Claire Thomas & Susan Vezey first appeared in 1980 when Snatch Tapes released the Reprint cassette. A press release accompanying the cassette painted a picture of two female pre-Raphaelite synthesiser knob-twiddlers who in between repatching their VCS3's went for long walks in flowing robes on Blackheath.

Intrigued, the record label Cherry Red included the track Bright Waves by the duo on their compilation LP "Perspectives and Distortion" alongside such luminaries as Matt Johnson, the Virgin Prunes the Lemon Kittens, Eyeless in Gaza, Thomas Leer, Robert Fripp, and David Jackman. Cherry Red furthermore wanted to release an LP by Thomas & Vezey. Until they realised that all was not as it seemed. For Claire and Susan were in fact a figment of Snatch Tapes founder Philip Sanderson's imagination; a playful prank with more than a nod to Duchamp's Rose Selavy.

Though the guise was a prank the music wasn't and the Reprint tape was re-released on CD by Anomalous records in 2003. A previously un-released Thomas & Vezey track also turned up on the Vinyl on Demand Snatch Tapes compilation called Snatch Paste.
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