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Four LP set at a special price!

Contains the studio albums Klaus Nomi and Simple Man, the live In Concert, and the collection Encore Bavarian born Klaus Sperber emigrated to New York City in 1972, and soon became a staple in the East Village art scene, adopting the new last name of Nomi (fashioned after the popular science magazine Omni). After working on a production with Kristian Hoffman, whose band Mumps were playing Maxs Kansas City and CBGB, the two began working together with Hoffman writing originals and picking cover versions of popular songs that would showcase Nomis multi-octave vocal range. David Bowie hired Nomi as one his background singers for a 1979 performance on Saturday Night Live, and the exposure caught the eyes and ears of Bowies label, RCA. Soon Kristian and Klaus began recording Nomis debut album. Klaus Nomi appeared in 1981 featuring covers of Lou Christies Lightning Strikes, Leslie Gores You Dont Own Me, Chubby Checkers The Twist, and Camille Saint-Sans Samson And Delilah (Aria), plus originals from Hoffman including Nomi Song and Total Eclipse (memorably performed in the 1981 film Urgh! A Music War). Simple Man appeared the following year, featuring Hoffmans title track and covers of Doris Troys Just One Look and Ding Dong The Witch Is Dead from The Wizard Of Oz plus songs from renaissance composers John Dowland and Henry Purcell. It would sadly be Nomis last album of original material, following his AIDS-related death in 1983. Encore was released posthumously, collecting tracks from the first two albums, the Urgh! performance of Total Eclipse, and three previously unissued tracks. In Concert (recorded at NYCs Hurrah club in 1979) arrived in 1986, containing Nomis version of Donna Summers I Feel Love. All four albums are now available together, packaged in a slipcase with the iconic Nomi logo, at a very special price.

Track List:

01 Keys Of Life
02 Lightning Strikes
03 The Twist
04 Nomi Song
05 You Don't Own Me
01 The Cold Song
02 Wasting My Time
03 Total Eclipse
04 Nomi Chant
05 Samson And Delilah (Aria)

01 From Beyond
02 After The Fall
03 Just One Look
04 Falling In Love Again
05 Icurok
06 Rubberband Lazer
01 Wayward Sisters
02 Ding Dong
03 Three Wishes
04 Simple Man
05 Return

01 Fanfare
02 Gold Song
03 Total Eclipse (Live Version)
04 Can't Help Falling In Love
05 Simple Man
06 Wasting My Time
01 Wayward Sisters
02 Ding Dong
03 You Don't Own Me
04 Der Nissbaum
05 Lightning Strikes
06 The Twist
07 Samson And Delilah (Aria)

01 Keys Of Life (Live at Hurrah's 1979)
02 Falling In Love Again (Live at Hurrah's 1979)
03 Lightning Strikes (Live at Hurrah's 1979)
04 Nomi Song (Live at Hurrah's 1979)
05 The Twist (Live at Hurrah's 1979)
01 Total Eclipse (Live at Hurrah's 1979)
02 Total Eclipse (Live at Hurrah's 1979)
03 Samson And Delilah (Aria) [Live at Hurrah's 1979]

street date 10/31/25