Don't Turn On The Lights

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Don't Turn On The Lights - Cover (front)


This is a 2LP live bootleg from the UK and Europe Spring Tour 1984 in Germany.

A test pressing and a series of CDs do exist as well.

Release Notes
  • Label: MADE FOR FANS NOT FOR MONEY
  • Catalogue#: 44
  • Released: 2016 (Europe)
  • Format: 2 × 12" vinyl LP
  • Production Note: Lathe Cut


Source

The bootleg contains the whole gig.


Remarks

  • Strictly limited to 50 copies, hand-numbered.
  • The vinyls are black and have black labels with white print.
The labels show the old head and star logo and below the
alphabetical lettering of the record side in quotation marks: "A".




Virgil And Dante Looking At The Spider Woman
- Engraving by Gustave Doré

Coverart

Arrangement, colours and font are very similar to the original release.
The front coverart varies only with regard to the picture.
However, the picture of the present item - like the one that was used for the Body And Soul coverart -
is based on an engraving by Gustave Doré for Dante's Inferno.
The picture here is a detail from the illustration "Virgil And Dante Looking At The Spider Woman".


Back Cover Notes

  • "MADE FOR FANS NOT FOR MONEY", "Cover made by REPTILE",
"p&c 2016" and the numbering "Limited ... /50".
  • Band/Line-up
Voice: Andrew Eldritch
Bass: Craig Adams
Guitar: Gary Marx, Wayne Hussey
Drums: Doktor Avalanche
  • Further more, there is an image in the left, lower area of the cover back.
It is hardly recognisable, as it is blurred and bleached, but it seems
to show the head of a dead person lying on the ground.



Track List


Record One

Don't Turn On The Lights - Cover (back)
Side A    Additional Notes
  1   Burn               
  2   Heartland
  3   Body And Soul


Side B
  4   Anaconda
  5   Walk Away         
  6   Emma               (Hot Choclate Cover)


Record Two

Side C
  7   Floorshow                  
  8   Adrenochrome
  9   Alice              
10   Body Electric


Side D
11   Gimme Shelter          (The Rolling Stones Cover)
12   Ghostrider          


Additional Pictures

- Please click into the pictures for larger views -

Don't Turn On The Lights - Label
Don't Turn On The Lights - Overview


Test Pressing

The test pressing is characterized by a different vinyl colour and especially a more elaborated cover.

Don't Turn On The Lights - Test pressing with sticker on front cover
Don't Turn On The Lights - Test pressing with
stickers inside the gatefold sleeve
Don't Turn On The Lights - Test pressing with sticker on back cover


Don't Turn On The Lights - 4 stickers of the test pressing

Remarks

  • Only 5 copies were made.
  • Pressed on transparent vinyl without labels.
The alphabetical lettering of the record side is written directly on the vinyl.
  • The cover consists of a generic black gatefold sleeve with four printed stickers to be fitted to the cover sides.
  • One sticker is nearly identical to the cover back of the final release,
skipping the the "MADE FOR FANS NOT FOR MONEY" and the "Cover made by REPTILE" logo.
  • Another one is like the front cover of the final release held in purple colour.
  • The other two are similar to the latter one varying the colour and the illustration:
One shows a detail from the illustration "Dante Addresses Traitor Bocca Degli Abati" in green and
the other "Brunetto Latini accosts Dante" in blue.
These are also engravings by Gustave Doré for Dante's Inferno
  • The cover is handnumbered .../ 5 in a black colour.


Don't Turn On The Lights - Clear vinyl test pressing
Dante Addresses Traitor Bocca Degli Abati
- Engraving by Gustave Doré
Brunetto Latini accosts Dante
- Engraving by Gustave Doré


CD Series


Don't Turn On The Lights -
CD front cover of nr. 1 - 10
Don't Turn On The Lights -
CD front cover of nr. 11 - 20
Don't Turn On The Lights -
CD front cover of nr. 21 - 30
Don't Turn On The Lights -
CD front cover of nr. 31 - 40
Don't Turn On The Lights -
CD front cover of nr. 41 - 50


Remarks

  • Same catalouge number, 44CDSOM
  • Contains the same 12 songs. There are no bonus tracks.
  • Strictly limited to 50 copies, hand-numbered.
  • The colour of the cover and the CD sticker changes with every ten numbers of the copies. See pictures above.
Copy nr. 1-10 violet
Copy nr. 11-20 red
Copy nr. 21-30 green
Copy nr. 31-40 blue
Copy nr. 41-50 yellow
  • Cover artwork and arrangements are very similar to the vinyl edition.
  • In contrast to the vinyl edition the additional notes to the tracklist credit correctly the song Ghostrider as a "Suicide Cover", too.


Don't Turn On The Lights - CD of the red edition
Don't Turn On The Lights -
CD of the red edition (Cover overview inside)
Don't Turn On The Lights -
CD of the red edition (Cover overview outside)