The Ravishing Beauties ----- Peel Session (1982)

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The Ravishing Beauties ----- Peel Session (1982)

The Ravishing Beauties were a short-lived band, consisting of Virginia Astley, Kate St. John and Nicky Holland.

Virginia recruited Nicky Holland and another university friend, Kate St. John to form the band The Ravishing Beauties in Liverpool 1981. The trio joined The Teardrops in Liverpool during the winter of 1981 for a series of dates at a small clubs and a UK tour in early 1982. They also recorded with Echo & the Bunnymen, Skids, and Siouxsie and the Banshees.

Kate St. John and Nicky Holland went on to maintain solo careers in the 1990s at the time of Virginia's reemergence in Japan. The Ravishing Beauties did not record as a band, but appeared on radio shows, including a John Peel Session on BBC Radio 1 in April 1982.

This marked The Ravishing Beauties only session for the John Peel show and featured Virginia Astley (Lead Vocals), Kate St. John (Backing Vocals, Cor Anglais, Oboe, Flute), Nicky Holland (Backing Vocals, Keyboards) and Ben Hoffnung (Percussion). The session was recorded on the 14th April 1982 and featured the following tracks:

Arctic Death
Futility
We Will Meet Them Again
No Need To Cry

The Ravishing Beauties first played at Club Zoo in Liverpool and followed this with the support tour with The Teardrop Explodes. Virginia wrote most of the band's songs, some of which appeared on her first solo project with Why-Fi. The band was short lived, with St. John first becoming a model and then eventually a member of The Dream Academy, while Holland did session work and joined Tears for Fears.

1. Arctic Death

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