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THE MO-DETTES “PAINT IT BLACK” (1980)

originally recorded by The Rolling Stones (Aftermath, 1966)

cover appears on “Paint It Black” b/w “Bitta Truth” (1980) and The Story So Far (Deram, 1981)

The Mo-dettes were a girl punk group founded by Kate Korris, a former member of the Slits and the Raincoats. When filesharing was a relatively new concept, their only record, The Story So Far, was among the first records I downloaded, 10 years ago.

They are probably best known for “White Mice”, which (along with the b-side “Masochistic Opposite”) still holds up some 30 years after it was recorded. Their straight-forward cover of “Paint it Black” is absolutely glorious. For fans of Kleenex, Delta 5, but NOT fans of the Go-Gos or Dolly Mixture (there was some beef, apparently). Cherry Red has reissued pretty much every recording made by the Mo-dettes, with the exception of their Peel Sessions, which if you can track them down, are excellent.