‘Dead Singers’

(a.k.a. ‘All The Dead Singers’)

Jerry Cornelius — the ambiguous, amoral, androgynous English Assassin —

‘Dead Singers’ was titled, when it first appeared, as “All The Dead Singers” against Moorcock’s wishes. It has subsequently only ever appeared as ‘Dead Singers’, not to be confused with another, unconnected story called ‘A Dead Singer’ (q.v., 1974). To add to that confusion, ‘A Dead Singer’ had a one-off retitling as ‘Dead Singers’ in the collection Lunching With The Antichrist (1995).

First appearance: Ink No. 19
London:  Ink Publishers Ltd., 1971 (October 5th) newspaper;
edited by John Lloyd;
price:  10p;
20 pages;
I.S.S.N.: unknown;
cover artist: Roger Law.

‘All The Dead Singers’ (illustrated by Marc Morrel): p. 13.

First collected appearance: The Lives And Times Of Jerry Cornelius
London:  Allison & Busby, 1976 (January) hardcover (q.v.);
original price:  £3·50;
176 pages;
I.S.B.N.:  0-85031-141-1;
cover artist:  Richard Glyn Jones;
illustrated by Mal Dean, Jones & Harry Douthwaite.

pp. 144–148: as ‘Dead Singers’ (no illustration).

Other appearances:-

The Lives And Times Of Jerry Cornelius, expanded edition;
London: Harrap, 1987 (February 26th) hardcover an simultaneous mass-sized paperback (q.v.);
original prices:  £7·95 (h/c), £2·50 (p/b);
185 pages;
I.S.B.N.s:  0-245-54374-0 (h/c), 0-52626356-0 (p/b);
cover artist:  Tim White;
illustrated by Mal Dean, Richard Glyn Jones & Harry Douthwaite;
‘Dead Singers’: pp. 144–148 (no illustration).
The New Nature Of The Catastrophe;
London:  Millennium, 1993 (June 10th) hardcover and simultaneous trade-sized paperback (q.v.);
edited by Langdon Jones, Michael Moorcock & (uncredited) John Davey;
original prices:  £14·99 (h/c), £10·99 (p/b);
xii + 436 pages;
I.S.B.N.s:  1-85798-039-5 (h/c [-039-0 on copyright page]) & 1-85798-040-9 (p/b);
cover artist:  Mark Reeve;
illustrated by Harry Douthwaite, Mal Dean, R. Glyn Jones & David Britton;
‘Dead Singers’: pp. 252–255 (no illustration).
Jerry Cornelius: His Lives And His Times;
London: Gollancz, 2014 (May 29th) trade-sized paperback (q.v.);
edited by John Davey;
original price:  £9·99;
xxii + 389 pages;
I.S.B.N.:  978-1-473-20072-2;
cover artist:  unknown;
illustrated by Harry Douthwaite, Mal Dean & David Britton;
“Original artwork, by Richard Glyn Jones, withdrawn by artist”;
‘Dead Singers’: pp. 173–179 (no illustration).