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A live bootleg from late 1984.<br/>
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[[File:Dorothy Tree, Geraldine Dvorak and Cornelia Thaw in Dracula.png|thumb|right|290px|Dorothy Tree, Geraldine Dvorak and Cornelia Thaw <br/>in ''Dracula'']]
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[[File:Cryptic Flowers with Limited Edition Sticker.jpg|thumb|left|350px|''Cryptic Flowers'' - glossy light blue/white cover (front)]]<br/>
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A live bootleg from late 1984 recorded during the [[Gigography#Black_October_Tour|Black October Tour]].<br/>
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'''Release Notes'''
 
'''Release Notes'''
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* Other Identifiers: EAN# 8 711500 011497
 
* Other Identifiers: EAN# 8 711500 011497
 
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'''Remarks'''
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* According to backsleeve:
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: ''For promotion only''
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: ''Cover by Atlan Productions / Artwork by Qubert''
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[[File:Cryptic Flowers bw Cover Front.jpg|thumb|left|350px|''Cryptic Flowers'' - b/w Cover (front)]]
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* The picture on the front of the cover is a movie scene from
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: [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dracula_%281931_English-language_film%29 Dracula (1931 feat. Bela Lugosi)] showing [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dorothy_Tree Dorothy Tree],
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:  [http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0245309/?ref_=ttfc_fc_cl_t16 Geraldine Dvorak] and [http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1157410/?ref_=ttfc_fc_cl_t22 Cornelia Thaw]
  
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'''Remarks'''<br/>
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* The cover spine names "Sister of Mercy" as the performing artist.
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- according to backsleeve -
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* ''For promotion only''
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[[File:Cryptic Flowers Spine.jpg|thumb|right|550px|''Cryptic Flowers'' - Cover (spine)]]
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* ''Cover by Atlan Productions / Artwork by Qubert''
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<br clear="right">
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: The picture of the front cover is a scene "Dracula" (1931 feat. Bela Lugosi)
 
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: showing Dorothy Tree, Geraldine Dvorak and Cornelia Thaw
 
 
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{{Work in Progress}}
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* The recording is very incomplete. [[Burn]], [[Emma (song)|Emma]], [[A Rock And A Hard Place (song)|A Rock And A Hard Place]], [[Floorshow (song)|Floorshow]], [[Alice (song)|Alice]], [[Body Electric (song)|Body Electric]],
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: [[Gimme Shelter (song)|Gimme Shelter]], [[Adrenochrome (song)|Adrenochrome]] and the first part of the final medley [[Ghostrider (song)|Ghostrider]] are missing.
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* Although the bootleg seems to be based on an audience recording, the sound quality is good.
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[[File:Cryptic Flowers No Sticker.jpg|thumb|left|350px|''Cryptic Flowers'' - Blue Cover (front), no sticker]]
 
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<br/>
 
'''Varieties'''
 
'''Varieties'''
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* Exists in at least three or four editions:
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* Exists in at least four or more editions:
  
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* Fully printed glossy, dark blue/white cover with 'Limited Edition on colored vinyl' sticker.
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* According to [https://www.discogs.com/de/Sisters-Of-Mercy-Cryptic-Flowers/release/1635191 discogs] the fully printed glossy, dark blue and white front cover version with "''Limited Edition on colored vinyl''" sticker is the '''first edition''' and comes with white/multicoloured splattered vinyl. The back cover of this and all other blue cover versions has a pink background and pink lettering on dark violet background. A photo showing the band around the time of the recording is fully tinted in blue. No picture of a dark blue cover with sticker has surfaced to date.
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:  = 1st edition coming with white/multicoloured splatter vinyl  
 
  
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* Blue cover without sticker coming with coloured, multicoloured, or black vinyl
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* A cover version with light blue and white print including limited edition sticker on front does exist as well. One of these has surfaced with a red vinyl with printed labels giving completely unconnected details (see [[Cryptic Flowers#Additional Pictures|first picture down below]], possibly there's simply a wrong vinyl in the picture).
  
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* B/w cover with blue backsleeve coming with coloured or multicoloured vinyl
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* Both covers do exist without a sticker as well and come with coloured, multicoloured, or black vinyl.
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: Back covers are all the same as above.
  
