Cryptic Flowers

Dorothy Tree, Geraldine Dvorak and Cornelia Thaw
in Dracula

Cryptic Flowers - glossy light blue/white cover (front)

A live bootleg from late 1984 recorded during the Black October Tour.


Release Notes

• Label: Metropol Records Inc.

• Catalogue#: MERCY

• Format: 12" vinyl LP

• Released: 1985 (Italy)

• Run-outs: MERCY / A and MERCY / B

• Other Identifiers: EAN# 8 711500 011497

Remarks

• According to backsleeve:

For promotion only

Cover by Atlan Productions / Artwork by Qubert

Cryptic Flowers - b/w Cover (front)

• The picture on the front of the cover is a movie scene from

Dracula (1931 feat. Bela Lugosi) showing Dorothy Tree,

Geraldine Dvorak and Cornelia Thaw

• The cover spine names "Sister of Mercy" as the performing artist.

Cryptic Flowers - Cover (spine)

• The recording is very incomplete. Burn, Emma, A Rock And A Hard Place,

Floorshow, Alice, Body Electric, Gimme Shelter, Adrenochrome and the

first part of the final medley Ghostrider are missing.

• Although the bootleg seems to based on an audience recording,

the sound quality is good.

Cryptic Flowers - Blue Cover (front), no sticker

Varieties

• Exists in at least four or more editions:

• According to discogs the fully printed glossy, dark blue and white front cover version

with "Limited Edition on colored vinyl" sticker is the first edition and comes with white/multicoloured splattered vinyl.

The back cover of this and all other blue cover versions has a pink background and pink lettering on dark violet background.

A photo showing the band around the time of the recording is fully tinted in blue.

No picture of dark blue cover version with sticker has surfaced today.

• A cover version with light blue and white print including limited edition sticker on front does exist as well.

One of these has surfaced with a red vinyl with printed labels giving completely unconnected details

(see picture down below, possibly there's simply a wrong vinyl in the picture).

• Both covers do exist without a sticker as well and come with coloured, multicoloured, or black vinyl.

Back covers are all the same as above.

• Beyond that, there is a b/w cover version with blue and b/w backsleeve coming with coloured or multicoloured vinyl,

mostly, though, with red splattered vinyl

• Another blue cover version has blue cover print glued on front while the cover back is just blue

without any print or information. The accompanying is vinyl black and has printed labels

giving the unconnected details . The same black vinyls have been seen with "normal" blue cover versions as well.

Cryptic Flowers - Dark Blue Cover (front), no sticker

• Known vinyl colours include black, yellow, white and blue, red

as well as multicoloured white and multicoloured clear vinyl

This page is Work in Progress and going to be extended as soon as ever possible

Sources

• Recorded live on 18th of November 1984 at Zeche, Bochum, Germany.

That was the last concert of the Black October Tour.

Recording Notes
- according to the backsleeve notes -

• Mixed at Musicland Studios

• Mastered at Hansa Tonstudios

• Mastered by The Wall

• Producer: Rough Mouse

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Cryptic Flowers - b/w Cover Versions (back)

Cryptic Flowers - Blue Cover Versions (back)

Track List

Side A

•  A1   Heartland (song)

•  A2   Marian (song)

•  A3   Walk Away (song)

•  A4   Body And Soul (song)

•  A5   No Time To Cry (song)

•  A6   Anaconda (song)

Side B

•  B1   Train (song)

•  B2   Knockin' On Heaven's Door (song)

•  B3   Sister Ray (song)

•  B4   Louie Louie

Additional Pictures

- coming soon -