mercredi 28 septembre 2011

48 crash (sample) - Suzi Quatro cover

48 crash (sample)



Gig - March 1984 (part 1)

Gig - March 1984 (part 2)

Suzanne

YOYO

YOYO

You haven't got any morals Don't think of the feelings of the people in question You tried to keep it secret Amongst other things that you just don't seem to mention One day you'll be on your own and you'll regret all the times that you treated us wrong you'll never understand me unless you stay with me and we just won't last that long But you try so hard and it's just not you if you want someone you'll do all you can do why don't you just tie a mattress to your back if you carry on you'll never keep track it can happen Well have you got any feelings in the places that count well you know what I mean and if I try to forget you would you just carry on as if nothing had ever happened I'm the possessive type especially with you I try to stay calm what else can I do you know I've fallin in love once again only this time it's worse coz it's giving me pain and it's you now Your heart is always open for someone you're gonna use it's put there for a reason and not to be abused I'm not trying to make you feel guilty you did what you did and just wanna forget it well Iknow we've gotta finish I don't know how to tell you coz I know that I'll regret it And it's you now

dimanche 25 septembre 2011

The band

FACE LIFTS

There she stood at 45 a housewife through and through She saw her veins were sticking out and they were really blue She went to see a qpecialist to see what it was about He said look here you ugly cow you'd better have em out We're all into surgery a face lift everyday Cut things off and stick things on and hope that they will stay A big fat lump at 21 going thin on top He went down to the clinic to get a brand new mop Got a groovy cyrup of fig Oliver Cromwell make Everyone laughs as he goes by coz they all know it's a fake An Ester Rantzen lookalike with a goofy upper jaw When she kissed her boyfriend Pete his bottom lip went raw She went down to the dentist to have her teeth put straight They put em all in upside down now she's a right old state

vendredi 23 septembre 2011

The band

Big Sister

BIG SISTER

We are good friends you and me both play in bands regularly you have a friend that everyone knows the trouble he causes really shows it's probably better if he goes away we always listen to what he has to say it's probably better if he goes away it's not just me we all feel this way we get on well just as one but he sticks out just like a sore thumb when he's there you turn your back to me you'll lose your friends just wait and see I didn't wanna tell you this way but I didn't know just what to say It's about time someone said something to you

dimanche 18 septembre 2011

Renees (sample)

Renees (sample)



Karen Kay ( bass player since 1984 )





WANDERING STARS

WANDERING STARS

I used to like the Osmonds I liked their flared white suites I used to like the Glitter Band I liked their platform boots Wandering stars oh wandering stars Where have you gone I can not see you I've been following you for so long Wandering stars oh wandering stars Where have you gone I can not see you I've been following you for so long My bedroom wall was covered In David Cassidy Pix I liked him till I saw him Coz he was covered in zits

The band

samedi 17 septembre 2011

SOUNDS 18/06/1983 part 1

The Gymslips - SOUNDS 18/06/1983 part 1

SOUNDS 18/06/1983 part 3

The Gymslips - SOUNDS 18/06/83 part 3


SOUNDS 18/06/1983 part 2

The Gymslips - SOUNDS 18/06/83 part 2


The band

BARBARA CARTLAND

BARBARA CARTLAND

Barbara Cartland in her mansion Manages on her pension Poor old girl what a life she's led With a stately home and a 4 postered bed Ladi Di is her relation But she refused an invitation Everyone went and she was left What will she do with her pink dress A Nightingale sang in Berkely Square But my friend Babs wasn't there It was in her mind just a notion While she was singing how deep is the ocean Novels of Romance two lovers embraced With her Japanese dogs and her jewells of paste Bleached blonde head lost in a world of woe Only publish pictures where the wrinkles don't show It happened at the miners strike When Babs appeared on Nationwide Appealed to them go back to work While she sat there in her furs

vendredi 16 septembre 2011

The band

The band

COMPLICATIONS

COMPLICATIONS

It's been going on for a long time you know it's the wrong thing to do you're so thick skinned you ignore us but pretty soon he'll catch you your secret meetings he doesn't discover you know your life is full of many lovers you know that you'll get found out it can't go on forever and you're two timing everyone but they don't know you know that you'll get found out they 'll have to go you're happy and so full of life you attain all the conversation normal living is simple enough but your love life is full of complications wishing that it had never started you know that someone will end up broken hearted

jeudi 15 septembre 2011

The band

NME 7/05/1983

The Gymslips - NME 7/05/83


The band

SOUNDS 04/1983

The Gymslips - SOUNDS 04/1983

DEAR MARJE

DEAR MARJE

Dear Marje I wanna 48 bust I've tried cotton wool And think I've been sussed My boyfriends ashamed of my tiny chest He just disowns me when I wear a vest Dear Marje I am in great despair My boyfriends wearing my black underwear I really don't know what I can do Everyone says I should write to you Dear Marje I'm being scared to death By a pest on the phone who breathes heavy breath He rings me up 10 times a day I wish this man would go away Now listen here you tarty old whores I'm fed up to here I'm pissed off I'm bored Dear Marje this and Dear Marje that I'm off to Hawai so how about that

The band

Serious Drinking


Karen Yarnell went onto join Serious Drinking

mercredi 14 septembre 2011

SOUNDS 25/04/1981

The Gymslips - SOUNDS 25/04/1981

Up Yer Bum !!!!!

DRINK PROBLEM

DRINK PROBLEM

Same story everyday bottle of pills and your well away Got the taste just one more Pick yourself up from the floor Stagger home bottle in hand Pissed as a newt can't even stand Tell you what never again But next day I'm just the same Fall asleep at the bar had too much gone too far Can't remember the night before Can't feel it when you hit the door We don't care we're not proud People say we're a bit too loud Always drunk what a shame Opening hours we're back again Whisky makes you frisky Gin makes you sin Brandy makes you randy and rum makes you ... ?

