BAUHAUS Bela Lugosi's Dead 12" CLEAR VINYL Sepia sleeve
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Description
BAUHAUS
BELA LUGOSI’s DEAD
12” CLEAR VINYL
SMALL WONDER
TEENY 2
This is an original copy of the extremely rare 12” CLEAR VINYL single release of the classic 1979 ‘Bela Lugosi’s Dead’ by BAUHAUS on the Small Wonder label.
This rare CLEAR VINYL version of the Goth classic was released in very limited numbers by Small Wonder, and is very hard to find these days.
The Sleeve is the classic ‘Bela Lugosi’ sleeve, but PRINTED IN SEPIA BROWN, both front and back.
The record is in perfect condition.
The sleeve is in very good condition – the front sleeve is fine, with only a little creasing in the top left hand corner.
But there is some small damage to the rear of the sleeve. In the bottom right of the rear of the sleeve is a small hole, only half a centimetre wide, plus at the top of the sleeve there is a small mark which looks due to a sticker removal. Please note this if you are bidding.
But as the brown sepia sleeve is so rare, this does not really detract from the item a great deal.
Tracks: ‘Bela Lugosi’s Dead’, ‘Boys’
The single was originally released, in mid-1979, on the London-based Small Wonder independent label. Since that time, the original studio version has only ever appeared on album once, on 1998's best-of compilation. Other available versions are live recordings.
Recorded at Bauhaus' first ever studio session, in early 1979, "Bela Lugosi's Dead" was taped live — a shade under ten minutes of clicking, scratching, scraping, and keening later, Bauhaus' masterpiece was complete. It was Daniel Ash and David J who created the song in the first place, Ash by slowing down an old Gary Glitter riff, then messing with the chords; J with a chorus he'd recently written, toying with the idea of whether Hollywood's greatest vampire could ever really be dead. From those basics, "Bela Lugosi's Dead" crackles in on percussion alone, a tapping, rattling rhythm into which a three-note bass line only gradually intrudes itself before Ash's treated guitar slides in, echoed and echoing the most atmospheric dub.
The ingredients merge, but the curtain is still rising; it takes minutes before Peter Murphy, his voice a deep, sepulchral rumble, is cued to take the stage, and minutes more before there's even a hint that the tension might be relieved, as the song — such an inappropriate word — moves towards its melody. It's relentless, one of those so-scarce moments when performer, performance, mood, and music are so expertly blended that the actual components are absolutely inextricable. Guitars become creaking coffin lids, the bass becomes footfalls in a darkened corridor above, the drum is the flapping of a myriad of bat wings, and Murphy — Murphy is the count, dead, undead…
PAYMENT
Payment methods accepted:
UK:
PAYPAL (which I prefer), Personal Cheque (item sent on clearance of funds), Postal Order or Banker's Draft.
EUROPE/REST OF THE WORLD:
Outside the UK, please pay with PAYPAL ONLY
SHIPPING CHARGES:
UK: £3.00 First Class (then £1.00 per additional LP or 12”)
EUROPE: £4.00 Air Mail (then £1.50 per additional LP or 12”)
REST OF THE WORLD: £7.00 Air Mail (then £2.00 per additional LP or 12”)
Records sent in quality custom LP mailers, with strong cardboard strengtheners.
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