In my opinion, this is the strongest of all Twilight Singers albums. I love the first record, but I think this was the one on which it all came together and when the identity of the band was formed. This is also where Mark Lanegan began to show up on Twilight Singers releases, with a solid showing on the album's last track, "Number Nine". There were several CD versions that came out. The Japanese one has a bonus track, "Wicked", which also came out on the Devil in the Woods 7" and Amber Headlights.
The vinyl came out much later. It contained a bonus track, the demo of "Run Rabbit Run", a song that had made occasional appearances during the last tour of The Afghan Whigs' original run. All copies were on white vinyl. Fans were not immediately sold on the vinyl version, and its value did not rise at all for a few years. It began to get slightly more scarce and appreciated slightly over a few-year period. Then, out of nowhere, it took off and is now one of the most expensive Dulli-related pieces of vinyl one can buy.
In 2017, something interesting happened. It seems that One Little Indian was poised to do a new vinyl pressing of Blackberry Belle. It was newly cut and got to the test pressing phase (see pic below). I saw this test press come up for sale and first assumed it was a bootleg and then assumed it was for a forthcoming release. The latter appears to be true, but that release never came. A reissue of Powder Burns from the same time did come out. So the handful of Blackberry Belle test pressings are the only copies of this cut of Blackberry Belle that exist, making it one of the true rarities of the Dulli catalogue.
Ultimately, as with all Twilight albums, it was recut for the Black Out the Windows box set. The album was done on two discs on frosty-clear vinyl and did not include "Run Rabbit Run". This release did have some impact on the value of the original white vinyl pressing - it came down from the $350 range to the $250 range.
There was also an eastern European counterfeit that came out in 2024. It is an obvious fake - it has no record label information or credits anywhere on it, but it also may have been partially responsible for some of the recent lower prices for originals. The jacket is a low-quality print clearly made from the CD art. It also does not contain "Run Rabbit Run" - this whole thing stinks of a knock off made from the CD. Don't waste your time.
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This page was last updated on April 18, 2026.
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