Gothic -> Text Files -> Sisters of Mercy Discography THE SISTERS OF MERCY DISCOGRAPHY an INTRODUCTION an epic of many parts, written by corey with help from an *enormous* number of people. and apologies to anyone i swiped stuff from without saying thanks. the sisters of mercy discography is an ego project i've worked on for several years. it's goal is the be the single greatest referance work on the sisters of mercy's musical output, official and bootleg. this goal has fallen by the wayside for various reasons over the last year, but i am now seizing control once more. if you have anything to add. please mail scifi@cc.wwu.edu with attn: cwn/som in the subject line. the discography is broken into parts for convenience's sake thusly: I. official releases in the UK albums, singles, compliations, interview and promo only II. official releases from around the rest of the world III. official video releases IV. live bootlegs V. studio bootlegs and bootleg's with mixed contents. VI. bootleg video VII. bands related to the sisters via the Merciful Release label. VIII. and may be ftp'ed from ftp.maths.tcd.ie in directory /pub/music/discographies i need info on the following releases so please e-mail details if you have them. falaa remixed version(lp, cs cd cat#, running times, etc, japanses cat# italian cat, any foreign cat #'s 'cept us, france, ger floodland-any foreigh cat#'s 'cept us vison thing-any foreigh cat #'s cept us sgwbm-all foreigh cat #'s scoob release date, cd cs cat #'s any countries alice 12" original us release cat# body and soul canadian 12" cat # dominion 12" canadian cat # lucretia canadian 12" cat # temple of love 1992 personnel and hightest chart position under the gun wake-vhs cat# shot cat#s shot rev. 2.0 cat#'s bootlegs all along the watchtower 7" cat#, cover art the acid rain: known contents-where spirits fly + ? an alive death around up any info a black pack- any info blood money lp cat# brimstone and treacle 7" cat# brixton live lp cat# brothers and sisters format, cat# the damage is done lp cat# disguised in black 2LP cat# echoes vol I 7" cat # the end 2X7" cat# fade to black 3X7" box set cat# out of the minds's eye: known contents-chase the yellow? dark psychos-any info floorshow (swingin pig( lp cat# ghostriderz lp any info gimme gimme gimme b/w sister ray 7" any info half moon over amsterdam 2XLP any info halloween lp cat# holocaust CD any details other than track list in the drak night lp cat# knockin on heaven's door 2XLP cat# the last time around 2XLP cat# the lights shine clear through the sodium haze 2XLP-cat#, cover art, quality live at brixton ace LP-any info live at heidleberg LP any info live at kir, hamburg- any info live at the terojan horse LP cat# nightmares 7" cat # no time to cry obscure in darkness LP cat# opus dei LP cat# the quality of mercy 2XLP cat# razor smiles ep cat# rough diamonds 2XLP cat# the satanic verse 2XLP cat# stonehenge lp cat# deja vu-any info 2XLP cat# the tour things cd-any info don juan-known contents-jolene demo +? lord of darkness-need tracklist, cat # etc milan (2LP) -any info psychedelic session CD need tracklist psychedelic sessions LP cat# rare obscurities-need track list rise and reverberate(2LP)-any info speed kings live 90 LP cat# speed kings 1990 LP cat# time to cry LP cat # through the years box set cat# train/burn b/w ghostrider 7" cat # tune in...turn off.. burn out lp cat# wake 2XLP cat# weird tales 7" cat# ...and you won't make me jealous 7" cat# black dominion box set cat# entertainment or death CD cat# good things 7"(unofficial angel heart theme) cat # lucretia my reflection japanese 7" cat # saints and martyrs 2XLP cat# dark psychoes CD track list i can't wait to meet my deadly friends LP cat# kama sutra 2XCD cat# rise and reverberate 2XLP any info don't give it away 7- cat # video boots amsterdam '91 dusseldorg '90 live at wembley stadium 11/26/90 reading '91 THE SISTERS OF MERCY DISCOGRAPHY PART I official releases last revison: april 15, 1995 INDEX I. Albums II. Singles, eps III. Compilation Appearances IV. Interviews V. Promotional Releases KEY: HCP= Highest Chart Position ROGI= run-out groove inscription First pressing 12"s are labeled Made in England on the record label,rather than France, Germany or Holland and omit the 'unauthorised...' warning around the record label. Other things common to first pressings also use the SOM logo font [caslon antique] on the spine and gloss black inner sleeves. WYDSM only has German pressings though. First pressing 7"s are commonly labeled 'made in france' and/or with semi-circular cutout at the top of the sleeve to facilitate grasping the record and omit the 'unauthorised...' warning. May also have 'made in england' handstamped on the sleeve. Standard Sisters sleeve style is a black border with rectangular artwork and 'the Sisters of Mercy' underneath. Band personnel goes by the following key: SIS 1= Craig Adams-bass SIS 2= Craig Adams-bass Gary Marx-guitar Gary Marx-guitar Ben Gunn-Guitar Wayne Hussey-guitar SIS 3= Tony James-bass Tim Brecheno-guitar Andreas Bruhn-guitar All band line-ups include: Andrew Eldritch-vocals Doktor Avalanche-drums Line-ups featuring only Andrew Eldritch and one other person will simply be noted. For the 1990 European Vision Thing tour Dan Donovan was added as Keyboard player/Doktor Avalanche operator and is featured on the WYDSM b-sides only. Suzanne Josesowicz replaced him for the rest of the tour and not appear on a recording. SECTION 1: ALBUMS I. ALBUMS 1. First and Last and Always SIDE ONE: Black Planet[4:27]/Walk Away[3:20]/No Time to Cry [3:54]/A Rock and a Hard Place[3:36]/Marian(version)[5:37] SIDE TWO: First and Last and Always[3:58]/Possession[4:36] Nine While Nine[4:07]/Amphetamine Logic[4:46]/Some Kind of Stranger[7:16] a. LP Merciful Release MR 337 L Mar 1985 b. CS Merciful Release MR 337 C Mar 1985 NOTES: First pressing lp has gatefold sleeve of Andrew backlit on stage. Picture inner sleeve with 'Detroit's Finest Adult Movies' picture and track listings on one side. Band pictures and credits on other side. Embossed WEA logo in lower right hand corner outer sleeve. Lettering is red with white outline. Black Planet[4:35]/Walk Away[3:23]/No Time to Cry[3:53]/A Rock and a Hard Place[3:30]/Marian(version)[5:41]/First and Last and Always[4:11]/Possession[4:36]/Nine While Nine[4:06]/Amphetamine Logic[4:48]/Some Kind of Stranger[7:17] c. CD Merciful Release MR 240 616-2 1988 NOTES: Remixed by Andrew Eldritch specifically for the CD reissue. GENERAL NOTES: Produced by Dave Allen. A remastered version will be issued on CD soon. HCP: UK #14 PERSONNEL: SIS 2 2. Floodland SIDE ONE: Dominion/Mother Russia[6:49]/Flood I[6:02]/Lucretia My Reflection[4:43]/1959[4:00] SIDE TWO: This Corrosion[8:56]/Flood II[6:01]/Driven Like the Snow[4:26]/Neverland(a fragment)[2:37] a. LP Merciful Release MR 441 L Nov 1987 NOTES: First pressing with numbers and gatefold lyric sheet backed with picture of Eldritch and Morrison against a sunset. Dominion/Mother Russia[7:01]/Flood I[6:22]/Lucretia My Reflection[4:57]1959[4:09]/This Corrosion[10:55]/Flood II [6:47]/Driven Like the Snow[6:27]/Never Land(a fragment)[2:46] b. CD Merciful Release MR 242246-2 1987 + Torch & Colours NOTES: Has longer versions of This Corrosion and Driven Like the Snow. c. CS Merciful Release MR 441 C Nov 1987 + Torch d. LP Merciful Release MR 441ltd numbered lp GENERAL NOTES: Produced by Andrew Eldritch with Larry Alexander except Dominion/Mother Russia by Eldritch/Steinman and This Corrosion by Steinman PERSONNEL: Patricia Morrison-bass,vocals 3. Vision Thing SIDE ONE: Vision Thing/Ribbons/Detonation Boulevard/Something Fast SIDE TWO: When You Don't See Me/Doctor Jeep/More/I Was Wrong a. LP Merciful Release MR 449 L Oct 22,1990 b. CS Merciful Release MR 449 C c. CD Merciful Release MR 9031-72663-2 1990 d. CD Merciful Release MR 9031-72663-2 1990 ltd ed of 10000 in a vinyl textured case with embossed 'Vision Thing' and the Eye of Horus on the front. Track list/times on the back. NOTES: Produced by Andrew Eldritch except More by Eldritch/Steinman PERSONNEL: SIS 3 4. Some Girls Wander by Mistake RECORD ONE: Alice/Floorshow/Phantom/1969/Kiss the Carpet/Lights Valentine/Fix/Burn/Kiss the Carpet(reprise) RECORD TWO: Temple of Love(ext.ver.)/Heartland/Gimme Shelter Damage Done/Watch/Home of the Hitmen/Body Electric/Adrenochrome Anaconda a. LP(2) Merciful Release MR 555 L Apr 27 1992 gatefold with six plates of the single covers. b. CS Merciful Release MR 555 C Apr 27 1992 c. CD Merciful Release 9031-76476-2 Apr 27 1992 d. CD Merciful Release 9031-76476-2 numbered ltd ed of 500 in a beveled wood case. Case is black with painted metal "SGWBM" logo central, approximately 8X6, hinged on the short side with latch opposite. CD rests in a padded recess with the inserts in a recess in the lid. Comes with a clear plastic sheet with the SGWBM logo, 'number xxx of 500 underneath NOTES: The title is taken from the Leonard Cohen song 'Teachers', which was covered by the Sisters in the early days. All tracks previously released. All copies pressed in Germany. 5. a Slight case of Overbombing: Greatest Hits Volume One Under the Gun/Temple of Love(1992)/Vision Thing/Detonation Boulevard Doctor Jeep/More/Lucretia My Reflection/Dominion-Mother Russia/This Corrosion/No Time to Cry/Walk away/Body and Soul a. LP Merciful Release MR 557 1993 b. CD c. CS SECTION II: SINGLES, EPS,ETC. 1. the Damage Done b/w Watch/Home of the Hitmen a. 7" Merciful Release MR 007 1980 ROGI: "for spiggy" PERSONNEL: Gary Marx-guitar, possibly bass as well NOTES: Produced by Andrew Eldritch. Original valued at $200+ and widely bootlegged. Many original copies have the labels on the wrong sides. Limited to 1000 copies. Rumored original copies on gold vinyl. Deleted. 2. Body Electric b/w Adrenochrome a. 7" Merciful Release/CNT MR CNT 002 Apr 1982 ROGI: "for spiggy" "bilbo tape one" "rise and reverberate" COVER ART SOURCE: Francis Bacon's Study After Velasquez in red on black. NOTES: Produced by Andrew Eldritch. Released via CNT due to financial troubles at Merciful Release. Deleted. PERSONNEL: SIS 1 3. Alice b/w Floorshow a. 7" Merciful Release MR 015 Nov 1982 ROGI:"kenny giles walks on water" "for spiggy-flash that ash" COVER ART SOURCE: Henri Matisse's Nude Blue in gold on black. NOTES: Produced by John Ashton of the Psychedelic Furs. Entered the Independent Chart at #26. PERSONNEL: SIS 1 4. Anaconda b/w Phantom a. 7" Merciful Release MR 019 Mar 1983 ROGI: "nothing" "spiggy rides again" COVER ART SOURCE: Alice Cooper's Billion Dollar Babies in silver on black. NOTES: Produced by Andrew Eldritch. Single of the Week in Sounds. PERSONNEL: SIS 1 5. Alice/Floorshow b/w Phantom/1969 a. 12" Merciful Release MR 021 Mar 1983 ROGI: "im westen nichts neues-jesus loves the sisters" "for spiggy(foreign field)" "mein irisch kind. wo weilest du?" COVER ART SOURCE: Same as the 7". NOTES: Alice, Floorshow and 1969 produced by John Ashton. Phantom produced by Andrew Eldritch. 1969 originally by the Stooges. Released in response to import copies of the American 12" showing up in the UK at greatly inflated prices. First part of the ROGI is the German title of Erich Maria Remarque's 'All Quiet on the Western Front'. Fourth part is lines 33-34 of T. S. Eliot's poem, 'the Wasteland'. PERSONNEL: SIS 1 6. the Reptile House E.P. Kiss the Carpet/Lights/Valentine/Fix/Burn a. 12"EP Merciful Release MR 023 May 1983 ROGI: "for spiggy-paint it black" COVER ART SOURCE: Taken from a National Geographic magazine. NOTES: Produced by Andrew Eldritch. First 5,000 came with a lyric sheet. Single of the Week in Sounds. Some copies are violet on crimson instead of pink on black. Not listed is Kiss the Carpet (reprise), which is the same as the drum intro to Kiss the Carpet that opens the ep. Original pressings have MR023 on the spine where 'made in england' is on the repressings. PERSONNEL: SIS 1 7. Temple of Love b/w Heartland a. 7" Merciful Release MR 027 Oct 1983 ROGI:"for spiggy" "gonzoid amphetamine filth is dead" b. 12" Merciful Release MRX 027 1983 Extended version + Gimme Shelter ROGI: "for spiggy" "long live gonzoid amphetamine filth" NOTES: Produced Andrew Eldritch. Gimme Shelter originally by the Rolling Stones. HCP: #2 on the Independent Chart PERSONNEL: SIS 1 8. Body & Soul b/w Train a. 7" Merciful Release MR 029 June 1984 b. 12" Merciful Release MR 029 T 1984 + Body Electric & Afterhours ROGI: "for spiggy+alan vega" COVER ART SOURCE: From Dante's Inferno depicting Dante and Virgil on Hell's Ninth level. Art by Gustave Dore, a 19th Century French artist. It has no title, but the caption beneath it in edition featuring it is, 'take care that you do not trod on the heads of thy brethren.' NOTES: Produced by Andrew Eldritch. Available with blue or white cover art. First pressing was blue, but this is not necessarily indicative. German pressings have track times. Some blue copies in envelope sleeves. Spine lettering on first pressing is in the typical SOM font. The first Sisters record distributed by WEA. TRACK TIMES: Body & Soul-3:34/Body Electric-4:38/Train-2:36/Afterhours-7:25 PERSONNEL: SIS 2 9. Walk Away b/w Poison Door a. 7" Merciful Release MR 