Details: The Gymslips "Rocking With The Renees" LP + 7" (2023, Optic Nerve). Deluxe gloss laminated gatefold reissue with bonus 7" The Silly Egg E.P., pressed on half & half color vinyl (Red/Turquoise) with a white vinyl 7". Includes printed inner sleeve. New stock, sealed.

Description: "East London’s The Gymslips, Paula Richards, Suzanne Scott, and Karen Yarnell, barged their way onto the post-punk scene in 1981. They openly embraced drinking, Pie & Mash, monkey boots, and double denim right from the start. Often credited with being  the first female Oi! band, but they brought so much more to the table with their punky 60s-influenced girl pop,

Formed in 1980, The Gymslips started playing live the following year and opened for Dolly Mixture on a 1981 UK tour. The band referred to themselves as “Renees” a late 60s term for mod girls, the same subculture that named boys “Ronees”. Drummer Karen Yarnell told the NME that a “Renee was a girl who got as much shagging done as a bloke while also matching him for pint drinking, fag smoking, nose-picking, farting, and the wearing of skinhead style double denim.”

They recorded 5 sessions for the John Peel show, after signing to Abstract Records their first single was a cover of Suzi Quatros 48 Crash, which was released in 1982. The following year they released Their sole album Rocking With The Renees along with 2 further singles “Big Sister” & “Robot Man”

After Karen Yarnell left to join Serious Drinking, this ended The Gymslips Mk 1. Although they were to return 2 years later with a new lineup to release their final single “Evil Eye”

Grade: M (new stock)

TRACK LISTING SIDE A:

A1. Renees
A2. Drink Problem
A3. Barbara Cartland
A4. Face Lifts
A5. Thinking Of You
A6. Angels
A7. Robot Man

TRACK LISTING SIDE B:

B1. Dear Marje
B2. Wandering Stars
B3. Yo Yo
B4. Some Girls
B5. Complications
B6. Big Sister
B7. 48 Crash
B8. Untitled

SINGLE TRACK LISTING SIDE A:

A1. Silly Egg
A2. Pie N' Mash

SINGLE TRACK LISTING SIDE B:

B1. Multi-Coloured Sugar
B2. Take Away