Cryptic Flowers
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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
- The picture on the front of the cover is a movie scene from
- The cover spine names "Sister of Mercy" as the performing artist.
- 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.
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 a dark blue cover with sticker has surfaced to date.
- 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 first 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 a print of the cover motive 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 BAD - (Lyrics by The Bad) - HD017 - PART ONE" (or PART TWO, resp.)
- The same black vinyls have been seen with "normal" blue cover versions as well.
- Known vinyl colours include black, yellow, white and blue, red
- as well as multicoloured white and multicoloured clear vinyl
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
For recent price developments see sistersbootlegs/Cryptic Flowers or popsike/Cryptic Flowers...
Track List
Side A
Side B
- B1 Train (song)
- B4 Louie Louie
Additional Pictures
- Please click into files for larger views -
Varieties of Cover Versions
Varieties of Vinyl Colours
- coming soon -
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