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A limited edition box set with 2 x /" vinyls from the late 1980ies.<br/>
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[[File:Silence Is Platinum Box Front.jpg|thumb|left|500px|''Silence Is Platinum'' - Box (front)]]
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A limited edition box set with 2 x 7" vinyls from the late 1980ies.<br/>
 
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* Catalogue#: PG-01
 
* Catalogue#: PG-01
  
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* Format: 2 x 7" vinyl single(Box Set)
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* Format: 2 x 7" vinyl single (box set)
  
 
* Released: 1987 / 1989
 
* Released: 1987 / 1989
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''' Basic Remarks''' <br/>
  
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''' Remarks '''
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* Soundboard recording, very good sound quality, though the pitch is a little too low.
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* A limited edition 1000 box set + 40 hand-numbered issues
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: Click the [[Silence Is Platinum#Sound_Files|sound files further down below]] to check.
  
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* The box sets are black and have a [[Merciful Release]] logo in golden print on the front.
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* The set exists in at least two editions.
  
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* They contain two 7" vinyls, a copy of the concert poster, a review of the concert and an inlay card with a number stamp.
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* The first edition comes in a black box with a Hessian type appearance.
  
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* The additional hand-numbered issues come in a red gatefold glossy sleeve. <br/>They were done and sold on the occasion of The Sisters of Mercy Convention in Leeds 1989.
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* The second set has a red gatefold cover and is limited to 40 copies.
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* The original reason behind the limited 40 red gatefold-edition was that some of the black boxes were damaged <br/>and were too expensive to remake, so the amount of boxes did not cover all the vinyls pressed.
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'''Source'''
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* Recorded live on [[Thu, 30-May-1985|30th May 1985 at Fenders Ballroom, Long Beach, USA]]
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* The concert is incomplete. [[First And Last And Always (song)|First And Last And Always]], [[Walk Away (song)|Walk Away]], [[Emma (song)|Emma]]
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: and [[Amphetamine Logic (song)|Amphetamine Logic]] are missing
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* The same selection of songs of this gig can be found on the [[Floorshow (bootleg)|Floorshow]] LP bootleg.
  
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* Proof-sleeve and unnumbered promo copies do exist as well.  
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For recent price developments see [http://www.sistersbootlegs.de/singles/silenceisplatin.htm sistersbootlegs/Silence Is Platinum] or [http://www.popsike.com/php/quicksearch.php?searchtext=sisters+of+mercy+Silence+is&thumbs=&currsel=&sortord=&x=0&y=0 popsike/silenceisplatinum] or, alternatively, [http://collectorsfrenzy.com/search?q=Sisters+of+Mercy+Silence+is+Platinum&search-button= here at CollectorsFrenzy/Silence_is_platinum].
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=='' The Various Editions ''==
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<font size="3">'''''Original Box Set'''''</font>
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* A limited edition of 1000 sets in a black box issued in 1987.
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[[File:Silence Is Platinum Box Set Overview.jpg|thumb|370px|right|''Silence Is Platinum'' - Overview of Content of the Black Box]]
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* The box set comes in a black textured box with an embossed  [[Merciful Release]] logo <br/>and the ''Silence Is Platinum'' title in silver foil print on the front.
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* On the back side the boxes are plain black.
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* The sets contain two 7" vinyls, one of which is clear white, <br/>the other blueish or greyish or dark green / olive marbled.<br/>
  
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* One vinyl is white, the other one is (bluish) grey.
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* Issues with one white and one black vinyl are also said to exist.
 
   
 
   
 
* The vinyls have black labels with [[Merciful Release]] logo and detail the tracks on each side.
 
* The vinyls have black labels with [[Merciful Release]] logo and detail the tracks on each side.
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*  Each record is housed in a white centre cut window sleeve with no printing.
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Further contents are:<br/>
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* A heavy black inlay card with the same image as on the box front in white print on black ground.<br/> The reverse is printed in white on black giving the track list, comprehensive details on the release, <br/>a list of contents and the numbering stamp.
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* A copy of the concert poster showing a picture of three sculls in black print on glossy<br/>white paper. Size: 44cm x 32cm. The poster also has the limited number stamped on it.
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* A two-page review of the concert from ''Midnight Magazine'' including further details <br/>about the American leg of the [[Gigography#Armageddon|1985 Armageddon Tour]]
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[[File:Silence Is Platinum Red Contents.jpg|thumb|left|340px|''Silence Is Platinum'' - Overview of Content of the Red Edition]]
 
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<font size="3">'''''Red Gatefold Release'''</font>
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* Two years after the original - in 1989 - a further release of 40 hand-numbered copies was issued.
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* These additional copies come in a glossy red gatefold sleeve with the same cover art as the box set.<br/>Only the print is black on red (dark orange) here.
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* They were done on the occasion of a record fair event - The Sisters of Mercy Convention, <br/>which took place on 19 March 1989 at the Astoria on Roundhay Road in Leeds.
  