033 Oct 1984 + Lmt Ed. flexi of "Long Train" COVER ART: The crescent and bar from the center of FALAA in silver on black. NOTES: Brazilian pressings are especially rare. b. 12" Merciful Release MR 033 T 1984 + On the Wire and flexi disc NOTES: Produced by Dave Allen. Original cover is red on black later pressings are silver on black. Inner sleeve is black with MR logo in rectangular box. HCP: #45 PERSONNEL: SIS 2 10. No Time to Cry b/w Blood Money a. 7" Merciful Release MR 335 Feb 1985 b. 12" Merciful Release MR 335 T 1985 + Bury Me Deep COVER ART SOURCE: Close-up of lace pattern from the cover of FALAA. NOTES: Original pressing in matte black envelope sleeve. NTTC produced by Dave Allen. BM & BMD produced by Andrew Eldritch. HCP: #63 PERSONNEL: SIS 2 11. This Corrosion b/w Torch a. 7" Merciful Release MR 039 Sept 1987 b. 12" Merciful Release MR 039 T 1987 extended + Colours c. CD Merciful Release MR 039 CD 1987 11.5 min version + Colours gatefold case d. CS Merciful Release MR 039 C TC/Torch b/w TC(ext)/Colours (Colours is an edit) e. BOX Merciful Release MR 039 B 7" box set + inserts ROGI-"I'll be picking up your petals in another few hours..." NOTES: TC produced by Jim Steinman. Torch produced by Andrew Eldritch. Colours produced by Andrew Eldritch with Larry Alexander. HCP: #13 PERSONNEL: Patricia Morrison-bass,vocals(see Floodland note) New York Choral Society-choral vocals 12. Dominion b/w Untitled/Sandstorm a. 7" Merciful Release MR 043 Feb 1988 b. 12" Merciful Release MR 043 T 1988 + Emma c. CD3" Merciful Release MR 043 CD 1988 replaces Emma with Ozymandias d. CS Merciful Release MR 043 C box set+photo insert e. 12" Merciful Release MR 043 TB box + poster NOTES: Dominion produced by Steinman/Eldritch/Alexander. Untitled and Emma produced by Hugh Jones. Ozymandias is Dominion played backwards. Emma originally by Hot Chocolate. Box set copies in envelope sleeve. HCP: #13 PERSONNEL: Patricia Morrison-bass ,vocals see Floodland note 13. Lucretia My Reflection b/w Long Train(1984) a. 7" Merciful Release MR 045 June 1988 b. 12" Merciful Release MR 045 T extended c. CD Merciful Release MR 45 CD 1988 same as 12" NOTES: Long Train(1984) is the same as the version given away with MR 033. Produced by Andrew Eldritch with Larry Alexander. PERSONNEL: Patricia Morrison-bass,vocals on Lucretia see Floodland note. SIS 2 on Long Train(1984) 14. More b/w You Could Be the One a. 7" Merciful Release MR 47 Oct 1,1990 short version of more b. 12" Merciful Release MR 47T long version c. CD Merciful Release MR 47 CD all three d. CD Merciful Release MR 47 CDX 12" gatefold pack and picture disc limited to 5000 copies NOTES: More produced by Eldritch/Steinman. YCBTO produced by Andrew Eldritch. Some copies of the 7" have reversed labels HCP: #11. PERSONNEL: SIS 3 15. Doctor Jeep(radio edit) b/w Knockin' on Heaven's Door(live bootleg) a. 7" Merciful Release MR 51 Dec 1990 b. 12" Merciful Release MR 51 T 1990 extended version c. CD Merciful Release MR 51 CD all three songs d. 12" Merciful Release MR 51 TX DJ(8.54) + Burn LBR/Amphetamine Logic LBR) + poster limited to 5000 copies NOTES: Produced by Andrew Eldritch. Live tracks recorded in Bremen, Germany 1985. Knockin' on Heaven's Door originally by Bob Dylan. PERSONNEL: SIS 3 on Doctor Jeep, SIS 2 on live tracks 16. When You Don't See me(remix) b/w Ribbons(live) a. 7" Merciful Release MR 53 Feb 1991 b. 12" Merciful Release MR 53T 1991 + Something Fast(live) c. CD Merciful Release MR 53 CD 1991 same as 12" d. 12" Merciful Release MR 53 TX 1991 lmt ed. + patch limited to 5000 copies NOTES: Produced by Andrew Eldritch. Only released in Germany. Live tracks recorded at the Aufhahme,Hamburg,Germany 11/17/90 PERSONNEL: SIS 3 17. Temple of Love(1992) (Touched by the Hand of Ofra Haza) b/w I Was Wrong(American Fade) a. 7" Merciful Release MR 053 Apr 20 1992 b. 12" Merciful Release MR 053T B-side is Vision Thing(Canadian Club Mix) c. 12" Merciful Release MR 053TX Lmt ed. with poster d. CD Merciful Release MR 053CD All three + WYDSM(German Release) c. CD Merciful Release MR 053CDX Lmt Ed NOTES: Comes in a box the size of a standard double CD box. With one side containing the single and the other containing postcards with the covers of Alice, the Reptile House, Temple of Love 1992 and Some Girls Wander by Mistake. GENERAL NOTES: UK pressings are in a full CD case. German pressings are in a slim case like all other SOM CD singles. Cover art is the same as the original, but mirror-imaged and horizontally elongated. HCP: #3 PERSONNEL: Ofra Haza-backing vocals 18. Under the Gun b/w Alice(1993) a. 7" Merciful Release MR59 1993 b. 12" Merciful Release MR59T c. CD Merciful Release MR59CD d. CD Merciful Release MR59CDX lmt. ed. + UTG(Jutland Mix 6:20) NOTES: All black case with sticker of new MR logo in yellow. Credits on back are also a sticker. PERSONNEL: Terri Nunn-vocals SECTION III: COMPILATION APPEARANCES 1. They Shall Not Pass 1985 a. LP Abstract AABT 400 1985 b. CD Abstract AABT 400 1988 NOTES: Contains Body Electric & Adrenochrome 2. Six Disques Bleu a. LP(6) ABLUBOX 400 1987 NOTES: Contains Body Electric & Adrenochrome 3. Shock Vanguard 88 Tutti Frutti a. LP BMG Ariola Discos 670.4238 BRAZIL 1988 NOTES: Selections from the Brazilian TV show 'Shock Vanguard'. Contains This Corrosion (9:17). Also includes tracks by Everything But the Girl,Aztec Camera, the Jesus & Mary Chain, Tanita Tikaram,the Adventures,Nitzer Ebb,Fields of the Nephilim Gene Loves Jezebel and the Screaming Blue Messiahs. 4. Devolution for Music (alternative rock classics, volume one, 1977-1985 a. CD NOTES: contains Gimme Shelter. also features the cure, new order,pete shelley,generation x,the teardrop explodes,the b-52's,talking heads siouxsie & the banshees, killing joke. P.i.L and iggy pop SECTION IV: INTERVIEWS NOTE: Interview discs are only *techically* official products by virtue of the fact that they are generally put out by labels that specialize in this type of release and have presumably gained the permission of the tape owner but *not* andrew. the Conversation Disc series a. CD ABCD017 NOTES: Picture disc DISC NOTES: Disc picture is the red background photo widely available as a postcard. Limited to 10,000 copies. RECORDING NOTES: Incomplete interviews from WNYU in '84. Also contains the same interview as the free 7" given out with Spiral Scratch 1. the Talking Pictures series a. CD Bakatabak BAK CBAK 4007 b. 12" Baktabak BAK 2082 c. 7"(4) Baktabak BAKPAK 1009 NOTES: Picture discs.Floodland promotion so so sound quality. 12" Box set a.CD CID 001 NOTES: Andrew Eldritch interview. Approx. 