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* The photograph "Gods of Earth & Heaven" on the other hand is a daring interpretation of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sandro_Botticelli Sandro Botticelli's] painting [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Birth_of_Venus The Birth of Venus] just in the tipical style of the artist.
 
* The photograph "Gods of Earth & Heaven" on the other hand is a daring interpretation of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sandro_Botticelli Sandro Botticelli's] painting [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Birth_of_Venus The Birth of Venus] just in the tipical style of the artist.
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* For unknown reasons the cover shows the photograph mirror inverted.
 
* For unknown reasons the cover shows the photograph mirror inverted.
: See both pictures below.
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* Another bootleg of the Sisters which cover art reproduces a photograph of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joel-Peter_Witkin Joel-Peter Witkin] is [[Lord Of Darkness]]
 
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Revision as of 16:23, 10 March 2016

Half Moon Over Amsterdam - Cover (front)

Release Notes

  • Label: Condor Records
  • Catalogue#: unknown
  • Format: 12" Vinyl LP
  • Released: not before 1988


Remarks

  • The back of the cover names Wayne Hussey as a guitar player, though at the time of this gig Ben Gunn
    was still in the band. Hussey didn´t join the band before 1984 and made his debut in April the same year.
  • Because of the picture on the cover front this bootleg has been banned from some marketplaces.


NOTE:

  • The cover art shows a photograph shot by Joel-Peter Witkin. It was released in los Angeles in 1988 under the name "Gods of Earth & Heaven".[1]
See both pictures below.
  • For unknown reasons the cover shows the photograph mirror inverted.


Sources

  • The back of the cover states "Live 28.3.83 Paradiso, Amsterdam" as time and place of this concert.
    In reality the gig took place on August, 28th, 1983.
  • Plenty other bootlegs have been created from this soundboard recording.
    A list of them can be found here .


For recent price developments see sistersbootlegs/Half Moon Over Amsterdam... or popsike/half moon.

Half Moon Over Amsterdam - Cover (back)


Track List

A1   Heartland   3:52
A2   Alice   4:02
A3   Emmaline aka Emma   6:54
A4   Temple Of Love   4:44
A5   Floor Show   5:02
A6   Sisters Of Mercy aka Adrenochrome                                               3:48


B1   Gimmie Shelter   6:12
B2   Kiss                                                                                              4:19
B3   Louie Louie   5:14
B4   Sister Ray  12:20


NOTE:
B4 - Sister Ray is actually a medley consisting of Sister Ray, Ghostrider and Louie Louie ...


Additional Pictures

Half Moon Over Amsterdam - Black vinyl with yellow labels
Half Moon Over Amsterdam - Vinyl with plain green label (Side 1)
Joel-Peter Witkin - Gods of Earth & Heaven
Sandro Botticelli - La Nascita di Venere (The Birth of Venus)