MARINE GIRLS Lazy Ways LP VIRGIN 1983 FRA orig 205537 EVERYTHING BUT THE GIRL
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THIS IS THE 1983 FRENCH ORIGINAL PRESSING on VIRGIN Records. The single cover is in VG+ condition, normal wear and without any major deterioration BUT light discolouration/wear on corners, left spine is fully readable, for details see photos (with and without flashlight). The vinyl is in EX condition and plays wonderfully.
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MARINE GIRLS
Before Tracey Thorn established herself with Everything but the Girl, she produced mellow, spare indie pop with the all-female act the Marine Girls. Inspired by the Raincoats and the Young Marble Giants, Thorn formed the Marine Girls with her schoolmate Gina and Jane Fox in Hatfield, Hertfordshire, England, in 1980. At first, Thorn played guitar with Gina on vocals and Fox on bass. Since they knew no drummers, the group decided to focus on a minimalist approach to music. After Gina kept missing rehearsals, she was replaced by Jane Fox's younger sister, Alice Fox, on vocals; Thorn would eventually sing as well. The trio recorded a tape called A Day by the Sea and sold it to their acquaintances. The Marine Girls eventually released two albums in the U.K., 1982's Beach Party and 1983's Lazy Ways. Lazy Ways was produced by one of the band's influences, Stuart Moxham of the Young Marble Giants.
"LAZY WAYS"
tracklisting
Side A: A PLACE IN THE SUN - LEAVE ME WITH THE BOY - FALLING AGAIN - LOVE TO KNOW
A DIFFERENT LIGHT - SUNSHINE BLUE - SECOND SIGHT
Side B: DON'T COME BACK - THAT FINK, JAZ-ME BLUES BOY - FEVER
SHELL ISLAND - LAZY WAYS - SUCH A THING - YOU MUST BE MAD
1983 LP VIRGIN RECORDS 205537
MADE IN FRANCE. ORIGINAL PRESSING
SINGLE SLEEVE
Barcode and Other Identifiers
Barcode: none
Other (Price Code): PM 2612(sticker on rear, top right)
LABEL: VIRGIN - WHITE LABEL w/CHERRY RED & VIRGIN LOGOS - BLACK TEXT
Catalog on cover: 205537
Catalog on labels: 205537
Matrix / Runout (Side A, Stamped: ʎ 83 11 V 205537 A
Matrix / Runout (Side B, Stamped): ʎ 83 11 V 205537 B
On labels: rim text reads "Tous Droits.........Made in France"
songs by........
P 1983 Cherry Red Records Ltd.
C 1983 Cherry Red Music Ltd.
Rights Society / Publishing: SACEM, SACD, SDRM, SGDL
On back cover: Tracklist + Credits
CHERRY RED + VIRGIN logos
France Imprimerie -SOREL- Printed in France
grading
RECORD EX but (please, read above description)
SLEEVE VG+ but (please, see pictures and read above description)
The Marine Girls' second and final album -- the group had already split by the time of its release, with Tracey Thorn pursuing a solo career before forming Everything But the Girl and the Fox sisters forming the even more minimalist Grab Grab the Haddock -- is far more polished than their 1981 debut, at times almost approaching professionalism. The clangorous clatter of the debut is largely absent here. Instead, producer Stuart Moxham (formerly of Young Marble Giants, whose sole album, Colossal Youth, is perhaps the pinnacle of this type of minimal indie pop) gives the album a soft, intimate sound. Singer Alice Fox has a much more tuneful voice this time out, and songwriter and secondary singer Thorn is clearly inching toward the jazz-influenced prettiness of early Everything But the Girl, especially on the downright lovely "Love to Know." Her guitar playing and Jane Fox' bass work are also considerably more refined. Purists might miss the noisiness of Beach Party, but Lazy Ways is in every way a far better record, and one of the best U.K. indie albums of 1983...(AllMusic)
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