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[[File:Teenage Angst Cover Front.jpg|thumb|330px|left|''Teenage Angst'' - Cover (front)]]
 
 
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A 12" vinyl bootleg that features selected live cuts, quotes and snippets of interviews with [[Andrew Eldritch]]<br/>recorded during the early 1980s.<br/>
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===<span style="color:#43636b"><font size="3">''Interview with the Bootleggers ''</font></span>===
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'''''Hello, this new bootleg is clearly an outstanding release. What gave you the idea for an elaborated bootleg as this one definitely is?'''''<br/>
The distibution of this item was organized in an unprecedented way totally different from other bootlegs<br/>by then. A quiz about [[Main Page|The Sisters of Mercy]] was added as an inlay for the bootleg. Using the services<br/>of modern internet sites, in first place the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Discogs crowdsourced database Discogs], web users could obtain <br/>one copy for free by answering the questions in the quiz correctly.<br/>
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''Well, at any rate we wanted to make something special with a focus on Andi's quotes and remarks. And so we included the interviews to the record.''<br/>''The result may be good or bad. There has, however, never been made anything like this before.''
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'''Release Notes'''
 
* Label: rhay creations
 
 
 
* Catalogue#: rhay 13
 
 
 
* Format: 12" vinyl LP
 
 
 
* Released: 2018
 
 
 
* Production Note: Lathe Cut
 
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<br/>
 
'''Remarks'''
 
[[File:Anna Chromy Il Commendatore.jpg|thumb|right|240px|Empty draping cloak sculpture by Anna Chromý, a version titled [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cloak_of_Conscience#History_and_versions ''Il Commendatore''], that is located in Prague]]
 
 
 
* Strictly limited to 20 copies, not numbered.
 
 
 
* The vinyl is clear and fully transparent.
 
 
 
* The labels show a dark cloudy landscape with the word "MASTERPLAN" in big, white letters across the middle.
 
: In the lower third of the labels, the catalogue# is printed in smaller, but also white letters.
 
: Both labels are identical and give no information on the actual side of the record, see the pictures [[Talk:Teenage Angst#Additional_Pictures|down below]].
 
 
 
* The cover consists of a generic white sleeve with square prints made of a lacquer-like paint glued to it.
 
 
 
* On the cover front, this print shows a black and white image of the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salzburg Salzburg] located scupture [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cloak_of_Conscience "Cloak of Conscience"]
 
: by Czech painter and sculptor [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anna_Chrom%C3%BD Anna Chromý], a motive the artist widely elaborated in her work.
 
: Above and below this print appear the bootleg title and the band name in capitals;
 
: the letters are printed with a lacquer-like paint that is haptically perceivable at a touch.
 
 
 
* The print on the cover back gives the bootleg title, the track list and the bandname.
 
 
 
* The vinyl is stored in a thick coloured printed inner sleeve.
 
  
* The front of the inner sleeve shows a coloured fading version of the front cover motive
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''Beyond that, we intended to create something that is not like the many other bootlegs. Teenage Angst is a new product and was therefore meant to differ''<br/>''from the thousands of Greek or Australian lathe-cuts out there nowadays. For this reason, we also decided against coloured or multicoloured vinyl.''<br/>''No numbering, no special edition or what other marketing incentives are applied these days. Just 20 original vinyl bootlegs.''
: over which the tracklist from the back cover is printed, though here with track times.  
 
: All this is surrounded by two columns with the quotes from concerts and interviews that were used on this record,
 
: each headed with an old head-and-star logo.
 
  
* On the back, it shows a timeline and aligned with it the thumbnails of those bootlegs from which the songs featured
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''Furthermore, we wanted the cover to differ from other bootlegs as well. So we added a fully printed inner sleeve.''<br/>''As far as I am aware, this is the only Sisters bootleg with an inner sleeve.''<br/>
: on the present record are taken. Apart from the reference to these bootlegs and naming the song used here, a short
 
: but ouststanding excerpt from the respective song is mentioned as well at the side of each picture.  
 
