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Strawberry Switchblade fansite @strawfansite.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Jill Bryson of Strawberry Switchblade will be joining Radhika on stage this Friday, 18 Sept, at the Freakender Festival at the Old Hairdressers, Glasgow. Radhika says she & Jill will be performing a couple of Strawberry Switchblade songs. Tickets just £15! tickets-scotland.com/fre41

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FREAKENDER FESTIVAL 2026!

FREAKENDER FESTIVAL 2026! at Old Hairdressers, Glasgow on the Friday 18th September 2026

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Strawberry Switchblade fansite @strawfansite.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

Some parallels with the Smiths - also prolific, non album singles & top-drawer extra tracks, and then gone so soon

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Strawberry Switchblade fansite @strawfansite.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

The Jam were amazing for that - an album a year plus non album singles with B sides as good as anything else they did!

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Strawberry Switchblade fansite @strawfansite.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

This video is one of 50+ Strawberry Switchblade videos and TV appearances on our YouTube channel's playlist. www.youtube.com/watch?v=SToF...

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Strawberry Switchblade - Since Yesterday [High Quality]

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Strawberry Switchblade fansite @strawfansite.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

Bliss was a short-lived UK music TV series that ran Aug-Oct 1985. Produced by Border TV in Carlisle, it was on Channel 4 while their bedrock music show The Tube was on hiatus. Featuring Tube presenters Muriel Gray & Nick Laird-Clowes, it took a lighter, more kid-friendly approach than The Tube

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Strawberry Switchblade fansite @strawfansite.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

Country music was regarded as something of a joke in the UK and unfortunately, like much of the Jolene coverage and publicity, Bliss chose to go with cheesy semi-comic Western iconography rather than deal with the actual content of the Dolly Parton classic.

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Strawberry Switchblade fansite @strawfansite.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

On this day in 1985 Strawberry Switchblade performed their new single Jolene on UK TV show Bliss, followed by a brief interview with Muriel Gray. Sorry about the buzzy glitch near the start, this is on the source tape. www.youtube.com/watch?v=K1nq...

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Strawberry Switchblade - Jolene performance and interview (Bliss, 6 September 1985)

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Strawberry Switchblade fansite @strawfansite.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

The EP is £10 plus postage and will be shipping around 15 September. As always, it comes in a picture sleeve with a brilliant booklet about the band and their music at the time, photos by Peter McArthur and written by their contemporary Stephen Pastel @thepastels.bsky.social

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Strawberry Switchblade fansite @strawfansite.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

New repress of Strawberry Switchblade's 1982 4-Piece Demo EP! The label @nightschoolrecords.bsky.social keeps the EP in print, when a batch sells out they get more made, usually in a new colour. They're now issuing it on 500 green vinyl copies. Order from night-school.bandcamp.com/album/1982-4...

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Strawberry Switchblade fansite @strawfansite.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

It's one of 50+ Strawberry Switchblade videos and TV appearances on our YouTube channel. www.youtube.com/watch?v=SToF...

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Strawberry Switchblade - Since Yesterday [High Quality]

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Strawberry Switchblade fansite @strawfansite.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

In the anniversary week of Strawberry Switchblade's 1985 cover of Jolene, here's a Japanese TV appearance (recorded in London) youtu.be/LGSJEyQs3TI

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Strawberry Switchblade - Jolene (Dolly Parton cover) (Japanese TV performance)

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Strawberry Switchblade fansite @strawfansite.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

We have a full global Strawberry Switchblade discography on the fansite, featuring not only albums and singles but cover versions of their songs, appearances on compilation albums, and what Rose and Jill did before and after the band too strawberryswitchblade.net

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Home - Strawberry Switchblade

Welcome to the definitive Strawberry Switchblade fan site. Interviews, downloads, discography, photos and more.

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Strawberry Switchblade fansite @strawfansite.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Continuing our celebration of the anniversary of Strawberry Switchblade's Jolene, here's a rundown of the releases. It came out on 🍓Strawberry shaped picture disc in the UK 🍓7" & 12" black vinyl in the UK 🍓7" in Japan 🍓Limited edition 33rpm 12" in the Philippines

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Strawberry Switchblade fansite @strawfansite.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

On this day in 1985 Strawberry Switchblade released their electro-pop cover of Jolene, accompanied by this video shot in Paris. Produced by Clive Langer & Alan Winstanley, it featured some fabulous harmonica by veteran sessionist Larry Adler. www.youtube.com/watch?v=lq0UleP-VGg

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Strawberry Switchblade - Jolene (Dolly Parton cover) [High Quality]

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Strawberry Switchblade fansite @strawfansite.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

In 1993, Strawberry Switchblade's Rose McDowall released the Spell album, a collaboration with Boyd Rice doing covers of mostly death-oriented songs, including Dolly Parton's Down From Dover www.youtube.com/watch?v=8S4c...