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* Blue cover with glued blue cover print - black vinyl and printed labels
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* Beyond that, there is a b/w cover version with a blue and b/w backsleeve and coloured or multicoloured vinyl, mostly though, with red splattered vinyl. The latter has to be treated with caution, as several red black-splattered vinyls with identical "MERCY A / MERCY B" run-outs have surfaced in b/w ''Cryptic Flowers'' covers, while featuring a part of the concert at [[Sun, 28-Aug-1983|Paradiso, Amsterdam, NL of August 1983]]. That record is, in fact, Record One of the [[Possession (12" bootleg)|Possession 2LP bootleg]] as pictured [https://sisterswiki.org/File:Possession_Red_Black_Splattered_And_Black_Vinyl.jpg here].
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[[File:Cryptic Flowers Dark Blue And White Cover Front.jpg|thumb|left|350px|''Cryptic Flowers'' - Dark Blue Cover (front), no sticker]]
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* [[Cryptic Flowers#Additional Pictures|Another blue cover]] version has a print of the cover motive glued on front while the cover back is just blue without any print or information. The accompanying is vinyl black and has printed labels giving the unconnected details: 
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: ''"THE BAD - (Lyrics by The Bad) - HD017 - PART ONE"'' (or PART TWO, resp.)
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: The same black vinyls have been seen with "normal" blue cover versions as well.
  
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* Known vinyl colours include black, yellow, white and blue, red as well as multicoloured white and multicoloured clear vinyl
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* Known vinyl colours are black, yellow, white, blue, red, and multicoloured (splattered) white, red and clear.
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'''NOTE''': Several copies of the [https://sisterswiki.org/File:Cryptic_Flowers_Yellow_Vinyl.jpg yellow vinyl] have proved to be Record One of the [[Possession (12" bootleg)|Possession 2LP bootleg]], just like some of the red black-splattered vinyls mentioned above. We recommend checking [https://www.myheartland.co.uk/viewtopic.php?p=657375#657375 this thread @The Heartland Forums] for further information and discussions on this issue.<br/>
 
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'''Sources'''
 
'''Sources'''
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* Recorded live on 18th of November 1984 at Zeche, Bochum, Germany  
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* Recorded live on [[Sun, 18-Nov-1984|November 18th, 1984 at Zeche, Bochum, Germany]].
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: That was the last concert of the [[Gigography#Black_October_Tour|Black October Tour]].
 
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'''Recording Notes'''<br/>
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'''Recording Notes''' (according to the backsleeve notes)
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- according to the backsleeve notes -
 
 
* Mixed at [https://www.discogs.com/de/label/265005-Musicland-Studios Musicland Studios]
 
* Mixed at [https://www.discogs.com/de/label/265005-Musicland-Studios Musicland Studios]
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* Mastered at [https://www.discogs.com/de/label/274153-Hansa-Tonstudios Hansa Tonstudios]
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* Mastered by [https://www.discogs.com/de/artist/856256-The-Wall-3 The Wall]
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* Producer: [https://www.discogs.com/de/artist/532437-Rough-Mouse Rough Mouse]
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For recent price developments see [http://www.sistersbootlegs.de/lps/crypticflowers.htm sistersbootlegs/Cryptic Flowers] or [http://www.popsike.com/php/quicksearch.php?searchtext=sisters+of+mercy+cryptic+flowers&thumbs=&currsel=&sortord=ddate&endfrom=&endthru=&ipp=&x=20&y=18 popsike/Cryptic Flowers...]<br/>
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[[File:Cryptic Flowers BW Cover Back.jpg|thumb|left|350px|''Cryptic Flowers'' - b/w Cover Versions (back)]]
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[[File:Cryptic Flowers Back.jpg|thumb|right|360px|''Cryptic Flowers'' - Blue Cover Versions (back)]]
  
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* Mastered at [https://www.discogs.com/de/label/274153-Hansa-Tonstudios Hansa Tonstudios]
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== Track List ==
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'''''Side A'''''
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* &nbsp;A1&nbsp;&nbsp; [[Heartland (song)|Heartland]]
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* &nbsp;A2&nbsp;&nbsp; [[Marian (song)|Marian]]
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* &nbsp;A3&nbsp;&nbsp; [[Walk Away (song)|Walk Away]]
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* &nbsp;A4&nbsp;&nbsp; [[Body And Soul (song)|Body And Soul]]
  
