Sheer Greed / Live In Osaka '82

It's fair to say that London's Girl were either a little too late to the glam rock party, or if they had been around five years later, would have cleaned up on the hair metal scene that they were without doubt a huge influence on.The band formed in 1979, and featuring singer Phil Lewis, guitarists Gerry Laffy and Phil Collen, eventually joined by Gerry's brother Simon on bass, they rocked hard enough to capitalise on the burgeoning New Wave Of British Heavy that was sweeping across the UK, a scene led by Iron Maiden, Saxon and Def Leppard. Signing to Jet Records, home of ELO, Girl released debut LP 'Sheer Greed' at the beginning on 1980, breaking into the Top 40, helped along by major tours with UFO and Pat Travers, and by lead single 'Hollywood Tease', a track that would be re-recorded later in the decade by Phil Lewis with LA Guns.With a sound that added a raw-edge, almost punk like thrash to their hard rock, a cover of KISS's 'Do You Love Me?' demonstrated their overtly glammy roots, making them a little at odds with the leather clad, studded wrist bands and cut-off denim crew that might otherwise be following Motorhead, Angel Witch or Tygers Of Pan Tang. Produced by Chris Tsangarides (Black Sabbath, Thin Lizzy, Judas Priest, and Anvil among many others) and Nick Tauber (UFO, Marillion, Girlschool, Venom), their solid debut demonstrated all of the energy of one of their raucous live club shows.Girl would split up in 1982 after their second album 'Wasted Youth', with Phil C

Tracks

1~1~The Things You Say
1~2~Lovely Lorraine
1~3~Strawberries
1~4~Little Miss Ann
1~5~Doctor Doctor
1~6~Do You Love Me
1~7~Take Me Dancing
1~8~What?S Up
1~9~Passing Clouds
1~10~My Number
1~11~Heartbreak America
1~12~You Really Got Me
1~13~Love Is A Game
1~14~Little Miss Ann
1~15~Wasted Youth
1~16~Make It Medical
1~17~My Number
1~18~Heartbreak America
1~19~Little Miss Ann
1~20~Ice In The Blood
1~21~Family At War
1~22~Mad For It
1~23~Tush
1~24~Old Dogs
1~25~Strawberries
1~26~Standard Romance
1~27~Passing Clouds
1~28~ 14. 1
1~29~Overnight Angels
1~30~Hollywood Tease

Details

Format: CD
Artist: Girl
Release Date: 15 November 2019
Genre: Rock
Label: HEAR NO EVIL RECORDINGS
Distributor: Rocket Group