Name: Pleasure - Deluxe Edition
Brand: Girls At Our Best!

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Bonus disc: No

Catalogue number

CDTRED861

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Rough Trade Exclusive

Rough Trade Exclusive: No

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Format detail

Format Music GB

Limited edition

Release date

2022-05-27

Signed copies

Signed copies: No

Supplier GB

Cherry Red (ADA)

Tax rate GB

Standard:20

UPC / Barcode

5013929186132

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3 / CD / Extended format: No / Rough Trade Exclusive: No / Signed copies: No

Artist

Girls At Our Best!

Genre GB

New Wave / Post Punk

Label GB

Cherry Red

Cherry Red is a British label that was founded by Iain McNay in 1978. Also known as Cherry Red Records, this label has become associated with the company Music and Media Group. With the label code LC 6730, Cherry Red has made a name for itself in the music industry. It is important to note that this label should not be confused with the US label of the same name.

Girls At Our Best! was an English post-punk band formed in Leeds in 1979. They evolved from a previous band and disbanded in 1982. The core line-up consisted of Judy Evans on vocals, James Alan on guitar, and Gerard Swift on bass. Over the years, they had several drummers including Chris Oldroyd, Paul Simon (who only appeared on one single), Carl Harper (who was injured during recording), and Rod Johnson. Despite their relatively short career, Girls At Our Best! made a significant impact on the post-punk music scene.

With their unique sound and energetic performances, Girls At Our Best! quickly gained attention in the late 1970s and early 1980s. Their music combined elements of punk rock with catchy melodies and socially conscious lyrics.

The band released two albums during their active years: "Pleasure" in 1981 and "Politics!" in 1982. Both albums received critical acclaim for their innovative approach to post-punk music.

Deluxe re-issue of Girls At Our Best!’s seminal Post Punk album Pleasure. Including additional A and B sides of their singles, two unissued 1981 live concerts. Plus legendary 1981 BBC sessions for John Peel and Richard Skinner and a 1981 interview. And a previously unreleased 1978 demo ‘Atribute’ by James Alan and Judy Evans’ band The Butterflies who metamorphosised into Girls At Our Best! plus ‘Boys At Our Best’, a demo from their final recording session.

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 programme. 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!

Disc 1 contains the album Pleasure that reached number two in the Indie Chart, plus all the Girls At Our Best! singles recordings and influential BBC sessions for Peel and Skinner. All four of their singles are here, including their classic self-financed debut, ‘Getting Nowhere Fast’, released on their own Record Records label in April 1980 – a #9 Indie chart hit that was later covered by The Wedding Present. Its sardonic B-side ‘Warm Girls’ also features, along with ‘Politics!’, ‘Go For Gold’, ‘Fast Boyfriends’ and its flip side, a cover of Sister Rosetta Tharpe’s ‘This Train’ that the band made their own.

Disc 2 includes a superb live concert recorded at Edinburgh University on 2/11/81 plus two demos and Disc 3 features a bootleg live recording of their New York Peppermint Lounge gig on 6/11/81 from the ill-fated US tour that led to the band splitting.

Jez Pritchatt AKA James Alan of Girls At Our Best! has been fully involved in the release and has given it his approval, while long term fan Steve Flanagan has written the notes; the booklet incorporates copies of original single sleeves, photographs and memorabilia.