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Direct Hits The Broadway Recording Sessions Import LP (Blue Vinyl)

& lt;header & gt; & lt;p & gt; & lt;strong & gt;The Original 1982 Pre-'Blow Up' Recordings On Blue Vinyl LP! & lt;br & gt; Restored & amp; Remastered From The Original 1/4 & quot; Tape! & lt;br & gt; Previously Unreleased On Vinyl! & lt;br & gt; Includes Fold-Out Poster & amp; 3 Art Prints! & lt;/strong & gt; & lt;/p & gt; & lt;/header & gt; & lt;p & gt;Way back in 1982, Battersea-based mod heroes The Direct Hits had released one single on Dan Treacy's Whamm! record label, & quot;Modesty Blaise, & quot; earlier in the year. This was singled out in the music press as not just one of your average jam crash/bang/wallop mod revivalist tunes. Whamm! was struggling to provide the funds to record an album, the songs were too good not to commit to a full 12 & quot; set, so the Direct Hits pooled their limited resources and self-financed a very cheap one day recording session in a tiny studio in Tooting, South London called Broadway Sound. & lt;/p & gt; & lt;p & gt;Early on the morning of August 12th, 1982 the band, comprising of Colin Swan, Geno Buckmaster, Brian Grover, and their trusty roadie & quot;Robbo & quot; assembled at the tiny studio to begin recording as many of their songs as they could get down on tape for the tiny budget they had scraped together. As most of the songs were already well rehearsed thanks to the band's busy live schedule, the recording of the first nine songs on this disc were finished by mid-afternoon. Throughout the rest of the day, the band toiled over scant overdubs with limited keyboard facilities and a distinct lack of musical ability. The recordings immediately came to life however, when Colin Swan and Geno Buckmaster's stage-honed tight harmonies were added, there was no time for vocal overdubs, and the mixing was completed by midnight. & lt;/p & gt; & lt;p & gt;Tired and worn out, the band ventured out into the cold night air happy with the day's work, clutching the precious reel-to-reel tape. Two weeks later the band came back with a friend producing, and recorded the three final tracks featured on this album which have a more rounded slightly less raw sound. All three were completed in an afternoon. Almost two years later they re-recorded some of these songs, and along with a handful of new songs from the pen of Buckmaster and Swan, recorded their Blow Up debut album at Rendezvous Studios in Sydenham, South East London, released on Whaam! Records in August 1984. A few didn't make it to the first album, but those that did, as you will hear, stayed reasonably faithful to the original arrangements. Remastered. & lt;/p & gt; & lt;section id= & quot;features & quot; & gt; & lt;h3 & gt;Features & lt;/h3 & gt; & lt;ul & gt; & lt;li & gt;Blue Vinyl LP & lt;/li & gt; & lt;li & gt;Restored & amp; Remastered from the original 1/4 & quot; tape & lt;/li & gt; & lt;li & gt;First time on vinyl & lt;/li & gt; & lt;li & gt;Deluxe gatefold sleeve & lt;/li & gt; & lt;li & gt;Fab color inner bag with printed lyrics & lt;/li & gt; & lt;li & gt;A2-Size Poster & lt;/li & gt; & lt;li & gt;3 Art Prints of each individual band member & lt;/li & gt; & lt;li & gt;UK Import & lt;/li & gt; & lt;/ul & gt; & lt;/section & gt; & lt;section id= & quot;selections & quot; & gt; & lt;h3 & gt;Selections & lt;/h3 & gt; & lt;h4 & gt;Side One: & lt;/h4 & gt; & lt;ol & gt; & lt;li & gt;Ride My Bicycle & lt;/li & gt; & lt;li & gt;I Start Counting & lt;/li & gt; & lt;li & gt;Too Shy & lt;/li & gt; & lt;li & gt;Leander, By The River & lt;/li & gt; & lt;li & gt;Miranda Berkley & lt;/li & gt; & lt;li & gt;This Was, Marc Deans & lt;/li & gt; & lt;/ol & gt; & lt;h4 & gt;Side Two: & lt;/h4 & gt; & lt;ol start = & quot;7 & quot; & gt; & lt;li & gt;Naughty Little Boy & lt;/li & gt; & lt;li & gt;What Killed Aleister Crowley? & lt;/li & gt; & lt;li & gt;I'd Rather Stay Than Go & lt;/li & gt; & lt;li & gt;Sunny Honey Girl & lt;/li & gt; & lt;li & gt;I Feel The Earth Move & lt;/li & gt; & lt;li & gt;Start Living & lt;/li & gt; & lt;/ol & gt; & lt;/section & gt;

Girls At Our Best! Pleasure Import 33rpm LP & 45rpm LP (Half-And-Half Color Vinyl)

