Girls at Our Best!

Girls At Our Best! was a post-punk group, founded in Leeds, England in 1979 under the name The Butterflies. The group consisted of vocalist Judy Evans, guitarist James Alan and bassist Gerald Swift, later adding drummer Carl Harper, who replaced Chris Oldroyd and Paul Simon (not to be confused with the american guitarist), former drummers of the band.

The band took its new name from a line in their track "Warm Girls", which first appeared on a 1980 single coupled with "Getting Nowhere Fast" on Record Records (catalogue number RR1). The song topped the UK Indie Chart, as did their second single, "Politics" c/w "It's Fashion!" (Record Records RR2). After a third single, "Go for Gold" c/w "I'm Beautiful Now" on Happy Birthday Records (UR4), the group released an album, "Pleasure" in 1981 which came complete with a "Pleasure Bag" comprising of stickers and postcards. It was also the first album to be released on the Happy Birthday label (catalogue number RULP1). Their fourth and final single "Fast Boyfriends" c/w "This Train" (Happy Birthday Records UR6) was released that same year.

They recorded one session for John Peel, on 17th February 1981, which was first broadcast 23rd February 1981. This was released as a 12" single in 1987 (Strange Fruit Records SFPS029) featuring "China Blue" and "This Train" on the A-side and a medley of other tracks entitled "Getting Beautiful Warm Gold Fast From Nowhere" on the B-side.

"Getting Nowhere Fast" was covered by the Wedding Present on their "Anyone Can Make A Mistake" EP.

External links

* [http://www.girlsatourbest.com/ More Info]
* [http://www.flickr.com/photos/herschell/181498251/ Live Photo]