Secular haze

The 200 clear vinyl edition of this 10" single was originally intended to be an exclusive release when Ghost played in their hometown of Linköping, Sweden on December 15, 2012. The show where they quite spectacularly said goodbye to Papa Emeritus I and welcomed the new Papa Emeritus II.
For reasons not clear to me, this never happened and as it turned out, all clear vinyl copies were eventually sold by Bengans; a record store with shops in Gothenburg, Stockholm and Linköping. It is my understanding however, that all clear vinyl copies were sold exclusively by mailorder by Bengans, and not in any of their shops. Please correct me if I am wrong.

The vinyl finally arrived in February 2013, about two months behind schedule and also about two months ahead of the "Infestissumam" album.

Front cover

Back cover

 Clear vinyl, limited to 200 copies. Scandinavia only.

 Black vinyl, limited to 1000 copies. Scandinavia only*.

* Some of the black vinyl singles were saved to be included in a special limited bundle for the North American market when the "Infestissumam" album was released. The single was only available in a very limited "super deluxe bundle" which, apart from the single, also included the "Infestissumam" album on red vinyl + download, a T-shirt and a quite ugly litho-poster.