Tune In - Turn Off - Burn Out

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Tune In ... Turn Off ... Burn Out ...

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Tune In, Turn Off, Burn Out - Cover (front)
Tune In, Turn Off, Burn Out - Cover (back)
Tune In, Turn Off, Burn Out - Picture Disc (front)
Tune In, Turn Off, Burn Out - Picture Disc (back)

A live bootleg from The Sisters of Mercy's 1985 Tune In - Turn On - Burn Out Tour .... Although, the band didn't know it at the time,

this was to be the last gig of The Sisters of Mercy in their First and Last and Always formation in their spiritual hometown of Leeds.

Release Notes

Tune In, Turn Off, Burn Out - Cover (spine)
  • Label: Lounging Records / Skeleton Songs Ltd
  • Catalogue#: TUNE IN
  • Format: 12" vinyl LP - Picture Disc
  • Released: 1985 (Germany)


Tune In, Turn Off, Burn Out
- Blue September Songs label (Side One)


Remarks

  • The back cover notes a track list, the band line-up and various details about the release:
Recorded Live In Leeds University 16/3/85.
Produced And Published By
Skeleton Songs Ltd.
Keep the fire burning...

And in very small letters:

Coverproduction Atlan Prod.
Realisation Robert-Jo
  • On the spine - like on the cover back - the article of the band's name is omitted:
Sisters Of Mercy - Tune in... Turn off... Burn out...


Tune In, Turn Off, Burn Out
- Blue September Songs label (Side Two)
Tune In, Turn Off, Burn Out
- Yellow September Songs label (Side Two)

Editions


This bootleg was released in basically four editions.

  • The first edition is a black 12" vinyl LP coming in a black cardboard cover
with a large Walk Away logo in a square and the bootleg title
Tune In ... Turn Off ... Burn Out ... in red print on it.
  • The vinyls come with September Songs labels. The colours of these labels vary, though.
The first issues often have a pale blue label on Side One and a yellow label on Side Two.
Some records do have pale blue September Songs labels on both sides, however, while
copies that were pressed later on mostly come with yellow September Songs labels on
both sides of the vinyl.



White-label editions

The three main editions of this bootleg (apart from the picture disc) - with September Songs labels (here the yellow ones) and with plain whith labels on black, respectively, red vinyl
  • There is one edition with plain white labels on black vinyl.
Apart from the labels, there is no difference between this edition
and the September Songs issue one.
  • Likewise, there is white-label issue on red vinyl, allegedly
a limited edition of 50 copies only, which are very hard to find.
These too, come with the same cover art and track list as all the
other aforementioned issues, for some detailled pictures see below.
  • Both white-label editions tend to have notes written by former owners
on their labels to mark the side or describe the record's content.
  • Run-out grooves on all these above editions: TUNE IN/A, TUNE IN /B


  • A picture disc issue does exist as well. (see the pictures on top of the page)
The vinyl comes in a transparent plastic sleeve without any sort of print on it.
On the A-Side, the front cover of the first edition is printed as a square on the
otherwise white background: Side B pictures the cover back in the same way.
According to the Reverberation Across The Nation Discography Booklet,
this picture disc was a limited edition of 300 copies.


It is pressed on red vinyl and has genuine orange Swingin' Pig labels. The record comes in a white cardboard cover
On the cover, the band name and the title of the bootleg are noted in handwriting with large marker-letters.

Possibly, this is the original first test pressing for all other issues. The Run-out grooves here are "Tune in" A/B and "Leder".

Tune In... Turn Off... Burn Out...
- Swingin' Pig Pressing (Vinyl Side A)
Tune In... Turn Off... Burn Out...
- Swingin' Pig Pressing (Vinyl Side B)
Tune In... Turn Off... Burn Out...
- Swingin' Pig Pressing (overview)
  • Our thanks for the pictures of this vinyl go to Heartland Forum member Rise891.


Tune In, Turn Off, Burn Out
- Yellow September Songs label (Side One)


Tune In, Turn Off, Burn Out - Overview
Tune In, Turn Off, Burn Out
- Yellow September Songs label (Side Two)

Source


  • This recording is far from complete.
Train, Marian, No Time To Cry, Possession, Walk Away, Burn,
Emma, Amphetamine Logic, A Rock And A Hard Place , Floorshow
and Gimme Shelter are missing.
  • On the other hand, this was one of the very few occasions that
Nine While Nine was performed live and the track is included
in the present album as well.
  • The same content is also available on other 12" vinyl bootleg-LPs like
Ghostriderz, the very rare Ghost Riders and Live At Leeds,
Tune In ... Turn Off ... Burn Out ... was apparently released first,
and a CD- version of it followed in 1991.
  • In addition, various audience recordings from this concert
are in circulation among the fanbase.


Track List

Side One Side Two
A1  First And Last And Always       B1  Nine While Nine
A2  Body And Soul B2  Knockin' On Heaven's Door
A3  Alice B3  Ghostrider
A4  Body Electric B4  Louie Louie


For recent price developments of the picture disc see sistersbootlegs/Tune in, Turn off; price of all releases are available @popsike/Tune in... Turn Off...

Additional Pictures

- Please click into files for larger views -

Tune In... Turn Off... Burn Out...
- Side One with September Songs labels
Tune In... Turn Off... Burn Out...
- Side Two with September Songs labels
Tune In... Turn Off... Burn Out...
- Black vinyl with plain white labels
Tune In... Turn Off... Burn Out...
- Red vinyl with plain white labels
Tune In... Turn Off... Burn Out... - Red vinyl with white label - Side 2
Tune In... Turn Off... Burn Out...
- Red vinyl with white label - Label and runout (Side 2)
Tune In... Turn Off... Burn Out...
- Red vinyl with white label - Runout (Side 1)