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Categories Mod/Garage/PowerPop/Ska IN THE GYM - Playing The Fool 7" (+ COMPANY SLEEVE) (NEW)

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IN THE GYM - Playing The Fool 7" (+ COMPANY SLEEVE) (NEW)

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Were on a roll.... Here is our second release in 2023 and its only January!

We would like to give you some information on this band as the majority of you would not have heard of this band. IN THE GYM hailed from the Kidderminster / Stourport-On-Severn area and only released this one INSANELY RARE slice of Powerpop / Mod classic. Just check out selling site Discogs as there is a copy listed for sale on there at £1500.00.

<<< GIVE IT A LISTEN >>>

The roots to the band were that they formed in 1979 out of the ashes of the High Schoolboy band "Bloody Well Right" then switching to "Streets Ahead" before settling on 'In The Gym'.

The bands unusual name actually came from the 1971 folk classic "American Pie" track by 'Don McLean. ("I know that you're in love with him, cos i saw you dancin' in the gym....")  

The bands biggest break was to support the Brighton Based band 'The Piranhas' at the 'Kidderminster Town Hall' in 1980 just before the Piranhas had their big hit 'Tom Hark' In 1981.

"In The Gym" recorded four tracks at the 'Old Smithy Recording Studio' in Kempsey, Worcestershire with main man 'Muff' at the controls. Several months later, the band released a single "Don't Go Slow" and "Playing The Fool" on the Taaga (Tight As A Gnats Arse) label. After speaking to one of the band members, he confirmed that 1200 copies were pressed which we find hard to believe as this classic powerpop 45 just never turns up for sale!  After speaking to another ex-member of the band, he confirmed that most copies were skipped / Dumped as it sold poorly, and they were fed up with carting them around after they kept moving house.

Both of these tracks also appeared on the 1981 compilation album "Lime Wave - The Best Of British Wave Vol. 1" on the Woolfe Records Label (Cat WR9006). The other two tracks that were recorded on the same day have stayed unreleased to this present day!  

In 1982 the band called it a day.....

This record is so great and ultra-catchy we just had to do an official re-issue with it and as the original pressing never had a picture sleeve, we thought it definitely deserved one. So, for the VERY FIRST time, we give you IN THE GYM and hopefully it will reach many many new listeners and fans around the world that it surely deserves!

<<< ONLY 150 COPIES PRESSED ON BLACK VINYL >>>

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PLAYING THE FOOL

DON'T GO SLOW

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