Stairway To Heaven (bootleg)

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Stairway To Heaven is a bootleg from The King George Hall, Blackburn.
The LP bootleg of this gig, "Heaven Can Wait", is an incomplete version.

Information On Bootleg

Title: Stairway To Heaven
Venue: The King George Hall, Blackburn
Date: 21st March 1985
Label: Cenobyte Sounds
Catalogue Number: 0012/0013

Bizarrely, the coverart, and both CDs (printed CD-Rs) advertise the bootleg as "2CD Set For The Price Of A Single CD!".
The CDs themselves have no artwork, but have the band name, bootleg name, venue and date printed on them, as well as the following:

Disc 1:

DISC ONE
GEMA
Cenobyte Sounds 0012/0013
Running Time 46:38
(left of centre)

CENOBYTE [logo, well designed]
©2002 Cenobyte Sounds All Rights Reserved.
Manufactured In The EU
(right of centre)

Disc 2:

DISC TWO
GEMA
Cenobyte Sounds 0012/0013
Running Time 39:33
(left of centre)

CENOBYTE [logo, well designed]
©2002 Cenobyte Sounds All Rights Reserved.
Manufactured In The EU
(right of centre)

Point To Note

This is the only gig that Stairway To Heaven was played at, with lyrics. It was played a few times instrumentally as an introduction to Sister Ray/Ghostrider medleys, but after this gig, where Eldritch forgot (or just didn't know) the words, they never sang it as a separate song again.

Quotes

"Yes. And why not? ...Right. Can't hear you! ...Wouldn't tell you if I could" (before First And Last And Always)
"Don't worry, we ain't gonna take it out on you, cause the rest of Blackburn didn't turn up... Body And Soul." (before Body And Soul)

Eldritch: "Thanks.. ..this concerns.."
Audience member: "How's your hair!?"
Eldritch: "Fine thank you, how's yours? ...Concerns trains!"
(introducing Train)

"For those of us who can't be with us today.. it's time for.. [silhouettes?]... Marian!" (after Train, introducing Marian
"What? Oh, come one.. one at a time! You in the yellow flares, what?" (as audience shouts various things. The one in the yellow flares doesn't say anything audible.)
"Ah.. this is definitely for you. Ah! Far too slow.. far too fast! Next! It's called Possession." (introducing Possession)
"It's always a hazard.." (mumbled after Possession)

Eldritch: "Ah ah ah ah ah.. calm down, calm down!"
Audience member: "On The Wire!" (the audience start screaming song names)
Eldritch: "Listen! We don't know those songs anymore. No, really, we forgot them."
(before Emma)

"This isn't difficult" (before Floorshow)
"Here it comes" (before Alice)
"Thanks.. t'ra!" (after Gimme Shelter)
"Knock, knock, knockin' on heaven's door" (female audience member near bootlegger)
"This.. you're not gonna like this. What can I say? Yeah, I know.. I guess I was just born lucky really, If you feel like me, maybe you ought to go see my mother some time. She's called Some Kind Of Stranger." (introducing Some Kind Of Stranger)
"Just sometimes.. when you're not looking.. thanks." (after Some Kind Of Stranger as the audience are shouting for more)

Eldritch: "We're gonna write this even worse. Shut up! You've never heard us play this before, have you? Probably never will.. There's a bus goes now from out there, you'd be advised."
Audience member: "Get on with it!"
Elritch: "We gotta tune the guitars up, man! This is a song that respects a respecful quiet introduction, this [????] noise!" guitars start playing Stairway To Heaven
Female audience member near bootlegger (again!): "Led Zeppelin.. it is."
(introducing Stairway To Heaven

Track Listing

Disc One

  1. First And Last And Always (omitted on Heaven Can Wait bootleg)
  2. Body And Soul (omitted on Heaven Can Wait bootleg)
  3. Train
  4. Marian (omitted on Heaven Can Wait bootleg)
  5. No Time To Cry (omitted on Heaven Can Wait bootleg)
  6. Possession (omitted on Heaven Can Wait bootleg)
  7. Walk Away (omitted on Heaven Can Wait bootleg)
  8. Burn (omitted on Heaven Can Wait bootleg)
  9. Emma
  10. Amphetamine Logic (omitted on Heaven Can Wait bootleg)

Disc Two

  1. A Rock And A Hard Place (Moved to Side One on Heaven Can Wait bootleg)
  2. Floorshow (Moved to Side One on Heaven Can Wait bootleg)
  3. Alice (Moved to Side One on Heaven Can Wait bootleg)
  4. Body Electric
  5. Gimme Shelter
  6. Some Kind Of Stranger
  7. Stairway To Heaven
  8. Sister Ray

Sister Ray Medley

(00:00) Drums start
(00:12) Guitars start
(00:34) "Sister Ray!"
(01:07) Vocals start
(06:52) Vocals stop
(07:08) Drums stop
(07:24) Guitar feedback fades out

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