Bauhaus / In The Flat Field [Omnibus Edition][Singles And Out-Takes][Disc 2]
Artist Bauhaus
Box Set Title: In the Flat Field [Omnibus Edition]
Album Title: In The Flat Field [Omnibus Edition][Singles And Out-Takes][Disc 2]
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Primary Genre Rock: Goth Rock
Format CD
Released 10/01/1980
Reissue Date 10/20/2009
Label Beggars Banquet/4AD
Catalog No BAUBOX 1
Bar Code No 6 52637 29022 6
Reissue Yes
Remastered Yes
Packaging Cardboard Sleeve
Tracks
1. Dark Entries (3:52)
2. A God in an Alcove (Original Version) (4:08)
3. Untitled ("Dark Entries" B-Side) (1:28)
4. Terror Couple Kill Colonel (4:45)
5. Telegram Sam (2:18)
6. Terror Couple Kill Colonel (Version) (4:33)
7. Scopes (1:33)
8. Terror Couple Kill Colonel (Southern Mix #2) (4:26)
9. Crowds (3:15)
10. Dive (Out-Take/Alternative Mix) (2:14)
11. The Spy in the Cab (Out-Take/Alternative Mix) (4:30)
12. Stigmata Martyr (Out-Take/Alternative Mix) (3:44)
13. Rosegarden Funeral of Sores (5:32)
14. Double Dare (Alternative Version/Mix #4) (5:33)
15. Telegram Sam (Alternative Mix #1) (2:24)
16. Untitled 2 (1:11)
Date Acquired 12/01/2009
Personal Rating
Acquired from Amazon

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Notes

This Omnibus Edition (BAUBOX 1) is presented as a limited edition box set with the two CD’s in Japanese-style paper sleeves, reproducing the original vinyl cover art, accompanied by a 48 page book that chronologically details the genesis of the album with rare memorabilia and photographs and contains the complete lyrics. The re-mastered music includes In The Flat Field restored to it’s original sequence plus a second disc of the non-album singles and previously unreleased out-takes and alternative versions.

Sold at both the US and UK Beggars Banquet (Label) web sites. Two different official release dates, however some shipped early. There are no differences in the UK or US versions other than where they were sold.

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Analyzed: Bauhaus / In the Flat Field, Disc 2
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DR         Peak         RMS     Duration Track
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DR11       0.00 dB   -12.58 dB      3:52 01-Dark Entries
DR11       0.00 dB   -14.05 dB      4:09 02-A God in an Alcove
DR12      -0.07 dB   -16.03 dB      1:28 03-Untitled
DR11      -0.10 dB   -13.05 dB      4:45 04-Terror Couple Kill Colonel (original Beck Studios version)
DR10       0.00 dB   -12.43 dB      2:19 05-Telegram Sam (original Beck Studios version)
DR10       0.00 dB   -12.74 dB      4:34 06-Terror Couple Kill Colonel
DR11      -0.04 dB   -13.04 dB      1:34 07-Scopes
DR10      -0.12 dB   -12.22 dB      4:26 08-Terror Couple Kill Colonel [Southern Mix #2]
DR12      -2.01 dB   -18.14 dB      3:16 09-Crowds
DR10       0.00 dB   -11.38 dB      2:15 10-Dive (alternate mix)
DR12       0.00 dB   -15.28 dB      4:31 11-Spy in the Cab (alternate mix)
DR12      -0.01 dB   -14.53 dB      3:44 12-Stigmata Martyr (alternate mix)
DR12       0.00 dB   -14.51 dB      5:32 13-Rosegarden Funeral of Sores
DR11       0.00 dB   -13.65 dB      5:34 14-Double Dare (alternate mix #4)
DR10      -0.32 dB   -12.39 dB      2:24 15-Telegram Sam (alternate mix #1)
DR8       -3.04 dB   -15.83 dB      1:11 16-Untitled #2
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Number of tracks:  16
Official DR value: DR11

Samplerate:        44100 Hz
Channels:          2
Bits per sample:   16
Bitrate:           678 kbps
Codec:             FLAC
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Reviews
All Music Guide Review:

Review by Thom Jurek

Between the release of Bauhaus' debut single, "Bela Lugosi's Dead," in 1979 on the Small Wonder label, and their debut album, In the Flat Field, in 1980, the band had played a John Peel session at the BBC, toured England extensively (and North America selectively), and recorded over a dozen sessions that resulted in three singles and an EP, and ultimately, their debut album, In the Flat Field, one of the most important post-punk recordings in history, and arguably the first "gothic rock" album. The influence of Bauhaus cannot be overstated: In the Flat Field has been re-released on compact disc no less than five times since 1990, and in 2008, it was released on vinyl in various editions no less than four! This Beggar's Banquet Omnibus Edition of the album is a true fetish object as a package. It contains the 24-bit remaster of the original album in its own sleeve with a replica of the original inner sleeve that contained the lyrics for the album's nine tracks, and is held in a rice paper sleeve. In addition, there is a second disc that contains not only the singles issued during the same period (minus "Bela Lugosi's Dead," done for a separate label): "Dark Entries," "Terror Couple Kills Colonel," but also outtakes of album tracks, alternate takes, and original versions of "A God in an Alcove," and the Beck studio original version of their cover of Marc Bolan's "Telegram Sam," to name a few. There are 16 tracks in all, and given how familiar fans are with In the Flat Field, this second disc, so loaded with alternates and outtakes, is a revelatory experience because it offers a portrait of the band struggling with itself, and experimenting, trying to eke out that certain sonic something that would ultimately set them apart and create so many imitators.

As if the music weren't enough, Beggar's has included in this semi-long box offering a 48-page book that includes comments from bandmembers, photos, complete lyrics, complete tour date information for 1979 and 1980, and a solidly authoritative and excellent chronological essay by Kevin Brooksbank on the formation and creation of the band, the singles, and the album. It's a prize in itself. Fan will simply not want to live without this one -- even if they already own the expanded edition of the album.

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