''Short Stories'' is an EP by American post-punk band Tuxedomoon, released in April 1983 by

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. In 1986 it was compiled with ''

Suite en sous-sol ''Suite en sous-sol'' is an EP by American post-punk band Tuxedomoon, released on July 28, 1982 by Expanded Music. The album was issued on CD in 1986 by Cramboy, bundled together with '' Time to Lose'' and '' Short Stories''. Track listing ...

'' on CD. The track The Cage was also recorded in a markedly different instrumental form by band member

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for his album Composés Pour Le Théâtre Et Le Cinéma, issued on

in 1989.

Track listing

Personnel

Adapted from the ''Short Stories'' liner notes. ;Tuxedomoon *

–

lead vocals The lead vocalist in popular music is typically the member of a group or band whose voice is the most prominent melody in a performance where multiple voices may be heard. The lead singer sets their voice against the accompaniment parts of t ...

, piano (A),

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(B),

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(B), saxophone (B) *

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(as Peter Principle) – guitar, EBow (A), backing vocals (A) *

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– drum programming, backing vocals,

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(A),

clarinet The clarinet is a musical instrument in the woodwind family. The instrument has a nearly cylindrical bore and a flared bell, and uses a single reed to produce sound. Clarinets comprise a family of instruments of differing sizes and pitches ...

(B),

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(B) * Winston Tong – backing vocals ;Production and additional personnel * Gilles Martin – engineering * Patrick Roques –

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, design * Tuxedomoon – production

Release history

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Short Stories 1983 EPs Tuxedomoon albums Les Disques du Crépuscule EPs