Farewell bauhausgigguide.info

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Sad to say that my Bauhaus Gig Guide website has been closed now. I started the research for almost two decades ago and more than 2000 gigs have been listed over the next couple of years. Vast majority of the nearly thousand setlists have been worked out by me listening few hundred hours of live recordings over, so it was a huge work but it eventually went to public in 2009. It was a struggle from the very first days to find a reliable free provider where I could host the website. I tried several alternatives but most of them had their limitations and issues. One provider just cancelled the free service after a year, the other had access problems from outside of Europe and another upgraded the PHP/MySQL versions so I had to re-write the website code to keep track with it. Due that issues I had to move the entire website from one host to another for half a dozen times in the first couple of years, it was very frustrating. And also a big work every time. So I eventually decided to rent an own Virtual Private Server and host it myself. It was a big work to move again as now I had to take care of the entire server including the operation system and the web server. And it costed me about 10 EUR every month but it worked fine for a change. Well, for a couple of years at least. Then I had endless issues with hackers, bots and idiots who found it funny to spam the site off. I had to clean the database several times, re-write the database handling code to prevent SQL-injection attacks and had to remove the message form. Next time I had to remove the comment section and eventually I had to remove the possibility of registration. Due lack of free time and this frustrating technical problems, somewhere along the way the joy that I felt when I started it all went away so I stopped updating the site a couple of years ago. I aimed to keep it online as an archive website as long as possible but hackers came in picture again this year and they found the way to break the site several times. So I had enough of the endless struggle and decided to pull the plug off and say goodbye now…maybe one day I will find a way to get it back, you never know…

I would like to say thank you for everybody who helped with the site, it was a pleasure to meet you guys!

UPDATE:

Latest archived version of the website could be accessed via the Wayback Machine at archive.org

https://web.archive.org/web/20250909080113/http://www.bauhausgigguide.info/

If you find it useful please send them a little donation here:

https://archive.org/donate

NIGHT FLIERS #6

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The Emperors of Ice Cream / Dapper Choir issue (1977-1979): features the most comprehensive story of Alan Moore and Alex Green’s pre-Sinister Ducks band including exclusive interviews with Alan and Alex, previously unpublished lyrics, lyric sheets and posters. Also contains previously unpublished lyric by Jamie Delano (limited to 10 copies)

NIGHT FLIERS #5

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The Bauhaus / V For Vendetta issue (1979-1984): incl. exclusive interviews with Alan Moore, lyrics, posters, discography, articles (limited to 10 copies)

and my This Vicious Cabaret Anniversary Box that I put together to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the original 12″ record…

…and a limited to one lathe cut LP that was made for the box with exclusive material by the great Tim Newman…

NIGHT FLIERS #1-4

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Here is a pic of the first couple of issues of my Night Fliers fanzine. Each one is dedicated to Alan Moore’s certain music/poetry work as follows:

Issue 1 – The Mystery Guests (1979-1981): incl. exclusive interviews with MG members & Alan Moore, lyrics, posters, discography and reprint of two early Alan Moore strips from Television for Murders zine

Issue 2 – Another Suburban Romance play (1975-1977): incl. exclusive interviews, lyrics, original ASR lyrics sheet, sheet music, manuscript, previously unpublished photos of the young Alan Moore and co., ANON feature and the complete Anon E. Mouse strips

Issue 3 – Embryo & The Northampton Arts Lab (1969-1972): incl. exclusive interviews, reprint of Alan Moore’s first published strip from a school magazine (1969), poems, strips and artworks from Embryo / Arts Lab & school magazines, lyrics fragments, reprint of ‘Guerilla 1000’ story, an exclusive previously unpublished text piece by AM, previously unpublished photos of the young AM and co., a complete list of Alan’s early fanzine works

Issue 4 – Northampton Arts Group (1972-1974): incl. exclusive interviews, lyrics, posters, cover arts from poetry magazines, reprint of ‘Letter to Lavender’ text piece, previously unpublished photos of the young AM and co.

