The Belle Stars Picture Disc Vinyl

Limited Edition Picture Disc version of the bands classic 1983 album Featuring the hits Sign Of The Times, Iko Iko, and The Clapping Song Also features two bonus singles not featured on the original release.Formed in 1980 from the ashes of 2 Tones The Bodysnatchers, sevenpiece, all singing, all playing, all female combo The Belle Stars signed to the legendary Stiff Records label in 1981. Between 1982 and 1984 they enjoyed seven UK singles chart entries with the label, while this, their sole studio album reached the Top 20.Off to a roaring start with the monster hit Sign Of The Times a UK No. 3 smash in early 1983 Belle Stars is a heady mix of percussive, postpunk shiny new pop. The album brings together radically updated covers of classic RampB standards Iko Iko, a huge US hit after it was included in the film Rain Main The Snake, Harlem Shuffle, Mockingbird, Needle In A Haystack with strong selfpenned material, including the aforementioned Sign Of The Times and breezy later single Indian Summer.This new limited edition picture disc artdirected by the bands original graphics man Simon Ryan features the album in full plus the addition of two nonalbum singles, Sweet Memory and The Entertainer.