Drink Problem LP 1983


Drink Problem LP ( same as "Rocking with the Renees" for the american market )

ABSTRACT ABT006 / 1983

The Ejected "A touch of class"


The three girls featured on the front cover were in fact the bands (then) girlfriends with the one flashing the suspenders being Paula Richards who later turned up in The Gymslips and The Deltones

SOME GIRLS

SOME GIRLS

I bet you never thought that we could make it well lets just see how long you can take it Some boys just don't understand that some girls do it pretty good Some boys just don't understand that some girls do it pretty good We'll play every night till we can't play no more we're not like you guys your whole life's a bore Some boys can't get into their heads that some girls do it pretty good Some boys can't get into their heads that some girls do it pretty good If you wanna hear real music then come to our show once you're watching you won't let go maybe it's because we're the best in town we can take you high when you're going down

Suzanne

THINKING OF YOU

THINKING OF YOU

Do you think that it will work out or we'll slowly drift away In my mind i've got no doubts But what game are you trying to play I wait for you to ring me When you do you act so cool I wish you knew how much I thought of you When we're finally alone together Don't want you to go away Wanna stay in your arms forever And i'm thinking of you each day I'm trying not to show it It's the hardest thing to do I wish you knew how much I thought of you I wait for you to ring me When you do you act so cool I wish you knew how much I thought of you And one day you might go away And we may never meet again And I always sit and pray that if you did we could still be friends I'm trying not to show it It's the hardest thing to do I wish you knew how much I thought of you Thinking of you

Renees

RENEES

See us walking down the street, Monkey Boots upon our feet In our red tag Levi jeans Can't miss us coz we're the Renees Get drunk get smashed get pissed get fat We're the Renees here we come One two three and up yer bum We're the Renees here we come Double chin and short cropped hair Always take the piss we really don't care Georges pie'n mash is what we like to eat we go to Chans for a special treat

Evil eye/Wonderland




Evil eye/Wonderland
Evil eye/Wonderland/Don't lead me on (12")

ABSTRACT ABS033 /12ABS033 / 1985

"Empire Song " Never Mind The Jacksons... Here's The Pollocks .12" Comp. - ABSTRACT 12 ABS 030 / 1985






"Empire Song "

Never Mind The Jacksons... Here's The Pollocks .12" Comp.

- ABSTRACT 12 ABS 030 / 1985

Robot man/Multi coloured sugar/Take away ABSTRACT ABS015 / 1983






Robot man/Multi coloured sugar/Take away

ABSTRACT ABS015 / 1983

Rockin' with the renees LP





Rockin' with the renees LP

INCLUDED A FREE 4 TRACKS EP : Silly egg / Take away / Pie N Mash / Multi coloured sugar (ABS016F)

ABSTRACT ABT006 / 1983

Big sister/Yo-yo/Pie'n mash ABSTRACT ABS014 / 1983






Big sister/Yo-yo/Pie'n mash

ABSTRACT ABS014 / 1983

Beerdrop Explodes V/A BEER1 UK, LP, ABSTRACT 1983





Beerdrop Explodes V/A

BEER1 UK, LP, ABSTRACT 1983

48 crash/Miss Nunsweeta ABSTRACT ABS011 / 1982





48 crash/Miss Nunsweeta

ABSTRACT ABS011 / 1982

"Midnight city" on Making Waves LP V/A GIRLFRIENDS RECORDS / 1981




"Midnight city" on

Making Waves LP V/A

GIRLFRIENDS RECORDS / 1981

Once upon a time ...

In august 1981 Suzanne Scott (bassist / vocalist), Paula Richards (guitarist / vocalist) and Karen Yarnell (drummer) played for the first time as a threesome under the name of The Gymslips.

The band had been going a year previous to that under the same name only with different members. Initially dressing up in schoolgirls clothing and having 'Stage names' like Gladys Ankle and Molly Mettle, the band supported the Dolly Mixtures on a UK tour.

Later on in 1981 an old Gymslips track was released on the allgirl compilation LP "Making Waves" and the band went on tour with the Androids of Mu & Rock Goddess.

In the spring of 1982 they recorded their first session for John Peel from which they got their record contract.

Their first single "48 Crash" (a cover of the Suzi Quatro hit)came out in november of that year and the follow up "Big sister" was released at the beginning of 1983.

April 1983 saw the release of their "Rocking with the Renees" LP which also saw the bad expand to a four piece with the addition of keyboardist Kathy Barnes.

With two further John Peel sessions, good reviews for the "Robot man" 45 and the release of the album in a different sleeve and with the tittle "Drink problem" especially for the American market .

The Gymslips future looked bright but twelve months of personnel and contractual problems led to Paula having to recruit a new line up and start all over again. With Karen Kay on bass, Sue Vickers on keyboards and Michelle Chowrimootoo on drums

The Gymslips recorded their final Peel session in the summer of '84 before issuing their last single "Evil eye" (produced by the Angelic Upstarts MOnd Cowie) in early 1985 and then calling it a day soon after it's release.
Suzanne Scott quit music alltogether whilst Karen Yarnell went onto join Serious Drinking and The Blubbery Hellbellies.
Paula Richards joined The Deltones and then Potato 5 before again teaming up with Yarnell in band called The Renees and issuing the LP "Have you got it" as well as contributing the track "He called me a fat pig and walked out on me" to the female only compilation "Postcard from Paradise".

Mixed of Gymslips CD 's insert (Captain Oi) and "Rocking with the Renees" LP 's insert.