30 minutes. Blue cover Limited edition of 1000. Black Hat Dark Glasses a. CD3 ELDRITCH 1 NOTES: Interview circa '84 with AE on Music View in New York. Six minutes long. Booklet reprints SOM article from issue 4 of Spiral Scratch. In slim-line jewelbox. this is probably a bootleg Free Spiral Scratch 7" a. 7" NOTES: Given away free with Spiral Scratch one. Thoughts and Prayers a. CD NOTES: Same inter as Dark Hat. Hologram on disc. SECTION V: PROMOTIONAL RELEASES NOTE: all are promo only This Corrosion b/w Torch/Colours a. CD NOTES: Very ltd ed black cd This Corrosion a. 7" sam388 NOTES: radioplay promo This Corrosion a. 12" NOTES: Black Label. No catalog numbers. Floodland a. LP NOTES: Radioplay promo. No catalog numbers. Floodland a. CD NOTES: Test pressing. Completely black cd with TSOM Floodland in a box on it. Dominion/Untitled b/w Sandstorm/Emma a.12" NOTES: Black label. No catalog numbers. Lucretia My Reflection(extended) b/w Lucretia My Reflection(lp) a. 12" sam443 NOTES: 45rpm No labels. Cover is plastic with one side in a snakeskin pattern and the other clear. Gloss black inner sleeve. Neither the record nor sleeve are marked to indicate what it is. More(radio edit) a. CD NOTES: DJ promo. Vision Thing/More/Detonation Boulevard a. 12" Merciful Release sam 724 NOTES: one sided. Detonation Boulevard/Detonation Boulevard/Detonation Boulevard a. CD Temple of Love(1992)[8:05] b/w Vision Thing(Canadian Club Remix) a. 12" MR53sam Temple of Love(1992) a. CD MR53CD/DJ Under the Gun(DJ edit) [4:02]/Under the Gun(metropolis mix)[6:17]/Alice(1993) [3:57] a. CD Merciful Release 1993 THE SISTERS OF MERCY DISCOGRAPHY PART II non-UK releases last updated: dec 7 1994 INDEX I. albums II. singles, eps, etc III. promotional releases NOTES: Track listings. cover art, etc are identical to the UK counterpart except where noted. SECTION I: ALBUMS First and Last and Always a. LP Elektra 60405-1 US NOTES: Has the photos from the inner sleeve of the UK release on the back. b. CD Elektra 60405-2 US c. CS Elektra 60405-4 US NOTES: Amphetamine logic is listed simply as Logic on the sleeve of the LP, CS and CD use Logic on the sleeve _and_ the tape and CD. d. LP MR/WEA MR 337L 240 616-1 Germany e. CS MR/WEA MR 337C 240 616-4 Germany NOTES: Amphetamine Logic listed as simply Logic on the Sleeve. e. LP MR/WEA WE 381 France f. LP MR/WEA Japan NOTES: Remixed version of some songs and an instrumental version of Black Planet added as the last track. g. LP MR/WEA ITALY NOTES: Has the photos from the inner sleeve on the back. Floodland a. LP Elektra 60762-1 US NOTES: Some copies on High Quality Audiophile Vinyl b. CD Elektra 60762-2 US + Torch and Colours c. CS Elektra 60762-4 US + Torch d. LP WEA 22321 CANADA e. CD WEA AUS + Torch and Colours f. CS WEA AUS NOTES: Torch follows 1959. Vision Thing a. CD Elektra 9 61017-2 1990 US b. CS Elektra 9 61017-4 1990 US SECTION II: SINGLES Alice b/w Floorshow a. 7" Merciful Release MR 015 France NOTES: Cover art is white and gold on a black sleeve Alice/Floorshow b/w Phantom/1969 a. 12" US NOTES: Distributed by Braineater and financed by John Ashton the Reptile House ep Kiss the Carpet/Lights b/w Valentine/Fix/Burn a. 12" Merciful Release MR 023 US NOTES: Distributed by Braineater Temple of Love b/w Heartland a. 7" Merciful Release/Benelux MR 027 NOTES: Distributed by Himalaya Records. Has a large center hole (requiring adaptor), instead of a spindle hole. b. 12" Merciful Release MR 027T + Gimme Shelter NOTES: On clear red vinyl. Lmt ed. of 500 copies. Distributed by Himalaya Records exclusively. Has no run-out groove inscriptions. Sleeve is light green on black matte. c. 12" Merciful Release MR 027T US NOTES: Distributed by Braineater. Body and Soul/Body Electric b/w Train/Afterhours a. 12" WEA CAN NOTES: Features a Maple leaf on the back This Corrosion(8:37) b/w Torch(3:50)/Colours(7:13) a. 12" Elektra 9 0-66790 1987 US Lucretia My Reflection(remix 4:19) b/w Long Train(1984) a. CS Elektra 9 4-69378 1988 US More(4:37)/More(8:30)/You Could Be the One(3:59) a. CD Elektra 9 66595-2 1990 US Dominion/Untitled b/w Sandstorm/Emma a. 12" WEA CAN 1988 Under the Gun[metropolis mix](6:16)/Alice 1993(3:57)/Under the Gun[Jutland Mix](6:20) a. CD5 Warner Music Australia Pty Ltd 4509-93609-2 1993 AUS NOTES: no MR #, otherwise identical to UK release SECTION III: PROMOTIONAL RELEASES Black Planet b/w Walk Away a. 12" Elektra ed5061 Black Planet a. 7" Elektra A Rock and A Hard Place a. 7" Elektra Nine While Nine a. 7" Elektra No Time to Cry a. 7" Elektra Possession a. 7" Elektra Floodland + Torch a. CS Elektra 60792 This Corrosion(4.24) a. Elektra Dominion/Dominion/Dominion a. 12" Elektra ed5294 Lucretia My Reflection(4.24 remix) b/w Lucretia My Reflection (4.24 remix) a. 7" Elektra 7-69378 Lucretia My Reflection(4.24 remix) b/w Lucretia My Reflection (4.57)/Lucretia My Reflection(9.52) a. 12" Elektra ed5321 Lucretia My Reflection((remix edit 4:24)/Lucretia My Reflection (Extended Remix 9:52)/Lucretia My Reflection (lp version 4:57) a. CD Elektra prcd8019-2 More(radio edit) a. CD NOTES: DJ promo. More(4.44 radio edition)/More(8.30 extended version)/You Could Be the One(7" version 3:58) a. CD Elektra prcd8253-2 NOTES: White label in jewel box. Detonation Boulevard(3.49 remix) a. CD Elektra PRCD 8308 2 Detonation Boulevard/Detonation Boulevard/Detonation Boulevard a. CD Tour Thing '91 Blood Money/Possession/a Rock and a Hard Place/This Corrosion (7")/1959/Ribbons/Doctor Jeep/I Was Wrong a. CD Elektra PRCD 8343 1991 NOTES: DJ promo. Has MR logo screened onto the disc and tour dates on the back of the jewel box. Track three listed as 'Rock in a Hard Place'. Vision Thing (lp version) b/w Vision Thing (remix) a. Elektra ed5535 1991 When You Don't See Me(remix 4:21) a. CD Elektra prcd8364-2 NOTES: Black cover on gold paper I Was Wrong/Interview I Was Wrong(3:12)/Andrew Eldritch talk with Danny Fields/I Was Wrong(6:03) a. CD Elektra prcd8412-2 NOTES: MR logo screened onto disc. Inside cover has Tour Dates from the 'Tune In, Turn On, Burn Out...' tour with Public Enemy and Gang of Four Vision Thing(lp) b/w Vision Thing(extended remix) a. 12" Elektra ed5535 THE SISTERS OF MERCY DISCOGRAPHY PART III official video last update: dec 7 1994 INDEX I: official video releases II: songs for which videos exist SECTION I: official video releases 1. WAKE-choruses from under the rock First and Last and Always/Body and Soul/Marian/No Time to Cry Walk Away/Possession/Emma/Amphetamine Logic/a Rock and a Hard Place/Floorshow/Alice/Fix/Knockin' on Heaven's Door a. VHS PAL b. LD Polygram Music Video SM058-3008 NOTES: 2 sides, CLV Digital Stereo RECORDING NOTES: Filmed live at the Royal Albert Hall 6/18/85 NOTES: The last gig before the breakup. Louie, Louie and Ghostrider were played as an unexpected encore and thus not filmed. 