& lt;header & gt; & lt;p & gt;Release Date To Be Announced pre-order your copy today! Orders with both pre-order and in stock items will have all in stock items shipped immediately! & lt;/p & gt; & lt;/header & gt; & lt;header & gt; & lt;p & gt; & lt;strong & gt;Double Vinyl LP On Half-And-Half Colored Vinyl! & lt;/strong & gt; & lt;br & gt; & lt;strong & gt;Includes A Special & quot;Pleasure Bag & quot; Loaded With Goodies! & lt;/strong & gt; & lt;/p & gt; & lt;/header & gt; & lt;p & gt;In 1980, post punk pop indie band Girls At Our Best came out of nowhere (Well, Leeds actually) with & quot;Getting Nowhere Fast & quot; and was the NME's & quot;Single Of The Week & quot; 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. & lt;/p & gt; & lt;p & gt;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 & quot;Jo & quot; Evans, forming a songwriting team with guitarist James Alan and bass player Gerard Swift after they met at art college. & lt;/p & gt; & lt;p & gt;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 & quot; - including the wonderful & quot;Getting Nowhere Fast & quot; (later covered by The Wedding Present), its coruscating B-side & quot;Warm Girls, & quot; & quot;Politics!, & quot; & quot;Go For Gold, & quot; and & quot;Fast Boyfriends. & quot; & lt;/p & gt; & lt;p & gt; 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 & quot;Pleasure Bag & quot; containing four postcards, two stickers, a stencil, repro Tour Poster, repro promo posters for & quot;Go For Gold & quot; and & quot;Politics/Its Fashion & quot; singles. & lt;/p & gt; & lt;blockquote cite= & quot;www.allmusic.com & quot; & gt; ... Pleasure is an underrated delight, tempering the sometimes harsh edge of the earliest singles to an equally passionate and entertaining approach not afraid to be calm here and there. & lt;footer & gt; -Ned Raggett, AllMusic.com, 4/5 stars & lt;/footer & gt; & lt;/blockquote & gt; & lt;section id= & quot;features & quot; & gt; & lt;h3 & gt;Features & lt;/h3 & gt; & lt;ul & gt; & lt;li & gt;Double Vinyl LP & lt;/li & gt; & lt;li & gt;LP1 On Yellow/Magenta Half-And-Half Vinyl & lt;/li & gt; & lt;li & gt;LP2 On Turquoise/Magenta Half-And-Half Vinyl & lt;/li & gt; & lt;li & gt;LP2 is a 45rpm 12 & quot; - B-Sides, Bonus Tracks, Singles & lt;/li & gt; & lt;li & gt;Gatefold Sleeve & lt;/li & gt; & lt;li & gt;Printed Inner Sleeves - Lyrics, Photos, Interview & lt;/li & gt; & lt;li & gt; & quot;Pleasure Bag & quot; - 4 Post Cards, 2 Stickers, Stencil, Tour Poster Reproduction, 2 Promo Poster Reproductions & lt;/li & gt; & lt;!--More features go here in & lt;li & gt; tags-- & gt; & lt;/ul & gt; & lt;/section & gt; & lt;section id= & quot;selections & quot; & gt; & lt;h3 & gt;Selections & lt;/h3 & gt; & lt;h4 & gt;Side A: & lt;/h4 & gt; & lt;ol & gt; & lt;li & gt;Pleasure & lt;/li & gt; & lt;li & gt;Too Big For Your Boots & lt;/li & gt; & lt;li & gt;I'm Beautiful Now & lt;/li & gt; & lt;li & gt;Waterbed Babies & lt;/li & gt; & lt;li & gt;Fun-City Teenagers & lt;/li & gt; & lt;li & gt; & amp;#163;600,000 & lt;/li & gt; & lt;/ol & gt; & lt;h4 & gt;Side B: & lt;/h4 & gt; & lt;ol & gt; & lt;li & gt;Heaven & lt;/li & gt; & lt;li & gt;China Blue & lt;/li & gt; & lt;li & gt;Fast Boyfriends & lt;/li & gt; & lt;li & gt;She Flipped & lt;/li & gt; & lt;li & gt;Goodbye To That Jazz & lt;/li & gt; & lt;/ol & gt; & lt;h4 & gt;Side C: & lt;/h4 & gt; & lt;ol & gt; & lt;li & gt;Getting Nowhere Fast & lt;/li & gt; & lt;li & gt;Warm Girls & lt;/li & gt; & lt;li & gt;Politics & lt;/li & gt; & lt;li & gt;It's Fashion & lt;/li & gt; & lt;/ol & gt; & lt;h4 & gt;Side D: & lt;/h4 & gt; & lt;ol & gt; & lt;li & gt;Go For Gold & lt;/li & gt; & lt;li & gt;I'm Beautiful Now & lt;/li & gt; & lt;li & gt;Fast Boyfriends & lt;/li & gt; & lt;li & gt;This Train & lt;/li & gt; & lt;/ol & gt; & lt;/section & gt;