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[[File:Echoes Vol 1 7 Inch Cover back.jpg|thumb|310px|right|''Echoes Vol. I'' - Cover (back)]]
 
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== ECHOES VOL. 1==
 
== ECHOES VOL. 1==
'''''Echoes''''' is a series of vinyl bootlegs of live and demo material.
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'''''Echoes''''' is a series of 4 vinyl bootlegs of live and demo material. The first and present one was released as a 7” and contains just live cuts. The following releases were 12” LP’s.
  
 
A [[Echoes 4CD Set|series of ECHOES-CDs]] does exist as well.<br/>
 
A [[Echoes 4CD Set|series of ECHOES-CDs]] does exist as well.<br/>
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'''Remarks'''
 
'''Remarks'''
 
* The cover consists of a folded glossy cardboard sleeve.
 
* The cover consists of a folded glossy cardboard sleeve.
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* The front cover art shows part of a painting from the Dutch artist [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evert_Collier Edward Collier]. The present work of art is a [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vanitas vanitas still life]. These types of still lifes were very appreciated in the 16th and 17th century and are ought to remind the beholder of the caducity of things and life.
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: The text on the paper in the picture is a Latin proverb: “HOMO EST SIMILIS BULLAE” (Men is but a bubble), reflecting once again the main idea of the vanitas painting.
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* The back cover states the ''Metropol'' as the place of recording for<br/>[[Temple Of Love (song)|Temple Of Love]]. Other sources suggest the [[Sun, 28-Aug-1983|28 August 1983, <br/>Paradiso, Amsterdam, The Netherlands]] as the right date and venue.
 
* The back cover states the ''Metropol'' as the place of recording for<br/>[[Temple Of Love (song)|Temple Of Love]]. Other sources suggest the [[Sun, 28-Aug-1983|28 August 1983, <br/>Paradiso, Amsterdam, The Netherlands]] as the right date and venue.

Revision as of 13:38, 20 March 2016

Echoes Vol. I - Cover (front)
Echoes Vol. I - Cover (back)

ECHOES VOL. 1

Echoes is a series of 4 vinyl bootlegs of live and demo material. The first and present one was released as a 7” and contains just live cuts. The following releases were 12” LP’s.

A series of ECHOES-CDs does exist as well.

Release Notes

  • Label: Speed Of Light Records
  • Catalog#: TOL 88
  • Format: 7" vinyl single
  • Released: 1988
Echoes Vol. 1 - Cover unfolded with vinyl
Echoes Vol. 1 - 7" vinyl in gatefold cover

Remarks

  • The cover consists of a folded glossy cardboard sleeve.
  • The front cover art shows part of a painting from the Dutch artist Edward Collier. The present work of art is a vanitas still life. These types of still lifes were very appreciated in the 16th and 17th century and are ought to remind the beholder of the caducity of things and life.
The text on the paper in the picture is a Latin proverb: “HOMO EST SIMILIS BULLAE” (Men is but a bubble), reflecting once again the main idea of the vanitas painting.



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