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* Mastered  by [https://www.discogs.com/de/artist/856256-The-Wall-3 The Wall]
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* &nbsp;A5&nbsp;&nbsp; [[No Time To Cry (song)|No Time To Cry]]
  
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* Producer: [https://www.discogs.com/de/artist/532437-Rough-Mouse Rough Mouse]
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* &nbsp;A6&nbsp;&nbsp; [[Anaconda (song)|Anaconda]]
 
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== Track List ==
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'''''Side B'''''
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* &nbsp;B1&nbsp;&nbsp; [[Train (song)|Train]]
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* &nbsp;B2&nbsp;&nbsp; [[Knockin' On Heaven's Door (song)|Knockin' On Heaven's Door]]
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* &nbsp;B3&nbsp;&nbsp; [[Sister Ray (song)|Sister Ray]]
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* &nbsp;B4&nbsp;&nbsp; [[Louie Louie]]
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==Additional Pictures==
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- Please click into files for larger views - <br/>
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<br/>
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'''''Varieties of Cover Versions'''''
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{|
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| [[File:Cryptic Flowers With Sticker And Red Vinyl.jpg|thumb|410px|Light Blue Cover (front) with sticker, red vinyl and printed white labels - possibly, there's only just a wrong vinyl in this photo]]
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| [[File:Cryptic Flowers Dark Blue Cover Front and Back.jpg|thumb|600px|''Cryptic Flowrs'' - Dark Blue Cover (front & back)]]
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|-
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|}
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{|
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| [[File:Cryptic Flowers Glued Cover Photo.jpg|thumb|300px|''Cryptic Flowers'' - Cover with image glued to the front]]
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| [[File:Cryptic Flowers Glued Cover With Black Vinyl The Bad.jpg|thumb|420px|''Cryptic Flowers'' - Glued Cover with black vinyl & black "The Bad" label (Part Two)]]
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| [[File:Cryptic Flowers Monochrome Cover Back.jpg|thumb|300px|''Cryptic Flowers'' - Monochrome Blue Back Of This Cover]]
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|-
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|}
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{|
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| [[File:Cryptic Flowers Black Vinyl The Bad Labels.jpg|580px|thumb|''Cryptic Flowers'' - Light Blue Cover with black vinyl & black "The Bad" label (Part One)]]
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| [[File:Cryptic Flowers Light Blue Cover Black Vinyl.jpg|480px|thumb|''Cryptic Flowers'' - Light Blue Cover with black vinyl & white labels]]
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|-
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|}
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'''''Varieties of Vinyl Colours'''''<br/>
 
{|
 
{|
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| '''''Side A'''''
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| [[File:Cryptic Flowers Dark Blue Cover Black Vinyl.jpg|thumb|400px|''Cryptic Flowers'' - Dark Blue Cover with black vinyl & white labels]]
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| '''''Side B'''''
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| [[File:Cryptic Flowers White Label.jpg|thumb|300px|''Cryptic Flowers'' - Black vinyl, white label]]
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|-  
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| [[File:Cryptic Flowers Black Vinyl.jpg|thumb|300px|''Cryptic Flowers'' - Black vinyl]]
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| A1. Heartland
 
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| B1. Train
 
 
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| A2. Marian        
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|}
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| B2. Knockin' On Heaven's Door
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{|
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| [[File:Dark BLue Cover White MC Vinyl Version.jpg|thumb|380px|Dark Blue Cover with white multi-coloured vinyl (no sticker)]]
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| [[File:Cryptic Flowers With White Multicoloured Vinyl.jpg|thumb|370px|Light Blue Cover with white multi-coloured vinyl]]
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| [[File:Cryptic Flowers Vinyl coming with Sticker Edition.jpg|thumb|280px|Multi-coloured vinyl coming with sticker edition]]
 
