Hit and Run (album)
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Hit and Run is the second studio album by British heavy metal
band, Girlschool
.
It was originally released on Bronze Records
in 1981, UK catalogue number BRON 534, having been recorded at Jackson's Studios, England, in December 1980 and January 1981. There was a limited pressing in red vinyl. The car on the cover is a 1972 Buick Riviera.
"Tush
" is a cover version
of the famous ZZ Top
song.
The title track was released as a single, the 7 inch c/w "Tonight" (Bronze BRO 118) and the 10 inch adding "Tush". The song was a hit in the UK and the band appeared on the BBC
show Top of the Pops
.
The definitive CD version is considered to be that issued by Castle
subsidiary Sanctuary Records
in 2004, with bonus tracks. It had previously been issued on 2-on-1 CD in the UK with Demolition
.
The album as such did not get a US release but in 1982 Stiff Records released an album titled "Hit and Run" that was actually a compilation of the band's first album, Demolition
, and the European Hit and Run.
The track-listing for this US-only release was "Hit and Run"/ "Watch Your Step"/ "Race with the Devil"/ "Yeah Right"/ "Not for Sale"/ "Future Flash"/ "C'mon Let's Go"/ "The Hunter"/ "Kick It Down"/ "Take It All Away".
Heavy metal music
Heavy metal is a genre of rock music that developed in the late 1960s and early 1970s, largely in the Midlands of the United Kingdom and the United States...
band, Girlschool
Girlschool
Girlschool are a British heavy metal band originating out of the New Wave of British Heavy Metal scene in 1978 and frequently associated with contemporaries Motörhead. They are the longest running all-female rock band, still active after more than 30 years...
.
It was originally released on Bronze Records
Bronze Records
Bronze Records is an independent English record label set up in 1971 by record producer Gerry Bron, and based in Chalk Farm, London.Bron had been producing Uriah Heep for Vertigo Records, and he set up this new label for future Uriah Heep releases, along with Juicy Lucy, Richard Barnes and Colosseum...
in 1981, UK catalogue number BRON 534, having been recorded at Jackson's Studios, England, in December 1980 and January 1981. There was a limited pressing in red vinyl. The car on the cover is a 1972 Buick Riviera.
"Tush
Tush (song)
"Tush" was the only single from ZZ Top's fourth album Fandango!. It reached number 20 on the pop chart.The song is a twelve-bar blues in the key of G. The recording was produced by Bill Ham, and recorded and mixed by Terry Manning...
" is a cover version
Cover version
In popular music, a cover version or cover song, or simply cover, is a new performance or recording of a contemporary or previously recorded, commercially released song or popular song...
of the famous ZZ Top
ZZ Top
ZZ Top is an American rock band, sometimes referred to as "That Little Ol' Band from Texas". Their style, which is rooted in blues-based boogie rock, has come to incorporate elements of arena, southern, and boogie rock. The band, from Houston Texas, formed in 1969...
song.
The title track was released as a single, the 7 inch c/w "Tonight" (Bronze BRO 118) and the 10 inch adding "Tush". The song was a hit in the UK and the band appeared on the BBC
BBC
The British Broadcasting Corporation is a British public service broadcaster. Its headquarters is at Broadcasting House in the City of Westminster, London. It is the largest broadcaster in the world, with about 23,000 staff...
show Top of the Pops
Top of the Pops
Top of the Pops, also known as TOTP, is a British music chart television programme, made by the BBC and originally broadcast weekly from 1 January 1964 to 30 July 2006. After 25 December 2006 it became a radio program, now hosted by Tony Blackburn...
.
The definitive CD version is considered to be that issued by Castle
Castle Communications
Castle Communications was a British independent record label founded in 1983 by Terry Shand, Cliff Dane and Jon Beecher. The company was acquired by the American music distributor Alliance Entertainment in 1994 and in 2000 it was absorbed into Sanctuary Records Group...
subsidiary Sanctuary Records
Sanctuary Records
Sanctuary Records Group Limited was a record label based in the United Kingdom and a subsidiary of Universal Music Group. Until June 2007, it was the largest independent record label in the UK and the largest independent music management company in the world...
in 2004, with bonus tracks. It had previously been issued on 2-on-1 CD in the UK with Demolition
Demolition (Girlschool album)
Demolition is the first studio album by British heavy metal band, Girlschool.It was released in Europe on Bronze Records in 1980, with the catalogue number Bronze BRON 534...
.
The album as such did not get a US release but in 1982 Stiff Records released an album titled "Hit and Run" that was actually a compilation of the band's first album, Demolition
Demolition (Girlschool album)
Demolition is the first studio album by British heavy metal band, Girlschool.It was released in Europe on Bronze Records in 1980, with the catalogue number Bronze BRON 534...
