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Strawberry Switchblade on kids TV show Wide Awake Club, March 1985. In honour of the Oxford v Cambridge boat race they're trying to make something that looks vaguely like a rowing boat. It's a swiss roll with ice cream & plastic spoons pushed into it.

And as Strawberry Switchblade are assisting, strawberries are used to approximate the rowers. Asked if they're any good at cooking, Jill's sarcastic 'really good' reply is hilarious.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uhsCDtibGJE

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It's #cassunday, & as we celebrate the 40th anniversary of Strawberry Switchblade's album this week, here's the Japanese cassette.

Japanese releases were so lavish - the vinyl came with an OBI strip, booklet & poster. This cassette, despite the size restrictions, had a fold out leaflet of info & lyrics, & even a micro poster!

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The contents of the Strawberry Switchblade album's Japanese cassette release l;aid out on a table. There is the spine of the cassette insert card, a folded monochrome info sheet, a cassette, and a small colour photo of the duo.

The cover of the Strawberry Switchblade album's Japanese cassette release. The album artwork is a colourised photo of Jill and Rose in polka dot dresses with plastic flowers in their hair from which ribbons are trailing. It is bordered with a stylised floral pattern. Below the artwork is a pink area with Japanses lettering.

The info leaflet that came with the cassette - a black print sheet ten times the area of the cassette cover, with a photo of the band and a lot of Japanese writing.

The lyrics sheet for the Japanese cassette release of the Strawberry Switchblade album. Black print on a foldout sheet of paper ten times the size of a cassette cover.

Happy 40th birthday to Strawberry Switchblade's album! Released on 5 April 1985, all songs were written by Rose McDowall & Jill Bryson.

It was mostly produced by David Motion, with 2 tracks produced by Phil Thornalley, & some fabulous arrangements by David Beford & Andrew Poppy.

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The cover of Strawberry Switchblade's album - two women in polka dot dresses, wearing hairbands of plastic flowers with coloured and polka dot ribbons trailing. The photo has been colourised to emphasise the flowers and their lipstick. The picture has a border of a stylised dark floral design with the band's name at the top in deep pink.

Strawberry Switchblade sitting on steps in Park Circus, Glasgow, mid-late 1982.

(📸©️Peter McArthur, used here with permission)

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Black and white photo of Rose McDowall and Jill Bryson sat on stone steps. Jill mis nearer the camera, looking at us. Polka dot ribbons trail down from her hair. Rose looks into the distance, her chin resting on her fist. Both wear black coats and opera gloves, and have wing eyeliner and have probably used a whole eyebrow pencil between them

Happy World Piano Day! Here's Strawberry Switchblade treating a piano in a way that few pianists would permit.

(One's a proper print, the other three are little test prints hence the sketchier quality)

Photos: Paul Cox, 1984 or 1985.

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A white baby grand piano lies on its side, Rose McDowall casually sits on top, Jill Bryson leans on to it. Both people are dressed in white and they, the piano and the wall are splattered with coloured paint

Rose stands and Jill sitson top of a white baby grand piano, dressed in white. The whole scene is splattered with coloured paint.

Rose and Jill sit on top of a white baby grand piano, dressed in white. The whole scene is splattered with coloured paint, and open paint tins are on top of the piano

New batch of vintage Strawberry Swithblade clippings on our fansite! Largely local newspapers reviews of the album from April 1985.

First up, a quick piece in The Scotsman about their new success, and how their visual style evolved and is maintained. 🧵

https://strawberryswitchblade.net/scotsman-feature-5-april-1985/

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Happy birthday to Robin Millar! Perhaps best known for his production work with Sade & Fine Young Cannibals, he was the original choice for the Strawberry Switchblade album.

2 tracks were recorded with the guitar-based backing band that had been on the road.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gfgMtfXoSeU

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Jill with Lucinda Sieger in 1987, a year after Strawberry Switchblade.

Lucinda: 'The dress was designed for my degree show and musical I did for the Barbican Foyer. Jill did my makeup. She was always doing this for me when needed because she is brilliant at makeup.'

Jill's in an Artists Against Apartheid T shirt from her time in Strawberry Switchblade.

Thanks to Lucinda for sharing.

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