Suzanne (Greek bootlegs)

Suzanne - Greek Bootleg Single Cover (front)

After a decade-long wait in the absence of an official vinyl release, Greek bootleggers decided to issue

a variety of 7" bootleg-singles and box-sets featuring live versions of the unreleased Sisters songs

We Are The Same, Susanne and Top Nite Out. The name of this 7" single as given on the cover front

is, however, "Suzanne" only (spelled wrong).

Track List

Track / Song	Notes
Side A - We Are The Same, Susanne	Lyrics - Andrew Eldritch / Music: Mike Varjak aka Srđan Miodragović
Side B - Top Nite Out	Instrumental written by Adam Pearson

This page is Work in Progress and going to be extended as soon as ever possible

Remarks

This bootleg-single is a limited edition of 200 copies in total and exists in basically three editions:

The first 100 copies were pressed on gold-coloured vinyl; followed by 50 copies on black vinyl

and another 50 on multi-coloured black vinyl

The labels are printed in grey shades and show a varied detail of the front cover motive on each side.

Apart from the side note printed in bold capital letters, there is no information given on the labels.

The Presentation (of Christ) in the Temple,
Central West Portal, Our Lady Of Reims Cathedrale - actually consisting of four sculptures

Basically, all copies of this bootleg are hand-numbered in a specific rectangular white space

on the cover back. Some are not numbered, though. See the details down below.

The coverart and the layout of all these editions are similar and differ only with regard to the colour.

The picture on the cover front shows a detail from the central west portal, the Virgin's Portal

at Our Lady of Reims Cathedral. The group of sculptures is called - according to its theme

- The Presentation (of Christ) in the Temple and originally consists of four figures, which are

from left to right: Joseph (holding two doves as a sacrificial offering), Mary with the infant Christ

(now headless) whom she is showing to the aged Simeon and Hanna (omitted in the picture).

Notre-Dame of Reims Cathedral was a coronation church of the French kings and is one of the

finest gothic structures ever built.

Bronze Sculpture

On the right side of the cover reverse is another picture of a bronze sculpture,

the origin of which we have so far not been able to detect. It is, however, not

from Reims Cathedrale as the style differs significantly.

The left side of the back cover shows a blurred head-and-star logo;

below it are the track list, the place and time of recording "LIVE IN BELGIUM 22/02/09,

and at the bottom is a white rectangular space for the hand-numbering such as /200

The song title We Are The Same, Susanne is shortened and spelled wrongly "Suzanne" on all issues.

Later on, some further limited editions of 10 copies were produced in the form of

a) a test pressing issue, and

b) two box-sets, also 10 copies in total

Editions

The Greek "Suzanne" 7" bootleg-single was released in various editions of vinyl colour, followed by a test pressing issue and a box-set issue.

The regular editions were limited to 200 copies in total.

Gold-coloured Vinyl

Format: coloured 7" vinyl single

The first 100 copies of this bootleg were printed on gold-coloured vinyl.

The pictures on the basically black cover front and back is toned in golden colour,

All the information comes in a white print, except the numbering of the available copies

on the cover back, which is printed in black colour inside a white rectangle,

The colour of the hand-numbering for the individual copies can vary, however.

In particular the gold-coloured copies are not all numbered.

Those from the box-sets are all unnumbered, anyway, and do not come in a gold-coloured cover.

But other copies with a golden cover have also been sold without the numbering space filled in.

Suzanne - Greek 7" Single

Suzanne
- Hand-numbered Greek 7" Cover (back)

Suzanne - Greek 7" Single Cover (front) with Vinyl (Side B)

Black Vinyl

Format: black 7" vinyl single

As far as our information goes, 50 copies of this bootleg were printed on standard black vinyl

(and sold at a slightly lower, while still not yet reasonable, price)

The pictures on the basically black cover front and back are toned in a red or dark rose colour.

All the information comes in a white print, except the numbering of the available copies

on the cover back, which is printed in black colour inside a white rectangle,

The colour of the hand-numbering for the individual copies can vary, however.

Multi-coloured Black Vinyl

Format: black multicoloured 7" vinyl single

The alleged multiple colours of this vinyl are limited, however,

to very few spots that are hard to detect in the pictures

Accordings to sellers' information in online auctions, 50 copies of these were pressed.

The motives on the basically black cover front and back are toned in a purple colour

all the information,too, comes in a purple print, apart from the numbering, which is

the same as on all other issue.

Test Pressing

Black and white cover.

Limited edition of 10 copies.

The word "test" instead of the number of available copies, but still hand-numbered

Box-Sets

These box-sets are a limited hand-numbered edition of 10 box-sets in total and are hand-numbered with a silver marker on the back of the case and on the back of the included insert.

Two different versions exist with a very similar content consting of:

a square insert with an embossed silver logo on the front and a hand-numbering with a silver marker .../10 on the back, just like the respective box itself

a photo of Andrew Eldritch from the early 1990s,

a black pin-badge with the new logo in blue print

and either a gold-coloured or a black multi-coloured vinyl

With regard to the colour, the vinyls do not necessarily come in their usual sleeves;

also is there hardly a recognisable rule referring to what vinyl colour would come with which type of box-case

(embossed silver logo or embossed black logo)

Box-Set With Embossed Silver Logo Case
Die-hard leather edition box-set with embossed silver logo case. The box contains all of the above mentioned items:
a gold-coloured or multi-coloured black vinyl, a photo of Andrew Eldritch from the 1990s, a pin badge with the new logo printed in blue on black, and an insert card.

"Suzanne" - Greek 7" vinyl release
Die-hard box set with embossed silver logo case (overview)

"Suzanne" - Greek 7" vinyl release
Die-hard box set with embossed silver logo case (contents)

"Suzanne" - Greek 7" vinyl die-hard box set with embossed silver logo case - Pin Badge

The box-set arrives shrinkwrapped and has an embossed silver print in bold capital letters on the back of the case saying:
LIMITED TO 10 COPIES!!! TURN IN, TURN ON, BURN OUT! and below the silver hand-numbering only giving the number of the current copy.
Like the case, the insert also has a large silver logo on front. It is hand-numbered with a silver marker in the bottom right corner of its reverse,
but in another format detailling also the number of available copies, in the present case 7/10.