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RADK 7028CS
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Girls At Our Best! were one of the greatest and most influential bands to emerge in the early 1980s as part of a new wave of independent acts. DJ John Peel championed them, playing their singles repeatedly and inviting them to record a session for his program. Wry vocalist Judy Evans and brutal yet melodic guitarist James Alan who'd met at art college in Leeds fronted Girls At Our Best!, the proto-Indie band that formed from the ashes of Alan's 1977 punk band SOS! Pleasure, the sole album, reached number two in the indie charts. It was an album so different from the rest of the post-punk indie pack that you can still play it now and completely baffle new listeners. As John Peel said about Roxy Music, "it just doesn't seem to relate to anything else."
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Two-track 7" strictly limited translucent lime color vinyl; includes postcard and poster. Part of the Optic Sevens 3.0 reissue series. In 1980 post punk pop indie band Girls At Our Best came out of nowhere (Well, Leeds actually) with "Getting Nowhere Fast" and was the NME's Single Of The Week reaching the Top 10 of the indie chart. The band, fronted by Judy Evans, released four further singles plus the album Pleasure which reached the UK album charts in 1981, before splitting up two years after this debut.
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OPT4 011LP
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In 1980, post punk pop indie band Girls At Our Best came out of nowhere (Well, Leeds actually) with "Getting Nowhere Fast" and was the NME's "Single Of The Week" reaching the Top 10 of the indie chart. The band, fronted by Judy Evans, released four further singles plus the album Pleasure which reached the UK album charts in 1981, before splitting up two years after that first record. Girls At Our Best were one of the finest, most life-affirming of a new breed of independent bands who cropped up at the turn of the '80s -- long-standing fan John Peel once referred to them as one of the few groups that made the period bearable. Formed in Leeds from the ashes of punk band SOS, the group were fronted by distinctive female vocalist Jude "Jo" Evans, forming a songwriting team with guitarist James Alan and bass player Gerard Swift after they met at art college. All four of their singles for their own Record Records, Rough Trade, and Happy Birthday Records are included here as bonus tracks on a 45rpm 12" --including the wonderful "Getting Nowhere Fast" (later covered by The Wedding Present), its coruscating B-side "Warm Girls", "Politics!", "Go For Gold", and "Fast Boyfriends". Their influence can be seen on innumerable C86/indie bands who came afterwards. Comes on half-and-half, color vinyl: disc one on yellow/magenta and disc two on turquoise/magenta. Second disc contains the singles and B sides; 45rpm. Gatefold sleeve with printed inner sleeves containing lyrics, photos, and interview by The Mouth Magazine; also includes "Pleasure Bag" containing four postcards, two stickers, a stencil, repro Tour Poster, repro promo posters for "Go For Gold" and "Politics/Its Fashion" singles.
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