Opus Dei

Opus Dei - Cover (front)

Opus Dei - Cover (back) with vinyls

Wilhelm Leibl - Drei Frauen in der Kirche

Opus Dei - LP with Vinyls (overview)

Opus Dei - LP with Vinyls (grey labels with print)

A live-bootleg from the gigs in Sweden during The Sisters of Mercy's Armageddon Tour in 1985.

This bootleg exists on vinyl (2xLP) and on CD.

Release Notes

• Label: Midnight Hour / CD: 1Q9

• Catalogue#: 1201

• Format: 2 x 12" vinly LP / CD

• Released: LP - 1988 / CD - unknown

Remarks

• Soundboard recording, very good sound quality

• The picture on the cover front is a b/w excerpt of the painting

Three Women In Church / Drei Frauen in der Kirche

from 1881 by German painter Wilhelm Leibl,

which is located since 1906 at Kunsthalle Hamburg.

Some facts about this painting can be found here (in German).

• This bootleg exists in a 2LP-vinyl version and on CD.

• The LP-version was initially released in 1986 on the No Time To Cry (bootleg).

• Additional back cover notes:

Live-Production & Arrangements by Quasimodo & Hulk

Mixed by Dr. Alzheymer & Prof. Desolato

Edited by Morbus Korsakow for MIDNIGHT HOUR-Productions

MIDNIGHT HOUR is a registered trademark of the FRANKENSTEIN ENTERTAINMENT group of companies

Printed in Transylvania by VAMPIRE PRINT

"OPUS DEI" is a LIMITED EDITION of 700 copies (incl. 200 copies in red vinyl mixed with fresh blood)."

• Black vinyls with plain white or grey labels, or with one label plain white and the other one pale white

• No red vinyl has so far been seen on our part.

• The CD-version comes with the same artwork on the cover front.

• The above mentioned notes are omitted on the CD back cover.

Beyond that it shows the same photo and the same info as on the LP cover back.

• The recording on the CD lacks Marian, Ghostrider and Train
  

but comes with Temple Of Love.

• A fake CD-remake of the same title and the same content,

but with different artwork has also surfaced in online auctions, .

see pictures down below. The sound quality of this one is, however, not known.

• Total CD Running Time: 63:05 min.

Sources

• A1-D1 and tracks 1-11, resp., recorded live at Kolingsborg Club, Stockholm, Sweden 5/17/85

• Knockin' On Heaven's Door (D2 / CD-track 12) and Train (D3, not on CD)

recorded live at Mudd Club, Gothenburg, Sweden 5/15/85

• Temple Of Love - track 13 on CD-Version - recorded live at Paradiso, Amsterdam, 28/08/83
  

For recent price developments see sistersbootlegs/Opus Dei.

Track Lists

LP Tracks	CD Tracks	Duration - according to CD -
A1   First And Last And Always	01   First And Last And Always	5:13
A2   Body And Soul	02   Body And Soul	3:30
A3   Marian	---	---
A4   No Time To Cry	03   No Time To Cry	4:28
B1   Possession	04   Possession	4:41
B2   Walk Away	05   Walk Away	4:05
B3   Emma	06   Emma	6:29
B4   Amphetamine Logic	07   Amphetamine Logic	4:01
C1   A Rock And A Hard Place	08   A Rock And A Hard Place	3:29
C2   Floorshow	09   Floorshow	4:03
C3   Alice	10   Alice	2:55
C4   Gimme Shelter	11   Gimme Shelter	6:46
D1   Ghostrider	---	---
D2   Knockin' On Heaven's Door	12   Knockin' On Heaven's Door	8:51
D3   Train	---	---
---	13   Temple Of Love	4:32

Additional Pictures

- Please click into files for larger views -

LP

Opus Dei - LP Cover (back)

Opus Dei - Vinyls (1 x plain white label + 1 x plain grey label)

CD

Opus Dei - CD Cover (back)

Opus Dei - Disc

Opus Dei - CD Cover (front)

Fake CD

Opus Dei - Fake CD Cover (back)

Opus Dei - Fake CD (front) With Disc