Peter Murphy – Peter Live Volume One Covers LP Online Hot Sale

Vinyl LP pressing. Pressed on very special Gold Nugget vinyl and housed in a deluxe, embossed and UV glossed sleeve, limited to 1,000 numbered copies. One of the icons of the post-punk years, Peter Murphy fronted the dark art house crew Bauhaus. His charismatic, devilish and dangerous personae, combined with his stunning voice and razor-sharp cheekbones, saw him become one of the pin-ups for what was to be mis-labelled Goth. Post Bauhaus, he released a series of acclaimed solo albums and fronted the band on their intermittent back from the dead reunions before the band collapsed in 2023. Bauhaus were never short of giving a nod to their mentors with several well executed covers that they made their own. The singer continues this tradition with Peter Live – Vol One – Covers , the first of two albums for his own new Silver Shade label, showcasing his own solo interpretations. There is more to a cover version than copying it note for note, and the ever-astute vocalist gets to the heart of the art of darkness of these songs by unzipping them inside out whilst giving a nod to the music that made him what he is. He stamps his own authority all over them, from a thrilling take on Iggy s Funtime to a dramatic version of Hurt . There is a terrifying, sparse dynamic take on Pere Ubu s iconic Final Solution and a stomping and powerful nod to Howard Devoto s Magazine with a brilliant take on their The Light Pours Out Of Me . Theatrical embraces of Elvis s Love Me Tender and Prince s Purple Rain underline the eclectic spirit of Peter s musical journey and, of course, being one of the generation of the children of Ziggy, there is the Bowie moment on the stunning take on David s first hit, Space Oddity that adds to the song s sense of unease and isolation. His version of Hurt features Nine Inch Nails Trent Reznor on Piano.