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| A3. Walk Away
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|}
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| B3. Sister Ray
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{|
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| [[File:Cryptic Flowers Light Blue with MC Vinyl.jpg|thumb|430px|''Cryptic Flowers'' - Dark Blue Cover with clear multi-coloured vinyl]]
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| [[File:Cryptic Flowers with Clear MC Vinyl.jpg|thumb|170px|Light Blue Cover<br/>with clear multi-coloured vinyl]]
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| [[File:Cryptic Flowers Yellow Vinyl.jpg|thumb|430px|''Cryptic Flowers'' - Light Blue Cover with yellow vinyl - '''NOTE:''' Some of these have proved to be Record One of the [[Possession (12" bootleg)|Possession 2LP bootleg]]]]
 
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| A4. Body And Soul &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
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|}
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| B4. Louie Louie
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{|
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| [[File:Cryptic Flowers BW Cover and Clear MC Vinyl.jpg|thumb|340px|''Cryptic Flowers'' - B/W Cover with clear multi-coloured vinyl]]
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| [[File:Cryptic Flowers MC Vinyl Coming with BW Edition.jpg|thumb|250px|Multi-coloured vinyl coming with a b/w cover]]
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| [[File:Cryptic Flowers with Red MC Vinyl.jpg|thumb|420px|''Cryptic Flowers'' - B/W Cover with red multi-coloured vinyl]]
 
|-
 
|-
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| A5. No Time To Cry
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|}
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|
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* '''NOTE:''' Some of these red black-splattered vinyls have proved to be Record One of the [[Possession (12" bootleg)|Possession 2LP bootleg]] !!!
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{|
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| [[File:Cryptic Flowers Red MC Vinyl Label Side One.jpg|thumb|340px|''Cryptic Flowers'' - Red multi-coloured label (Side One)]]
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| [[File:Cryptic Flowers Red Splattered Vinyl.jpg|thumb|250px|Red splattered multi-coloured vinyl]]
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| [[File:Cryptic Flowers Red MC Vinyl Label Label Side Two.jpg|thumb|340px|''Cryptic Flowers'' - Red multi-coloured label (Side Two)]]
 
|-
 
|-
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| A6. Anaconda
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|}
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{|
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| [[File:Cryptic Flowers With Red Label Cover Front.jpg|340px|thumb|''Cryptic Flowers'' - with red label Cover (front)]]
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| [[File:Cryptic Flowers With Red Label Cover Back.jpg|380px|thumb|''Cryptic Flowers'' - with red label Cover (back)]]
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| [[File:Cryptic Flowers Vinyl With Red Label.jpg|280px|thumb|''Cryptic Flowers'' - Vinyl with red label]]
 
|-
 
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|}
 
|}
 
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== Additional Pictures ==
 
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- coming soon - <br/>
 
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[[Category: Bootlegs]]
 
[[Category: Bootlegs]]
 
[[Category: Live Bootlegs]]
 
[[Category: Live Bootlegs]]
 
[[Category: Vinyl Bootlegs 12"]]
 
[[Category: Vinyl Bootlegs 12"]]

Latest revision as of 13:22, 13 September 2017

Dorothy Tree, Geraldine Dvorak and Cornelia Thaw
in Dracula
Cryptic Flowers - glossy light blue/white cover (front)

A live bootleg from late 1984 recorded during the Black October Tour.


Release Notes

  • Label: Metropol Records Inc.
  • Catalogue#: MERCY
  • Format: 12" vinyl LP
  • Released: 1985 (Italy)
  • Run-outs: MERCY / A and MERCY / B
  • Other Identifiers: EAN# 8 711500 011497



Remarks

  • According to backsleeve:
For promotion only
Cover by Atlan Productions / Artwork by Qubert
Cryptic Flowers - b/w Cover (front)
  • The picture on the front of the cover is a movie scene from
Dracula (1931 feat. Bela Lugosi) showing Dorothy Tree,
Geraldine Dvorak and Cornelia Thaw
  • The cover spine names "Sister of Mercy" as the performing artist.


