The Garden Of Delight (LP)

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A studio bootleg LP that of Australian manufacture released in various editions over this decade.
Like the more recent American issue Light And Shadow, which features nearly the same tracklist, it contains mainly demos from the First And Last And Always era.

The Garden Of Delight -
Cover (front) of the first edition
The Garden Of Delight -
Cover (front) of the second edition
The Garden Of Delight -
Cover (front) of the fourth edition


The Garden Of Delight -
Cover sticker of the third /insert of the fourth edition

Release Notes

  • Label: Dark World Music
  • Catalogue#: GOD 01
  • Format: 12" vinyl LP
  • Released: 2014 Australia
  • Run-outs: GOD-01-A/B



General remarks

  • Good sound quality
  • The artwork on the cover front consists mainly of a band photo taken in 1984 at Leed's cementery
with the band name above and the bootleg title underneath.
The cover design changes slightly from one edition to another, but keeps to this image as the main theme.
The Garden Of Delight -
Detail of the back cover sticker of the first edition
  • Beside the album title, the back cover notes the band name, the catalogue# and the track list
and gives some additonal information on the release as follows (plus an empty space for the numbering):
STUDIO DEMOS AND OUTTAKES 1984

ANDREW ELDRITCH-VOCALS
WAYNE HUSSEY-GUITAR/VOCALS
GARY MARX-GUITARS/VOCALS
CRAIG ADAMS-BASS
DOCTOR AVALANCHE-DRUMS

DARK WORLD MUSIC
ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
with "SIDE A/B", respectively, printed in also white letters below it.



Sources

  • The content of this album is identical with the second record of the more recent 2LP bootleg Serpents Kiss
from the same manufacturer.
The latter is also the producer of many other Australian vinyl bootlegs of the new millennium such as
Panic In Their Eyes, The Angels Of Sin, Ice To The Eskimo, Land Of The Kings, A Fire In The Hull,
and of late in 2018 alone Demos And Outtakes 1981-1984, The Damage Done Original Demo Tape 1981,
WEA In-House Mixes (Australian bootleg LP) as well as Reptiles In The Basement.
  • A very much older 7" bootleg with a similar name but different origin does exist as well.



Editions

The Garden Of Delight -
The three different items of the first edition

This LP was released in four editions.

More or less often, the different vinyl colours of each edition were sold together

as an "all colours" package at a slightly lower price.

First Edition

  • Issued in 2014
  • Released in three different vinyl colours:
orange with black spots, clear green (seen with black spots, too) and grey marbled.
  • This edition was limited to 75 copies, 25 each colour.
  • The vinyls are housed in a black generic cover with two stickers centrically glued to it on each side.
The back cover sticker shows additionally to the common notes of all the releases a white field for the numbering:
LIMITED EDITION _____ /75 COPIES


The Garden Of Delight -
The four different items of the second edition with CD


Second Edition

  • Released in 2015
  • Issued in four different vinyl colours:
clear green with yellow and black smoke,
orange with black spots, grey marbled and plain white.
  • This time the album was limited to 100 copies, 25 each colour.
  • It comes in a more sophisticated black and white picture sleeve,
with same artwork fully printed on the whole of the 12" cover surface.
The additional notes on the back cover state:
LIMITED EDITION _____ /100 COPIES
  • A CD of the same content was added to the first copies sold.
The Garden Of Delight - Cover with insert (third edition)



Third Edition

  • Released in 2016
  • Exists in four different vinyl colours:
clear green, orange with black spots, grey marbled and plain white.
  • The cover consists of a white generic sleeve coming with an insert.
The insert combines the front and back coverart of the second edition, only here on white background.
It comes with the same picture and has the track list and other information initially on the cover back
printed over it. Only the semi-transparent head and star logo is slightly smaller.
  • This edition comes without any numbering, and also without any numbering space.
  • In many cases, the insert was glued to the cover front to make it appear more
like some proper, "exceptional" new release, i.e. here with rare white cover art, etc.


The Garden Of Delight - Overview (fourth edition)


Fourth Edition

  • Published in 2017
  • This edition was manufactured in six different vinyl colours:
clear green, orange with black spots, grey marbled, opaque white and two new colors:
purple marbled and gold brown (caramel) with black spots.
  • The cover is nearly identical to the one of the second edition,
but was printed with a blue filter.
  • The edition is not numbered and has no numberin space printed on the cover back.
  • The insert of the third edition is added to package.


NOTE:
After the fourth edition, the left-over vinyls of the "Garden Of Delight" bootleg found new use
as record two of the 2LP Serpents Kiss bootleg by the same manufacturer.

For recent price developments of all these editions see popsike/The Garden Of Delight.


CD Editions

The Garden Of Delight -
Cover (front) of the second CD edition
The Garden Of Delight -
Cover (back) of the second CD edition
The Garden Of Delight - CD
The Garden Of Delight -
Opened Digipak of the second CD edition
  • According to Discogs there are at least two different editions.
  • The first one was released in 2013 and the second one in 2014.
  • The CD is housed in a Digipak sleeve.
  • All the labels of CD's are the same, even the ones that were added to the second vinyl edition.


Track List

The Garden Of Delight -
Detail of the front cover sticker of the first edition
Additional notes
Side A
A1   First And Last And Always (MARIAN LYRICS MARX VOCALS)
A2   A Rock And A Hard Place (INSTRUMENTAL)
A3   Knockin' On Heaven's Door                       
A4   Marian (VERSION 1 INSTRUMENTAL)
A5   Black Planet (INSTRUMENTAL)

Side B
B1   Walk Away
B2   Garden Of Delight (HUSSEY VOCALS)
B3   No Time To Cry
B4   Garden Of Delight (ELDRITCH VOCALS)
B5   Serpent's Kiss (INSTRUMENTAL)
B6   Dance On Glass



Additional Pictures

- Please click into files for larger views -

Vinyl colours introduced from the beginning with the first edition

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- Grey marbled vinyl
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- Orange vinyl with black spots
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- Clear green vinyl
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- the green vinyl is relatively dark, actually
Vinyl colours added to the second edition Added vinyl colours of the fourth edition
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- Clear green vinyl with yellow and black smokes
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- Plain white vinyl (opaque)
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- Purple marbled vinyl
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- Golden brown marbled vinyl (very rare)
Other images
The Garden Of Delight - First Edition with grey marbled vinyl
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- 4th edition cover (back) with clear green vinyl
The Garden Of Delight - 4th edition blueish cover (front) with white vinyl
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- Full print b/w cover of the 2nd edition
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- Generic white cover with insert of the 3rd edition
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- Full print b/w cover (back) of the 2nd edition
The Garden Of Delight - 4th edition - Dark blue full print cover (back) with orange vinyl and insert