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A double-LP vinyl bootleg combining live recordings and radio sessions.

A Black Pack - First edition with blue labels

Release Notes

• Label: Observation Records / KTFB Records

• Catalogue#: 35190 BP / PS

• Format: 2 x 12" LP

• Released: 1986

Sources

• Tracks A1 - B6: recorded during the Black October Tour 1984 at Essex University/Colchester

• Tracks C1 - C4: John Peel Session 1982

• Tracks C5 - C6: Kid Jensen Session 1983

• Tracks D1 - D3: John Peel Session 1984

• Tracks D4 - D5: recorded live on August 28, 1983 at the Paradiso in Amsterdam/NL

Personnel according to the cover back

• Andrew Eldritch - Voice

• Wayne Hussey - Guitar
  This is, however, only true for tracks A1 - B6 and D1 - D3
  as Hussey joined the band only in April 1984.

A Black Pack - First edition with rather greenish labels

• Gary Marx - Guitar

• Craig Adams - Bass

Remarks

• Exists in two editons on black vinyl

• The original edition labels are blue with an eye in the centre and give track and other information.

• "Observation Records / SACEM" is noted as record label on the vinyl labels,
  while the cover back sleeve states " © & ℗ KTFB Records/Observation Records"

• Some of these labels display a very greenish blue rather, while others do not.

• The records are listed on the cover back as
  - RECORD ONE: BLACK OCTOBER and
  - RECORD TWO: PSYCHEDELIC SESSIONS

• Indeed, another bootleg-LP titled Psychedelic Sessions
  and featuring the same tracks as on Record Two was also released by KTFB Records in 1986.

• A reissue with plain yellow labels on Record One and plain white labels on Record Two do exist as well.

• Record One of this edition was obviously available in higher numbers than Record Two
  - maybe due to the release of Psychedelic Sessions as mentioned before.
  The surplus copies were later on made use of for an alleged fanclub bootleg release titled House Of Reptiles.

A Black Pack - Reissue with plain yellow and plain white labels

The songtitles on the cover back are partly wrong:

 D4 - D5 are credited wrongly to the John Peel Session in 1984.

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Track Lists

RECORD ONE: BLACK OCTOBER - LIVE TAKES OF 20 OCTOBER 1984, ESSEX UNIVERSITY, COLCHESTER

RECORD TWO: PSYCHEDELIC SESSIONS 1986

Additional Pictures

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A Black Pack - Overview with blue labels

A Black Pack - Overview with blueish labels

A Black Pack - Overview with greenish labels