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Limited three CD collection containing the two phenomenal albums released by enigmatic Los Angeles band Red Temple Spirits: Dancing to Restore an Eclipsed Moon and If Tomorrow I Were Leaving for Lhasa, I Wouldn't Stay a Minute More... Originally released in 1988 and 1989, these records sound like nothing else from the period, deftly blending gothic post-punk with pagan tribal Psychedelia. Both albums have been completely re-mastered and are supplemented with three bonus tracks (both sides of the 'New Land' single, originally released on Independent Project in 1989, along with a previously unreleased later version of the song 'New Land') and a third disc reproducing the band's first demo tape. Packaged in a deluxe over-sized four-color hand-letterpress disc folio designed by Bruce Licher, with full-color lyric inserts and gilded letterpress-printed glassine inner sleeves, this essential reissue is limited to a numbered edition of 1000 copies.