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'''Source'''
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[[File:Silence Is Platinum Red Cover Front.jpg|thumb|right|300px|Red Gatefold Cover with numbering space]]
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* Recorded live on [[Thu, 30-May-1985|30th May 1985 at Fenders Ballroom, Long Beach, USA]]
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* Initially, these issues were sold only there and <br/>count among the rarest Sisters bootlegs to find.
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* The actual reason behind the limited red gatefold<br/>edition was that some of the black boxes were<br/>damaged and too expensive to remake. So the<br/>number of availble boxes did not cover the vinyls <br/> that had been pressed. 
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* Apart from the cover, the contents of this release <br/>are identical with the original box set.
  
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* The same gig can be found on the [[Floorshow (bootleg)|Floorshow]] LP bootleg.
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* The numberings are, all handwritten, though, and <br/>do partly also give 19-3-89 as the date of release.<br/>In addition, the cover has a white numbering space<br/>printed at the side, in which the number is written.
 
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<font size="3">'''''Further Releases'''''</font>
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* Proof-sleeve and unnumbered promo copies do exist as well.
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: [https://sisterswiki.org/File:Silence_Is_Platinum_Red_Gatefold_Cover_Front.jpg Here] is at least a picture of a red gatefold test cover.
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: Obviously, there is no numbering space on this test print.
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[[File:Silence Is Platinum Red Gatefold Cover Back.jpg|thumb|right|300px|Red Gatefold Cover (back)]]
  
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* Rumours of fake copies of especially the black box-set prevail.
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==Track List==
 
==Track List==
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'''''Record 1'''''
 
 
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| A1&nbsp;&nbsp; [[A Rock And A Hard Place (song)|Rock And A Hard Place]] &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
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|'''''Record 1'''''
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| A1&nbsp;&nbsp; [[A Rock And A Hard Place (song)|Rock And A Hard Place]] &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
 
| B1&nbsp;&nbsp; [[Gimme Shelter (song)|Gimme Shelter]]
 
| B1&nbsp;&nbsp; [[Gimme Shelter (song)|Gimme Shelter]]
 
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'''''Record 2'''''
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|'''''Record 2'''''
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| C1&nbsp;&nbsp; [[Alice (song)|Alice]]
 
| C1&nbsp;&nbsp; [[Alice (song)|Alice]]
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| D1&nbsp;&nbsp; [[Marian (Version)|Marian]]
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| D1&nbsp;&nbsp; [[Marian (song)|Marian]]
 
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| C2&nbsp;&nbsp; [[Body And Soul (song)|Body And Soul]] &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
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| C2&nbsp;&nbsp; [[Body And Soul (song)|Body And Soul]] &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
 
| D2&nbsp;&nbsp; [[No Time To Cry (song)|No Time To Cry]]
 
| D2&nbsp;&nbsp; [[No Time To Cry (song)|No Time To Cry]]
 
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==Additional Pictures==
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- Please click into the files for larger´views -
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{|
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| [[File:Silence Is Platinum Box Content Part 1.jpg|thumb|340px|Box Contents - Part 1]]
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| [[File:Silence Is Platinum Box Content Part 2.jpg|thumb|320px|Box Contents - Part 2]]
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| [[File:Silence Is Platinum Box Back.jpg|thumb|330px|''Silence Is Platinum'' - Stamp-numbered Insert Card (back)]]
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{|
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| [[File:Silence Is Platinum Box Record 1 Side A.jpg|thumb|300px|''Silence Is Platinum'' - Box Record 1 (Side A)]]
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| [[File:Silence Is Platinum Box Record 1 Side B.jpg|thumb|310px|''Silence Is Platinum'' - Box Record 1 (Side B)]]
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| [[File:Silence Is Platinum Box Review Inner Side.jpg|thumb|380px|''Silence Is Platinum'' - Box Review (inside)]]
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{|
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|[[File:Silence Is Platinum Box Record 2 Side C.jpg|thumb|330px|''Silence Is Platinum'' - Box Record 2 (Side C)]]
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|[[File:Silence Is Platinum Box Record 2 Side D.jpg|thumb|330px|''Silence Is Platinum'' - Box Record 2 (Side D)]]
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|[[File:Silence Is Platinum Box Announcement.jpg|thumb|330px|''Silence Is Platinum'' - Box Announcement]]
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{|
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|[[File:Silence Is Platinum Box Inlay Card Front.jpg|thumb|450px|''Silence Is Platinum'' - Box Overview with Inlay Card]]
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|[[File:Silence Is Platinum Box Inlay Card Back.jpg|thumb|450px|''Silence Is Platinum'' - Box Open With Inlay Card (back)]]
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'''Additional Pictures'''
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==Sound Files==
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- to follow soon -
 
 
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|Recording from the Silence is Platinum 7"&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
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|Recording with a camara directly at the concert
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|Good quality, but the pitch is a little bit too low
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|Bad quality, but this seems to be the correct pitch
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|[[File:No Time To Cry slow pitch.mp3|left|300px]]
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|[[File:No Time To Cry right pitch.mp3|left|300px]]
 
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[[Category: Bootlegs]]
 
[[Category: Bootlegs]]
 
[[Category: Live Bootlegs]]
 
[[Category: Live Bootlegs]]
 
[[Category: Vinyl Bootlegs 7"]]
 
[[Category: Vinyl Bootlegs 7"]]

Latest revision as of 11:51, 14 January 2019

Silence Is Platinum - Box (front)


A limited edition box set with 2 x 7" vinyls from the late 1980ies.

