sounded much more accessible and probably Americanized. Iain's guitar playing loosened up, started embracing blues and rock... And we then brought in a famous Glasgow guitarist called Mick Slaven, who plays like Robert Quine meets Nile Rogers meets Marc Bolan meets Jimi Hendrix. That we should sound a little different from before was inevitable." Del Amitri made their first recordings with their new lineup in spring 1987, recording the tracks "Move Away Jimmy Blue" and "Talk It to Death" with producer Gil Norton at Park Lane studios in Glasgow. The sessions also produced a handful of demos, which led to a bidding war among various labels, and the eventual signing with A&M Records later in the year. In 1988, unsuccessful attempts in London and Los Angeles with producer David Kershenbaum at recording what would become Waking Hours, left the band frustrated and disillusioned. The only track not scrapped from these sessions was the future B-side "The Return of Maggie Brown". But with the arrival of producer Hugh Jones, the project got back on track and recordings of "Nothing Ever Happens", "Empty" and "You're Gone" took place at Chipping Norton Recording Studios in Oxfordshire. Later, due to Jones' commitment to other projects, engineer Mark Freegard took over production and recorded the remaining tracks for the album at Great Linford Manor in Milton Keynes. By early 1989, recording for the album was completed. Drummer Paul Tyagi, who left the band during the recording of Waking Hours, was replaced in the studio by Stephen Irvine of Lloyd Cole and the Commotions, who contributed drums to five tracks, including "Stone Cold Sober". "Kiss This Thing Goodbye" and "Opposite View" feature drum programming. Bassists James O'Malley (of Fire Next Time) and Currie's occasional session stand-in Nick Clark, were drafted in for the album. "The new songs demanded pretty tight bass playing and I really couldn't get my head round it then," Currie said in 1992. "But in the end I played on about five songs on the album." Track listing 2014 expanded edition Disc 1 as per the original album Personnel Credits adapted from the album liner notes. Del Amitri Justin Currie – vocals, bass Iain Harvie – guitar Mick Slaven – guitar Paul Tyagi – percussion, drums Additional musicians Andy Alston – piano, organ Blair Cowan – accordion, synthesizer Will Mowat – sequencing, keyboards Nick Clark – bass (thanked in the album credits for