A Three Record Set - FUNN 7" Triple Pack
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This three-vinyl set is also know under as "Unreleased Demos"
Release Notes
- Label: FUNN
- Catalogue#: 8/9/29
- Format: 3 x 7" single on coloured vinyl
- Released: 1989 (US)
Release Remarks
- These recordings were issued by FUNN in two different releases before,
- see The Shuttered Room and Sins And Secrets. Accordingly, the run-out grooves are identical.
- Matrix / Run-outs:
- Record 1: L-31980 / Funn-8-A and L-31980 X / Funn-8-B
- Record 2: L-31979 / Funn-9-A and L-31979 X / Funn-9-B
- Record 3: L-35497 / Funn-29-A and L-35497 X / Funn-29-B
Sources
- Records 1 and 2 feature the same content as the earlier FUNN-release The Shuttered Room.
- These tracks were recorded live during the BBC Radio One Kid Jenson Show of March 6th, 1983
- Record 3 has the same content as Sins And Secrets
- these recordings are most likely from the Royal Albert Hall 1985
- while some source name "Demos 1984" as their origin.
Further Remarks
- Limited Edition of 100 machine-numbered copies
- The cover consists of a white wrap-around sleeve with Merciful Release logo on the front
- The cover back lists the tracks in reversed order. Apart from the numbering, it only notes:
- ALL UNRELEASED DEMO'S RECORDED 1983 - which is true for only a part of the tracks.
- In addition, the vinyls are wrapped in a coloured insert showing an excerpt of an official
- press photo of Andrew Eldritch formerly featured in Melody Maker, Issue 5 September 1987
- The vinyls are all coloured in a different tone of purple - mauve, blackberry pink and dark pink vinyl -
- and come with plain white labels.
Track List
Record One | Record Two | Record Three |
A1 Heartland | B1 Valentine | C1 Knockin' On Heaven's Door |
A2 Jolene | B2 Burn | C2 Emma |