Au Pairs - London School Of Economics, London, UK - 10.11.1980 (Flac)

Thanks to the original uploader on Dime.

unknown generation audience recording > CDR > WAV > flac via TTH (level 8; pad SBE)
from the Cowtruck archive

Setlist:

1 Dear John
2 Come Again
3 Love Song
4 Repetition
5 Armagh
6 It's Obvious
7 Diet
8 Unfinished Business
9 Monogamy //

RE-UPLOAD: The Au Pairs - Mudd Club, New York, USA - 03.06.1982 (Flac)

Thanks to kingrue for sharing i«tj«his one on TTD.

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 famaliar with this band, I'm unable to verify any song titles.

If I made any mistakes, I appolgize. 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.

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 Steppin’ Out Of Line
11 Interval
12 Diet
13 America
14 Dear John
15 It's Obvious
16 We’re So Cool
Total Time = 70:25 min

enjoy

George

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Au Pairs - Pink Popfest, Sittard-Geleen, the Netherlands - 31.05.1982 (Flac)

Exactly 32 years ago today. Thanks to Cyrus for sharing it on Dime.

Original Info File:


How about another helping of Au Pairs?  OK then, here we have
another well recorded festival appearance.  The vocals are
intermittently a tad muffled, and there is also very occasional
bass distortion - both issues are very minor and this is an
enjoyable listen.

Cheers, Cyrus

AUD > ??? > CDR > EAC Secure > FLAC Frontend(8)
39:38 minutes - Sound: Very Good (+)

01. Inconvenience   3:09
02. Headache (for Michelle)   5:46
03. That's When It's Worth It   3:46
04. Don't Lie Back   3:07
05. Set-Up   3:35
06. Sex Without Stress   3:58
07. America   3:25
08. Dear John   2:59
09. It's Obvious   6:36
10. We're So Cool   3:15

Au Pairs - Alcuin College, York Uni, York, UK - 07.11.1981 (Flac)

 AUD A-

From the Dave Sez archive: a classic Au Pairs gig, and a top-quality audience recording that has just surfaced thanks to wharf99 ... http://norecordshopsleft.blogspot.com/2014/05/kissing-pink.html

01 Just A Little Thought*
02 Set Up
03 Pretty Boys
04 Armagh
05 To Ida*
06 Headache For Michelle
07 Inconvenience
08 Repetition
09 Come Again
10 We're So Cool
11 It's Obvious
12 Diet
13 It May Offend*
14 Paranoia In America
15 Dear John

* = unreleased compositions, I believe ...

Au Pairs:
Lesley Woods (vocals, guitar);
Paul Foad (guitar, cello, background vocals);
Jane Munro (bass);
Pete Hammond (drums, percussion).


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Au Pairs - Tonmodern Festival, Rote Fabrik, Zürich, Switzerland - 11.03.1983 (Flac)

Thanks to Nadir_53 for sharing this recording on Dime,

Radio Recording / DRS 2 Radio

Line-up:
Lesley Woods - vocals, guitar
Pete Hammond - drums

Setlist:
01
02
03
04
05
06
07
08
09
10
11
12
13
14
15

total time: 89:53


Cassette Tape (recording from FM radio) -> wav (terratec phono pre amp studio)
-> track separation (Nero wav editor) -> flac (8)

transfer by nadir_53 / April 2014


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Au Pairs - New Pop Festival, Rotterdam, Netherlands - 16.08.1981 (Flac)

Soundboard @ FLAC

From the Dave Sez archive: the first of two Dutch broadcasts of the Au Pairs, this one at the Rotterdam New Pop Festival on 16th August 1981 was filmed by Dutch TV - footage can be found on youtube.

Diet
Armagh
Shakedown
Headache (For Michelle)
Dear John
Inconvenience
It's Obvious
Intact

Thanks to StevieD!