2. SHOT This Corrosion/Dominion/Lucretia My Reflection/1959 a. VHS PAL NOTES: A compilation of videos released with Floodland. except for 1959 which was shot exclusively for this release. 3. Shot Rev. 2.0 This Corrosion/Dominion/Lucretia My Reflection/1959/More/Doctor Jeep/Detonation Boulevard/Vision Thing a. VHS PAL Warner Music Vision 4509-93909-3 NOTES: Re-release of 'Shot', with the videos from Vision Thing added. SECTION II: songs for which videos exist body and soul no time to cry walk away first and last and always (whistle test performance) marian (whistle test performance) no time to cry (german tv performance) black planet this corrosion dominion lucretia my reflection 1959 more doctor jeep detonation boulevard vision thing temple of love 1992 under the gun THE SISTERS OF MERCY DISCOGRAPHY PART IV live bootlegs last update: april 15, 1995 FORMATTING: Title Track Listing Release Info Notes Recording Notes Quality Notes Cover Art Notes Total Running Time LIVE BOOTLEGS Adult Movies [1] Heartland/Marian/Walk Away/Body and Soul/No Time to Cry Anaconda/Train/Knockin' on Heaven's Door/Sister Ray/Louie, Louie [2] First and Last and Always/Train/Marian/No Time to Cry/Emma/a Rock and a Hard Place/Floorshow/Alice/Gimme Shelter/Knockin' on Heaven's Door a. LP(2) Trademark of Quality TMQ72113 NOTES: [2] mis-dated 5/5/90 RECORDING NOTES: [1] Recorded in Bremen,Germany at the Schlachthof 11/8/84 [2] Recorded in Rome, Italy at the Teatro Espero 5/2/85 QUALITY NOTES: [1] is fairly good. [2] is very good. COVER ART NOTES: Red cover with white block lettering. All Along the Watchtower gimme gimme gimme/Knockin' on Heaven's Door/Hey Joe/Purple Haze/Stairway to Heaven/Ghostrider/Sister Ray a. 7" RECORDING NOTES: recorded in Manchester at the University 10/13/84 QUALITY NOTES: 5/10 An Alive Death Around Us a. RECORDING NOTES: Recorded in Munster, Germany 5/13/91 Amphetamine Body and Soul(3:41)/Alice(3:34)/Dominion-Mother Russia(7:36)/Ribbons(4:13) Amphetamine Logic(4:08)/Detonation Boulevard(3:46)/This Corrosion(7:45) Something Fast(2:36)/Jolene(2:53)/Marian(4:48)/Flood II(5:29)/Temple of Love (7:57)/Valentine(4:44)/Vision Thing(4:31) a: CD Crocodile Beat CB 53006 RECORDING NOTES: taken from Chicago, 1991 QUALITY RATING: 8/10 NOTES: the dating of the show is possibly bogus. Before Darkness Heartland/Marian/Walk Away/Body and Soul/No Time to Cry/Anaconda Floorshow/Alice/Body Electric/Gimme Shelter/Adrenochrome Ghostrider/Sister Ray a. CD Birdland Record Comp. 1992 NOTES: Burn is listed on the back cover, but is not on the CD. Numbered edition, no indication of how many were produced though. Ghostrider & Sister Ray are a medley and sequenced as one track. RECORDING NOTES: Recorded in Bremen, Germany 11/8/84 QUALITY NOTES: Sound is a bit muddy, but otherwise fair. COVER ART NOTES: Stage shot of Andrew, head enclosed in a five-pointed star. PACKAGING NOTES: Cover photo is screened onto the disc. Total Running Time: 55:30 Beware the Ghost Burn/Valentine/Anaconda/Heartland/Alice/Emma/Temple of Love Floorshow/Adrenochrome/Gimme Shelter/Kiss the Carpet/Body Electric/Lights/Sister Ray/Ghostrider/Louie,Louie a. LP Trademark of Quality TMQ72128 NOTES: Limited to 500 copies RECORDING NOTES: Recorded in Amsterdam at the Paradiso 8/28/83 Black Album a. CD(2) NOTES: usa 1990/91, disc available separately as 'No Mercy' and 'Visions of Death'. Black October Burn/Heartland/Marian/walk Away/Body and Soul/No Time to Cry Anaconda/Emma/a Rock and a Hard Place/Train/Floorshow/Alice/Body Electric/Gimme Shelter a. CD Exile Records CD 4007 NOTES: Andrew sings 'Alice pressed' instead of 'she stands pressed'. RECORDING NOTES: Recorded live at the Top Rank, Brighton 10/22/84 QUALITY NOTES: very good sound. COVER ART NOTES: Cover is blue tinted photo of AE. Back is concert photo of AE. PACKAGING NOTES: Very well put together. Equal to a legitimate release. Total Running Time: 63:34 Black October [1]Burn/Heartland/Marian/Walk Away/Body and Soul/No Time to Cry/Anaconda/Emma [2]a Rock and a Hard Place/Train/Floorshow/Alice/Body ELectric Gimme Shelter/Knockin' on Heaven's Door/Adrenochrome a. LP(2) a Merciful Release MR033-T NOTES: See notes above. same show. QUALITY NOTES: Good to so-so. Overall 6 and 8.5 out of 10. COVER ART NOTES: Black cover. Front Top says the Sisters of Mercy in purple. Picture on front is stark black and white of AE. Black October in white in lower right corner. PACKAGING NOTES: Back is listing of tracks with some in all caps. Marian and Heartland are reversed in the track listing. All lettering is in purple. a Black Pack QUALITY NOTES: Good Black Visions First and Last and Always[4:45]/Lucretia My Reflection[5:03] Body and Soul[3:30]/Detonation Boulevard[3:37]/Ribbons[4:06] Dominion-Mother Russia[7:27]/Flood II[5:38]/Valentine[4:48] Heartland[2:48]/Doctor Jeep[5:16]/Jolene[4:15]/Gimme Shelter [5:39]/This Corrosion[7:26]/Amphetamine Logic[3:02]/Something Fast[2:42]Vision Thing[4:45] CD TRACK Listing-Last and Always/L.B./Body and Soul/Detonation Boulevard/Ribbons/Russia Mother/Flood/Valentine/Hardland/Mr. Jeep/Jolene/Gimme Shelter/With Corrosion/Amphetamine/Something Fast/Dark Vision a. CD GEMA CD 1844 NOTES: Jolene and Amphetamine Logic are reversed when you play the CD, times are correct though. RECORDING NOTES: Recorded in Heidelberg at the Ohm 11/22/90 QUALITY NOTES: Sound is much better than the Ohm bootleg of the same show. Sound good, but the vocals are muddy. Little crowd noise except between songs. COVER ART NOTES: Cover is a painting by Francis Bacon PACKAGING NOTES: CD says 'Dark Vision' in big letters. Inside cover is a silhouette shot of three of the band. Andrew Eldritch: vocal Tony James: bass Andreas Bruhn: guitar Dan Donovan: keyboards Dr. Avalanche: drum computer Total Running Time: 74 minutes Blood Money A Rock and a Hard Place/Floorshow/Knockin' on Heaven's Door Body & Soul/Possession/Emma/Amphetamine Logic/Louie,Louie Ghostrider a. LP NOTES: Not the whole show. Ghostrider is actually before Body and Soul. Ghostrider is listed as Ghost Train. Emma is listed as Emily. RECORDING NOTES: Recorded at the Royal Albert Hall 6/18/85 QUALITY NOTES: Good quality, low tape hiss. COVER ART NOTES: Red pentagram. Brimstone and Treacle Whisky in a Jar b/w Louie, Louie/1969 a. 7" NOTES: Vocals on Whiskey in a Jar are not by Andrew-possibly a soundcheck by Gary Marx? Whiskey in a Jar was originally a