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Spell - Down From Dover

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Strawberry Switchblade fansite @strawfansite.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

We mourn the passing of Dolly Parton, whose classic Jolene was covered with an electropop treatment by Strawberry Switchblade in 1985 for their final UK single. www.youtube.com/watch?v=qcHu...

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Strawberry Switchblade - Jolene (Extended Mix) (Dolly Parton cover)

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Strawberry Switchblade fansite @strawfansite.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

Contact sheet of photos from the session for the Strawberry Switchblade album cover, 1984. (Pics by Peter Anthony McArthur, used with permission)

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Strawberry Switchblade fansite @strawfansite.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

Strawberry Switchblade's Jill Bryson sings Since Yesterday, accompanied by Carla J Easton & Radhika. Celebrating Scottish women in music at the Old Fruitmarket, Glasgow on 26 July 2026. Three generations of Glaswegian women musicians singing a Glaswegian pop classic! www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Ahu...

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Since Yesterday (Strawberry Switchblade) - Jill Bryson, Carla J Easton & Radhika, 26 July 2026

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Strawberry Switchblade fansite @strawfansite.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

Oddie loved funk - he was later a massive, massive Prince fan and really knew that vast repertoire inside out

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Strawberry Switchblade fansite @strawfansite.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

Carla- as well as making her own music including new album I Think That I Might Love You - directed the brilliant documentary Since Yesterday: The Untold Story of Scotland's Girl Bands. Radhika's recent album Cine-pop includes a superb cover of Since Yesterday.

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Strawberry Switchblade fansite @strawfansite.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

Carla J Easton, Radhika & Jill Bryson - three generations of Glasgow singer-singwriter women together at the Old Fruitmarket in the city last night where they performed the Strawberry Switchblade classic Since Yesterday (video hopefully coming soon....)

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Strawberry Switchblade fansite @strawfansite.bsky.social · 26/07/2026

The 12" featured an instrumental version of Trees & Flowers that highlights Nicky Holland's deft arrangement. In 1985 an extended mix was made by bolting this instrumental on to the start of the 7" version. It's currently the only way these versions are on streaming www.youtube.com/watch?v=C6-6...

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Strawberry Switchblade - Trees and Flowers (Just Music) (high quality)

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Strawberry Switchblade fansite @strawfansite.bsky.social · 26/07/2026

The B side was a a sparsely produced version of Go Away, its crystalline beauty is very different to the later album version. This, too, has never been reissued. www.youtube.com/watch?v=NwEb...

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Strawberry Switchblade - Go Away (single version)

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Strawberry Switchblade fansite @strawfansite.bsky.social · 26/07/2026

On this day in 1983 Strawberry Switchblade released their debut single Trees & Flowers. Lusciously produced by Bill Drummond & David Balfe, with Roddy Frame on guitar & Madness' rhythm section, it was the sound of summer. This 7" version has still never been reissued www.youtube.com/watch?v=pY9u...

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Strawberry Switchblade - Trees and Flowers (7" single version)

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Strawberry Switchblade fansite @strawfansite.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

Strawberry Switchblade's Jill Bryson will perform Since Yesterday with @henhoose.bsky.social musicians this Sunday in Glasgow! Tickets: www.glasgowlife.org.uk/event/1/hen-...

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Strawberry Switchblade fansite @strawfansite.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

Jill Bryson in one of the new Strawberry Switchblade T shirts! The first official band merch in 40 years. There are still some left at @nightschoolrecords.bsky.social Bandcamp: night-school.bandcamp.com/merch

A smiling Jill Bryson wears a black T shirt of the cover artwork from Strawberry Switchblade's Since Yesterday single.

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Strawberry Switchblade fansite @strawfansite.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

New on the Strawberry Switchblade fansite - interview with Janis Goodlet, bassist in the original line-up that recorded the 1982 4-Piece Demo. She talks about the band's formation, camaraderie, why she left, & the late-onset popularity of their recording. strawberryswitchblade.net/janis-goodle...

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Janis Goodlet interview - Strawberry Switchblade

TestJanis Goodlet, bassist in Strawberry Switchblade's original all-female quartet line-up, interviewed 6 May 2026.

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Strawberry Switchblade fansite @strawfansite.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

Haywire, the bonus track on the Oblivious 12", is an absolute gem. The rich guitar sound, the effortless richness of his vocal, and his peerless playing. Worth buying for that alone!

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Strawberry Switchblade fansite @strawfansite.bsky.social · 21/06/2026

'But it’s so bleached out it's OK. He was very well known for doing that, making ugly musicians look better, clear their skin! I think everybody had a session with him to make a plain-looking lot appear dead glamorous!’

