See Without Being Seen is the lost first album by the teenage Matt Johnson, now reissued under the moniker of THE THE. Originally released as a limited edition cassette in 1979, the master tapes were thought lost for many years. Recorded in the cellar of the then-teenage Johnsons parents pub, The Crown, in Loughton, Essex and at the time sold at undergroundgigs on cassette, these legendary archive recordings, featuring 13 tracks retrieved and restored from Matt Johnsons personal archive, were recorded in 1978-79 a couple of years before official first release Burning Blue Soul.