hit by Thin Lizzy, but is a traditional Irish drinking song. RECORDING NOTES: Louie, Louie from 6/18/85 at the Royal Albert Hall. No dates for Whiskey in a Jar or 1969. Brixton Live Heartland/Adrenochrome/Floorshow/Gimme Shelter/Emma/Body Electric/Alice/Anaconda/Valentine/Burn/Jolene a. LP RECORDING NOTES: Recorded in London at the Brixton Ace 2/19/83 COVER ART NOTES: Crude drawing of two ladies. Front one is Black, back in blue. Brothers and Sisters First and Last and Always/Body and Soul/Marian/No Time to Cry Possession/Body Electric/Gimme Shelter/Knockin' on Heaven's Door Train a. RECORDING NOTES: recorded in Aachen at the Metropol 4/17/85 QUALITY NOTES: 7/10 Come Together in Mercyland comfortably numb-some kind of stranger/ribbons/train-detonation boulevard alice/giving ground/come together/anaconda/on the wire-teachers/amphetamine logic/flood II/temple of love/this corrosion/first and last and always a. CD 1994 b. LP 1994 NOTES: lp has more songs RECORDING NOTES: bank, austria zelt 12/2/93 QUALITY NOTES: 8/10 Total running time: 69:45 Cryptic Flowers Heartland/Marian/Walk Away/Body and Soul/No Time to Cry Anaconda/Emma/a Rock and a Hard Place/Floorshow/Alice/Body Electric/Gimme Shelter/Knockin' on Heaven's Door/Sister Ray Louie,Louie a. LP NOTES: Multi-colored vinyl. Cover just says Nov. '84. RECORDING NOTES: Recorded in Bremen, Germany at the Schlachof 11/8/84 COVER ART NOTES: Cover is a picture of three nuns. PACKAGING NOTES: Back cover just says Nov. '84. the Damage is Done [a] Damage Done/Watch/Teachers/Adrenochrome/Sister Ray [b] Burn/Valentine/Anaconda/Temple of Love/Adrenochrome/Kiss the Carpet/Body Electric a.LP NOTES: [a] from [1] [b] from [2] Anaconda not listed on sleeve. Lots of spelling errors. RECORDING NOTES: [1] Recorded in Leeds at St. John's 5/4/81 [2] Recorded in Munster,Germany at the Odeon 9/1/83 COVER ART NOTES: Very crude drawing of the MR logo. Dark Christmas in London kiss the carpet.ribbons/alice/giving ground/come together/anaconda on the wire-teachers/more/under the gun/body electric/amphetamine logic/flood II/this corrosion/comfortably numb-some kind of stranger first and last and always/vision thing a. CD CMD1000 RECORDING NOTES: brixton academy, dec 21 1993 QUALITY NOTES: excellent sound Dark Paradise a. CD diabolo records NOTES: lorelei 1992 the Darks Were in Milan First and Last and Always/Body and Soul/Marian/No Time to Cry Possession/Walk Away/Emma/Amphetamine Logic/a Rock and a Hard Place/Floorshow/Alice/Gimme Shelter/Knockin' on Heaven's Door Train a. CD RS Records RSCD12 RECORDING NOTES: Recorded in Milan, Italy at the Odessa 2001 4/29/85 QUALITY NOTES: Really good. Small glitch in First and Last and Always. COVER ART NOTES: Front is black with red lettering and the inner sleeve photo from FALAA. Disguised in Black First and Last and Always/Body & Soul/Train/Marian/No Time to Cry/Possession/Walk Away/Burn/Emma/Amphetamine Logic/A Rock and a Hard Place/Floorshow/Alice/Body Electric/Gimme Shelter/Nine While Nine/Ghostrider a. LP(2) Dharma Records DH-19 BELGIUM b. CD the Amazing Pig TAP-CD-9001 NOTES: CD labeled MR9121. RECORDING NOTES: Recorded in Newcastle at Tiffany's 3/13/85 QUALITY NOTES: cd&lp great. COVER ART NOTES: B&W photo of AE in spotlight wearing 'the hat'. Dominion a. CD RECORDING NOTES: rockslide festival 91 Echoes Volume One Temple of Love b/w Valentine a.7 RECORDING NOTES: recorded 8/28/83 in Amsterdam Electric Live First and Last and Always/Ribbons/Alice/Dominion-Mother Russia/Body Electric Amphetamine Logic/Gimme Shelter/Flood II/This Corrosion/More/Vision Thing 1969/Sister Ray/Comfortably Numb a. CD Dog Records SE-411 1993 RECORDING NOTES: Hasselt Belgium 92 COVER NOTES: B&W drawing on front of Muscle guy, a Spock-like head and a pidgeon. SOUND QUALITY: 8/10 Total Running Time: 76:58 the End [1] Walk Away/Body and Soul b/w Possession/First and Last and Always [2] No Time to Cry/Amphetamine Logic b/w Fix/a Rock and a Hard Place a. 7(2) NOTES: On golden yellow or black vinyl. Has the MR logo on the record labels. RECORDING NOTES: Recorded in London at the Royal Albert Hall 6/18/85 QUALITY NOTES: Fairly good. Sounds fast tho'. COVER ART NOTES: Black and red with an image of the Grim Reaper. Enjoy the Puppet Show ribbons/floorshow/giving ground/more/detonation boulevard/alice amphetamine logic/body electric/first and last and always/temple of love/this corrosion/flood II/vision thing/comfortably numb-some kind of stranger a. CD 1993 RECORDING NOTES: crystal palace gig,7/3/93, cn-skos from NEC 6/27/92 gig QUALITY NOTES: very good Total running time: 76:13 Fade to Black First and Last and Always/Body and Soul/Marian/No Time to Cry Possession/Walk Away/Emma/Amphetamine Logic/a Rock and a Hard Place/Floorshow/Alice/Gimme Shelter/Knockin' on Heaven's Door Train/Body Electric a. 3X7" Box set RECORDING NOTES: recorded in San Francisco at the Kabuki 6/1/85 QUALITY NOTES: 6.5/10 First and Last and Always b/w Marian(version) a. 7" Poison Door Records PD001 1985 NOTES: indidually numbered limited edition RECORDNG NOTES: the whistle test studios performances COVER ART NOTES: live shot of andrew + titles in b&w Floorshow First and Last and Always/Body and Soul/Amphetamine Logic/Marian No Time to Cry/Possession/Walk Away/Heartland/Some Kind of Stranger/a Rock and a Hard Place/Train/Floorshow/Body Electric Alice/Gimme Shelter/Gimme Gimme Gimme(a Man After Midnight) Sister Ray a. LP(2) the Amazing Kornyfone Record Label TAKRL 2402 NOTES: Limited to 500 copies RECORDING NOTES: Recorded in London at the Lyceum on 3/24/85 COVER ART NOTES: Pink cover with 'Sisters of Mercy' 'Floorshow' in black block letters. Floorshow a Rock and a Hard Place/Floorshow/Gimme Shelter/Alice/Body and Soul/Marian/No Time to Cry a. CD the Swingin' Pig Records TSP-CD-077 b. LP NOTES: On colored vinyl. RECORDING NOTES: Recorded in Long Beach at Fender's Ballroom 5/30/85 QUALITY NOTES: Good, but the CD version sounds a little slow. Germany 1990 a. CD PSCD 1167 Ghostriders First and Last and Always/Body and Soul/Alice/Body Electric/Nine While Nine/Knockin' on Heaven's Door/Ghostrider/Louie,Louie a. LP the Amazing Kornyfone Record Label TAKRL 1402 NOTES: Limited to 500 copies RECORDING NOTES: Recorded at Leeds University on 3/16/85 QUALITY NOTES: 6/10. Fades out some on a couple of songs. Ghostriderz a. RECORDING NOTES: Recorded in Stockholm 1985 Gimme Gimme Gimme b/w Sister Ray a. 7" NOTES: One of the first SOM bootleg 7"s. Initial limited edition of 500 copies. RECORDING NOTES: Recorded in New York at the Danceteria 4/13/84 Gimme Shelter First and Last and Always/Body and