BAUHAUS – “Press the Eject and Give Me the Tape” was released 42 years ago today. Do you know these 5 facts?

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42 years ago today, on December 10, 1982, the Bauhaus live album “Press the Eject and Give Me the Tape” was released. Did you know these 5 facts?

★ The recordings for “Press the Eject and Give Me the Tape” took place on October 31, 1981 at The Royal Court Theater (Liverpool), November 9, 1981 at Hammersmith Palais (London) and February 24, 1982 at The Old Vic in London.

★ The cover picture is by Eugene Merinov, who also designed the cover motif for Bauhaus ‘ “In the Flat Field” (1980).

★ The album was originally included as a bonus in a limited first edition of “The Sky’s Gone out” (1982). Later in the year it was released as a separate album, with the first copies receiving a free single and poster pack.

★ The single “Satori in Paris” contains live versions of “Double Dare” and “Hair of the Dog”, which were not recorded at the gigs on the album. It also includes the song “Lillies and Remains” and a cover version of “Waiting for the Man” by the Velvet Underground.

★ The version of “Terror Couple Kill Colonel” had previously been released on the B-side of the 7″ single “Spirit”.

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