Bauhaus - Bela Lugosi's Dead (Original)
Championship Vinyl Shop, exhibitor n° 023

"Bela Lugosi’s Dead" is the first single by Bauhaus and was recorded on January 26, 1979, at Beck Studios in Wellingborough, Northamptonshire, England, 23 years after the death of the famous actor. With a length of nine and a half minutes, recorded in a single take, it immediately caught the attention of the small independent label Small Wonder, which decided a few months later to release it as a single without any further modifications. A cult track of the darkwave movement, it has since been covered by various artists, from Sepultura to Nouvelle Vague, including Until December, Opera IX, and many others.
I’ll close with a little anecdote about the actor. Legend has it that the actor was so comfortable in the role of the vampire count that he insisted on being buried in his historic cape, prompting his friend and colleague Peter Lorre to remark during the funeral, “Are we sure we don’t need to drive a stake through his heart first?”