Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds – The Firstborn Is Dead LP Vinyl Record

Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds – The Firstborn Is Dead LP Vinyl Record

“The Firstborn Is Dead”, co-produced by Nick Cave, the Bad Seeds and Flood, is the second studio album released by Cave & the Bad Seeds, and was originally released on June 3rd 1985. Throughout the album, Cave explores his fascination with the American South, with references ranging from Elvis Presley to ‘Blind’ Lemon Jefferson. Recorded in Berlin, Cave later said of this album, “Berlin gave US the freedom and encouragement to do whatever we wanted. We’d lived in London for three years and it seemed that if you stuck your head out of the box, people were pretty quick to knock it back in, particularly if you were Australian. When we came to Berlin it was the opposite. People saw US as some kind of force rather than a kind of wacky novelty act.

The album’s title – “The Firstborn Is Dead” – is a reference to Jesse Garon Presley, the stillborn identical twin of Elvis Presley, and ‘Wanted Man’ was Cave’s own take on a song Bob Dylan wrote for Johnny Cash. Dylan gave his permission for the lyrics to be changed, with Cave’s interpretation referencing his friends. Also features the apocalyptic classic ‘Tupelo’. Vinyl transfer approval overseen by Mick Harvey during Summer 2014, cut at Abbey Road studios.

Pressed on Classic Black Vinyl.

TRACKLISTING

Side A:

1. Tupelo
2. Say Goodbye To The Little Girl Tree
3. Train Long-Suffering
4. The Black Crow King

Side B:

1. Knockin’ On Joe
2. Wanted Man
3. Blind Lemon Jefferson
   

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Manufacturer Mute Records Brand Nick Cave Pennies 120 Music Genre Alternative / Indie, Rock Dimensions 12″ Preorder No