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01. Nikki And The Corvettes - He's A Mover
02. Nikki And The Corvettes - You're The One
03. Nikki And The Corvettes - C'mon
04. Nikki And The Corvettes - Just What I Need
05. Nikki And The Corvettes - Boys, Boys, Boys
06. Nikki And The Corvettes - Let's Go
07. Nikki And The Corvettes - Shake It Up
08. Nikki And The Corvettes - Back Seat Love
09. Nikki And The Corvettes - I Wanna Be Your Girlfriend
10. Nikki And The Corvettes - Summertime Fun
11. Nikki And The Corvettes - Gimme, Gimme
12. Nikki And The Corvettes - You Make Me Crazy
13. Nikki And The Corvettes - Young & Crazy (Bonus Track)
14. Nikki And The Corvettes - Criminal Element (Bonus Track)
15. Nikki And The Corvettes - I Gotta Move (Bonus Track)
16. Nikki And The Corvettes - Girls Like Me (Bonus Track)
ARTIST
TITLE
Nikki And The Corvettes
FORMAT
LP

LABEL
CATALOG #
MR 450LP MR 450LP
GENRE
RELEASE DATE
3/1/2024

This kind of girl group pairing with punk rock was unusual at the time and it provided a much-needed antidote to the male dominated skinny tie brigade. Nikki looked like Pam Dawber (Mindy from Mork and Mindy) and sounded like Clare Grogan (of Altered Images) what was not to be instantly smitten by. Born and bred in Detroit, Miss Corvette reportedly ran away from home at age 16 because her mother refused to allow her to attend an MC5 show. Greg Shaw wrote the following in the liner notes to the 20th Anniversary label compilation, Destination Bomp!: "Nikki was a tireless worker. Like some coalminer's daughter, she'd travel around the country with her band. Playing 200 shows a year. She knew everybody and was a lot of fun to hang out with so, I figured that if all her friends bought the record... so I signed her. The girl had style and attitude galore plus, she had master guitarist/songwriter and former Romantic Peter James. One of Detroit's most savvy cats." The lady herself kindly supplied the following summary: "We went to LA and signed with Bomp in maybe 1979 but Greg wasn't sure what to do with us. We did the Honey Bop single with Ronny Weiser at Rollin Rock and a couple songs with the Kessel Brothers. We started something with Kim Fowley that did not work out. They kept trying different producers until we finally decided to go back to Detroit and do the album on our own. We didn't have a lot of experience but we knew what we wanted and Detroit was part of that so we recorded the album and had a blast doing it. Peter wanted us to be poppier and I wanted to be more punk. We sort of met in the middle with what I've always called bubblegum punk. I can't believe it's been 43 years since this came out and there are still kids discovering it and people who grew up with it that still listen to it. I constantly hear from people all different ages, all over the world about how much they love it album and that really means so, so much to me!" Includes bonus tracks.