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Au Pairs - Lund, Sweden - xx.xx.1982 (Flac)

AUD B+, FLAC

From the Dave Sez archive: the last of the Au Pairs posts, live in Sweden on 23rd September 1982, six months before the group folded. Being an audience recording, this is of lesser quality than the previous FM or soundboard sources, but is the best of the recordings from 1982 and includes every track from "Sense and Sensuality" except Tongue In Cheek and Fiasco. Their last recorded gig, probably in Vienna in February 1983, is available at http://433rpm.blogspot.com/2010/09/au-pairs-live-1983-tape-1983.html, and featured several new compositions, live versions of the demos they recorded for a third album that never saw the light of day ...

That's When It's Worth It
Instant Touch
Inconvenience
Headache (For Michelle)
Intact
Sex Without Stress
Shakedown
Don't Lie Back
Set Up
Diet
Steppin' Out Of Line
We're So Cool
America
Dear John / It's Obvious

Thanks to StevieD !

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Au Pairs - Berkeley Square Theatre, Berkeley, California, USA - 03.10.1981 (Flac)

Soundboard A- FLAC

From the Dave Sez archive: the Au Pairs on the 3rd october 1981 from the Berkeley Square Theatre, Berkeley, California at the end of their American tour


Shakedown
Set Up
Diet
We're So Cool
Headache (For Michele)
Armagh
Instant Touch
Inconvenience
Intact
Repetition
It's Obvious

Thanks to StevieD !



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Au Pairs - Demos, Balsal Heath, Birmingham,UK - xx.xx.1981 (Flac)

Thanks to StevieD !And to DaveSez for sending me the files to share here. There lso of couple of Bonus in MP3.


(WAV>FLAC Format)

01. We're So Cool
02. Unfinished Business
03. Set Up
04. Diet
05. Dear John
06. It's Obvious
07. We're So Cool
08. Repetition
09. Headache (For Michele)
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Au Pairs - Golden Eagle, Birmingham, UK - 13.09.1980 (FLAC)

Very good soundboard. From the Dave Sez archive thanks to the great StevieD !

Come Again
Diet
You
Repetition
It's Obvious
Armagh
Unfinished Business




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Au Pairs - Sterrenbos, Groningen,The Netherlands - 23.08.1981 (Flac)

A very good FM broadcast. This one is specially for Dave Sez ;) Huge Thanks to FRED HEADSET for sharibg this one on DIME.

Recorded and broadcasted by KRO Radio.

The Au Pairs were a post-punk band who formed in Birmingham in 1979. Their first album Playing with a Different Sex is considered a post-punk classic with strong, sarcastic songs like "It's Obvious" and "We're So Cool" taking a dry look at gender relations. Other songs, such as "Armagh" with its refrain,"we don't torture" took a pro-republican look at the then ongoing "Troubles" in Northern Ireland, which caused some controversy at the time.
The band's second album, Sense and Sensuality, showed an even greater influence of jazz, soul, funk and disco on the band's sound, but was less well received.
The band broke up in 1983 just before they were about to go into the studio to record an album with producer Steve Lillywhite. Woods formed an all woman band called the Darlings in the late '80s, but then left the music industry. She now works as a lawyer in London. Guitarist Paul Foad remains an active musician, playing with Andy Hamilton and the Blue Notes, a Jamaican jazz band, and teaching guitar in and around Birmingham. He has also published a guitar technique book, co-written with Stuart Ritchie, titled The Caged Guitarist (2000). Bass player Jane Munro works as an alternative therapist (aromatherapy, reflexology and Indian head massage) in Birmingham. Pete Hammond also remains an active musician and teaches percussion in Birmingham.

The band performed in 1980 for the concert film, Urgh! A Music War.

(Info taken from Wikipedia)


Line up :

Lesley Woods - guitar/vocals
Paul Foad - guitar/vocals
Jane Munro - bass
Pete Hammond - drums


Setlist :

01 Headache for Michelle
02 Inconvenience
03 Dear John
04 Intact
05 It's Obvious

Lineage : Cassette > Audacity > WAV > Flac 8

Another one from the box of old tapes !

ENJOY !