Continuing a week of posts celebrating the 40th anniversary of Strawberry Switchblade's Let Her Go, here's Jill Bryson's acoustic home demo.

Like most Strawberry Switchblade songs, Let Her Go was written on guitar. Jill wrote the music and a basic vocal meody, Rose refined the melody & added lyrics.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CrfpdrjBgE8

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To mark the 40th anniversary of Strawberry Switchblade's single Let Her Go, every day this week we'll be posting content to do with the song. Here's the full-page ad placed in the UK music press - 'from the girls that know'.

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On this day in 1986, Strawberry Switchblade's final single I Can Feel was released, & it's still only been available in Japan & on physical media!

Though the band credited all songs to the two of them equally, they sometimes wrote alone & this one's a Rose song.

It's got Hi-NRG electropop production by manager David Balfe.

It was included as a bonus track on the 1997 Japanese CD album reissue

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NyfUhg2krYM

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Two shots from Strawberry Switchblade's final photo session, spring 1986.

(📸©️ Peter McArthur, used with permission)

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Strawberry Switchblade's love of polka dots went beyond the textile realm. Early copies of the 12" single of Since Yesterday came with a fold-out poster of them wearing plain white with polka dots projected on to them.

And here's another shot from the same session too (poor resolution though, sorry about that)

(📸©️ Peter Anthony McArthur. Used with permission)

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Strawberry Switchblade's Rose McDowall gave some fabulous answers to a questionnaire in Smash Hits magazine published 40 years ago today, 28 Feb 1985. Her originality & wit just shine out.

If you can't/don't want to zoom in, you can read the full text on our fansite: https://strawberryswitchblade.net/rose-mcdowall-smash-hits-questionnaire-february-1985/

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Strawberry Switchblade on the cover of Patches, 24 March 1984.

Patches was a UK weekly magazine aimed at teenage girls, featuring music, fashion, advice and romance photo-stories.

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Strawberry Switchblade by candlelight.

Back page poster from UK music mag Record Mirror, 1985.

(📸©️Peter McArthur, used with permission)

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Strawberry Switchblade talking about their aesthetic & how Glasgow boredom encourages creativity. Interviewed by Paul Coia, March 1985.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fh7J03YPSlQ

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On this day 40 years ago Strawberry Switchblade recorded their final BBC radio session, for John Peel. With Since Yesterday in the top 10 & the album imminent, you'd have thought they'd be showcasing some of its songs. Instead, they recorded 4 new tracks 🧵
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0_O2uUlx1Fs

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