Tag: Bauhaus

  • Bauhaus, Press the Eject and Give Me The Tape, 1982 on Beggars Banquet

    Bauhaus, Press the Eject and Give Me The Tape, 1982 on Beggars Banquet

    Live album from Peter Murphy, Daniel Ash, David Haskins, and David J, recorded in London and Liverpool in 1981 and 1982. I always loved this cover – a photo by Eugene Merinov – and the labels with the Bauhaus style faces in black and white. Great set of live versions, including a nine-and-a-half minute “Bela…

  • Bauhaus, 4AD, 1983 on 4AD

    Bauhaus, 4AD, 1983 on 4AD

    Yes, I did save this one for halloween. This was a compilation EP of the singles versions of “Dark Entries,” “Telegram Sam,” and “Terror Couple Kill Colonel.” Love that back cover photo. I was today years old when I realized that John Cale wrote “Rosegarden Funeral of Sores,” the opening triplet of which is burned…

  • Bauhaus, Mask, 1981 on Beggars Banquet

    Bauhaus, Mask, 1981 on Beggars Banquet

    Second studio album from Bauhaus and their first on Beggars Banquet (In The Flat Field was on 4AD), with a cover drawn by Daniel Ash, across a gatefold and on the labels. The first five Bauhaus records are are perfect – as is the singles collection 1979-1983 and most of the bands that followed in…

  • Bauhaus, In The Flat Field, 1980 on 4AD

    Bauhaus, In The Flat Field, 1980 on 4AD

    Debut album from Peter Murphy, Daniel Ash, David Jay, and Kevin Haskins aka Bauhaus. Bauhaus and its many spinoffs (Tones on Tail, Love and Rockets, Dali’s Car) are among my favorite musical lineages. They’d released “Bela Lugosi’s Dead” as a single in 1979 on Small Wonder records, but this debut came out on 4AD which…

  • David Bowie, The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars, 1972 on RCA Victor

    David Bowie, The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars, 1972 on RCA Victor

    I came to this album indirectly and backwards – from the Bauhaus cover (“Ziggy played guitar, jamming good with Weird and Gilley, and the Spiders from Mars”). But what a magnificent album it is. I think Bowie was at his greatest creative height in the early 70s (as much as I do love his later…

  • Bauhaus, Burning From The Inside, 1983 on Beggars Banquet / A&M

    Bauhaus, Burning From The Inside, 1983 on Beggars Banquet / A&M

    Quite a shift from yesterday’s post of Oscar Peterson’s Return Engagement to Bauhaus, but that’s the joy of a diverse collection. I was just a touch too late to find Bauhaus – by the time I was a fan in the mid-eighties they’d already splintered into the many follow-on groups (Tones on Tail, Love &…

  • Bauhaus, The Sky’s Gone Out, 1982 on A&M / Beggars Banquet.

    Bauhaus, The Sky’s Gone Out, 1982 on A&M / Beggars Banquet.

    I’m a bit late for World Goth Day here, but I definitely went through a hardcore Bauhaus phase – listening to the 1979-1983 compilation (volume one with white cover and dark bauhaus face, volume two the inverse) more or less non-stop, and then branching out into all the post-Bauhaus spin-offs (Tones on Tail, Love and…

  • Various Artists,  One Pound Ninety-Nine: A Sampler of the State of Things, 1985 on Situation Two / Beggars Banquet.

    Various Artists, One Pound Ninety-Nine: A Sampler of the State of Things, 1985 on Situation Two / Beggars Banquet.

    Various Artists, One Pound Ninety-Nine: A Sampler of the State of Things, 1985 on Situation Two / Beggars Banquet. UK Sampler with three tracks of Bauhaus and offshoots (Peter Murphy, Love & Rockets).

  • Love and Rockets, Motorcycle 12″ single, 1989 on Beggars Banquet.

    Love and Rockets, Motorcycle 12″ single, 1989 on Beggars Banquet.

    Love and Rockets, Motorcycle 12″ single, 1989 on Beggars Banquet. I’ve always been a huge fan of Bauhaus and their descendant bands. This is a great 4 song single