GIRL: Love is A Game 10″ White vinyl + free patch. Russ Ballard cover. Collen DEF LEPPARD + Phil Lewis L.A Guns.

Description

2 track limited edition white vinyl
pvc stickered sleeve jet records jet 191

Russ Ballard cover!!

Girl   Love Is A Game
Label: Jet Records   10 191
Format: Vinyl, 10″, White Vinyl
Country: UK
Released: 1980
Genre: Hard Rock
Tracklist
A Love Is A Game 3:20
B Little Miss Ann 2:45

Producer – Chris Tsangarides
Phil Lewis (V)
Phil Collen (G)
Gerry Laffy (G)
Simon Laffy (B)
Dave Gaynor (D)

Oddly resurrecting an apparently worn out genre and its paraphernalia glam rock GIRL formed in 1979 in the midst of the second wave of punk rock and the beginning of the crossover HM scene (the so called NWOBHM) A possible trait d’union between the 1970s glam scene and its hairdresser focused LA based mid 1980s revival GIRL released their first album Sheer Greed in January 1980 with the clear intention of being the British New York Dolls Besides the obvious use of heavy make up and female clothes to gain the attention of the press GIRL put out an excellent collection of sheer heavy boogie rock’n’roll tunes that probably would have had more success than they did had the timing been right Includes their cover version of Kiss’ Do You Love Me who GIRL opened for at some of Stanley and Simmons’ combos 1980 UK tour dates and features singer Phil Lewis who would later emigrate and become the LA Guns frontman in 1987

Remembered chiefly for featuring singer Phil Lewis who went on to join L.A. Guns, and guitarist Phil Collen who made the very wise decision to accept an invitation to join Def Leppard, Girl had plenty of creative potential but were misunderstood by their record label, Jet, and unappreciated by a rock scene that at the time was in the denim-and-leather grip of the New Wave Of British Heavy Metal.

Deliberately cultivating an androgynous glam aesthetic absolutely guaranteed to bring them a sound bottling by a Reading Festival crowd, their style was a peculiar clash of Aerosmith, Japan, Starz and New York Dolls.

Russ Ballard cover!!