"Look out girl, here it comes again"
- Above: Tomorrows Girls UK release, 1979, front & back cover.
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Cat. No: GEMS 10 (PB 9423)
Label: GEM Records
Recorded: 1979
Released: 31st August 1979
A-Side: Tomorrows Girls (Harper) 2.24
Run-out groove: TOMORROWS PORKY PRIME CUT GEMS-10-A-2 A2S
B-Side: Scum Of The Earth (Harper, Garratt) 2.15
Telephone Numbers (Harper, Garratt, Slack, Lions (sic)) 1.03
Run-out groove: PLAY LOUD GEMS-10-B-1 A2+1
Line Up
Vocals: Charlie Harper
Guitar: Nick Garratt
Bass: Paul Slack
Drums: Peter Davies
Second single release for Gem, recorded at Kingsway with John McCoy. A remix of the version on Another Kind Of Blues with slightly more radio friendly lyrics (no "piss it in your ear" on the BBC thank you!) plus two brand new tracks on the b-side, rushed out to promote the album.
The cover features Paul and Steve Slack's sister Joanne (AKA Sindy Yob who also ran the official fan club)
You can also see Pete Davies' leg sticking out from behind the hoarding on the left hand side (he was dating Jo at the time).
The single produced the Subs' second top thirty hit, entering the UK top 100 on the 8th of September 1979, staying there for 6 weeks, peaking at number 28 (Source: Guinness British Hit Singles 11th edition). Again they performed on Top Of The Pops.
Only pressed on blue vinyl and all with a picture sleeve* (if there are black vinyl copies then they're the rarest Subs release ever!) There are at least twenty copies on ebay at any one time (usually very optimistically described as rare or even mega-rare). Gem probably over-estimated how well it would sell -based on sales of Stranglehold which charted higher and for longer. As a result they pressed too many!
*There are two types of sleeve for this release. A stiff card one as well as a thinner paper sleeve, with the former being the more commonplace.
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Demo Sample A-Side 
Demo Sample B-Side
Blue Vinyl A-Side 
Blue Vinyl B-Side
- Above: GEM Records in-store promotional sticker, front and back - click images to enlarge
- Above: Tomorrows Girls with rare blue label. Picture taken from an e-bay auction 2009. If you have a copy of this blue label version This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. a scan...
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- Above: Tour & release news, Sounds, 25th August 1979, pg 6.
From the Pete Davies Archive.
- Above: Tour & new releases news, unknown origin
From the Pete Davies Archive.
- Above: Full page advert, Sounds, 8th September 1979.
From the Pete Davies Archive
- Above: Tomorrows Girls press ad, NME, 8th September 1979. Click to enlarge.
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Above: Record Mirror music paper advert, page 14, 15 September 1979
- Below: Music press news stories - unknown date or origin - click to enlarge
- Above: Single review, 1st September 1979, unknown origin.
From the Pete Davies Archive
- Above: Tomorrows Girls appears in Gary Bushell's playlist (Shock Horror!
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From the Pete Davies Archive
- Above: NME chart heralds Tomorrows Girls entering the chart, 15th September 1979, pg2.
From the Pete Davies Archive
- Above: Alternative chart, Sounds, 15th September 1978.
From the Pete Davies Archive
- Above: Alternative chart, Sounds, 29th September 1978.
From the Pete Davies Archive
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