Stairway To Heaven (bootleg)

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Stairway To Heaven is a bootleg from The Sisters' gig at King George Hall, Blackburn in 1985.

The LP bootleg of this gig, "Heaven Can Wait", is an incomplete version.

Release Notes

• Label: Cenobyte Sounds
  
• Catalogue#: 0012/0013
• Format: 2 x CD-r
• Released: 2002

Bizarrely, the cover art, and both CDs (printed CD-rs) advertise the bootleg as "2CD Set For The Price Of A Single CD!".
The CDs themselves have no artwork, but have the band name, bootleg name, venue and date printed on them, as well as the following:

Disc 1	Disc 2
DISC ONE	DISC TWO
GEMA	GEMA
Cenobyte Sounds 0012/0013	Cenobyte Sounds 0012/0013
Running Time 46:38 (left of centre)	Running Time 39:33 (left of centre)
CENOBYTE [logo, well designed]	CENOBYTE [logo, well designed]
©2002 Cenobyte Sounds All Rights Reserved	©2002 Cenobyte Sounds All Rights Reserved
Manufactured In The EU (right of centre)	Manufactured In The EU (right of centre)

Source

• Recorded live on March 21rst, 1985 at The King George Hall, Blackburn

Track List

Disc One

•   1.   First And Last And Always
•   2.   Body And Soul
•   3.   Train
•   4.   Marian
•   5.   No Time To Cry
•   6.   Possession
•   7.   Walk Away
•   8.   Burn
•   9.   Emma
• 10.   Amphetamine Logic

Disc Two

•   1.   A Rock And A Hard Place
•   2.   Floorshow
•   3.   Alice
•   4.   Body Electric
•   5.   Gimme Shelter
•   6.   Some Kind Of Stranger
•   7.   Stairway To Heaven
•   8.  Sister Ray

Sister Ray Medley (course)

• (00:00) Drums start
• (00:12) Guitars start
• (00:34) "Sister Ray!"
• (01:07) Vocals start
• (06:52) Vocals stop
• (07:08) Drums stop
• (07:24) Guitar feedback fades out

Remark
This is the only gig where Stairway To Heaven was played with lyrics.
It was played a few times instrumentally as an introduction to Sister Ray/Ghostrider medleys, but after this gig,
maybe since Eldritch forgot (or just didn't know) the words, they never performed it as a separate song again.

Quotes

• "Yes. And why not? ...Right. Can't hear you! ...Wouldn't tell you if I could" (before First And Last And Always )
• "Don't worry, we ain't gonna take it out on you, cause the rest of Blackburn didn't turn up... Body And Soul." (before Body And Soul)

• Eldritch: "Thanks.. ..this concerns.."

Audience member: "How's your hair!?"

Eldritch: "Fine thank you, how's yours? ...Concerns trains!" (introducing Train)

• "For those of us who can't be with us today.. it's time for.. [silhouettes?]... Marian!" (after Train, introducing Marian)
• "What? Oh, come one.. one at a time! You in the yellow flares, what?" (as audience shouts various things. The one in the yellow flares doesn't say anything audible.)
• "Ah.. this is definitely for you. Ah! Far too slow.. far too fast! Next! It's called Possession." (introducing Possession)
• "It's always a hazard.." (mumbled after Possession)

• Eldritch: "Ah ah ah ah ah.. calm down, calm down!"
  

Audience member: "On The Wire!" (the audience start screaming song names)

Eldritch: "Listen! We don't know those songs anymore. No, really, we forgot them." (before Emma)

• "This isn't difficult" (before Floorshow)
• "Here it comes" (before Alice)
• "Thanks.. t'ra!" (after Gimme Shelter)
  
• "Knock, knock, knockin' on heaven's door" (female audience member near bootlegger)
• "This.. you're not gonna like this. What can I say? Yeah, I know.. I guess I was just born lucky really, If you feel like me, maybe you ought to go see my mother some time. She's called Some Kind Of Stranger." (introducing Some Kind Of Stranger)
• "Just sometimes.. when you're not looking.. thanks." (after Some Kind Of Stranger as the audience are shouting for more)

• Eldritch: "We're gonna write this even worse. Shut up! You've never heard us play this before, have you? Probably never will.. There's a bus goes now from out there, you'd be advised."

Audience member: "Get on with it!"

Elritch: "We gotta tune the guitars up, man! This is a song that respects a respectful quiet introduction, this [????] noise!" :guitars start playing Stairway To Heaven

Female audience member near bootlegger (again!): "Led Zeppelin.. it is." (introducing Stairway To Heaven)