Hard Reign (LP)

Hard Reign - Cover of the first edition

Hard Reign - Cover of the second edition

This is one of the most common vinyl bootlegs containing a selection of the Portastudio Demos from 1982


Release Notes

• Label: Portasound
• Catalog#: SIS-1
• Format: Vinyl LP
• Released: 1990 (UK)

Hard Reign - Detail of the spine

Remarks

• Released in two editions:

The first has a light green-white sleeve and white labels with 'Promotional Copy Only' printed on them.

The second edition has the same cover, but in a black-white printing and plain labels.

Some are white, others pale blue.

• Some of the first edition labels come with a white sticker "MADE IN THE U.K."
• Supposedly a promo item.
• On the spine appears only the bands name.
• Back cover notes:

PORTASTUDIO DEMOS

All Rights Reserved

(R)1990 (C)1980

Hard Reign - Back cover of the first edition

Note:

• There is also a 7" vinyl bootleg with the same title but completely different tracks.

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Track List

	Title on back cover	Supplementary notes
A1.	Valentine #1
A2.	Body Politic	Pre-version of Fix
A3.	Lights
A4.	Anaconda
A5.	Driver	Unreleased song; some similarities to Heartland
B1.	Good Things	Unreleased song
B2.	Phantom
B3.	Burn	Very different to the final version of Burn; known as well under the title "Burn It Down"
B4.	Kiss The Carpet	An instrumantal version of Burn
B5.	Valentine #2	Differs slightly to Take 1

Additional Pictures

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Hard Reign - Label of the first edition

Hard Reign - Label with U.K. sticker

Hard Reign - Overview of the second edition with pale blue labels

Hard Reign - Overview of the second edition with plain white labels The attachment is an A4 ad for the lyric book "Postcards From Above The Chemist" published the first time by "The Reptile House Ltd in 1992.