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[[File:Whistle Test Studio Original Front.jpg|thumb|400px|right|''Whistle Test Studios'' - 7" cover (front)]]
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[[File:Whistle Test Studio Original Back.jpg|thumb|380px|right|''Whistle Test Studios'' - 7" cover (back)]]
  
 
A 7" bootleg single also known as '''''Old Grey Whistle Test''''' .<br/>
 
A 7" bootleg single also known as '''''Old Grey Whistle Test''''' .<br/>
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This is the original edition of the '''''Whistle Test Studios''''' bootleg.<br/>
 
This is the original edition of the '''''Whistle Test Studios''''' bootleg.<br/>
  
Two re-releases do exist as well (see ''Remarks'' and ''Additional Pictures'' below).<br/>
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Two re-releases do exist as well (see below under ''Remarks'' and ''Additional Pictures'').<br/>
 
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'''Release Notes'''
 
'''Release Notes'''
 
* Label: Poison Door Records
 
* Label: Poison Door Records
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* Catalog#: PD001
 
* Catalog#: PD001
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* Format: 7" vinyl single
 
* Format: 7" vinyl single
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* Date of release: 1988
 
* Date of release: 1988
 
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'''Remarks'''
 
'''Remarks'''
 
* Numbered limited edition of 1.000 copies
 
* Numbered limited edition of 1.000 copies
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* Print on back cover: ''"I dream of the dead days."''
 
* Print on back cover: ''"I dream of the dead days."''
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* Comes with an insert giving the details of the recording
 
* Comes with an insert giving the details of the recording
* The two reissues come in different sleeves.<br/>The first reissue is widely known as [[First And Last And Always - Marian|First And Last And Always/Marian]].<br/>The [[Whistle Test Studios (2nd re-issue)|second reissue]] comes without an insert and is not numbered.
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* The two reissues have completely different sleeves.<br/>
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:The first reissue is widely known as [[First And Last And Always - Marian|First And Last And Always/Marian]].<br/>
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:The [[Whistle Test Studios (2nd re-issue)|second reissue]] doesn't have an insert and is not numbered.
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[[File:Whistle Test Studio Original Inlay.jpg|thumb|left|280px|''Whistle Test Studios'' - Inlay]]
 
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'''Source'''
 
'''Source'''
* Recorded live for the BBC television programme [[Tue, 02-Apr-1985|Old Grey Whistle Test TV Studio]] on 2nd April 1985.
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* Recorded live for the BBC television programme <br/>[[Tue, 02-Apr-1985|Old Grey Whistle Test TV Studio]] on 2nd April 1985.
* The recording date stated wrongly as 4th April 1985 on the inlay.
 
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* The recording date stated wrongly as 4th April 1985<br/>on the inlay, which was actually the date of the first<br/>broadcast of this feature.
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== Track List ==
 
== Track List ==
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* B [[Marian (song)|Marian]]
 
* B [[Marian (song)|Marian]]
 
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For recent price developments of this and all other issues of ''Whistle Test Studios'' <br/>
  
'''Credits'''  
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see [http://www.sistersbootlegs.de/singles/poisondoor.htm sistersbootlegs/Poison Door Bootleg...]<br/>
* All songs written and produced by [[Andrew Eldritch]]
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'''Additional Pictures'''
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- Please click into pictures for larger views -
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{|
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|[[File:Whistle Test Studio Original Vinyl.jpg|thumb|315px|''First And Last And Always / Marian'' - Vinyl (Side A)]]
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|[[File:WTS 1 and 2 Covers First and Test Pressings Back.jpg|thumb|400px|''Whistle Test Studios'' - View of the cover (back) of the test pressing and the first copy of the original edition and the 1st re-release]]
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|[[Image:FALAA02.jpg|thumb|right|300px|''First And Last And Always / Marian'' <br/>- 1st re-release 7" cover (front)]]
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[[Category: Bootlegs]]
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[[Category: Live Bootlegs]]
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[[Category: Studio Bootlegs]]
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[[Category: Vinyl Bootlegs 7"]]

Latest revision as of 13:42, 9 March 2016

Whistle Test Studios - 7" cover (front)
Whistle Test Studios - 7" cover (back)

A 7" bootleg single also known as Old Grey Whistle Test .

This is the original edition of the Whistle Test Studios bootleg.

Two re-releases do exist as well (see below under Remarks and Additional Pictures).

Release Notes

  • Label: Poison Door Records
  • Catalog#: PD001
  • Format: 7" vinyl single
  • Date of release: 1988


Remarks

  • Numbered limited edition of 1.000 copies
  • Print on back cover: "I dream of the dead days."
  • Comes with an insert giving the details of the recording
  • The two reissues have completely different sleeves.
The first reissue is widely known as First And Last And Always/Marian.
The second reissue doesn't have an insert and is not numbered.



Whistle Test Studios - Inlay


Source


  • The recording date stated wrongly as 4th April 1985
    on the inlay, which was actually the date of the first
    broadcast of this feature.


Track List




For recent price developments of this and all other issues of Whistle Test Studios

see sistersbootlegs/Poison Door Bootleg...


Additional Pictures


- Please click into pictures for larger views -

First And Last And Always / Marian - Vinyl (Side A)
Whistle Test Studios - View of the cover (back) of the test pressing and the first copy of the original edition and the 1st re-release
First And Last And Always / Marian
- 1st re-release 7" cover (front)