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Five CD set. A celebration of Girlschool's 40 plus years of rocking the globe, kicking off with their independently released 45 'Take It All Away' b/w 'It Could Be Better'. Formed at school in the mid-70s, when friends Kim McAuliffe on guitar and bassist Enid Williams joined forces as Painted Lady, Girlschool formed in 1978, swept up as part of the New Wave Of British Heavy Metal movement that also gave us Iron Maiden, Def Leppard and Saxon, recruiting lead guitarist Kelly Johnson and drummer Denise Dufort in April 1978. This set includes five CDs that cover the years 1979-1983 (Disc 1), 1983-1988 (Disc 2), and 1992-2015 (Disc 3), plus Singles/B-sides (Disc 4) and Pre-School Years: Painted lady Live (Disc 5).
