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 Max’s Kansas City and CBGB, the two began working together – with Hoffman writing originals and picking cover versions of popular songs that would showcase Nomi’s 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 Bowie’s label, RCA. Soon Kristian and Klaus began recording Nomi’s debut album. Klaus Nomi appeared in 1981 featuring covers of Lou Christie’s “Lightning Strikes,” Leslie Gore’s “You Don’t Own Me,” Chubby Checker’s “The Twist,” and Camille Saint-Saëns’ “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 Hoffman’s title track and covers of Doris Troy’s “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 Nomi’s 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 NYC’s Hurrah club in 1979) arrived in 1986, containing Nomi’s version of Donna Summer’s “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 Life02 Lightning Strikes03 The Twist04 Nomi Song05 You Don't Own Me01 The Cold Song02 Wasting My Time03 Total Eclipse04 Nomi Chant05 Samson And Delilah (Aria) 01 From Beyond02 After The Fall03 Just One Look04 Falling In Love Again05 Icurok06 Rubberband Lazer01 Wayward Sisters02 Ding Dong03 Three Wishes04 Simple Man05 Return 01 Fanfare02 Gold Song03 Total Eclipse (Live Version)04 Can't Help Falling In Love05 Simple Man06 Wasting My Time01 Wayward Sisters02 Ding Dong03 You Don't Own Me04 Der Nissbaum05 Lightning Strikes06 The Twist07 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
