Bauhaus - Bela Lugosi's Dead
Label:
Catalog#:
TEENY 2
Format:
Vinyl, 45 RPM, 12", Single
Country:
UK
Released:
Sep 1979
Genre:
Rock
Style:
New Wave,
Goth Rock
Notes
The original 12" release was on white vinyl and limited to 5000 copies. There have been various represses in different colours.
"Dark Entries (demo)" is not listed as a track on the vinyl release,
but it does appear on the record.
"Dark Entries (demo)" is not listed as a track on the vinyl release,
but it does appear on the record.
Recommendations
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Joy Division - Unknown Pleasures (LP, Album)
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Joy Division - Closer (LP, Album)
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Bauhaus - In The Flat Field (LP, Album)
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Bauhaus - 4AD (12", Comp)
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Reviews & Discussion
Maybe this record is one of the greatest and genre defining tunes in Goth, but it definitely wouldn't be possible without the experience in dub immanent to post-punk UK (e.g. PIL, the Slits, Mark & the Mafia and all) and tape-echo machines.
Seminal small label pre-Goth punk monster 12. The long intro, the dub leanings and build up to the 'He's dead, he's dead, he's dead' chant. Whilst Mr. Legosi died in 1956, perhaps he was never so much an icon as when Murphy stretched out ever syllable of his name in this tribute. Inevitably, they never reached such heights again. Thank you Small Wonder.