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70:25 min I posted to Traders Den 3/28/16.

The Au Pairs
Mudd Club
New York, NY

June 3, 1982

The Stonecutter Collection vol 125

Source: Panasonic Cassette Recorder w/internal mics > Cassette Master (TDK-SA)

Transfer: Sony TC-WE 475 > gold tipped cables > JVC XL-R2010 CD-RW (44.1)

Editing: Soundforge (tracking) > Wav > TLH [SB's aligned] Flac Level 8

Traders Den 3/28/16.

Transferred and Tracked by kingrue upload 749.

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This is a very rare recording by a very short lived band from the early 80's.

You don't see too many recordings come out of the Mudd Club.

Members:
Paul Foad (guitarist)
Lesley Woods (vocalist)
Jane Munro (bassist)
drummer unknown

This group released 3 studio albums. Their first, ‘Playing with a Different Sex’ (1981),

is a post-punk classic with sarcastic songs like “It’s Obvious” and “We’re so cool”.

"Sense and Sensuality" released in 1982. Showed a greater influence of jazz, soul,

funk and disco on the band's sound, but was less well received.

‘Equal But Different’ released in 1983. The band broke-up later that year.

Lesley went on to form an all female band called 'The Darlings' in the late ’80s, but then left the music industry altogether.

Now Lesley works as a lawyer. In recent years she has since returned to doing random solo gigs in England.

Paul remains an active musician, playing with Andy Hamilton and the Blue Notes a Jamaican Jazz band and also teaches guitar

in and around Birmingham. He has published a guitar technique book.

Jane works as an alternative therapist in Birmingham while Pete teaches percussion in Birmingham.

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Recording notes:

I wasn't able to figure out the entire set list. I didn't label the tracks this time.

I had a hard time knowing exactly where to track some of the songs and there might be some slight difference compared to the j-card.

I still ended up with 16 tracks. Since I'm not familiar with this band, I'm unable to verify any song titles.

If I made any mistakes, I apologize. I did the best I could.

Even though this was recorded on a hand held walkman, I found the recording to sound really good.

Sounds like Rich was standing next to the stage. Notice how well the drums come through.

There is a tape break between tracks 10 & 11, a tape flip between tracks 11 & 12. Another tape break between tracks 13 & 14.

I'm assuming the end of track 11 is cut off, it's a short track and seems to end abruptly.

If anyone here remembers this group, then I think you're gonna want this for sure.

I've included scans of the j-card and cassette inside this torrent. The j-card shows more song titles.

Thanks to Rich for attending and taping this obscure 80's band. I surely never heard of them until now.

Samples provided.

Side A
01 Shakedown
02 Intact
03 Instant Touch
04 Inconvience
05 Headache For Michelle
06 Don't Lie Back
07 Sex Without Stress
08 Set-UP
09 That's When It's Worth It
10 Stepping Out of Line
11 OMIT TRACK - NOT AU PAIRS

Side B
12 Diet
13 (Paranoia in) America
14 Dear John
15 It's Obvious
16 We're So Cool > Armagh

Total Time = 70:25 min

enjoy

George

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