Cryptic Flowers - Cover (spine)



Gimme Shelter, Adrenochrome and the first part of the final medley Ghostrider are missing.
  • Although the bootleg seems to be based on an audience recording, the sound quality is good.
Cryptic Flowers - Blue Cover (front), no sticker


Varieties

  • Exists in at least four or more editions:
  • According to discogs the fully printed glossy, dark blue and white front cover version with "Limited Edition on colored vinyl" sticker is the first edition and comes with white/multicoloured splattered vinyl. The back cover of this and all other blue cover versions has a pink background and pink lettering on dark violet background. A photo showing the band around the time of the recording is fully tinted in blue. No picture of a dark blue cover with sticker has surfaced to date.
  • A cover version with light blue and white print including limited edition sticker on front does exist as well. One of these has surfaced with a red vinyl with printed labels giving completely unconnected details (see first picture down below, possibly there's simply a wrong vinyl in the picture).
  • Both covers do exist without a sticker as well and come with coloured, multicoloured, or black vinyl.
Back covers are all the same as above.
  • Beyond that, there is a b/w cover version with a blue and b/w backsleeve and coloured or multicoloured vinyl, mostly though, with red splattered vinyl. The latter has to be treated with caution, as several red black-splattered vinyls with identical "MERCY A / MERCY B" run-outs have surfaced in b/w Cryptic Flowers covers, while featuring a part of the concert at Paradiso, Amsterdam, NL of August 1983. That record is, in fact, Record One of the Possession 2LP bootleg as pictured here.
Cryptic Flowers - Dark Blue Cover (front), no sticker
  • Another blue cover version has a print of the cover motive glued on front while the cover back is just blue without any print or information. The accompanying is vinyl black and has printed labels giving the unconnected details:
"THE BAD - (Lyrics by The Bad) - HD017 - PART ONE" (or PART TWO, resp.)
The same black vinyls have been seen with "normal" blue cover versions as well.
  • Known vinyl colours are black, yellow, white, blue, red, and multicoloured (splattered) white, red and clear.

NOTE: Several copies of the yellow vinyl have proved to be Record One of the Possession 2LP bootleg, just like some of the red black-splattered vinyls mentioned above. We recommend checking this thread @The Heartland Forums for further information and discussions on this issue.

Sources

That was the last concert of the Black October Tour.


Recording Notes (according to the backsleeve notes)


For recent price developments see sistersbootlegs/Cryptic Flowers or popsike/Cryptic Flowers...

Cryptic Flowers - b/w Cover Versions (back)
Cryptic Flowers - Blue Cover Versions (back)

Track List

Side A


Side B



Additional Pictures

- Please click into files for larger views -

Varieties of Cover Versions

Light Blue Cover (front) with sticker, red vinyl and printed white labels - possibly, there's only just a wrong vinyl in this photo
Cryptic Flowrs - Dark Blue Cover (front & back)
Cryptic Flowers - Cover with image glued to the front
Cryptic Flowers - Glued Cover with black vinyl & black "The Bad" label (Part Two)
Cryptic Flowers - Monochrome Blue Back Of This Cover
Cryptic Flowers - Light Blue Cover with black vinyl & black "The Bad" label (Part One)
Cryptic Flowers - Light Blue Cover with black vinyl & white labels


Varieties of Vinyl Colours

Cryptic Flowers - Dark Blue Cover with black vinyl & white labels
Cryptic Flowers - Black vinyl, white label
Cryptic Flowers - Black vinyl
Dark Blue Cover with white multi-coloured vinyl (no sticker)
Light Blue Cover with white multi-coloured vinyl
Multi-coloured vinyl coming with sticker edition
Cryptic Flowers - Dark Blue Cover with clear multi-coloured vinyl
Light Blue Cover
with clear multi-coloured vinyl
Cryptic Flowers - Light Blue Cover with yellow vinyl - NOTE: Some of these have proved to be Record One of the Possession 2LP bootleg
Cryptic Flowers - B/W Cover with clear multi-coloured vinyl
Multi-coloured vinyl coming with a b/w cover
Cryptic Flowers - B/W Cover with red multi-coloured vinyl
  • NOTE: Some of these red black-splattered vinyls have proved to be Record One of the Possession 2LP bootleg !!!
Cryptic Flowers - Red multi-coloured label (Side One)
Red splattered multi-coloured vinyl
Cryptic Flowers - Red multi-coloured label (Side Two)
Cryptic Flowers - with red label Cover (front)
Cryptic Flowers - with red label Cover (back)
Cryptic Flowers - Vinyl with red label


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