Pauline Murray and The Invisible Girls (album)

Pauline Murray and the Invisible Girls (sometimes called Untitled) is the only album made by Penetration singer Pauline Murray and the Invisible Girls, John Cooper Clarke's backing band.

Alongside core members Martin Hannett on bass and record production, Steve Hopkins on keyboards and Paul Burgess on drums, the band included several musicians from other Manchester bands: The Durutti Column's Vini Reilly and Dave Rowbotham on guitar, John Maher from Buzzcocks on drums, Dave Hassell on percussion and Murray's boyfriend Robert Blamire on bass.

Like Murray, Blamire had been a member of Penetration until it dissolved in late 1979.

The version of "Dream Sequence 1" on this CD differs from the one on the original vinyl release.

Wayne Hussey had been recruited via a Melody Maker advertisement at the end of 1980 and Martin Hannett recruited Bernard Sumner to execute the guitar solo in "Searching for Heaven" as New Order were waiting to use the studio.

Pauline listened to the audio tape in the Radiotruck from Dutch Public Radio (Vara) after the concert in Het Paard (the Hague) April 3, 1981
Pauline-Murray Photo-Jos-van-Vliet