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[[File:Half Moon Over Amsterdam Cover Front.jpg|thumb|380px|right|''Half Moon Over Amsterdam'' - Cover (front)]]
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'''Release Notes'''
 
'''Release Notes'''
 
* Label: Condor Records
 
* Label: Condor Records
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* Catalogue#: unknown
 
* Catalogue#: unknown
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* Format: 12" Vinyl LP
 
* Format: 12" Vinyl LP
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* Released: not before 1988  
 
* Released: not before 1988  
 
 
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'''Remarks'''
 
'''Remarks'''
* Released in different editions with either plain yellow, plain red, or plain green labels.<br/>Look [http://www.sisterswiki.org/File:Half_Moon_Over_Amsterdam_Black_Vinyl_Yellow_Label.jpg here for a picture of the vinyl with yellow label...]
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* Released in different editions with either plain yellow, plain red, or plain green labels.
  
* The back of the cover names Wayne Hussey as a guitar player, though at the time of this gig [[Ben Gunn]] <br/>was still in the band. Hussey didn´t join the band before 1984 and made his debut in April the same year.
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* The back of the cover names [[Wayne Hussey]] as a guitar player, though at the time of this gig <br/>[[Ben Gunn]] was still in the band. Wayne Hussey didn´t join The Sisters of Mercy before 1984 <br/>and made his debut in April that year.
  
 
* Because of the picture on the cover front this bootleg has been banned from some marketplaces.
 
* Because of the picture on the cover front this bootleg has been banned from some marketplaces.
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'''NOTE:'''
 
* The cover art shows a photograph shot by [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joel-Peter_Witkin Joel-Peter Witkin]. It was released in los Angeles in 1988 under the name "Gods of Earth & Heaven".[http://www.artic.edu/aic/collections/artwork/126056?search_no=1&index=6]
 
  
* 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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* The cover art shows part of a photograph shot by [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joel-Peter_Witkin Joel-Peter Witkin],<br/> titled.[http://www.artic.edu/aic/collections/artwork/126056?search_no=1&index=6 Gods of Earth & Heaven] and released in Los Angeles in 1988.
: See both pictures below.
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* This photograph is obviously a daring interpretation of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sandro_Botticelli Sandro Botticelli's] painting<br/>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Birth_of_Venus The Birth of Venus] reformulated in the typical, morbid style of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joel-Peter_Witkin Joel-Peter Witkin],<br/>see [[Half_Moon_Over_Amsterdam#Additional Pictures|the two pictures down below...]]
  
* For unknown reasons the cover shows the photograph mirror inverted.
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* For unknown reasons the bootleg cover shows the photograph in a mirror inverted view.
  
* Another bootleg of the [[Main Page|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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* Another [[Main Page|Sisters]] bootleg with a photograph by [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joel-Peter_Witkin Joel-Peter Witkin] as cover art is [[Lord Of Darkness]].
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'''Sources'''
 
'''Sources'''
 
* The back of the cover states "Live 28.3.83 Paradiso, Amsterdam" as time and place of this concert.<br/> In reality the gig took place on [[Sun, 28-Aug-1983|August, 28th, 1983]].
 
* The back of the cover states "Live 28.3.83 Paradiso, Amsterdam" as time and place of this concert.<br/> In reality the gig took place on [[Sun, 28-Aug-1983|August, 28th, 1983]].
* Plenty other bootlegs have been created from this soundboard recording.<br/>A list of them can be found [[Sun, 28-Aug-1983|here ]].<br/>
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* Plenty other bootlegs have been created from this soundboard recording. A list of them can be found [[Sun, 28-Aug-1983|here ]].<br/>
 
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For recent price developments see [http://www.sistersbootlegs.de/lps/halfmoonoveramsterdam.htm sistersbootlegs/Half Moon Over Amsterdam...] or [http://www.popsike.com/php/quicksearch.php?searchtext=sisters+of+mercy+half+moon&thumbs=&currsel=&sortord=ddate&endfrom=&endthru=&ipp=&x=0&y=0 popsike/half moon].<br/>
 
For recent price developments see [http://www.sistersbootlegs.de/lps/halfmoonoveramsterdam.htm sistersbootlegs/Half Moon Over Amsterdam...] or [http://www.popsike.com/php/quicksearch.php?searchtext=sisters+of+mercy+half+moon&thumbs=&currsel=&sortord=ddate&endfrom=&endthru=&ipp=&x=0&y=0 popsike/half moon].<br/>
 
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[[File:Half_Moon_Over_Amsterdam_Cover_Back.jpg|thumb|right|380px|''Half Moon Over Amsterdam'' - Cover (back)]]
 
[[File:Half_Moon_Over_Amsterdam_Cover_Back.jpg|thumb|right|380px|''Half Moon Over Amsterdam'' - Cover (back)]]
 
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== Additional Pictures ==
 
== Additional Pictures ==
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- Please click into files for larger views -
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'''''The origins of the cover art'''
 
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| [[File:Half Moon Over Amsterdam Black Vinyl Yellow Label.jpg|thumb|340px|''Half Moon Over Amsterdam'' - Black vinyl with yellow labels]]
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| [[File:JOEL-PETER WITKIN Gods of Earth & Heaven.jpg|thumb|350px|''Joel-Peter Witkin'' - Gods of Earth & Heaven]]
| [[File:Half Moon Over Amsterdam Vinyl Side A.jpg|thumb|430px|''Half Moon Over Amsterdam'' - Vinyl with plain green label (Side 1)]]
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| [[File:Sandro Botticelli - La nascita di Venere.jpg|thumb|530px|''Sandro Botticelli'' - La Nascita di Venere (The Birth of Venus)]]
 
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'''''Various issues'''''
 
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| [[File:JOEL-PETER WITKIN Gods of Earth & Heaven.jpg|thumb|320px|''Joel-Peter Witkin'' - Gods of Earth & Heaven]]
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| [[File:Half Moon Over Amsterdam Black Vinyl Yellow Label.jpg|thumb|340px|''Half Moon Over Amsterdam'' - Black vinyl with yellow labels]]
| [[File:Sandro Botticelli - La nascita di Venere.jpg|thumb|500px|''Sandro Botticelli'' - La Nascita di Venere (The Birth of Venus)]]
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| [[File:Half Moon Over Amsterdam Vinyl Side A.jpg|thumb|430px|''Half Moon Over Amsterdam'' - Vinyl with plain green label (Side 1)]]
 
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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 19:13, 21 January 2019

Half Moon Over Amsterdam - Cover (front)


Release Notes

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


Remarks

  • Released in different editions with either plain yellow, plain red, or plain green labels.
  • 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. Wayne Hussey didn´t join The Sisters of Mercy before 1984
    and made his debut in April that year.
  • Because of the picture on the cover front this bootleg has been banned from some marketplaces.
  • For unknown reasons the bootleg cover shows the photograph in a mirror inverted view.



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

- Please click into files for larger views - The origins of the cover art

Joel-Peter Witkin - Gods of Earth & Heaven
Sandro Botticelli - La Nascita di Venere (The Birth of Venus)

Various issues

Half Moon Over Amsterdam - Black vinyl with yellow labels
Half Moon Over Amsterdam - Vinyl with plain green label (Side 1)