Difference between revisions of "Halloween In Arkham"
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: - ''[[Cryptic Flowers]], [[Halloween's Day]], [[Knocking On Heavens Door (bootleg)|Knocking On Heavens Door]] and [[The Dancer's Reward]] feature [[No Time To Cry (song)|No Time To Cry]], which was said to be ''unreleased'' at that time.<br/> | : - ''[[Cryptic Flowers]], [[Halloween's Day]], [[Knocking On Heavens Door (bootleg)|Knocking On Heavens Door]] and [[The Dancer's Reward]] feature [[No Time To Cry (song)|No Time To Cry]], which was said to be ''unreleased'' at that time.<br/> | ||
: - ''[[Armageddon Outtakes]], [[Disguised In Black]], [[Stonehenge]] and [[Tune In - Turn Off - Burn Out|Tune In ... Turn Off ... Burn Out ...]] | : - ''[[Armageddon Outtakes]], [[Disguised In Black]], [[Stonehenge]] and [[Tune In - Turn Off - Burn Out|Tune In ... Turn Off ... Burn Out ...]] | ||
| − | : ''contain recordings from concerts that were performed in May, April or accordingly on the 13th | + | : ''contain recordings from concerts that were performed in May, April or accordingly on the 16th or 13th of March 1985. These gigs took place after the release of [[No Time To Cry (song)|No Time To Cry]]. |
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: ''So these eight albums were released after the present one. | : ''So these eight albums were released after the present one. | ||
Revision as of 12:28, 7 December 2016
One of the earliest 12" vinyl bootlegs.
It was released before the No Time To Cry single, which was published the 8th of March in 1985.
Release Notes
- Label: Arche Noire Records
- Catalogue#: ANR 024
- Format: 12" vinyl LP
- Released: 1985
Remarks
- Released in two editions
- The first edition is limited to 500 copies and handnumbered.
- The second edition is limited to 300 copies.
- Vinyls have plain white labels with Cat# 523 etched into the lead-out groove.
- The cover of the first edition has a copper/gold-like coloured print, while the second edition comes with a pasted b/w copy instead.
- The cover front shows a low resolution copy of the art work "Dreams in the Witch House" by Harry O. Morris Jr., a contemporary American artist.
- It is part of a serial of 15 grafics titled "Halloween in Arkham" created in 1979, which seems to be the origen of the name of the present album.
- The artwork itself has got its title from a short story of the same name by H. P. Lovecraft, published first in 1933.
- On the cover back No Time To Cry is remarked as "UNRELEASED".
- This information provides the basis for some evidences concerning the release date and the significance of this item.
- First - as far as we know there were three 12" bootlegs released in 1984: Live At Brixton Ace, Psychedelic Sessions 1984 and The Lights Shine Clear Through The Sodium Haze (with its derivatives Mercyful Release and A Merciful Release). These three were the ones with which everything started.
- Then in 1985 a lot of new bootlegs were released - also some significant ones. Nowadays it is difficult to figure out in which order they were released, but considering the remark on No Time To Cry, one can deduce that Halloween in Arkham was to be one of the first:
- - Cryptic Flowers, Halloween's Day, Knocking On Heavens Door and The Dancer's Reward feature No Time To Cry, which was said to be unreleased at that time.
- - Armageddon Outtakes, Disguised In Black, Stonehenge and Tune In ... Turn Off ... Burn Out ...
- contain recordings from concerts that were performed in May, April or accordingly on the 16th or 13th of March 1985. These gigs took place after the release of No Time To Cry.
- So these eight albums were released after the present one.
- We still don't have any hint about the exact release dates of the bootlegs Live In The Troyan Horse and Possession (although it seems that the name of this last album arose from the song Possession, which first appeared on the album First And Last And Always released the 11th of March 1985 and was performed live first during the Tune In - Turn On - Burn Out tour, which started on the 9th of March - unfortunately we can`t proof this coherence), but at least we can assure that Halloween in Arkham was within the first six 12" bootlegs ever released for The Sisters Of Mercy.
- Second - it was the first time that a proper song of the The Sisters Of Mercy was publicated prior to the official release.
- The '84 bootlegs so far offered alternative versions like the Psychedelic Sessions 1984 album do or live recordings (Live At Brixton Ace and The Lights Shine Clear Through The Sodium Haze - the latter in combination with two afore released studio recordings). But to have all this together and moreover a unpublished Sisters composition on one record was totally new, and - of course - immediately sought-after.
- Therefore Halloween in Arkham was right from the start an essential and significant bootleg.
- Its significance is also reflected in the fact that throughout several years Halloween in Arkham was "blindly" taken as the source of information about the set list of a concert that didn't even take place, just because the back cover notes give the wrong date of the performance. See the Gigography page for further details.
- The bootleg of the 10th Anniversary gig for Reptile House members on 16 February 1991 at Leeds University was titeled "The Return To Arkham". Possibly this title was chosen to render homage to the present album.
Sources
- Tracks A1 - B1 recorded live at Brixton Ace, London 19.2.1983
- Tracks B2 - B5 recorded at the John Peel Session 11.7.1984
- Wrong note on back cover: SIDE ONE - Brixton Ace, London 17.03.1983
For recent price developments see sistersbootlegs/HalloweenArkham or popsike/Halloween In Arkham.
Track List
Side One
| A1 Alice |
| A2 Valentine |
| A3 Anaconda |
| A4 Body Electric |
| A5 1969 |
Side Two
| B1 Sister Ray |
| B2 Poison Door |
| B3 No Time To Cry |
| B4 Walk Away |
| B5 Emma |
Additional Pictures
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