Name: Let Them Drag My Soul Away – Singles, Demos and Live Recordings 1979-1982
Brand: Dead Or Alive

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Bonus disc: No

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CDTRED879

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Format Music GB

Limited edition

Release date

2023-07-21

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Signed copies: No

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Cherry Red (ADA)

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Standard:20

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5013929187931

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CDx3

BRED879

10 Track LP with the Early 7"s and Demos.

5013929187917

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BRED879X

Red and Black Splatter

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2024-10-25

5013929187948

9999

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 Dead Or Alive

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Cherry Red

<p>Cherry Red is a British label that was founded by Iain McNay in 1978. Also known as Cherry Red Records, this label has become associated with the company Music and Media Group. With the label code LC 6730, Cherry Red has made a name for itself in the music industry. It is important to note that this label should not be confused with the US label of the same name.</p>

Having been ‘discovered’ working in Liverpool’s Probe Records during the punk rock explosion, Pete Burns found himself fronting his own band, Nightmares In Wax who mutated into the more familiar Dead Or Alive, eventually bringing Pete into the UK pop mainstream, and a star was born.

Bringing together early singles by both Nightmares In Wax and Dead Or Alive, Peel sessions and previously unheard demos and live recordings, <i>Let Them Drag My Soul Away</i> shines a light on the pre-fame Burns and a revolving cast of bandmates and collaborators, many of whom were mainstays of both the Liverpool and broader British post-punk scene.

From the disco punk funk of ‘Black Leather’ through proto-Gothic singles ‘It’s Been Hours Now’ and ‘The Stranger’, and into early versions of hi-NRG tracks which would eventually find their way onto the band’s debut album, this is both an invigorating exploration of an emerging talent and a valuable time capsule of an important figure in both the 80s pop and gay club scenes. While so many pop stars hid their homosexuality for the sake of record sales and middle America, Burns stuck up two fingers and sang loudly about both his own inner world and his desire for large, leather clad boys!

Featuring sleeve notes by Electronic Sound magazine’s Mat Smith (with new interview contributions from Wayne Hussey, Joe Musker and Francesco Mellina), and a plethora of previously unheard recordings, this is a must for fans of Pete Burns, post-punk and pop enthusiasts and those with an interest in British pop culture in the aftermath of punk’s liberation.

 Let Them Drag My Soul Away – Singles, Demos and Live Recordings 1979-1982

Music GB

Discover Let Them Drag My Soul Away – Singles, Demos and Live Recordings 1979-1982 by Pete Burns on CD or LP from Cherry Red. Early singles, demos, and live recordings shedding light on the pre-fame era of this iconic artist.