V.A. – Girls With Guitars Gonna Shake! – Ace UK CD

Ten genuine all-girl bands join forces with similar 60s females of the species on this new volume in Ace’s ear-grabbing “Girls With Guitars” series, providing further confirmation that girls can do what the guys do. The CD kicks off in great style with three of the best tracks to feature in the series so far: the Belles’ ‘Melvin’, a great gender-switched version of Van Morrison’s ‘Gloria’; a rendering of John Lee Hooker’s ‘Dimples’ by the Missfits; and Girls Take Over’s uninhibited proto-punk treatment of Tommy Tucker’s ‘Hi Heel Sneakers’. The Missfits, a young five-piece from Blackpool with a taste for R&B, also tackle Bo Diddley’s ‘You Can’t Judge A Book By The Cover’ and ‘Chuck Berry’s ‘I’m Talking About You’; all three of their tracks are previously unreleased.

tracklist:

01 Melvin – The Belles
02 Dimples – The Missfits
03 Hi Heel Sneakers – Girls Take Over
04 Don’t Leave Me Baby – She
05 What Kind Of Man Are You – Goldie & The Gingerbreads
06 Little Latin Lupe Lu – The Debutantes
07 Diddley Daddy – The Liverbirds
08 Now I Know – The Beat-Chics
09 Circles – The Ace Of Cups
10 Give Me Rhythm And Blues – The Mysteries
11 You Can’t Judge A Book By The Cover – The Missfits
12 We Gotta Get Out Of This Place – The Debutantes
13 Ask Me – Debbie Williams & The Unwritten Law
14 I Don’t Know Why – The Wrongh Black Bag
15 I Got My Mojo Working – Joyce Harris & The Daylighters
16 Pink Dominos – Chiyo & The Crescents
17 Really Gonna Shake – Sandra Barry & The Boys
18 Come Back – The Belles
19 Skinny Minnie – The Beat-Chics
20 Never Till Now – The Bootles
21 I’m Talking About You – The Missfits
22 Love Seems So Hard To Find – Debbie Williams & The Unwritten Law
23 Quite A Reputation – The Chymes
24 Wake Me, Shake Me – The Wrongh Black Bag
25 Stardust Come Back – Girls Take Over