{|
 
| [[File:Teenage Angst Inner2.jpg|thumb|left|260px|''Teenage Angst'' - Inner sleeve (front)]]
 
| [[File:Inner Sleeve Back Cut.jpg|thumb|left|230px|Inner sleeve - excerpt from the front with track list, durations (not visible here) and quotes]]
 
| [[File:Teenage Angst Inner1.jpg|thumb|left|260px|''Teenage Angst'' - Inner sleeve (back)]]
 
| [[File:Inner Sleeve Front Cut.jpg|thumb|left|245px|Inner sleeve - excerpt from the back with timeline, thumbnails and lines from song lyrics]]
 
|-
 
|}
 
 
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[[File:Teenage Angst Inlay1.jpg|thumb|left|280px|''Teenage Angst'' - Inlay (front)]]
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'''''Oh yes, that surely is unique. What first captured our attention is the materials used for the cover art. And the letters of the font, above all.'''<br/>'''We think it's gorgeous that one can haptically perceive them on the cover at a touch. That's just awesome. What are they made of?'''''<br/>
[[File:Teenage Angst Riddle.jpg|thumb|left|280px|''Teenage Angst'' - Detail of the quiz on the inlay]]
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''The printed cover art stickers are made of vinyl and so are the letters of the font. These are adhesive letters, kiss-cut with a plotter from a sheet of vinyl,''<br/>''then pre-spaced and placed onto pre-masked transfer tape. When the back liner is peeled off, the tape as a whole is applied to the intended surface.''<br/>''Due pressure to the front of the pre-mask side will fix the adhesive letters firmly to the surface. Now the pre-mask is removed and only the letters remain''<br/>''in place. The same was done with the printed vinyl image stickers.''<br/>
 
<br/>
 
<br/>
* The record is accompanied by an additional sleeve-size inlay. On one side it shows a mainly blue coloured print of the
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'''''And the vinyl, too. It looks so super clear and transparent! Is it 180g, actually?'''''<br/>
: empty draping cloak sculpture in a square : similar to the cover front, but not in that high printing quality.
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''Yes, 180g clear transparent vinyl.''<br/>
: On the other there is the aforementioned quiz.
 
 
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<br/>
'''The Quiz'''<br/>
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'''''But what song is there at the beginning of the LP? Doesn't sound like The Sisters?'''''<br/>
These are the questions and their solutions that compose the four letter code:
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''It's the beginning of [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7vki-NfEtc0 ''Cientos de Mentiras  (Lots of Lies)''] by [https://www.discogs.com/artist/1244457-Deluxe-11 ''Deluxe''], a Spanish indie pop band of the 1990s. We love them and we thought that song ''<br/>''rather suitable as an intro.''<br/>
 
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* ''The first letter of the second word that [[Andrew Eldritch|Andrew]] says just at the beginning of the [[Tue, 05-Jun-1984|gig in Nijmegen]], Spring Tour 1984?''
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'''''And why the quiz?'''''<br/>
: [[Andrew Eldritch|Andrew]] says "Hello '''t'''here", so the letter is '''"T"'''. You can proof it on [[Nijmegen|this site]].
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''Nowadays, collecting vinyl is no longer a matter of devotion, passion or need; it has become a question of money and greed, rather.''
 
 
* ''The tenth letter of the name of the first 12" bootleg of the [[Main Page|Sisters Of Mercy]] ever, released way back in 1984?''
 
: It is the [[Psychedelic Sessions 1984|Psychedel'''i'''c Session LP]], so the letter is '''"I"'''. Look it up on [https://sisterswiki.org/images/8/84/RATN_Discography_Booklet_18_17_Psychedelic_Sessions_1984_-_Psychedelic_Sessions_1986.jpg this site].
 
 
 
* ''The fourth letter of the run-out groove on side A of the Anaconda 7" (the additional word to "A PORKY PRIME CUT")?''
 
: The Word is "NOT'''H'''ING", so the letter is '''"H"'''. Check it on [https://www.discogs.com/The-Sisters-Of-Mercy-Anaconda-Phantom/release/264414 Discogs].
 
 
 
* ''The letter after the hyphen in the number of years of "Ever after ever more more more" at the 2nd gig ever in Stockholm?''
 
: Andrew sings at this concert twenty-'''s'''ix years, so the letter is '''"S"'''. You can read it on [[No Time To Cry (bootleg)|this site]].
 
