''The Collection'' is a

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of the all-female British heavy metal band

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. The album was released in 1998 by Renaissance Records, under licence from

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, and reissued in 2000 by

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, of which Castle had become a subsidiary. Castle was the owner of Girlschool back catalogue, acquired from

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and GWR. The compilation contains five previously unreleased live tracks. All the tracks of the album were re-mastered by Robert M. Corich and Mike Brown in August 1998. The first CD contains all the singles released by Girlschool since 1983 with their b-sides, including the duet with

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on the song " Please Don't Touch", originally released on the EP ''

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''. The second CD contains more singles and b-sides, some album songs, the unreleased tracks and the covers of

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's "

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" and of

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's " Fox on the Run".

Track listing

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Collection, The 1998 compilation albums Girlschool compilation albums Sanctuary Records compilation albums New Wave of British Heavy Metal compilation albums