Flaming Schoolgirls is an album by the rock band the Runaways.[3] It was released in 1980, a year after the band had broken up as Kim Fowley believed he would make money due to the fact that Cherie Currie was starring in the film Foxes. A compilation of previously unreleased recordings, the album consists of one alternate version and three unreleased tracks from the sessions for the 1977 album Queens of Noise, five live tracks left over and a studio recording of a song from the 1977 album Live in Japan, and two Cherie Currie demo recordings. The album was not released in the U.S.

Flaming Schoolgirls
Compilation album by
Released1980 (U.K.)
Recorded1977
GenreHard rock, punk rock
Length34:47
LabelCherry Red
ProducerKim Fowley, Earle Mankey, Kent J. Smythe and The Runaways
The Runaways chronology
And Now... The Runaways
(1979)
Flaming Schoolgirls
(1980)
Little Lost Girls
(1981)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
Spin Alternative Record Guide4/10[2]

Track listing

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Side A
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Intro" (live) 0:21
2."Strawberry Fields" (The Beatles cover from Cherie Currie demo)Lennon–McCartney3:19
3."C'mon"Jackie Fox3:58
4."Hollywood Cruisin" (alternate version of "Hollywood")Jett, Jackie Fox, Kim Fowley2:42
5."Blackmail" (live)Jett, Fowley2:47
6."Is It Day or Night?" (live)Fowley2:32
Side B
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
7.""Here Comes the Sun" (The Beatles cover from Cherie Currie demo)George Harrison3:02
8."Hollywood Dream"Fowley, Steven T.3:53
9."Don't Abuse Me"Jett3:27
10."I Love Playin' with Fire" (live)Jett3:47
11."Secrets" (live)Cherie Currie, Fowley, Sandy West, Kari Krome3:15

Personnel

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Production

  • Kim Fowley – producer of Cherie Currie demo and all studio outtakes
  • Earle Mankey – producer of studio outtakes
  • Kent J. Smythe – producer with The Runaways of live outtakes
  • Alan Wilson – mastering
  • Alex Blades – re-issue coordination
  • Niva Bringas – liner notes, photography

References

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  1. ^ Campbell, Al. "The Runaways Flaming Schoolgirls review". AllMusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved 2011-08-28.
  2. ^ Spin Alternative Record Guide. Vintage Books. 1995. pp. 198, 199.
  3. ^ "Runaways". Trouser Press. Retrieved 26 October 2023.