touches on bluegrass. Release James spent four days choosing the track listing for the album due to disagreements between members, and Power providing the band with seven-to-eight different mixes of each track; "What For" had 15 different mixes. Since recording Strip-mine, some of the members worked other jobs: Whelan worked at a hotel, Gott acted as a painter and decorator, and Glennie sold second-hand cars. In August 1987, James played four shows in the UK, marking their first performances in nearly a year. Booth explained that the band had been dealing with a year's worth of business issues. That same month, the band recorded a John Peel session, where they played "Ya Ho", "What For", "Whoops", and "Stowaway". "Ya Ho" was scheduled for release as Strip-mine lead single in September 1987, however, it was cancelled. Around this time, Rashman and Dodd resigned as the band's managers, and McDonagh was reinstated. "What For" was instead released as the lead single in March 1988 with "Island Swing", "Not There", and a remix of "What For" as extra tracks. James promoted it with a UK tour in May 1988, with support from the Stone Roses, and a performance on the Granada programme Other Side of Midnight. "Ya Ho" appeared as the second single on 12 September 1988, with "Mosquito", "Left Out of Her Will", and "New Nature" as extra tracks. Strip-mine was released in September 1988, through Sire and Blanco y Negro Records. It had been scheduled for release in March 1987, and pushed back on eight separate occasions, some as late as two weeks before, prior to its eventual release date. In October, the band embarked on a tour of the UK, with support from the Happy Mondays. In November 1988, James parted ways with Sire through a loophole in their contract which allowed the band to leave if the label hadn't contacted them within a six month period upon delivery of the Strip-mine masters. During one gig in December 1988, Whelan attacked Booth; he was asked to leave the band, based on the other members having separate incidents with him. Whelan's departure was made public in January 1989, around the time the band was auditioning for a replacement. On 20 March 1989, the band released the live album One Man Clapping as a joint venture between their own label One Man Clapping and Rough Trade Records. The album had been recorded