Don't Turn On The Lights
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This is a 2LP live bootleg from the UK and Europe Spring Tour 1984 in Germany.
A test pressing and a series of CDs do exist as well.
- Label: MADE FOR FANS NOT FOR MONEY
- Catalogue#: 44
- Released: 2016 (Europe)
- Format: 2 × 12" vinyl LP
- Production Note: Lathe Cut
Source
- Recorded live at Zeche, Bochum, West Germany on 30 May in 1984.
- The bootleg contains the whole gig.
Remarks
- Strictly limited to 50 copies, hand-numbered.
- The vinyls are black and have black labels with white print.
- The labels show the old head and star logo and below the
- alphabetical lettering of the record side in quotation marks: "A".
Coverart
- The front coverart is a look-alike of the Body And Soul 12" single.
- Arrangement, colours and font are very similar to the original release.
- The front coverart varies only with regard to the picture.
- However, the picture of the present item - like the one that was used for the Body And Soul coverart -
- is based on an engraving by Gustave Doré for Dante's Inferno.
- The picture here is a detail from the illustration "Virgil And Dante Looking At The Spider Woman".
Back Cover Notes
- "MADE FOR FANS NOT FOR MONEY", "Cover made by REPTILE",
- "p&c 2016" and the numbering "Limited ... /50".
- Band/Line-up
- Voice: Andrew Eldritch
- Bass: Craig Adams
- Guitar: Gary Marx, Wayne Hussey
- Drums: Doktor Avalanche
- Further more, there is an image in the left, lower area of the cover back.
- It is hardly recognisable, as it is blurred and bleached, but it seems
- to show the head of a dead person lying on the ground.
Track List
Record One
| Side A | Additional Notes |
| 1 Burn | |
| 2 Heartland | |
| 3 Body And Soul |
| Side B | |
| 4 Anaconda | |
| 5 Walk Away | |
| 6 Emma | (Hot Choclate Cover) |
Record Two
| Side C | |
| 7 Floorshow | |
| 8 Adrenochrome | |
| 9 Alice | |
| 10 Body Electric |
| Side D | |
| 11 Gimme Shelter | (The Rolling Stones Cover) |
| 12 Ghostrider |
Additional Pictures
- Please click into the pictures for larger views -
Test Pressing
The test pressing is characterized by a different vinyl colour and especially a more elaborated cover.
Remarks
- Only 5 copies were made.
- Pressed on transparent vinyl without labels.
- The alphabetical lettering of the record side is written directly on the vinyl.
- The cover consists of a generic black gatefold sleeve with four printed stickers to be fitted to the cover sides.
- One sticker is nearly identical to the cover back of the final release,
- skipping the the "MADE FOR FANS NOT FOR MONEY" and the "Cover made by REPTILE" logo.
- Another one is like the front cover of the final release held in purple colour.
- The other two are similar to the latter one varying the colour and the illustration:
- One shows a detail from the illustration "Dante Addresses Traitor Bocca Degli Abati" in green and
- the other "Brunetto Latini accosts Dante" in blue.
- These are also engravings by Gustave Doré for Dante's Inferno
- The cover is handnumbered .../ 5 in a black colour.
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CD Series
Remarks
- Same catalouge number, 44CDSOM
- Contains the same 12 songs. There are no bonus tracks.
- Strictly limited to 50 copies, hand-numbered.
- The colour of the cover and the CD sticker changes with every ten numbers of the copies. See pictures above.
- Copy nr. 1-10 violet
- Copy nr. 11-20 red
- Copy nr. 21-30 green
- Copy nr. 31-40 blue
- Copy nr. 41-50 yellow
- Cover artwork and arrangements are very similar to the vinyl edition.
- In contrast to the vinyl edition the additional notes to the tracklist credit correctly the song Ghostrider as a "Suicide Cover", too.