  
*Accordingly, the four-letter code solution is: '''T-I-H-S''' (or '''S-H-I-T''' written backwards).
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''Some (long-term Sisters fans) might remember how it was to travel to another city looking for bootlegs at a record exchange, or how during a stopover''<br/>''in London we ran to Camden to trawl through all the record stores there, while our friends and girlfriends were heading down to the River Thames to see''<br/>''the Tower Bridge. On one occasion, I even borrowed money from my English teacher to get hold of the "Adult Movies"...''<br/>
<br/><br/>
 
The worldwide distribution finalised this way:<br/>
 
{|
 
|
 
{|
 
| '''''Country'''''&emsp;&emsp;&emsp;
 
| '''''Number of copies'''''&emsp;&emsp;&emsp;&emsp;&emsp;&emsp;&emsp;
 
|-
 
| Germany
 
| &emsp;&emsp;&emsp;&emsp;7
 
|-
 
| England
 
| &emsp;&emsp;&emsp;&emsp;2
 
|-
 
| France
 
| &emsp;&emsp;&emsp;&emsp;2
 
|-
 
| Spain
 
| &emsp;&emsp;&emsp;&emsp;2
 
|-
 
| Austria
 
| &emsp;&emsp;&emsp;&emsp;1
 
|-
 
| Belgium
 
| &emsp;&emsp;&emsp;&emsp;1
 
|-
 
|-
 
|}
 
|
 
{|
 
| '''''Country'''''
 
| '''''Number of copies'''''
 
|-
 
| Finnland
 
| &emsp;&emsp;&emsp;&emsp;1
 
|-
 
| Italy
 
| &emsp;&emsp;&emsp;&emsp;1
 
|-
 
| Sweden
 
| &emsp;&emsp;&emsp;&emsp;1
 
|-
 
| Switzerland
 
| &emsp;&emsp;&emsp;&emsp;1
 
|-
 
| USA
 
| &emsp;&emsp;&emsp;&emsp;1
 
|-
 
| '''Worldwide'''&emsp;&emsp;
 
| &emsp;&emsp;&emsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;'''20'''
 
|-
 
|}
 
|-
 
|}
 
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'''Further Remarks'''
 
* The bootleg comes with a black ribbon holding a black envelope to the cover.
 
: The envelope is sealed with white sealing wax and contains a dedication postcard,  
 
: an A4 letter and the A5 rhay creation mail order sheet.
 
  
* The catalogue# got messed up. The labels note correctly "rhay 13", just as in the mail order form,
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''Nowadays, vinyl records are only just a click away, though, at certainly ten times the cost. Should record collecting have become an exclusive hobby''<br/>''for only the rich and no longer be affordable for music and vinyl aficionados and aficionadas?! In this view, we decided to create a rarity available only''<br/>''to actual fans of The Sisters, no matter whether they are rich or poor. And a quiz seemed an appropriate solution to us.''<br/>
: but the postcards, the inner sleeves and the inlays state wrongly "rhay 15" as the catalogue#.
 
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== Track List ==
 
 
<br/>
 
<br/>
<span style="color:#43636b"><font size="3">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; '''Side 1'''</font></span>
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'''''But how did you finance ''Teenage Angst'' then?''''' <br/>
{| border=1; style="border:solid 1px #cccccc; border-collapse:collapse;"
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''Well, for the moment, rhay creations have advanced the cash. There is, however, a plan according to which we are going to regain the cost over the''<br/>''coming months or years. We've simply increased the prices of all other rhay products slightly. If our plan works out properly, we'll be back in the black''<br/>''as soon as all these records are sold.''<br/>
| <span style="color:#43636b"><font size="3">&nbsp;&nbsp; Intro title</font></span>
 
| <span style="color:#43636b"><font size="3">&nbsp;&nbsp; Source of the intro</font></span>
 
| <span style="color:#43636b"><font size="3">&nbsp;&nbsp; Song title</font></span>
 
| <span style="color:#43636b"><font size="3">&nbsp;&nbsp; Duration&nbsp;&nbsp;</font></span>
 
| <span style="color:#43636b"><font size="3">&nbsp;&nbsp; Source</font></span>
 
|-
 
| &nbsp;&nbsp; '''Intro'''
 
| &nbsp;&nbsp; [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bxc7UDp8m1s Excerpt from the radio broadcast]&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <br/>&nbsp;&nbsp; "Andrew Eldritch Presents&nbsp;&nbsp;<br/>&nbsp;&nbsp; His Top Tunes" on BRT2 in 1984
 
| &nbsp;&nbsp; A1&nbsp; [[Some Kind Of Stranger (song)|Some Kind Of Stranger]]&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
 
| &nbsp;&nbsp; &emsp;5:43&nbsp;&nbsp;
 