Soul/Train/Marian/No Time to Cry/Possession/Walk Away/Burn/Emma/Amphetamine Logic/a Rock and a Hard place/Floorshow/Alice/Body Electric/Gimme Shelter/Nine While Nine/Ghostrider a. CD Great Dane Records GDR 9134 Nov 1991 NOTES: Booklet contains a catalog of other GDR releases. Digitally mixed. [ADD] RECORDING NOTES: Recorded in Newcastle at Tiffany's 3/13/85 QUALITY NOTES: Bloody excellent. COVER ART NOTES: Shot of AE and TJ on stage. PACKAGING NOTES: Booklet contains four photos of AE and track and band listings. Half Moon Over Amsterdam a. LP(2) NOTES: possibly the same show as Possession Halloween Burn/Heartland/Marian/Walk Away/Body and Soul/No Time to Cry Anaconda/Emma/a Rock and a Hard Place/Train/Adrenochrome a. LP RECORDING NOTES: recorded in London at the Lyceum 10/31/84 QUALITY NOTES: 7.5/10 Heartland b/w Anaconda a. 7" Merciful Release MR 015 NOTES: Made up to look like an official release. Blank record labels. COVER ART NOTES: Black and red photo of a South Vietnamese police officer executing suspected Viet Cong during the Tet Offensive of 1968. Heaven Can Wait Train/Emma/A Rock and A Hard Place/Floorshow/Alice//Body Electric/Gimme Shelter/Some Kind of Stranger/Stairway to Heaven Sister Ray a. LP Trade Mark of Quality TMQ 71106 NOTES: Limited to 500 copies. QUALITY NOTES: Sound quality is pretty good but muddy in spots. RECORDING NOTES: Recorded at King George's Hall, Blackburn on 3/3/85 COVER ART NOTES: Blue cover with 'Sisters of Mercy' and Heaven Can Wait' in black block letters. Hey, That's No Way to Say Goodbye First and Last and Always/Body & Soul/Amphetamine Logic/Marian No Time to Cry/Possession/Walk Away/Heartland/Some Kind of Stranger/Body Electric a. LP LC1289 NOTES: Soundboard recording. Album title taken from the Leonard Cohen song of the same name. RECORDING NOTES: Recorded in London at the Lyceum 3/24/85 QUALITY NOTES: Good sound quality. 8/10 Total Running Time: about 70 minutes. Holocaust First and Last and Always/Body and Soul/Marian/No Time to Cry/Walk Away Possession/Emma/Amphetamine Logic/A Rock and A Hard Place/Floorshow/Alice Fix/Knockin' on Heaven's Door/Ghostrider-Louie, Louie a. CD kiss the stone KTS 097 italy RECORDING NOTES: europe 1985 QUALITY NOTES: consistant levels, not too much crowd noise Total running time: 70:31 In the Dark Night First and Last and Always/No Time to Cry/Walk Away/Emma/Gimme Shelter Marian/Amphetamine Logic/a Rock and a Hard Place/Alice Knockin' on Heaven's Door a. LP RECORDING NOTES: Recorded in Florence, Italy at Tenax 5/1/85 COVER ART NOTES: Cover is photo of two kids standing on a bridge. QUALITY NOTES: 8/10 Killing Fields Knockin' on Docks Door First and Last and Always/Lucretia My Reflection/Body and Soul/Detonation Boulevard/Ribbons Dominion- Mother Russia/Flood II/Valentine/Heartland/Doctor Jeep/Alice Amphetamine Logic/Gimme Shelter/This Corrosion/Jolene/Temple of Love/Something Fast/Vision Thing a. LP(2) the Reptile House Ltd. SM 901 117 RECORDING NOTES: Recorded live on the Docks, Hamburg, Nov. 17, 1991 QUALITY NOTES:Recorded in audience, so-so sound, sometimes rather good. COVER ART NOTES: Cover is color photo of SIS 3. PACKAGING NOTES: Features a Tour Crew list. Kiss the Blade burn/heartland/body and soul/anaconda/walk away/emma/floorshow adrenochrome/alice/body electric/gimme shelter/ghostrider-sister ray a. CD kiss the stone 1992 RECORDING NOTES: europe 1984 ADD Sound Quality: above avg Total running time: 64:46 Knockin' on Heaven's Door b/w Emma a. 7" Merciless Release QUALITY NOTES: Pathetic, many ticks in the recording Knockin' on Heaven's Door First and Last and Always/Body & Soul/Marian/No Time to Cry/Walk Away/Possession/Emma/Amphetamine Logic/a Rock and a Hard Place Floorshow/Alice/Fix/Knockin' on Heaven's Door a. LP(2) NOTES: Andrew tells the crowd to shut up constantly because he has a headache. RECORDING NOTES: Recorded in Stuttgart, Germany at Maxim 11/12/84 COVER ART NOTES: Lightning bolt. the Last Time Around First and Last and Always/Body and Soul/Marian/No Time to Cry Possession/Walk Away/Emma/Amphetamine Logic/a Rock and a Hard Place/Floorshow/Alice/Gimme Shelter/Knockin' on Heaven's Door Train a.LP(2) NOTES: Multi-coloured vinyl RECORDING NOTES: Recorded in Bielefeld, Germany 4/21/85 QUALITY NOTES: Excellent sound. PACKAGING NOTES: Very professionally done sleeve. the Lights Shine Clear Through the Sodium Haze Burn/Heartland/Body and Soul/Anaconda/Walk Away/Emma/Floorshow Adrenochrome/Alice/Body Electric/Gimme Shelter/Ghostrider/Sister Ray a. LP RECORDING NOTES: recorded at the Hunky Dory, Detmold 5/29/84 Live in Amsterdam 1984 Burn/Heartland/Anaconda/Walk Away/Emma/Floorshow Adrenochrome Alice/Body Electric/Gimme Shelter/Ghostrider/Sister Ray a. CD the Swingin' Pig TSP-CD 104 NOTES: Ghostrider and Sister Ray are sequenced as one track. RECORDING NOTES: Recorded in Amsterdam at the Melkweg 6/2/84 QUALITY NOTES: 9/10 Very little crowd noise, probably a soundboard recording. COVER ART NOTES: Looks like a close-up someone's hair. Live at Brixton Ace Jolene a. LP RECORDING NOTES: recorded at the Brixton Ace March 17, 1983 Live at Heidelberg a. LP RECORDING NOTES: Recorded in Heidelberg 11/22/90 Live at Kir, Hamburg a. LP RECORDING NOTES: Recorded on Hamburg 8/7/83 Live at the Melkway Burn[3:26]/Heartland[3:54]/Body and Soul[3:42]/Anaconda[3:20] Walk Away[3:41]/Emma[7:22]/Floorshow[4:11]/Adrenochrome[3:23] Alice[3:32]/Body Electric[4:30]/Gimme Shelter[6:00]/Ghostrider- Sister Ray[11:52] a. CD Flashback World Productions 08.91.0158 NOTES: Back lists Anaconda and Walk Away as track #4 and doesn't list Floorshow, although Emma is listed as #6 and Adrenochrome is listed as #8. The CD itself has correct listings. A soundboard recording. QUALITY NOTES: fair on most songs, downright bad on some tracks. COVER ART NOTES: Cover is a picture of AE's profile holding a microphone, wearing 'the hat' and sunglasses with a red smoke- filled background. Total Runing Time: 58:50 Live in the Temple of Love Body and Soul/Ribbons/Alice/Dominion-Mother Russia/Amphetamine Logic/Detonation Boulevard/Marian/This Corrosion/Flood II/Temple of Love/Something Fast/Jolene/Valentine/Vision Thing a. CD Royal Flush Records 91001 NOTES: The last minute of track 14 overflows into track 15. RECORDING NOTES: Recorded in Boblingen,Germany at the Sportshalle 5/7/91 QUALITY NOTES: Good, but not excellent. COVER ART NOTES: Photo of AE with a microphone in hand, wearing a red and black flowered shirt with sunglasses surrounded by a red border. PACKAGING NOTES: The MR logo appears on the CD insert, but not on the CD. Total Running Time: About 