Jim Jiminee

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Jim Jiminee
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from left: Lindsay Jamieson, Kevin Jamieson, Nick Hannan, Pete Dyes & Delphi Newman
Background information
Origin Fleet, Hampshire, England
Genres Indie pop
Years active1986–1989
LabelsCat & Mouse Records, Beatwax, Vinyl Japan
Past membersKevin Jamieson
Pete Dyes
Delphi Newman
Nick Hannan
Lindsay Jamieson

Jim Jiminee were an English indie pop band active in the late 1980s.

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History

Jim Jiminee were founded in September 1986, releasing their first EP, Do It on Thursday in 1987 on Cat & Mouse Records. During the next three years, they would release a further LP and two EPs, while playing gigs at various locations throughout England.

They officially disbanded in 1989, where various band members went on to other projects.

In the late 1990s and early 2000s, several full-length CDs were released by Vinyl Japan, featuring re-releases and previously unreleased material, including a full-length album, The Thatcher Years.

After Jim Jiminee

Kevin and Lindsay Jamieson and Nick Hannan went on to form The Deep Season, and later produced and provided backing for Perry Rose's album The Bright Ring of the Day.

Nick Hannan joined his brother Patrick "Patch" Hannan at his production studio, Blah Street Studio. Patch played drums for The Sundays, Star 69, theaudience and Arnold. While there, Nick appeared on numerous albums for a variety of artists, including Arnold, Jack Henderson and Bennet.

Delphi Newman and guitarist Paul Greendale formed the band World Without Tigers in 1998. In 2002, she sang on Mark Flanagan's album The Chosen Few.

Discography

Albums

EPs


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