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Strawberry Switchblade fansite @strawfansite.bsky.social · 21/06/2026

Strawberry Switchblade, 1984. Jill Bryson told us: ‘That’s a record company promo shoot by Paul Cox. It was the first posh studio shoot that we did for Warners. It was so hot, there was somebody fanning us, I thought we’d look horrendous because it was so sweaty!'

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Strawberry Switchblade fansite @strawfansite.bsky.social · 16/06/2026

You can hear & download this & lots of other unreleased Strawberry Switchblade stuff on the fansite strawberryswitchblade.net/live-recordi...

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Live Recordings - Strawberry Switchblade

Hear and download Strawberry Switchblade live recordings.

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Strawberry Switchblade fansite @strawfansite.bsky.social · 16/06/2026

On this day in 1982 Strawberry Switchblade's original 4-piece line-up played their final gig together. Shortly afterwards, bassist Janis Goodlet & drummer Carole McGowan left & the band continued as a duo & the sound took a new direction. Here's the full concert www.youtube.com/watch?v=MUJK...

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Strawberry Switchblade - live at The Venue, Glasgow, 16 June 1982 (full concert)

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Strawberry Switchblade fansite @strawfansite.bsky.social · 13/06/2026

Strawberry Switchblade, 1985. 📸Midori Tsukagoshi for Japanese magazine Music Life

Close up black and white photo of Jill Bryson and Rose McDowall's faces, both are looking at the camera with gentle smiles

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Strawberry Switchblade fansite @strawfansite.bsky.social · 05/06/2026

And in 2017 the band released their original version on an EP of their earliest demo recordings including the demo of Trees and Flowers that's become their most streamed track youtu.be/I6deIC7GoXg?...

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Strawberry Switchblade - Seaside (Go Away) (1982 4-Piece Demo)

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Strawberry Switchblade fansite @strawfansite.bsky.social · 05/06/2026

Then in 1985 a new recording was released on the band's debut album, richly atmospheric with the ominous piano motif. This version has recently become the band's second most streamed track youtu.be/bCatVcrOZ9Y?...

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Strawberry Switchblade - Go Away

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Strawberry Switchblade fansite @strawfansite.bsky.social · 05/06/2026

There are 3 different versions of Strawberry Switchblade's Go Away. The first one released was the guitar and vocals recording, issued as the b side of the 1983 single Trees and Flowers youtu.be/NwEbQDJY9oU?...

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Strawberry Switchblade - Go Away (single version)

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Strawberry Switchblade fansite @strawfansite.bsky.social · 03/06/2026

Billy managed to be on the side of the anti war campaigners and the ordinary soldier at the same time. That key change as he sings 'hooked on a kind of freedom...' absolutely squeezes the heart. What a writer, what a conscience.

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Strawberry Switchblade fansite @strawfansite.bsky.social · 03/06/2026

I remember getting the Country of the Blind double 7", loving the punchy soul style & being totally unprepared for Easter Parade. Such an incredible, humane song about war & what we were just learning to understand as PTSD. Still makes me well up now youtu.be/jGA-1UR5dss?...

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Easter Parade (Version)

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Strawberry Switchblade fansite @strawfansite.bsky.social · 03/06/2026

The Faith Brothers! In an era that gets pigeonholed as being all about artificer & style over substance, there were some artists who put their earnest sincerity & conscience to the fore - The Alarm & Redskins come to mind, & the Faith Brothers rank alongside them

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Strawberry Switchblade fansite @strawfansite.bsky.social · 02/06/2026

"Jill Bryson is a third-year student at art school... when she’s not making dresses, she plays lead guitar in an all-girl band called Strawberry Switchblade." Style tips from a 21 year old student with a big future, Jackie magazine, 12 June 1982

Page from UK teen girls magazine Jackie. Titled 'she's got designs on you', it featured five photos of young women wearing very bright clothes, and text about how Jill Bryson makes her own clothes and accessorises to match.

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Strawberry Switchblade fansite @strawfansite.bsky.social · 31/05/2026

As does I Don't Believe In Miracles by Sinitta and Mirrors by Justin Timberlake!

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Strawberry Switchblade fansite @strawfansite.bsky.social · 26/05/2026

Arguably the greatest year for pop music! All that glam rock, reggae, soul, hard rock and acousticy singer-singwriter stuff, plus the early stirrings of disco.

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Strawberry Switchblade fansite @strawfansite.bsky.social · 26/05/2026

He did a meticulous job rounding up all the extra tracks for his album reissues, and has ensured they're all online too

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Strawberry Switchblade fansite @strawfansite.bsky.social · 26/05/2026

The scan, the rhyming, none of it conforms to any formula. Do you know the 12" version? Not extended but a wholly different recording from the 7". Both are gems

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Strawberry Switchblade fansite @strawfansite.bsky.social · 25/05/2026

War Baby, it sounds like nobody's idea of a smash hit formula, and yet it was massive. Absolutely mesmerising track

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