PAULINE MURRAY AND THE INVISIBLE GIRLS Pauline Murray and the Invisible Girls. Double Album, Signed Black Vinyl with bonus instrumental CD.

Pauline Murray and the Invisible Girls is the debut album by post/punk icon Pauline Murray, co-produced by revered sonic architect Martin 'Zero' Hannett in 1980.

Recorded at the famous Strawberry Studios, the album offered 11 slices of modern electronic pop written by Pauline and partner Robert Blamire and marked a radical departure from their shared past in pioneering punk band Penetration.

As well producer/arrangers Martin Hannett and Steve Hopkins (aka the Invisible Girls), the album features a stellar cast of guest musicians including John Maher (Buzzcocks) and Vini Reilly (Durutti Column). Indeed Pauline Murray and the Invisible Girls presents almost as a Factory record, exquisitely sleeved by Peter Saville and Trevor Key.

Stand-out tracks include popular singles Dream Sequence and Mr X, with the newly remastered album now augmented on CD (TWI 016 CD) by a wealth of bonus material including non-album singles, live recordings (from tours in 1980 and 1981) and a John Peel session from March 1980. The vinyl version (TWI 016) augments the album with singles, the Peel session, and an exclusive bonus CD of instrumental versions - a must for Pauline Murray and Hannett scholars!

"It's a bit of a missing link album," says Pauline today. "Written and recorded after punk, but before Martin Rushent and the Human League made airy pop respectable again. We chose the other Martin in 1980 because we wanted the incredible sounds he achieved for Joy Division and Magazine. Thundertunes, basically."

VINYL TRACKLISTING

Disc 1:
 A1. Screaming In the Darkness 
A2. Dream Sequence
 A3. European Eyes 
A4. Shoot You Down
 A5. Sympathy 
A6. Time Slipping


B1. Drummer Boy
 B2. Thundertunes 
B3. When Will We Learn 
B4. Mr X
B5. Judgement Day

Disc 2: 
C1. Searching For Heaven
 C2. The Visitor 
C3. Animal Crazy
 C4. Dream Sequence II 
C5. Two Shots


D1. Shoot You Down (Peel 3/1980)
 D2. Sympathy (Peel 3/1980)
 D3. When Will We Learn (Peel 3/1980) 
D4. Dream Sequence (Peel 3/1980)

BONUS INSTRUMENTAL CD:
 1. Two Shots (inst.) 
2. Mr X (inst.) 
3. Judgement Day (inst.) 
4. Thundertunes (inst.) 
5. When Will We Learn (inst.)
 6. Time Slipping (inst.)
7. Sympathy (inst.) 
8. Shoot You Down (inst.)
 9. Drummer Boy (inst.) 
10. European Eyes (inst.)
 11. Screaming In the Darkness (inst.)