Bela Lugosi's Dead

Very smart clean vinyl with a good flapback cover. Has 3 x small stickers on top right of rear cover.

"Bela Lugosi's Dead" is a song by English post-punk band Bauhaus. The song was the band's first single, released on 6 August 1979 by record label Small Wonder.^[1]

It is often considered the first gothic rock record.^[2]:25–28

 

		This Side
A		Bela Lugosi's Dead	9:35
		Other Side
B1		Boys	3:10
B2		Untitled [Dark Entries Demo]

 

Bela Lugosi's Dead" was recorded "live in the studio" in a single take during a six-hour session at Beck Studios in Wellingborough on 26 January 1979.^{[citation needed]} Four additional songs were also recorded, varying in genre: the post-punk-styled^{[citation needed]} "Boys", the ska/reggae crossover "Harry",^{[citation needed]} the punk-influenced "Bite My Hip"^{[citation needed]} (later re-envisioned as the 1982 single "Lagartija Nick") and the unreleased pop song^{[citation needed]} "Some Faces". Of these recordings, only "Harry" surfaced, issued in 1982 as a B-side to the single "Kick in the Eye", while "Boys" was re-recorded at Beck Studios in 1979.^{[citation needed]} The single featured the B-side "Boys", and some versions also included a portion of an early demo recording of what would be their next single, "Dark Entries".

The writers listed on the single are the band's drummer Kevin Haskins, vocalist Peter Murphy, guitarist Daniel Ash and bassist David J (as David Haskins).^[3] David J, however, has claimed that he wrote them.^[2]:45