| &nbsp;&nbsp; [[Mon, 25-Mar-1985|Lyceum, London, England <br/>&nbsp;&nbsp; on Monday, March 25th, 1985]]
 
|-
 
| &nbsp;&nbsp; '''The Sisters And The Stones'''&emsp;&emsp;&nbsp;
 
| &nbsp;&nbsp; [[Gimme Shelter (song)|Part of an interview with Andrew <br/>&nbsp;&nbsp; Eldritch in July 1984]]
 
| &nbsp;&nbsp; A2&nbsp; [[Gimme Shelter (song)|Gimme Shelter]]
 
| &nbsp;&nbsp; &emsp;5:58
 
| &nbsp;&nbsp; [[Fri, 17-May-1985|Kolingsborg Club, Stockholm, Sweden <br/>&nbsp;&nbsp; on Friday, May 17th, 1985]]
 
|-
 
| &nbsp;&nbsp; '''Get Sensitive!'''
 
| &nbsp;&nbsp; Quotes from the same concert
 
| &nbsp;&nbsp; A3&nbsp; [[Emma (song)|Emma]] (Edit)
 
| &nbsp;&nbsp; &emsp;6:54
 
| &nbsp;&nbsp; [[Tue, 05-Jun-1984|Het Doornrosje, Nijmegen, The Netherlands&nbsp;&nbsp;<br/>&nbsp;&nbsp; on Tuesday, June 5th, 1984]]
 
|-
 
|}
 
 
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<span style="color:#43636b"><font size="3">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; '''Side 2'''</font></span>
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'''''You say "plan". So this is in fact the masterplan? '''''<br/>
{| border=1; style="border:solid 1px #cccccc; border-collapse:collapse;"
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''Yes, "Teenage Angst" is the masterplan bootleg - fincanced through the sale of all the other records.''<br/>
| <span style="color:#43636b"><font size="3">&nbsp;&nbsp; Intro title</font></span>
 
| <span style="color:#43636b"><font size="3">&nbsp;&nbsp; Source of the intro</font></span>
 
| <span style="color:#43636b"><font size="3">&nbsp;&nbsp; Song title</font></span>
 
| <span style="color:#43636b"><font size="3">&nbsp;&nbsp; Duration&nbsp;&nbsp;</font></span>
 
| <span style="color:#43636b"><font size="3">&nbsp;&nbsp; Source</font></span>
 
|-
 
| &nbsp;&nbsp; '''Collapse'''
 
| &nbsp;&nbsp; [http://www.ultimatesistersguide.org/documents/tv_int.htm#div001 Taken from a Belgium TV&nbsp;&nbsp;<br/>&nbsp;&nbsp; interview of 1985]
 
| &nbsp;&nbsp; B1&nbsp; [[Alice (song)|Alice]]
 
| &nbsp;&nbsp; &emsp;3:13&nbsp;&nbsp;
 
| &nbsp;&nbsp; [[Sat, 19-Feb-1983|Brixton Ace, London, England&nbsp;&nbsp;<br/>&nbsp;&nbsp; Saturday, February 19th, 1983]]&emsp;&emsp;&emsp;&emsp;&emsp;&emsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
 
|-
 
| &nbsp;&nbsp; '''The Reptile House Is Perverse'''&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
 
| &nbsp;&nbsp; [http://www.ultimatesistersguide.org/documents/radio_int.htm#div002 Snippet from an interview&nbsp;&nbsp;<br/>&nbsp;&nbsp; realised in 1983 at the&nbsp;&nbsp;<br/>&nbsp;&nbsp; American broadcasters WNYU]&nbsp;&nbsp;
 
| &nbsp;&nbsp; B2&nbsp; [[Fix]]
 
| &nbsp;&nbsp; &emsp;2:43
 
| &nbsp;&nbsp; [[Tue, 18-Jun-1985|Royal Albert Hall, London, England&nbsp;&nbsp;<br/>&nbsp;&nbsp; Tue, 18-Jun-1985]]
 
|-
 
| &nbsp;&nbsp; '''Clocks'''
 
| &nbsp;&nbsp; A short audio clip from the movie&nbsp;&nbsp;<br/>&nbsp;&nbsp; [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BbGWQlEnNcQ "Withnail and I"]
 
| &nbsp;&nbsp; B3&nbsp; [[Nine While Nine (song)|Nine While Nine]]&emsp;&emsp;&emsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
 
