{"id":799,"date":"2008-05-19T23:42:23","date_gmt":"2008-05-19T22:42:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.killyourpetpuppy.co.uk\/news\/?p=799"},"modified":"2011-01-26T00:53:05","modified_gmt":"2011-01-26T00:53:05","slug":"bauhaus-small-wonder-records-1979","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/killyourpetpuppy.co.uk\/news\/bauhaus-small-wonder-records-1979\/","title":{"rendered":"Bauhaus – Small Wonder Records – 1979"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Bela Lugosi’s Dead<\/a><\/p>\n

Boys \/ Dark Entries (part of)<\/a><\/p>\n

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Absolutely majestic nine and a half minutes of\u00a0choppy guitars and moody basslines\u00a0smother the debut release by Bauhaus on the Small Wonder imprint from 1979, also released on a very limited edition picture disc. The band had only been active for several weeks before the recording session that\u00a0produced this classic.<\/p>\n

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I have not heard my copy of these records for well over 20 years. The way my speakers are now arranged, and the quality of my equipment in 2008 up\u00a0in my ‘special’ room\u00a0up the top of the house, makes the sound really special.\u00a0<\/p>\n

I am pretty sure this was\u00a0a firm Kill Your Pet Puppy house favorite at the time of release.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Dedicating this\u00a0post to Lena and Mike Old Bats of The Punk \/ Post Punk Tribe over in Quebec, Canada and also to anyone who ever wore pixie boots with a long dark coat.<\/p>\n

Text below ripped from allmusic.com:<\/p>\n

The group formed in 1978 in Northampton, England. Guitarist\/vocalist Daniel Ash, bassist\/vocalist David J (born David Jay Haskins), and drummer Kevin Haskins had played together as a trio called the Craze before forming Bauhaus with vocalist Peter Murphy. Originally, the band was called Bauhaus 1919 after the German art movement; by 1979, they had dropped the 1919 from their name.<\/p>\n

In August of 1979, the group released their debut single, “Bela Lugosi’s Dead,” on the independent record label Small Wonder Records. Although it did not make the pop charts, it became the de facto goth rock anthem, staying in the U.K. independent charts for years. Three months later, the group signed with Beggars Banquet’s subsidiary label, 4AD. The group’s second single, “Dark Entries,” was released in January 1980. Following their first European tour, Bauhaus released their third single, “Terror Couple Kill Colonel,” in the summer of that year, which became a hit on the indie charts.<\/p>\n

After touring America for the first time in September, the group released a version of T. Rex’s “Telegram Sam.” In October, they released their debut album, In the Flat Field, which reached number one on the independent charts and number 72 on the pop charts. The success of the album led to their first hits on the pop charts; both “Kick in the Eye” and “The Passion of Lovers” made the U.K. Top 60 in 1981. In October, they released their second album, Mask, which revealed a more ambitious musical direction; the new direction, which featured elements of metal and electronic sonic textures, made the music more accessible without abandoning the dark, foreboding core of their music. Mask was a commercial success, peaking at number 30 on the U.K. charts.<\/p>\n

In March of 1982, Bauhaus released the EP Searching for Satori, which reached number 45 on the U.K. charts; another successful single, “Spirit,” followed in the summer. That fall, the group had a number 15 hit with their version of David Bowie’s “Ziggy Stardust.” The success of the single propelled their third album, The Sky’s Gone Out, to number four on the album charts.<\/p>\n

Murphy contracted pneumonia at the beginning of 1983, which prevented him from participating in the recording sessions for Bauhaus’ fourth album, Burning From the Inside. Consequently, the record featured substantial contributions from Ash and J, who both pursued more personal and atmospheric directions. After Murphy recovered, the band toured Japan and then returned to the U.K. to promote the summer release of Burning From the Inside. The album was another hit, peaking at number 13. In July, Bauhaus split up.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Bela Lugosi’s Dead Boys \/ Dark Entries (part of) Absolutely majestic nine and a half minutes of\u00a0choppy guitars and moody basslines\u00a0smother the debut release by Bauhaus on the Small Wonder imprint from 1979, also released on a very limited edition picture disc. The band had only been active for several weeks before the recording session […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-799","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-links-downloads"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/killyourpetpuppy.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/799","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/killyourpetpuppy.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/killyourpetpuppy.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/killyourpetpuppy.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/killyourpetpuppy.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=799"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/killyourpetpuppy.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/799\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4434,"href":"https:\/\/killyourpetpuppy.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/799\/revisions\/4434"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/killyourpetpuppy.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=799"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/killyourpetpuppy.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=799"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/killyourpetpuppy.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=799"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}