Hit and Run (album)

Infobox Album
Name = Hit and Run
Type = studio
Artist = Girlschool


Released = March, 1981
Recorded = Dec, 1980 – Jan, 1981
Genre = Heavy metal
Length = 35:51
62:18 (re-issue)
Label = Bronze
Producer = Vic Maile
Reviews = *Allmusic Rating|3|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:36vsa9uge23h link]
Last album = "St. Valentine's Day Massacre"
(1981)
This album = "Hit and Run"
(1981)
Next album = "Screaming Blue Murder"
(1982)

"Hit and Run" was the second studio album by British heavy metal band, Girlschool.

It was originally released on Bronze Records in 1981, UK catalogue number BRON 534, having been recorded at Jackson's Studios, England, in December 1980 and January 1981. There was a limited pressing in red vinyl.

"Tush" is a cover version of the famous ZZ Top song.

The title track was released as a single, the 7 inch c/w "Tonight" (Bronze BRO 118) and the 10 inch adding "Tush". The song was a hit in the UK and the band appeared on Top Of The Pops.

The definitive CD version is considered to be that issued by Castle subsidiary Sanctuary in 2004, with bonus tracks. It had previously been issued on 2-on-1 CD in the UK with "Demolition".

The album as such did not get a US release but in 1982 Stiff Records released an album titled "Hit and Run" that was actually a compilation of the band's first album, "Demolition", and the European "Hit and Run". The track-listing for this US-only release was "Hit and Run"/ "Watch Your Step"/ "Race With The Devil"/ "Yeah Right"/ "Not For Sale"/ "Future Flash"/ "C'mon Let's Go"/ "The Hunter"/ "Kick it Down"/ "Take It All Away".

Track listing

#"C'mon Let's Go" (McAuliffe/ Johnson) – 3:37
#"The Hunter" (McAuliffe/ Johnson) – 3:15
#"(I'm Your) Victim" (McAuliffe/ Dufort) – 2:42
#"Kick It Down" (McAuliffe/ Johnson) – 3:03
#"Following the Crowd" (Williams/ McAuliffe/ Johnson) – 3:08
#"Tush" (Gibbons/ Hill/ Beard) – 2:16
*End of vinyl side one

7. "Hit And Run" (McAuliffe/ Johnson) – 3:08
8. "Watch Your Step" (Williams/ McAuliffe/ Johnson) – 3:22
9. "Back to Start" (Johnson/ Williams) – 3:32
10. "Yeah Right" (McAuliffe/ Johnson/ Dufort) – 3:21
11. "Future Flash" (Johnson/ McAuliffe) – 4:27

    Bonus tracks

    The 2004 remastered CD added bonus tracks and extensive sleevenotes:

    12. "Please Don't Touch" – 2:49 (Single recorded with Motörhead )
    13. "Bomber" (Kilmister/ Clarke/ Taylor) – 3:28 (B-side to "Please Don't Touch", being a cover of a Motörhead song)
    14. "Tonight" – 2:34 (B-side to "Hit and Run")
    15. "Demolition Boys" (live) – 3:07 (B-side to "C'mon Let's Go" single, issued as 7 & 10 inch)
    16. "Tonight" (live) – 2:40 (B-side to "C'mon Let's Go" single)
    17. "Yeah Right" – 2:35
    18. "The Hunter" – 3:00
    19. "Kick It Down" – 3:06
    20. "Watch Your Step" – 3:08
    
    *Tracks 17–20 are a BBC Radio session, broadcast on the "Richard Skinner Show" January 26th 1981. These tracks had not been available commercially before.

    Credits

    * Kim McAuliffe – rythm guitar, vocals on track 4
    * Kelly Johnson – lead guitar, vocals on tracks 1, 2, 7, 11, 12
    * Enid Williams – bass, vocals on tracks 3, 5, 6, 8, 9, 10, 13, 14
    * Denise Dufort – drums

    * Recorded December, 1980 – January, 1981
    * Produced by Vic Maile

    External links

    * [http://www.girlschool.co.uk/discography.htm Official Girlschool discography]