| &nbsp;&nbsp; &emsp;4:20
 
| &nbsp;&nbsp; [[Wed, 13-Mar-1985|Tiffany's, Newcastle, UK&nbsp;&nbsp;<br/>&nbsp;&nbsp; Wed, 13-Mar-1985]]
 
|-
 
| &nbsp;&nbsp; '''We Are Not Gloomy'''
 
| &nbsp;&nbsp; Quotes from the same concert
 
| &nbsp;&nbsp; B4&nbsp; [[No Time To Cry (song)|No Time To Cry]]
 
| &nbsp;&nbsp; &emsp;4:23
 
| &nbsp;&nbsp; [[Thu, 30-May-1985|Fenders Ballroom, Long Beach, USA&nbsp;&nbsp;<br/>&nbsp;&nbsp; Thu, 30-May-1985]]
 
|-
 
| &nbsp;&nbsp; '''Barmherzigkeit'''
 
| &nbsp;&nbsp; Quotes from the same concert&emsp;&emsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
 
| &nbsp;&nbsp; B5&nbsp; [[Temple Of Love (song)|Temple Of Love]]
 
| &nbsp;&nbsp; &emsp;4:20
 
| &nbsp;&nbsp; [[Tue, 30-Aug-1983|Loft, West Berlin, West Germany&nbsp;&nbsp;<br/>&nbsp;&nbsp; Tue, 30-Aug-1983]]
 
|-
 
|}
 
 
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'''''What is the "Something Sensitive" bootleg? Is there any chance to purchase it?'''''<br/>
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''"Something Sensitive" was the very first bootleg we ever produced, long before any sort of masterplan has came to our mind. We made only very few of it''<br/>''to check out how and whether lathe-cut production would work. After all, it has become a really beautiful record, in our humble opinion, not only because ''<br/>''the Nijmegen concert is just so insanely great, but also because we love the idea of The Sisters' head-and-star logo subsided in smoke on a stitched and ''<br/>''embossed plastic cover. That also makes it rather original in our view and we're really pleased with the result.''<br/>'' As only very few were made, there is unfortunaley none of them left for sale.''<br/>
 
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'''''Can we reckon on more records being released by rhay creations in the future?''''<br/>
== Additional Pictures ==
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''Well, there are, of course, plenty good ideas, while money is tight. Let's see...''<br/>
- Please click into pictures for larger views -<br/>
 
 
 
{|
 
|[[File:Teenage Angst Cover Back.jpg|thumb|left|330px|''Teenage Angst'' - Cover (back) with track list]]
 
|[[File:Teenage Angst Inlay2.jpg|thumb|left|330px|''Teenage Angst'' - Inlay (back)]]
 
|[[File:TeenageAngst Label.jpg|thumb|left|330px|''Teenage Angst'' - Label]]
 
|-
 
|}
 
{|
 
|[[File:Teenage Angst Overview.jpg|thumb|left|330px|''Teenage Angst'' - Overview (front sides)]]
 
|[[File:Teenage Angst Overview2.jpg|thumb|left|330px|''Teenage Angst'' - Overview (back sides)]]
 
|[[File:Teenage Angst Sealed Envelope.jpg|thumb|left|330px|''Teenage Angst'' - Sealed envelope with ribbon]]
 
|-
 
|}
 
'''Content of the envelope:'''<br/>
 
{|
 
|[[File:Teenage Angst Postcard Front.jpg|thumb|left|450px|''Teenage Angst'' - Dedication Postcard (front)<br/>Here a copy that went out to a Spanish fan.]]
 
|[[File:Teenage Angst Postcard Back.jpg|thumb|left|330px|''Teenage Angst'' - Dedication Postcard (back)]]
 
|-
 
|}
 
 
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{|
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'''Thank you very much for this extensive interview. It's been a pleasure talking to you ... :-)))... '''<br/>
|[[File:Teenage Angst Letter.jpg|thumb|left|450px|''Teenage Angst'' - Virgin letter<br/>without the name of the addressee, the shipping cost value<br/>and the signiture of the addresser.<br/>Dates that were added handwritten on each copy.]]
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''A great many thanks to you, too. The pleasure's all on our side ... ;-))) ...''<br/>
|[[File:Teenage Angst A5 Mailorder Sheet.jpg|thumb|left|330px|''Teenage Angst'' - Mailorder Sheet]]
 
  
|-
 
|}
 
 
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[[Category: Bootlegs]]
 
[[Category: Live Bootlegs]]
 
[[Category: Vinyl Bootlegs 12"]]
 
[[Category: Bootlegs Of Mixed Content]]
 

Latest revision as of 13:38, 4 February 2019


Interview with the Bootleggers

Hello, this new bootleg is clearly an outstanding release. What gave you the idea for an elaborated bootleg as this one definitely is?
Well, at any rate we wanted to make something special with a focus on Andi's quotes and remarks. And so we included the interviews to the record.
The result may be good or bad. There has, however, never been made anything like this before.

