Thus quoth the Raven ...
 MT> What label is it on?  I'm curious whether it is some of the private
 MT> pressings or if perhaps Sony released it?
 CR>  I guess the label is Bridge Records. There's an address for 
 CR> them at the bottom of the back cover under a paragraph explaining 
 CR> what the term "suffocating the bloom" means. The CD itself 
 CR> is painted black with absolutely no writing on it at all. Tne 
 CR> booklet inside the case feels very papery and folds out to 
 CR> six pages with all the lyrics, except "Here I Am" (?). There're 
 CR> addresses for Bridge Management and the Daedalus Newspaper. 
 CR> Is that the same as yours? 
This is kinda interesting, Clark.  The back cover of mine has the song titles 
and a few paragraphs explaining the meaning.  It starts with "I remember 
watching Johnny..." and ends with "...to the full potential that God 
intended."  But no address appears anywhere on the back cover.
The CD is silver, with "Suffocating the Bloom" in script writing, the 
"echolyn" name and the song titles and times.  Do you have any sort of matrix 
number on the inner ring of the CD? (Not the clear plastic but the inner 
laser part.)  Very fainly, mine has 118224-D3-2307-1 and Disctronics USA.  
These are very faint and took a fair amount of moving the disc around to get 
it all figured out.
What do you mean by papery?  Flimsy?  The booklet of mine is fairly stiff, 
almost like a manilla folder but not as thick.  It does fold out (twice, 
which I think equals your six pages). It has all the lyrics (I think), inc. 
"Here I Am."  The lyrics are printed in "handwriting."  The two addresses are 
present, plus the usual thank yous and a brief blurb about the recording of 
the album.
Definitely some differences between our copies.  I wonder if the band 
repressed more copies or if there were a variety in circulation to begin 
with?  Anyone else with _Suffocating the Bloom_ want to chip in?
            Mike
--- Obolus 1.0.2
---------------