Carmina Burana
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One of the early 12" vinyl bootlegs ...
Release Notes
- Label: Mercilessly
- Catalogue#: Gothic 001
- Format: 12" vinyl LP
- Released:1987 (France)
Remarks
- Total running time: 42:28 min.
- Teachers is not listed on the track list.
- The bootleg comes on black vinyl with plain white labels.
- Backcover Notes:
- Produced by the MACHIAVELLI - crew for Merciless Enterprises Inc., Hongkong
- Only 700 copies available (incl. 200 copies in coloured vinyl)
- The alleged 200 copies on coloured vinyl were, however, never released.
- VALENTINE/ANACONDA/1969/ALICE:
- recorded live at London's Brixton Ace Club, March 17th, 1983.
- These tracks have been available on disc before but CARMINA BURANA is the first record to bring them to you in EXCELLENT sound quality.
- ADRENOCHROME
- recorded live at York University, May 7th, 1981. This was in fact the group's second-ever public performance, following their first-ever gig at Leeds Warehouse a few weeks before and featuring a line-up slightly different from it's nowadays from: Craig Adams - bass; Andrew Eldritch - guitar/vocals; Ben Gunn - guitars; Gary Marx - guitars; Doctor Avalanche - drum machine.
- GARDEN OF DELIGHT
- an early demo-version featuring Andrew Eldritch on vocals.
- FLOORSHOW
- a completely alernate studio-version recorded in 1982.
- GHOSTRIDER / SISTER RAY
- recorded as a Medley during a 1983 studio-session.
- a very rare demo-version.
Not all of this facts are true (see Sources below).
- The front cover shows a blue and white reproduction of a painting by Hans Memling
- of Christ Surrounded by Musician Angels which represents the middle part
- of an altar triptych, created for the Monastry Santa Maria la Real de Nájera, Spain in 1480
- Carmina Burana is the designation of a medieval collection of poetry,
- an anthology of 245 lyrics and drama texts collected at Benediktbeuern Abbey, Bavaria in the 11th, 12th and 13th century.
- It is also the title of a scenic cantata by German composer Carl Orff, based on 24 poems from the above anthology.
- Its full Latin title is Carmina Burana: Cantiones profanæ cantoribus et choris cantandæ comitantibus instrumentis atque imaginibus magicis ("Songs of Beuern: Secular songs for singers and choruses to be sung together with instruments and magic images").
Sources:
- A1, A2, A4, B4 - Recorded live at Brixton Academy, London, UK, 19th February 1983,
- - despite being wrongly referred to Brixton Academy on March 17th, 1983 on the backcover.
- A3 - Recorded live at University, York, UK, 7th May 1981
- A4 - Demo
- A5 - Vocals by Andrew Eldritch
- B1 - Alternate studio version
- B2 - Recorded during a studio session in '83
- B3: - Demo
Track List
Side A
| A1 Valentine | 4:05 |
| A2 Anaconda | 3:18 |
| A3 Teachers / Adrenochrome | 7:03 |
| A4 1969 | 2:40 |
| A5 Garden Of Delight | 5:03 |
Side B
| B1 Floorshow | 3:12 |
| B2 Ghostrider / Sister Ray | 10:30 |
| B3 Good Things | 3:20 |
| B4 Alice | 3:25 |
