This is an extract from the Times.
TWO tracks from an LP released in 1974 by Carol Lee Scott, who is known as the green-faced witch Grotbags, have been re-released by a new record label.
Licorice Soul Records has sold most of the first issue of 800 and is reprinting the tracks on vinyl.
Carol is tickled pink about being remembered and at home in Spaxton has already had telephone calls from London Radio and the BBC Four channel.
The two tracks, called That Little Bit of Love and You Gotta Believe, are released on record number LSD 007 and were originally on an LP called In Time, which Carol sold at her cabarets and shows.
The new label Licorice Soul Records is dedicated to re-releasing obscure British and European dance floor music.
One of Carol's original LPs was discovered at a car boot sale and bought for 50p and this led to the release of the record.
The tracks have received a good review from Darren Wall, of DMC Update, who has given them five out of five and described them as two previously unreleased nuggets.
He said: "Carol's vocal talents were bold and sassy and the record is an essential purchase for anyone into classic 70s funk."
Before Carol became well known in 1980 as Grotbags, she was a cabaret singer. Born in Bridgwater, she saw her career take off in the 1970s and she appeared at West End nightclubs including the Blue Angel, Penthouse and Astor.
By Jane Loxton
times@midsomnews.co.uk
She can name a huge number of stars she has worked with including Tommy Cooper, Ella Fitzgerald, Morecambe and Wise and Norman Wisdom.
In 1992 she had her own television show called Grotbags, which ran for five successful series for Central Television and drew audiences of more than four million.
Carol recalls making the LP back in 1974 in an hour-and-a-half at a studio in Broadstairs, Kent. Later she went down to the shore in a long dress and put her feet into the sea for a photograph which went on the front cover.
Carol said: "At that time I was into CB radio and my call name was Hippo One, and so on the back of the cover there was a huge pink hippo. The LP was sold for 50p and it had 12 tracks on it."
About £7,500 was raised from record sales and it was donated to Cancer Research. Her stepfather was suffering from cancer and-David Nixon, the magician, used to call him for a chat. David backed a research centre in Bradford and so all the cash went there.
Carol thought her LP was buried in the mists of tune until she had a telephone call from Licorice Soul.
Carol said: "This company does this with forgotten sounds and it's quite a privilege for them to bring it out. It's very exciting and I am duly humbled."
She added: "If only my mum was here. It was one of her favourite songs."
Carol Lee Scott, known as Grotbags, is enjoying musical success with two of her songs from the 1970s being re-released and selling in large numbers.