Early Career
When Thorn and Watt met, they were both attending the University of Hull and both had contracted with the independent record company, Cherry Red Records, as solo artists. Thorn was also a member of the trio Marine Girls, and Watt contributed a photograph to the cover of their first album, Lazy Ways. The pair each had solo album releases through Cherry Red: Thorn's 1982 LP was A Distant Shore, an eight-track mini-album. Watt's LP was entitled North Marine Drive.
They formed a duo and adopted their name, "Everything but the Girl", from the slogan of the well-known Hull shop Turner's Furniture, on Beverley Road. The store had originally built a window sign, that read, "for your bedroom needs, we sell everything but the girl". the last part, of which was later added to the shop's main signage.
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