Girls At Our Best! - Pleasure (Deluxe Edition) [CD]

ul liDeluxe re-issue of strongGirls At Our Best!strongrsquos seminal Post Punk album lsquoPleasurersquoli liIncluding additional A and B sides of their singles two unissued 1981 live concertsli liPlus legendary 1981 BBC sessions for strongJohn Peel strongand strongRichard Skinner strongand a 1981 interviewli liAnd a previously unreleased 1978 demo lsquoAtributersquo by strongJames Alan strongand strongJudy Evansrsquo strongband strongThe Butterflies strongwho metamorphosised into Girls At Our Best! plus lsquoBoys At Our Bestrsquo a demo from their final recording session.li ul pGirls 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.p pWry vocalist Judy Evans and brutal yet melodic guitarist James Alan whorsquod met at art college in Leeds fronted Girls At Our Best! the proto-Indie band that formed from the ashes of Alanrsquos 1977 punk band strongSOSstrong!p pDisc 1 contains the album lsquoPleasurersquo 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.p pAll four of their singles are here including their classic self-financed debut lsquoGetting Nowhere Fastrsquo released on their own Record Records label in April 1980 - a 9 Indie chart hit that was later covered by strongThe Wedding Presentstrong. Its sardonic B-side lsquoWarm Girlsrsquo also features along with lsquoPolitics!rsquo lsquoGo For Goldrsquo lsquoFast Boyfriendsrsquo and its flip side a cover of strongSister Rosetta Tharpestrongrsquos lsquoThis Trainrsquo that the band made their own.p pDisc 2 includes a superb live concert recorded at Edinburgh University on 21181 plus two demos and Disc 3 features a bootleg live recording of their New York Peppermint Lounge gig on 61181 from the ill-fated US tour that led to the band splitting.p pstrongJez Pritchatt strongAKA James Alan of Girls At Our Best! has been fully involved in the release and has given it his approval while long term fan strongSteve Flanagan stronghas written the notes the booklet incorporates copies of original single sleeves photographs and memorabilia.p