Electric Garden
A 12" vinyl bootleg from the 1990ies ...
There is however not much known about this release, though the whole production seems to be relatively low-level with badly glued covers showing the logo in home-printer quality of back in those years.
The centre-hole of some of the vinyls is slightly too small.
Also the reproduced audience recording is rather flat and shows some up and downs of the volume regulation, which finally gives the impression of an average sound quality of the end-product.
And that's a pity, because the worth of the musical contain of the present bootleg with regard to the chronicle of music of the Sisters of Mercy and the bands history is definitely invaluable.
Read more further down in the section of "Remarks".
Release Notes
- Label: unknown
- Catalogue#: non
- Released: after April 1992, which is the release date of the official 2LP Some Girls Wander By Mistake,
- This album served as a blueprint for the front cover art work of the present one.
- Format: 12" vinyl LP
- Run-out scratchings: Mercy A, Mercy B
Remarks
- Pressed on black vinyl with plain white labels
- The front cover artwork was culled from the Some Girls Wander By Mistake logo.
- The text "SOME GIRLS WANDER BY MISTAKE" was changed to
- "ELECTRIC GARDEN · STOCKHOLM 26 OCTOBER 1983" and the dates "80 83" were blanked.
- The back cover notes are just the track list an the venue dates.
- On the spine is printed "sisters of mercy".
- The band appeared on stage as a three men piece.
- Later on, duing the Armageddon Tour there were a lot of concerts held this way,
- but always in the line up Adams - Eldritch - Hussey.
- The distinctiveness at this gig is that the line up was Adams - Eldritch - Marx.
- In this line up there were only 4 concerts played (ever and world wide),
- one in Manchester, this one in Stockholm and two in the USA, Los Angeles and San Francisco.
- These two months the line up was this way because of the coincidence that Ben Gunn had already left the band,
- but they were still waiting for Wayne Hussey to join it.
- To the concert in San Francisco there exists also a vinyl bootleg, the sought-after Tender Mercies LP.
- Concluding, there are just these two live recordings saved on vinyl were Gary Marx is the only guitar player of the personnel.
- Due to (logistic) problems, the sound of the drum machine "Doktor Avalanche" was reproduced from a tape recorder during the whole concert.
- Maybe this is the main reason of the "flatness" of the sound of the present recording.
Some of the quotes
- Before Heartland:
From the audience: “Where’s the drummer ?”
Andrew: “He’s in the box. What’s in the basket?”
- (The box refers to the tape recorder.)
- Before Floorshow refering to the circumstance of being just three band members:
“We’ve got a new guitarist who can’t be with us today, so next time we’ll be four people.
This is called “Floorshow” and it’s bloody good!”
- (The new guitarist is ought to be Wayne Hussey.)
- Before Body Electric:
From the audience: “1969!!!"
Andrew: "No, we don't play 1969 anymore. // Body Electric"
- (Confirming the message about this song from the famous concert at Brixton Ace half a year before.)
| This page is Work in Progress and going to be extended as soon as ever possible |
Source
- Recored live on 26 October 1983 at Electric Garden, Stockholm, Sweden
- An incomplete recording, as Emma and Adrenochrome were performed just before Floorshow are not included.
For recent price developments see sistersbootlegs/Electric Garden...
A few more bits of information around this bootleg and the according concert at Electric Garden can be found here at Heartland Forum ...
Track List
| A1 Burn | B1 Floorshow |
| A2 Valentine | B2 Body Electric |
| A3 Anaconda | B3 Kiss The Carpet |
| A4 Temple Of Love | B4 Alice |
| A5 Heartland | B5 Sister Ray |
