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The discography of Girlschool, a British all-female heavy metal band, spans over 30 years of career and consists of eleven studio albums, four EPs and a large number of compilations. The band was formed in 1978 by Kim McAuliffe, Enid Williams, Kelly Johnson and Denise Dufort. Their first release was the single "Take It All Away" for the small British rock/punk label City Records in 1979. The song did not chart, but came to the ear of Lemmy Kilmister and of Motörhead manager Doug Smith, who made Girlschool the supporting band on the ''Overkill'' tour and managed to get them a contract with the wealthy label Bronze Records.〔 During the explosion of the New Wave of British Heavy Metal phenomenon, Girlschool released for Bronze four studio albums and many singles, which entered the British charts. Their greatest success came with the split EP ''St. Valentine's Day Massacre'', recorded with Motörhead, which reached number five on the UK Single Chart. The band's following album ''Hit and Run'' peaked at number five on the UK Album Chart.〔 The band success in the United Kingdom rapidly declined in the following years, with the consequence of Girlschool signing for the US label PolyGram in 1985. As a five-piece group they released the album ''Running Wild'', only for the American market, without any charting success. Alone among the band's studio albums, ''Running Wild'' would not be reissued in any format until its 2014 CD release. The band signed a new contract with the British label GWR in 1986 and released other two studio albums, before going into quiescence.〔 In 1989, Castle Communications, a company specialized in cheap reissues of old recordings, obtained the rights for Girlschool’s back catalogue from the bankrupt Bronze Records and later from GWR. During the 1990s, Castle licensed the songs to various labels specialized in mid-priced editions, reissuing also the band studio albums on economic double album compilations on CD. When Castle was acquired by Sanctuary Records in 2000, the rights of the songs changed hands again. In 2004, the new label released re-mastered editions full of bonus tracks of Girlschool's first four studio albums. The Universal Music Group, which absorbed Sanctuary Records in 2007,〔BBC News, ("Universal Music to buy Sanctuary" ), 15 June 2007. Retrieved 16 December 2010.〕 now owns the rights for Girlschool's old material. The band continued their recording career with four self-produced albums distributed by British indie label Communiqué, which received good reviews but no significant sale results. Their latest album ''Legacy '' was instead released by Wacken Records in 2008 and distributed by SPV/Steamhammer. Girlschool's songs appear also on many heavy metal compilations published all over the world, often associated with other notable bands of the NWOBHM, such as Motörhead, Tygers of Pan Tang, Saxon, Angel Witch and Tank. ==Albums== 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Girlschool discography」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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