Night Fliers is a private, free publication, limited to 6-12 copies that were sent to contributors, musicians and friends. None of them are for sale.

…and here is a pic of two lathe cut LPs that I put together to accompany my own copies of Night Fliers 1 and 2… the Mystery Guests LP was limited to 3 copies while the Another Suburban Romance LP was limited to one…both contains otherwise unavailable music from my private collection…

love is a ghost announce new CD ep’s vampire

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love is a ghost: 

Char (lyrics and vocals)

Tim Newman (Guitar, Piano, Synths and arrangements)

Craig Tattersall (Tapes and Dust)

With special guest appearances from:

Dmytro Morykit (Piano)

Joel Baldwin (Electronic Instruments) 

CD 1 ‘vampire’ available in digipack – 11 track ep including the stunning original unaccompanied piano piece composed by internationally renowned classical pianist Dmytro Morykit

CD 2 ‘vampire remixes’ available in digipack – 10 track ep

HESSIAN CLAW RECORDINGS © 2023 –order info andyb1919@hotmail.com

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Tim Newman is a regular collaborator with Bauhaus/Love and Rockets founder David J. Last year’s acclaimed Glass Modern Record Day exclusive Analogue Excavations and Dream Interpretations (volumes 1 and 2) is available via the Glass Modern link below

Analogue Excavations & Dream Interpretations Vol.1 | David J with Tim Newman | Glass Modern (bandcamp.com)

Char, as well as also appearing on the above double vinyl provided backing vocals on Paul Statham’s (Peter Murphy) brilliant 2021 Dark Flowers project Death and Desire digital ep (link below)

Death and Desire | The Dark Flowers (bandcamp.com)

The previous love is a ghost ep Your Last Day is available via Glass Modern Bandcamp

Your Last Day | Love Is A Ghost | Glass Modern (bandcamp.com)

vampire guest Dmytro Morykit is an internationally renowned classical pianist composing and touring new scores for both Fritz Lang’s classic Metropolis and F.W. Murnau’s silent shocker Nosferatu 

Dmytro Morykit Composer/Pianist – Home

Dmytro Morykit (bandcamp.com)

Daniel Ash rarities

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I found this old photos of my Daniel Ash rare stuff while I was clearing my computer and I thought to share them here…

A Nestful of Starlings Pt. 31 cassette including two versions of an otherwise unavailable ‘The Spider Song‘ from 1983, recorded by The Exit Girls featuring and produced by Daniel Ash.
Koch International in-house CDR called ‘Daniel Ash – Demos‘ from 2000 including early mix of ‘Trouble‘, Nosferatu I love You, an unreleased instrumental simply called ‘Soundtrack‘ and a couple of more tracks from the upcoming 3rd solo album.
Daniel Ash – Show Reel promo CD-R from 2000 including otherwise unavailable early longer instrumental version of ‘Kid 2000’ entitled as ‘It’s a Dog’s World‘, early mix of ‘Trouble‘, Nosferatu I love You, an unreleased instrumental simply called ‘Soundtrack‘ and several other instrumentals from Daniel Ash, Tones On Tail and Love And Rockets.
Carlin America promo CD-R compilation ‘Pop Songs For Desperate Housewives‘ CD1 including an unreleased cover version of ‘Hanky Panky‘ by Daniel Ash.
Daniel Ash – New And Unreleased promo CD-R from 2004 including the otherwise unavailable early mix of Fever (later released on Nip / Tuck soundtrack), covers of ‘Dream Lover’, ‘Hanky Panky’, ‘Daydream’ and ‘Daydream’ cabaret version.
Astra Heights – The Push rare handmade gatefold CD-R from 2011 including both original and Daniel Ash version of ‘The Push‘. Signed by Daniel Ash.
Mastering sampler CD for Stripped album from 2014 including ‘No Big Deal‘, Come On‘ and ‘So Alive‘

FROM ARTHAUS TO BAUHAUS 1972-1979

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I have just finished reading Andrew Brooksbank’s excellent new book ‘From Arthaus to Bauhaus’ and I thought I would post a little heads up here. Even though you are a fan I bet you have never seen the majority of photos and never heard most of this stories before, so this book is a must have! Proud to say that I have also contributed with some lyrics sheets, photos and private interview bits.

