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Has anyone bought In The Flat Field and Mask Omnibus Editions? I already have the original bastards on vinyl and CD and was wondering if they were worth buying for the additional material?

Also, what about Bauhaus live in the studio 1979? I have never heard this

I have "mask" and "in the studio"
Mask is realy worth it just for the extra live album, bauhaus at their very best. The booklet is realy nice too.

In the studio i guess if you re a die-hard fan you have to get it ,if not you can live without it, it s interesting though. The book it came with (behind the mask) is more interesting, actually a scrapbook with interviews ,flyers and posters.

Silence is platinum wrote:I have "mask" and "in the studio"
Mask is realy worth it just for the extra live album, bauhaus at their very best.
In the studio i guess if you re a die-hard fan you have to get it ,if not you can live without it, it s interesting though. The book it came with is far more interesting.

I will track down Mask, thanks for the tip

I agree with SilenceisPlatinum - depends how much of a diehard fan you are. For in The Flat Field it really depends on how many versions of Terror Couple Kills Colonel you think you need. Mask does have the extra live disc but if you already have Press.. do you really need another early live show ? Live in the Studio is fascinating as a document of how the band were evolving (a bit like TSOM's '81 demo tape)' whilst ...and remains is precisely what it says, left-over scrapings not deemed good enough to make up a third disc for the Flat Field omnibus.
Interesting as ever to contrast what has come out for the Bauhaus completist with the miserly scraps offered to Sisters fans on reissues (one "early version" and one "full version"). Feast or famine, which is better for a cult band's legacy ?
Going back to Bauhaus, if you haven't already got it, my advice would be to spend your cash on Peter Murphy's last album (Ninth) if you're in need of a new Bauhausesque fix.

Thank you sir for the information

The Mask box is the one! oh yeah

Beggars Archive are promising more "big name" releases for 2014, so hopefully more Omnibus editions in the pipeline.

I think the Omnibus project was scrapped.

robertzombie wrote:I think the Omnibus project was scrapped.

Apparently so - not enough extras lying around it would seem so not "commercially viable". Knowing the quality of the b-sides of the latter singles and the extreme haste with which Burning from the Inside was put together as the band disintegrated, I'm not surprised there's nothing left of interest in the vaults.

http://archive.beggars.com/articles/234 ... te#comment

19. Omnibus Bauhaus: Unfortunately this is not commercially viable anymore. That said all the reseach and very extensive notes were completed in prepartaion for this project but ultimately had to be shelved. Both remaining studio albums are now available in gloriously remastered form on the new 5 disc set however. Furthermore, we did also notice a serious lack of additional tracks to boost up the boxes as well. Bauhaus never over recorded, particularly during the last couple of years (82-83) with, save for a small handful of demos etc, pretty much everything that was finished was used on B sides or bonus tracks on the 12� singles.

Planning on spending more $$$$ on Bauhaus today