Release Notes

  • Catalogue#: PG-01
  • Format: 2 x 7" vinyl single (box set)
  • Released: 1987 / 1989


Basic Remarks

  • Soundboard recording, very good sound quality, though the pitch is a little too low.
Click the sound files further down below to check.
  • The set exists in at least two editions.
  • The first edition comes in a black box with a Hessian type appearance.
  • The second set has a red gatefold cover and is limited to 40 copies.


Source

and Amphetamine Logic are missing
  • The same selection of songs of this gig can be found on the Floorshow LP bootleg.


For recent price developments see sistersbootlegs/Silence Is Platinum or popsike/silenceisplatinum or, alternatively, here at CollectorsFrenzy/Silence_is_platinum.

The Various Editions

Original Box Set

  • A limited edition of 1000 sets in a black box issued in 1987.
Silence Is Platinum - Overview of Content of the Black Box
  • The box set comes in a black textured box with an embossed Merciful Release logo
    and the Silence Is Platinum title in silver foil print on the front.
  • On the back side the boxes are plain black.
  • The sets contain two 7" vinyls, one of which is clear white,
    the other blueish or greyish or dark green / olive marbled.
  • Issues with one white and one black vinyl are also said to exist.
  • The vinyls have black labels with Merciful Release logo and detail the tracks on each side.
  • Each record is housed in a white centre cut window sleeve with no printing.


Further contents are:

  • A heavy black inlay card with the same image as on the box front in white print on black ground.
    The reverse is printed in white on black giving the track list, comprehensive details on the release,
    a list of contents and the numbering stamp.
  • A copy of the concert poster showing a picture of three sculls in black print on glossy
    white paper. Size: 44cm x 32cm. The poster also has the limited number stamped on it.
  • A two-page review of the concert from Midnight Magazine including further details
    about the American leg of the 1985 Armageddon Tour


Silence Is Platinum - Overview of Content of the Red Edition


Red Gatefold Release

  • Two years after the original - in 1989 - a further release of 40 hand-numbered copies was issued.
  • These additional copies come in a glossy red gatefold sleeve with the same cover art as the box set.
    Only the print is black on red (dark orange) here.
  • They were done on the occasion of a record fair event - The Sisters of Mercy Convention,
    which took place on 19 March 1989 at the Astoria on Roundhay Road in Leeds.
Red Gatefold Cover with numbering space
  • Initially, these issues were sold only there and
    count among the rarest Sisters bootlegs to find.
  • The actual reason behind the limited red gatefold
    edition was that some of the black boxes were
    damaged and too expensive to remake. So the
    number of availble boxes did not cover the vinyls
    that had been pressed.
  • Apart from the cover, the contents of this release
    are identical with the original box set.
  • The numberings are, all handwritten, though, and
    do partly also give 19-3-89 as the date of release.
    In addition, the cover has a white numbering space
    printed at the side, in which the number is written.



Further Releases

  • Proof-sleeve and unnumbered promo copies do exist as well.
Here is at least a picture of a red gatefold test cover.
Obviously, there is no numbering space on this test print.
Red Gatefold Cover (back)
  • Rumours of fake copies of especially the black box-set prevail.



Track List

Record 1
A1   Rock And A Hard Place                       B1   Gimme Shelter
A2   Floorshow

Record 2
C1   Alice D1   Marian
C2   Body And Soul                       D2   No Time To Cry



Additional Pictures

- Please click into the files for larger´views -

Box Contents - Part 1
Box Contents - Part 2
Silence Is Platinum - Stamp-numbered Insert Card (back)
Silence Is Platinum - Box Record 1 (Side A)
Silence Is Platinum - Box Record 1 (Side B)
Silence Is Platinum - Box Review (inside)
Silence Is Platinum - Box Record 2 (Side C)
Silence Is Platinum - Box Record 2 (Side D)
Silence Is Platinum - Box Announcement
Silence Is Platinum - Box Overview with Inlay Card
Silence Is Platinum - Box Open With Inlay Card (back)

Sound Files

Recording from the Silence is Platinum 7"                                              Recording with a camara directly at the concert
Good quality, but the pitch is a little bit too low Bad quality, but this seems to be the correct pitch
   


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