You can order it here.

‘FROM ARTHAUS TO BAUHAUS’ book w/ signed card and some related items from my collection that didn’t make it to the book:
– pre-Bauhaus ’74-’75 demo tape,
– ‘THE’ ’76 live tape inlay with tracklist,
– ‘Road Runner’ original Submerged 10th lyrics sheet,
– David J’s ‘Artifacts found in a bottom drawer’ reel from ’79,
– pages of David’s own fanzine ‘TV murders’ from ’79

Releases from 2017

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Well, 2017 was a good year for Bauhaus fans, we got several new releases. I just thought to put together a list of my favourites from the last year, so here it is.

David J – Vagabond Songs 2xLP

Stunning new album from David that includes re-recorded / re-worked versions of some of my old favourites like “Feel Like Robert Johnson” and “There’s Room In My Summer For Two”. Demo versions for both that tracks along with “Ascension” appeared on a very limited licensing sampler CD called Demo selection 2003, although  Robert Johnson was an incomplete version there. Most of the album tracks had been previewed in David’s Patreon site before the release, but “Ester” and “Vesivio’s Window” got replaced with different versions on the LP. Released version of Robert Johnson is also a slightly different mix comparing with the Patreon version. Another interesting piece is “A Star Crossed Shipboard Romance” as David had a demo called “Shipboard Romance” back in 1983 which is a different song about the same romance. Order Vagabond songs here.

M.C. Nightshade And The Theatre Bizarre Orchestra – Carpe Noctem CD

Limited edition CD version of Carpe Noctem LP with 4 bonus tracks. Two of them (St. James Infirmary and Bela Lugosi’s Dead) have been released as a limited bonus 7″ with the LP but 2 live covers (Egyptian Fantasy and My Girl’s Pussy) are exclusives for this release. Now sold out. Digital version is available at CDBaby.

Carpe Noctem limited digipack CD.

Lonestation – Dark Matter – limited edition 2 CD metal box set

Great debut album from Glenn Campling and Mark Garner that includes all the 4 EPs that they have already released digitally thru their website in the last two years plus a bonus track. This metal box version is limited to 20 copies, all are sold out now.  Regular CD version will be available soon. Till then, digital version is available at lonestation.co.uk

I also got an extremely limited CD of the first 3 EPs, there are only two in existence.

David J – Kanreki – 2 CDs

This special little gem is a gift for David J to his 60th birthday including versions of his songs covered by friends and collaborators. Just to name a few, Pat Fish (The Jazz Butcher) did a great take on ‘Mess Up’, Roger Rideout and David Stretton (band mates from JAM, David’s first band) did their versions of ‘Chauffeur’ and ‘Fingers In The Grease’ and Darwin (David’s manager and partner in crime who put this CD together) did a nice take on ‘Holiday On The Moon’. Most of the CDs went out to friends and collaborators but few copies were available to grab at Patreon. Many thanks to David for putting one aside for me.

David J – Kanreki – front/back sleeve

David J – Kanreki – inner sleeve

Aston Neighborhood Pleasure Club featuring David J – The Emperor’s New Clothes 7″

Aston Neighborhood Pleasure Club is actually the same band as The Theatre Bizarre Orchestra including Joshua James and all those great jazz musicians. This limited charity single has one exclusive track with David J on vocals while the b-side has a version of “My Girl’s Pussy” (live version of this song is also available on the CD version of Carpe Noctem). Order your copy while the stock lasts.

Poptone – Live album 2017

This 11 track digital album was released via Pledgemusic and still no physical version available. If you missed the campaign, you will have to wait for the upcoming release.

Alan Moore – Mandrillifesto 7″

This is a new release by Alan Moore and Joe Brown. Actually, it is Alan Moore’s second ever 7″ single and his first 7″ in the last 35 years. First one was, of course, the legendary The March Of The Sinister Ducks. Go and order your copy at Bandcamp.