which saw the live debut of Baynton-Power and Davies. After the tour, the band recorded and released "Sit Down" as a single in June 1989. Armistead had declined to become a full-time member of the band, and suggested they check out Mark Hunter. The latter was brought into the "Sit Down" session to add an improvised keyboard part to the track, and soon became a member of the band. A UK tour was undertaken to promote "Sit Down" in June 1989. Potential success for the song was halted to due to the music video being banned by the Musicians' Union. Production Happy with the success of One Man Clapping, Rough Trade founder Geoff Travis agreed to fund the band's next studio album. Following this, the band recorded Gold Mother over the course of two months with frontman Tim Booth, Gott, bassist Jim Glennie, and Nick Garside – who had previously produced on the band's early EPs – serving as producers. The sessions were initially held at Out of the Blue