Legend of Xanadu

Written by:

Ken Howard, Alan Blaikley

Initial release:

Ruby Trax; Forty NME40CD (compilation CD)

Date:

October 1992

Subsequent release:

A World Bewitched, Artful Records ARTFULCD35; 6 February 2001
The Fontana Years CD574267; August 2017; box set contains Code: Selfish extended CD)

Group on inital release:

Mark E Smith – vocals; Craig Scanlon – guitar; Steve Hanley – bass; Simon Wolstencroft – drums, keyboards Dave Bush – keyboards, machines

Commentary:

This cover version was originally a hit for Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick and Tich and reached no. 1 in the UK charts in 1968.

It was voted no. 5 in John Peel’s Festive Fifty in 1992.