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The La's eponymous debut album celebrates it's 25th anniversary this week.

Released on October 1 1990 it remains one of the most eulogised lost treasures in contemporary pop music.

Formed in Liverpool The La's ever-evolving line up would be shaped by enigmatic song-writing maverick Lee Mavers.

Signing to Go! Discs in 1987, and following the release of their most famous track There She Goes, the band spent several years in the studio before finally releasing their one and only self-titled album.

Despite critical acclaim and it's enduring pop genius, Mavers, a noted perfectionist, disowned the recordings telling journalists the album was "like a snake with a broken back".

Here's 25 facts and fables surrounding The La's

1. Despite being The La's most well-known track, There She Goes peaked at number 57 on it's original release. The song, which was voted #45 in NME's greatest ever anthems, was re-released in 1990 reaching number 13.

2. According to an interview Mavers gave to The Independent, he was unhappy with the recordings of The La's because the vintage mixing desk didn't have the right sound - he claimed this was because "it hasn't got original Sixties dust on it".

3. In 1989 Timeless Melody was due to be released as a single. Test pressings sent to journalists received rave reviews with Melody maker awarding it single of the week. Mavers though, was characteristically unhappy with the sound, and the single was scrapped.

4. Alongside Mavers, bass player and singer, John Power formed The La's core leaving the band in December 1991 to form mid-90s rock & rollers Cast. He joined the band in 1986 when he met Mike Badger at a course for unemployed musicians.

5. The 2006 album BBC In Session features previously unreleased track Calling All - it was suggested to be the title track on their debut album but in the end wasn't included at all.

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6. During their tour of the States in 1991, the La's made a guest appearance on the David Letterman Show (see video above).

7. Lee Mavers supports Everton FC.

8. In a rare interview with the NME in 1995, Mavers claimed his songs "sounded like a Nazi tank in Egypt" before adding "the pool is where we have to be. The Liver-pool. The Mississippi. The Mersey-sippi."

9. Lee Mavers appeared on stage with The Libertines' Pete Doherty in 2009 tour. Subsequent live dates with Doherty's new band Babyshambles led to their drummer Adam Ficek suggesting a new The La's was on the way with Babyshambles as backing band. Nothing ever materialised.

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10. The La's single Timeless Melody has been covered by US rock band Pearl Jam while the b-side Clean Prophet was given rare outings during their comeback tours.

11. Discarded producers during the sessions to record The La's include The Smiths' producer John Porter, as well as Stone Roses producer John Leckie and Mike Hedges (The Cure, Manic Street Preachers, U2).

12. The La's were co-founded by Liverpool guitarist and song-writer Mike Badger in 1983. Badger would leave the group in 1986 going on to record solo material and found The Viper Label with fellow ex-La Paul Hemmings. Badger and Hemmings co-wrote the theme tune to BBC One daytime television programme, Doctors.

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13. In 1998, Mavers began rehearsing with Liverpool band The Crescent. A bootleg recording of one of these rehearsals known as The Crescent Tape would later leak online.

14. According to the group's Wikipedia page The La's have had 23 members during their various incarnations.

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15. Way Out was the bands debut single, released on November 2 1987, the music video was made with a budget of 50 pounds. It was shot on a Super 8 Camera and reportedly only took one morning to produce.

16. The La's was recorded in London's Eden Studios in December 1989 with U2 producer Steve Lillywhite.

17. Mavers has rarely given interviews however he gave an exclusive access to author M.W. Macefield for his 2003 book, In Search of The La's: A Secret Liverpool. Mavers reveals several new songs, discusses the future of the band while also revealing the truth behind many of the myths attributed to the band.

18. Bebington-born Chris Sharrock drums on There She Goes. After leaving The La's he has played with the likes of Oasis, The Wild Swans, Lightning Seeds and Robbie Williams.

19. The La's boxset was released in 2010 with journalist Will Hodgkinson saying in the sleeve notes: "Never before or since The La’s has there been so much fascination and reverence for a band with so slender an output."

20. The La's only reached No. 196 on the Billboard 200 and to date has sold fewer than 50,000 copies in the U.S.

21. The band reformed in March 2005 playing their first gigs more than a decade playing festivals including Glastonbury and the Summer Sonic festival in Japan.

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22. Liverpool musical magpie Barry Sutton briefly played guitar with The La's from 1988-89. He's also played in the bands The Stairs, Cast and Smaller.

23. In June 2011 Lee Mavers, accompanied by The Bandits' Gary Murphy on bass guitar, played a surprise concert in Manchester under the name Lee Rude & The Velcro Underpants.

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24. The lyrics 'There she goes again, racing through my brain, pulsing through my vein,' has led people to think There She Goes is about the use of heroin, however, John Power told The Independent in 2001: "I don't know. Truth is, I don't wanna know. Drugs and madness go hand in hand. People who you've known all your life. They're steady, then they're not. But you can't ponder, because it kills you, la."

25. The La's last gig in Liverpool was at the O2 Academy in September 2011 - Lee Mavers played alongside ex-Bandits bassist Gary Murphy. No new material was played.