Electric Garden
A 12" vinyl bootleg from the 1990ies ...
There is 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. And also the labels are simple and do not give an further information. 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, given the definitely invaluable worth of the musical content of the present bootleg with regard to the chronicle of music of the Sisters of Mercy and the band's history. Read more further down in the section "Remarks".
Release Notes
- Label: unknown
- Catalogue#: non
- Format: 12" vinyl LP
- Run-out scratchings: Mercy A, Mercy B
- Released: after April 1992, the release date of the official 2LP Some Girls Wander By Mistake,
- That album served as a blueprint for the front cover art work of the present bootleg.
Remarks
- Pressed on black vinyl with plain white labels.
- The centre-hole of some of the vinyls is slightly too small.
- The front cover artwork was culled from the Some Girls Wander By Mistake logo.
- The text "SOME GIRLS WANDER BY MISTAKE" was changed into : "ELECTRIC GARDEN STOCKHOLM 26 OCTOBER 1983",
- and the dates "80" and "83" were blanked.
- The back cover notes are just the track list an the venue dates.
- The only writen "hint" on the cover front and back about the interpreter of the LP
- is the word "Sisters". On the spine "sisters of mercy" is printed in small letters.
- 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 the latter line up there were only 4 concerts played (ever and world wide).
- The gigs were performed in Manchester, in Stockholm and two times in the USA, Los Angeles and San Francisco in September and October 1983.
- These two months the band appeared with less members, because of the coincidence that Ben Gunn had already left the band,
- but they were still waiting for Wayne Hussey to join them.
- 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 for the "flatness" of the sound of the present recording,
- but on the other hand this release is the only document on vinyl were Doktor Avalanche isn't recorded "live", but "playbacked".
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.)
Source
- Recored live on 26 October 1983 at Electric Garden, Stockholm, Sweden
- It is an incomplete recording, as Emma and Adrenochrome were performed just before Floorshow,
but they 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 |