Beyond that, we intended to create something that is not like the many other bootlegs. Teenage Angst is a new product and was therefore meant to differ
from the thousands of Greek or Australian lathe-cuts out there nowadays. For this reason, we also decided against coloured or multicoloured vinyl.
No numbering, no special edition or what other marketing incentives are applied these days. Just 20 original vinyl bootlegs.

Furthermore, we wanted the cover to differ from other bootlegs as well. So we added a fully printed inner sleeve.
As far as I am aware, this is the only Sisters bootleg with an inner sleeve.

Oh yes, that surely is unique. What first captured our attention is the materials used for the cover art. And the letters of the font, above all.
We think it's gorgeous that one can haptically perceive them on the cover at a touch. That's just awesome. What are they made of?

The printed cover art stickers are made of vinyl and so are the letters of the font. These are adhesive letters, kiss-cut with a plotter from a sheet of vinyl,
then pre-spaced and placed onto pre-masked transfer tape. When the back liner is peeled off, the tape as a whole is applied to the intended surface.
Due pressure to the front of the pre-mask side will fix the adhesive letters firmly to the surface. Now the pre-mask is removed and only the letters remain
in place. The same was done with the printed vinyl image stickers.

And the vinyl, too. It looks so super clear and transparent! Is it 180g, actually?
Yes, 180g clear transparent vinyl.

But what song is there at the beginning of the LP? Doesn't sound like The Sisters?
It's the beginning of Cientos de Mentiras (Lots of Lies) by Deluxe, a Spanish indie pop band of the 1990s. We love them and we thought that song
rather suitable as an intro.

And why the quiz?
Nowadays, collecting vinyl is no longer a matter of devotion, passion or need; it has become a question of money and greed, rather.

Some (long-term Sisters fans) might remember how it was to travel to another city looking for bootlegs at a record exchange, or how during a stopover
in London we ran to Camden to trawl through all the record stores there, while our friends and girlfriends were heading down to the River Thames to see
the Tower Bridge. On one occasion, I even borrowed money from my English teacher to get hold of the "Adult Movies"...

Nowadays, vinyl records are only just a click away, though, at certainly ten times the cost. Should record collecting have become an exclusive hobby
for only the rich and no longer be affordable for music and vinyl aficionados and aficionadas?! In this view, we decided to create a rarity available only
to actual fans of The Sisters, no matter whether they are rich or poor. And a quiz seemed an appropriate solution to us.

But how did you finance Teenage Angst then?
Well, for the moment, rhay creations have advanced the cash. There is, however, a plan according to which we are going to regain the cost over the
coming months or years. We've simply increased the prices of all other rhay products slightly. If our plan works out properly, we'll be back in the black
as soon as all these records are sold.

You say "plan". So this is in fact the masterplan?
Yes, "Teenage Angst" is the masterplan bootleg - fincanced through the sale of all the other records.

What is the "Something Sensitive" bootleg? Is there any chance to purchase it?
"Something Sensitive" was the very first bootleg we ever produced, long before any sort of masterplan has came to our mind. We made only very few of it
to check out how and whether lathe-cut production would work. After all, it has become a really beautiful record, in our humble opinion, not only because
the Nijmegen concert is just so insanely great, but also because we love the idea of The Sisters' head-and-star logo subsided in smoke on a stitched and
embossed plastic cover. That also makes it rather original in our view and we're really pleased with the result.
As only very few were made, there is unfortunaley none of them left for sale.

Can we reckon on more records being released by rhay creations in the future?'
Well, there are, of course, plenty good ideas, while money is tight. Let's see...

Thank you very much for this extensive interview. It's been a pleasure talking to you ... :-)))...
A great many thanks to you, too. The pleasure's all on our side ... ;-))) ...