The Vault: Freeing Girls At Our Best! From The Collectors’ Clutches

gaob.jpgThe UK post-punk band Girls At Our Best! had a slim output, and Pleasure, the CD reissue of their work, is currently fetching $200 (!) from certain merchants. In the spirit of sharing, here are two of our favorite Girls songs; “Too Big For Your Boots” is a ramshackle, piano-driven rave-up, while “Warm Girls” has a spiky guitar riff that’s so great, the Girls can break the “don’t name-check your band in your own song” rule with snotty aplomb.

Girls At Our Best! - Warm Girls [MP3, link expired]
Girls At Our Best! - Too Big For Your Boots [MP3, link expired]
Girls At Our Best! [girlsatourbest.com]

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6 Responses to “The Vault: Freeing Girls At Our Best! From The Collectors’ Clutches”

  1. by kerrang at 2:13 am

    “Getting Nowhere Fast” is always appropriate! yay Girls at our Best!

  2. by the rich girls are weeping at 2:30 am

    Oooh, thanks for posting these. Totally rad.

  3. by SlimShadenfruede at 5:49 am

    Awesome! This is my favorite point in music history.

  4. by Ned Raggett at 10:45 am

    $200! Glad I found my copy when I did.

  5. by Penny Royalty at 12:20 pm

    Wouldn’t “Politics” be appropriate right about now?

  6. by mike a at 10:34 am

    The problem, most likely, is that Vinyl Japan, who released the reissue, went out of business a couple of years ago. Some VJ CDs have been released elsewhere (for instance, LTM is in the process of reissuing the Alison Statton & Spike CDs - Spike retained the rights), and I hear Domino’s repurposing YMG’s _Salad Days_ demos compilation into yet another _Colossal Youth_ reissue (please keep that in print this time!). But it does leave releases like this in limbo. Someone needs to pick it up pronto. I nominate Kill Rock Stars or Acute.

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