Best Live Bootlegs?

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Apologies if this has been done before, but what do you consider to be the best Sisters' live bootleg available?

I'm particularly thinking of audio quality and, of the small number that I have, would probably suggest that Live In Amsterdam 1984 is the clearest; the 12 minute version of Ghostrider/Sister Ray that finishes the gig is absolutely fantastic.
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Live in Amsterdam also has that great version of Floorshow on it :D

One of my favourites is the recording of Nijmegen (NL), Doornroosje 5/6/1984. Great gig, great setlist (it even includes a bit the Fleetwoos Mac's The Chain during Ghostrider)...
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Disguised in Black (Newcastle 85) is a corker.
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Turning Round at the Roundhouse / Eggi's from Stockholm (2011)
Dark Christmas in London ('93)
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centurionofprix wrote:Turning Round at the Roundhouse / Eggi's from Stockholm (2011)
Dark Christmas in London ('93)
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Pista wrote:Disguised in Black (Newcastle 85) is a corker.
Indeed! Except that - if I remember well, haven't listened to it in ages - Ghost Rider is cut short...
Hmm... Actually thanks to the ever-faithful discogs.com, I have just realised that it is cut on the CD, but not on the original 1985 LP version of the bootleg... And of course, I've got the CD... :(
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Agree with all of you.. but here is some personal favorites,

30 Aug 1983 Berlin (Echoes I cd that also includes some tracks from London 11 Aug 1983, the perfect bootleg since it includes 2 storming versions of Floorshow :D)

20 Oct 1984 Colchester

13 Jun 1992 Berlin (Out In The Dark bootleg)

7 Jul 2007 Zottegem
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How about best live bootleg for a given era/line up?

1981
1982
1983

1984-Live in Amsterdam
1985-Disguised in Black (Newcastle 85)

1985-sans-Marx?

1990-?
1991-? Reading? I recently heard a great quality recording from a Miami gig on youtube but don't have the boot my self.

1992? Pukklepop?

1993 Would love to hear a Leysin Festival boot, Dark Xmas is ace.

1996 ?
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Talking about audio quality the Smoke And Mirrors boot (Frankfurt 2003) is great!

And ofcourse....The Puppet Show (CP 1993).
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Thanks for all the replies; have any decent quality bootlegs surfaced of last year's XXX anniversary concerts?
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This one I reckon had the best sound quality. Straight from the mixing desk

http://www.discogs.com/Sisters-Of-Mercy ... se/1625976
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As Pista already said "Disguised in black" is THE bootleg one must own.
Setlist,recording quality, artwork, all a fan's dream, even all the info are correct!
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Live in The Temple of Love is a good one as well. FALAA and Lucretia are missing, but you can get those from other bootlegs. Crystal quality on the industrial steelworks sound of that line-up, brilliant rendition of Valentine.
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I've been looking for Live in Amsterdam 1984 for a while but can't find it anywhere. Are there even any SB or FM recordings post 1990?
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coffeepotman wrote:I've been looking for Live in Amsterdam 1984 for a while but can't find it anywhere. Are there even any SB or FM recordings post 1990?
Live in Amsterdam 1984 on eBay ...
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Thanks for the link, That looks awesome except for a few minor things such as that lovely colored disc just won't fit in my CD player no matter how hard I try to shove it in.

I'll keep checking around for it, reading this thread reminded me how much I enjoyed that disc, but there are several from that time period that are also excellent.

1983 Amsterdam "Possession"
1984 Den Haag Netherlands "Panic in Their Eyes"
1985 Stockholm "Trans Europe Excess"
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Live in Amsterdam (or Live at the Melkweg as alternative cd version) and Disguised in black are the 2 best bootlegs around regarding sound quality and setlist. The sound of the Floorshow bootleg (Fenders Ballroom 30/05/85) is also very good but the recording (cd/lp) is not complete (only 7 songs).
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Victim of Circumstance wrote:The sound of the Floorshow bootleg (Fenders Ballroom 30/05/85) is also very good but the recording (cd/lp) is not complete (only 7 songs).
and it also plays too slow.
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Silence is platinum wrote:As Pista already said "Disguised in black" is THE bootleg one must own.
Setlist,recording quality, artwork, all a fan's dream, even all the info are correct!
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I'd recommend
Stuttgart November 1984 - great set list & a nice bit of banter with the crowd (the first bootlet cassette I ever bought & still listen to it regularly!)

Birmingham NEC 92 - great setlist (Comfortably Numb/SKOS, Fix...)

Rough Diamonds - great comp circa 83

Brixton 1997 (first night (i think is the best...?)

Mera Luna 2000/2002

suikerrock 2008 (capricorn, good things)
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Randall Flagg wrote:
Silence is platinum wrote:As Pista already said "Disguised in black" is THE bootleg one must own.
Setlist,recording quality, artwork, all a fan's dream, even all the info are correct!
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you sure. I thought it was the audio for the aborted video (see also Leeds) both of which exist, but too dark for resale
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But someone lifted it & made a damn nice bootleg from the audio :D
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This is pretty damn good

http://www.myheartland.co.uk/viewtopic.php?t=23200
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