Screaming Blue Murder (Girlschool album)
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Screaming Blue Murder is the third studio album by British heavy metal
band, Girlschool
. It was released on Bronze Records
in 1982, and featured one line-up change in bassist Ghislaine 'Gil' Weston, formerly of The Killjoys
, replacing the recently departed founding member Enid Williams. Nigel Gray, who had previously worked with The Police
, produced the album.
The original vinyl issue had the lyrics printed on the inner-sleeve, although in the UK initial copies were accidentally shipped with a plain, generic liner. Rock-magazine Kerrang!
relayed, from Bronze Records
, the advice to write to the label in order that they could post the missing lyric-bag by return.
The UK-release was somewhat delayed, and the band had already started their 20-date UK tour, which ran through May 1982.
Castle Music
reissued what is considered the definitive edition of the CD the 14th of June 2004, adding eleven bonus tracks. The album had previously been issued on a 2-on-1 CD in the UK, coupled with Play Dirty
: that issue featured no bonus material.
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 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 1982, and featured one line-up change in bassist Ghislaine 'Gil' Weston, formerly of The Killjoys
The Killjoys (UK band)
The Killjoys were a punk rock/new wave band from Birmingham, England, formed in 1976, with members including Kevin Rowland and Kevin "Al" Archer, who would later form Dexys Midnight Runners, and Ghislaine 'Gil' Weston who would later join Girlschool...
, replacing the recently departed founding member Enid Williams. Nigel Gray, who had previously worked with The Police
The Police
The Police were an English rock band formed in London in 1977. For the vast majority of their history, the band consisted of Sting , Andy Summers and Stewart Copeland...
, produced the album.
The original vinyl issue had the lyrics printed on the inner-sleeve, although in the UK initial copies were accidentally shipped with a plain, generic liner. Rock-magazine Kerrang!
Kerrang!
Kerrang! is a UK-based magazine devoted to rock music published by Bauer Media Group. It was first published on June 6, 1981 as a one-off supplement in the Sounds newspaper...
relayed, from 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...
, the advice to write to the label in order that they could post the missing lyric-bag by return.
The UK-release was somewhat delayed, and the band had already started their 20-date UK tour, which ran through May 1982.
Castle Music
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...
reissued what is considered the definitive edition of the CD the 14th of June 2004, adding eleven bonus tracks. The album had previously been issued on a 2-on-1 CD in the UK, coupled with Play Dirty
Play Dirty (album)
Play Dirty is the fourth studio album by British heavy metal band, Girlschool, released on Bronze Records in 1983 and produced by Noddy Holder and Jim Lea from the hard rock band Slade....
: that issue featured no bonus material.
Track listing
- "Screaming Blue Murder" (K. Johnson, K. McAuliffe, G. Weston) – 3:34
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) – 3:20 - "Take It from Me" (K. McAuliffe, K. Johnson, G. Weston, D. Dufort) – 2:51
- "Wildlife" (K. Johnson, K. McAuliffe, E. Williams) – 2:48
- "It Turns Your Head Around" (K. McAuliffe, K. Johnson) – 3:08
- "Don't Call It Love" (K. McAuliffe, K. Johnson) – 3:42
- "Hellrazor" (K. McAuliffe, K. Johnson, G. Weston, D. Dufort) – 2:38
- "When Your Blood Runs Cold" (K. Johnson, K. McAuliffe, G. Weston) – 3:23
- "You Got Me" (K. McAuliffe, K. Johnson) – 3:16
- "Flesh & Blood" (K. McAuliffe, K. Johnson, G. Weston, D. Dufort) – 2:27
Bonus tracks
The 2004 remastered CD added bonus tracks and extensive sleevenotes:- "Don't Stop" – 2:43 (Non-album track, from B-side of "Don't Call It Love" single. Enid Williams on vocal.)
- "Screaming Blue Murder" – 3:48
- "You Got Me" – 3:45
- "When Your Blood Runs Cold" – 4:08
- "Hit and Run" – 3:04
- "Turns Your Head Around" – 3:48
- "Wildlife" – 2:46
- "Take It All Away" – 3:37
- "Emergency" – 3:44
- "C'mon Let's Go" – 3:15
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" – 2:37
- Tracks 12–21 are a BBC Radio 1 In Concert broadcast, recorded live in London June 9 1982. These tracks had not been commercially available before.
Credits
- Kim McAuliffe – rhythm guitar, lead vocals on tracks 1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 8
- 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, lead vocals on tracks 1, 4, 6, 9 - Gil Weston – bass, lead vocals on tracks 7, 10
- Denise Dufort – drums
- Produced by Nigel Gray