Despite having a successful solo career as a cult artist, vocalist Peter Murphy remains best known as the lead singer for Bauhaus, the pioneering post-punk goth rock band of the early ’80s.
Boxset collection of the five solo albums from Bauhaus singer Peter Murphy, including rough cuts and demos, packaged in a hard cover book. Before making his eleven albums, Peter Murphy founded Bauhaus. After the band’s breakup in 1983, he teamed up with Japan’s former bass player Mick Karn to form Dali’s Car. Beggars Arkive is excited to announce a 5-disc box set celebrating his first five albums: Should The World Fail to Fall Apart/Love Hysteria/Deep/Holy Smoke and Cascade.
The box, capturing the first ten years, is simply titled Peter Murphy 5 Albums. Each album features bonus tracks comprising of period rarities including original demos, single B-sides, early and alternate mixes and many previously unreleased recordings Including “Critic’s Choice,” “Groovy Place” …
…”Sail On White” and a full band take on “Cool Cool Breeze”.
This set also features many production roughs of Peter’s final album for Beggars Banquet, the sublime Cascade, including a stunning seven minute + early take of the title track, appearing here under its working title of “Satin Nights.”
1986 Should The World Fail To Fall Apart
01 Canvas Beauty (Romance Version)
02 The Light Pours Out Of Me
03 Confessions
04 Should The World Fail To Fall Apart
05 Never Man
06 God Sends
07 Blue Heart
08 The Answer Is Clear
09 Final Solution
10 Jemal
Bonus Tracks
11 Canvas Beauty (Up Version)
12 Should The World Fail To Fall Apart (Version)
13 Stay
14 Final Solution (Club Mix)
15 Tale Of The Tongue (Extended Version)
1988 Love Hysteria
01 All Night Long
02 His Circle And Hers Meet
03 Dragnet Drag
04 Socrates The Python
05 Indigo Eyes
06 Time Has Got Nothing To Do With It
07 Blind Sublime
08 My Last Two Weeks
09 Fun Time
Bonus Tracks
10 Tale Of The Tongue (Single Edit)
11 I’ve Got A Miniature Secret Camera
12 Critic’s Choice (Previously Unreleased Demo)
13 All Night Long (USA Edit)
14 Socrates The Python (Demo)
15 Fun Time (Cabaret Mix / Demo)
1989 Deep
01 Deep Ocean Vast Sea
02 Shy
03 Crystal Wrists
04 Marlene Dietrich’s Favourite Poem
05 Seven Veils
06 The Line Between The Devil’s Teeth (And That Which Cannot Be Repeat)
07 Cuts You Up
08 A Strange Kind Of Love (Version 1)
09 Roll Call
Bonus Tracks
10 Roll Call (Reprise)
11 A Strange Kind Of Love (Version 2)
12 The Line Between The Devil’s Teeth (12” Remix)
13 Cuts You Up (USA Alternate Edit)
14 A Strange Kind Of Love (Remix Edit Version)
15 Deep Ocean Vast Sea (Instrumental)
1992 Holy Smoke
01 Keep Me From Harm
02 Kill The Hate
03 You’re So Close
04 The Sweetest Drop
05 Low Room
06 Let Me Love You
07 Our Secret Garden
08 Dream Gone By
09 Hit Song
10 Volga Boatmen (Outro)
Bonus Tracks
11 The Sweetest Drop (Rave Edit)
12 Cool Cool Breeze
13 You’re So Close (Radio Edit)
14 The Sweetest Drop (Radio Edit 1)
15 Hit Song (Single Edit)
16 The Sweetest Drop (Rave 12” Mix)
1995 Cascade
01 Mirror To My Woman’s Mind
02 Subway
03 Gliding Like A Whale
04 Disappearing
05 Mercy Rain
06 I’ll Fall With Your Knife
07 The Scarlet Thing In You
08 Sails Wave Goodbye
09 Wild Birds Flock To Me
10 Huuvola
11 Cascade
Bonus Tracks
12 Wild Birds Flock To Me (Production Rough Mix)
13 Groovy Place (Demo)
14 Wish (Production Rough Mix)
15 Sail On White (Production Rough Mix)
16 Satin Nights (‘Cascade’ Production Rough Mix)