destroy that boy! more girls with guitars

So you thought the Shangri-Las were a piece of work?! "Destroy That Boy!" - a riot of bodacious all-girl bands, femme frat-rock, axe-backed babes and other similar females of the species from the 1963-1970 timescale - is the eagerly awaited follow-up to our big-selling "Girls With Guitars" set of 2004.

Like its predecessor, the focus is on female bands that played their own instruments: say hello to the Debutantes, What Four, Pivots, Feminine Complex, She Trinity from Canada and Merseyside's very own female Beatles, the Liverbirds. The punky Toni McCann from Australia, Coventry's Beverley Jones and leather-lunged Sharon Tandy from South Africa add to the international flavour.

Also included are nuggets produced by Lee Hazlewood (who else would have dared reinvent Hollywood glamourpuss Ann-Margret as a metal mama?), Jack Nitzsche (Karen Verros - imagine Lesley Gore highjacked by the Yardbirds), Steve Cropper (mysterious Stax duo Cheryll & Pam, one of whom was his squeeze at the time) and Sly Stone (the Girls, some passing ingenues backed by the Beau Brummels, no less).

Compilation and notes by Mick Patrick.

1. I'm Gonna Destroy That Boy - THE WHAT FOUR
2. You Don't Love Me - THE STARLETS
3. Shakin' All Over - RAYLENE & THE BLUE ANGELS
4. He Fought The Law - SHE TRINITY
5. No - TONI MCCANN
6. He's Something Else - THE LIVERBIRDS
7. Hear You Talking - BEVERLEY JONES WITH THE PRESTONS
8. Shake A Tail Feather - THE DEBUTANTES
9. The Beatles Are In Town - THE FONDETTES
10. Don't You Think It's Fine - PROJECT X
11. It's A Nice World To Visit (But Not To Live In) - ANN - MARGRET
12. Hold On - SHARON TANDY
13. You Just Gotta Know My Mind - KAREN VERROS
14. You Turned My Head Around - ANN - MARGRET
15. I've Been Workin' On You - THE FEMININE COMPLEX
16. Here I Am In Love Again - THE GIRLS
17. Tell Me - THE TERMITES
18. Talking About You - THE LIVERBIRDS
19. Baby, I Dig Love - THE WHAT FOUR
20. (I'm Not Your) Stepping Stone - THE PIVOTS
21. He's About A Mover - THE LIVERBIRDS
22. That's My Guy - CHERYLL & PAM
23. Fraternity, USA - THE LADY BUGS
24. Climb That Tree - SHE TRINITY