, and the European Hit and Run.
The track-listing for this US-only release was "Hit and Run"/ "Watch Your Step"/ "Race with the Devil"/ "Yeah Right"/ "Not for Sale"/ "Future Flash"/ "C'mon Let's Go"/ "The Hunter"/ "Kick It Down"/ "Take It All Away".
Track listing
- "C'mon Let's Go" (K. McAuliffe, K. Johnson) – 3:37
- "The Hunter" (K. McAuliffe, K. Johnson) – 3:15
- "(I'm Your) Victim" (K. McAuliffe, D. Dufort) – 2:42
- "Kick It Down" (K. McAuliffe, K. Johnson) – 3:03
- "Following the Crowd" (E. Williams, K. McAuliffe, K. Johnson) – 3:08
- "TushTush (song)"Tush" was the only single from ZZ Top's fourth album Fandango!. It reached number 20 on the pop chart.The song is a twelve-bar blues in the key of G. The recording was produced by Bill Ham, and recorded and mixed by Terry Manning...
" (B. GibbonsBilly GibbonsWilliam Frederick "Billy" Gibbons is an American musician, actor and car customizer, best known as the guitarist of the Texas blues-rock band ZZ Top. He is also the lead singer and composer for many of the band's songs. Gibbons is known for playing his Gretsch Billy Bo guitar and his famous 1959...
, D. HillDusty HillJoseph Michael "Dusty" Hill is the bassist and vocalist with the American rock group ZZ Top.-History:Hill was in Dallas, Texas and grew up in the Lakewood neighborhood of East Dallas...
, F. BeardFrank Beard (musician)Frank Lee Beard is the drummer in the rock band ZZ Top. Beard was formerly with the bands The Cellar Dwellars, who originally were a three-piece band, The Hustlers, The Warlocks, and American Blues before starting to play and record with Billy Gibbons and Dusty Hill as ZZ Top.Beard was born in...
) – 2:16 - "Hit and Run" (K. McAuliffe, K. Johnson) – 3:08
- "Watch Your Step" (E. Williams, K. McAuliffe, K. Johnson) – 3:22
- "Back to Start" (K. Johnson, E. Willams) – 3:32
- "Yeah Right" (K. McAuliffe, K. Johnson, D. Dufort) – 3:21
- "Future Flash" (K. Johnson, K. McAuliffe) – 4:27
Bonus tracks
The 2004 remastered CD added bonus tracks and extensive sleevenotes:- "Please Don't TouchPlease Don't Touch (song)Please Don't Touch is the debut single by English rock and roll group Johnny Kidd & The Pirates, released in 1959 reaching number 25 on the UK singles charts.-Personnel:*Johnny Kidd – vocals*Mike West, Tom Brown – backing vocals*Alan Caddy – lead guitar...
" – 2:49 (Single recorded with Motörhead)
- "BomberBomber (song)"Bomber" is a song by the English heavy metal band Motörhead, recorded and released in 1979 . It is the title track to their album Bomber and was released as a single peaking at 34 on the UK singles chart....
" (Kilmister/ Clarke/ Taylor) – 3:28 (B-side to "Please Don't Touch", being a cover of a Motörhead song)
- "Tonight" – 2:34 (B-side to Hit and Run)
- "Demolition Boys" (live) – 3:07 (B-side to "C'mon Let's Go" single, issued as 7 & 10 inch)
- "Tonight" (live) – 2:40 (B-side to "C'mon Let's Go" single)
- "Yeah Right" – 2:35
- "The Hunter" – 3:00
- "Kick It Down" – 3:06
- "Watch Your Step" – 3:08
- Tracks 17–20 are a BBC Radio session, broadcast on the Richard Skinner Show January 26 1981. These tracks had not been available commercially before.
Credits
- Kim McAuliffe – rhythm guitar, vocals on track 4
- Kelly JohnsonKelly Johnson (guitarist)Bernadette Jean "Kelly" Johnson was an English guitarist, widely known in the UK in the early 1980s as the lead guitarist of the all-female British heavy metal band Girlschool.-Biography:...
– lead guitar, vocals on tracks 1, 2, 7, 11, 12 - Enid Williams – bass, vocals on tracks 3, 5, 6, 8, 9, 10, 13, 14
- Denise Dufort – drums
- Recorded December, 1980 – January, 1981
- Produced by Vic MaileVic MaileVic Maile was a British record producer. After starting his career as sound engineer with Pye mobile studios for The Animals on their song, "We Gotta Get out of This Place", Maile worked with some of the biggest names in the music industry, such as Jimi Hendrix, Led Zeppelin, Eric Clapton, The...