75 minutes Live in the Trojan Horse Burn/Heartland/Body and Soul/Anaconda/Walk Away/Emma/Floorshow Adrenochrome/Alice/Body Electric/Gimme Shelter/Sister Ray a. LP RECORDING NOTES: recorded in Den Haag at the Paard van Troje 12/29/84 QUALITY NOTES: 7.5/10 Live Royal Albert Hall a. CD NOTES: see Quality of Mercy for tracks Louie, Louie b/w Anaconda/Lights a. 7" NOTES: Anaconda is listed as Zero Lights is listed as In the Rain RECORDING NOTES: Recorded at the Paradiso, Amsterdam 8/28/83 Merciless: Live in Vienna 1991 First and Last and Always/Lucretia My Reflection/Body and Soul Ribbons/Dominion-Mother Russia/Amphetamine Logic/Detonation Boulevard/Marian/This Corrosion/Gimme Shelter/Flood II/Temple of Love/Jolene/Vision Thing a. CD Wild Angel records MRCD9 NOTES: Track 11 is labeled as Never Again. RECORDING NOTES: Recorded in Vienna at the Weiner Stadt Halle 5/3/91 COVER ART NOTES: B&W photo of AE with cigarette. PACKAGING NOTES: Back has track listing, B&W photo on AE at a micro-phone.(pg 75 of Heartland anthology) Monochrome damage done/watch + ? a. CD PG 012 the Neon Dream Afterhours/First and Last and Always/Lucretia My Reflection/Body and Soul/Possession/Ribbons/Alice/Dominion-Mother Russia Amphetamine Logic/Detonation Boulevard/Temple of Love/Gimme Shelter/Flood II/This Corrosion/Something Fast/Vision Thing a. CD KTS(Kiss the Stone) Records KTS021 NOTES: Picture disc. RECORDING NOTES: Recorded in Reading at the Reading Festival 8/25/91 QUALITY NOTES: decent, but kinda muddy COVER ART NOTES: Out of focus mosaic stage picture. Silhouette surrounded by red light. PACKAGING NOTES: Interiors has two picture of Andrew and two other photos. Total Running Time: 76:53 Napalm Gods a. CD kiss the stone KTS 095 italy NOTES: same show as possession, see that release for tracks Total running time: 74:53 Nightmares Jolene b/w Adrenochrome a. 7" NOTES: One of the first Sisters bootleg 7"s. Initial limited edition of 500 numbered copies. RECORDING NOTES: Recorded 4/21/83 at Gala Hall, Norwich UK. COVER ART NOTES: Crude drawing of Andrew Eldritch's profile. No Time to Cry First and Last and Always/Body and Soul/Marian/No Time to Cry Possession/Walk Away/Emma/Amphetamine Logic/a Rock and a Hard Place/Floorshow/Alice/Gimme Shelter/Ghostrider/Knockin' on Heaven's Door Train a. LP(2) RECORDING NOTES: Recorded in Kolingborg, Sweden 5/17/85 , except last two recorded in Gothenburg 5/16/85 QUALITY NOTES: Very good, a few tracks are hissy. COVER ART NOTES: Photo of Ae on stage in fog. Back is the same as the cover of Dark Entries by Bauhaus Obscure in Darkness First and Last and Always/Body and Soul/Marian/no Time to Cry Possession/Walk away/Emma/Amphetamine Logic/a Rock and a Hard Place/Floorshow/Alice/Gimme Shelter/Knockin' on Heaven's Door Train a. LP RECORDING NOTES: Recorded in Frankfurt, Germany 4/22/85 QUALITY NOTES: Very good sound COVER ART NOTES: Brown/black close-up of Andrew on stage. the Ohm-Live in Heidelberg Germany Lucretia My Reflection/Ribbons/Dominion-Mother Russia/Heartland Doctor Jeep/Alice/This Corrosion/Temple of Love/Vision Thing a. CD Havucenapig Music ltd RECORDING NOTES: Recorded in Heidelberg, Germany 11/22/1990 QUALITY NOTES: Sound is decent but far from clear. COVER ART NOTES: Red background series photo. Widely available as a postcard. PACKAGING NOTES: CD labeled "the Ohm" "No Man on Earth" "for promotion only" "not for sale" CD TRACK LISTING: Reflect/Bons/a Prayer/My Heart/Deep/Cry Alice Hey Now/Love/Sight Total Running Time: 48:51 Opus Dei First and Last and Always/Body and Soul/No Time to Cry Possession/Walk Away/Emma/Amphetamine Logic/a Rock and a Hard Place/Floorshow/Alice/Gimme Shelter/Knockin' on Heaven's Door rain a. CD 1Q9 b. LP NOTES: Soundboard recording. a bootleg of No Time to Cry. RECORDING NOTES: Recorded in Kolingsborg,Sweden 5/17/85 except for Knockin' in Gothenburg 5/16/85 Total Running Time: 63:05 Out in the Dark first and last and always/ribbons/alice/dominion-mother russia body electric/amphetamine logic/gimme shelter/flood II/this corrosion/comfortably numb-some kind of stranger/stop draggin my heart afround/fix/vision thing/1969 a. CD kiss the stone RECORDING NOTES: europe 92 Possession Burn/Valentine/Anaconda/Heartland/Alice/Emma/Temple of Love Floorshow/Adrenochrome/Gimme Shelter/Kiss the Carpet/Body Electric/Lights/Sister Ray/Louie,Louie/Ghostrider/Louie,Louie a. LP(2) Skeleton Songs NOTES: 150 copies on colored vinyl RECORDING NOTES: Recorded at the Paradiso, Amsterdam 8/28/83 Possession Burn/Valentine/Zero/Heartland/Alice/Emmaline/Temple of Love Floorshow/Sisters of Mercy/Gimme Shelter/Kiss/Louie,Louie/In the Rain/Sister Ray a.CD Sacred Records Release 215 1991 NOTES: Zero is really Anaconda. In the Rain is really Lights. Emmaline is really Emma. Louie, Louie is really Body Electric. Sister Ray is a medley of Sister Ray/Louie Louie/Ghostrider Louie,Louie. Sisters of Mercy is really Adrenochrome. Probably the first performance of Temple of Love. RECORDING NOTES: Recorded in Amsterdam at the Paradiso 8/28/83. QUALITY NOTES: Soundboard recording so there is _very_ little crowd noise. the tape however has a pitch problem and seems slow. COVER ART NOTES: Cover is from the red background series. widely available in postcard format. Inside cover is from the LA 'Q' session, 1990. Possession a. CD(2) Box set SK5/6 NOTES: See above RECORDING NOTES: See above the Quality of Mercy [1] First and Last and Always/Body and Soul/Marian/No Time to Cry/Walk Away/Possession/Emma/Amphetamine Logic [2] a Rock and a Hard Place/Floorshow/Alice/Gimme Shelter/Fix Knockin' on Heaven's Door/Train/Ghostrider/Louie,Louie a.LP(2) NOTES: Fix is Listed as Kiss. Marian is listed as Marianne. Andrew sings '26 years' in the last verse of falaa. RECORDING NOT ES: Recorded in London at the Royal Albert Hall 6/18/85 QUALITY NOTES: so-so sound. COVER ART NOTES: Photo of band leaning over a railing. 'The Quality of Mercy' in _very_ large letters at the top. 'The Sisters of Mercy' at the bottom. All lettering in purple. Red stained-glass on either side of photo. PACKAGING NOTES: Back has track listing, venue, at bottom is 'made in Belgium promotional use only'. Razor Shock Body and Soul/Walk Away/Train/Burn/Heartland/Anaconda/Floorshow Emma/Adrenochrome/Alice/Gimme Gimme Gimme(a Man After Midnight) a. LP Clesorecords, Germany NOTES: Wayne Hussey's first gig. First live performances of Walk Away, Body and Soul and Train. Title refers to Andrew having a beard at the time. RECORDING NOTES: Recorded in Birmingham at the Tin Can Club 4/7/84 Razor Smiles ep Knockin' on Heaven's Door b/w Gimme Gimme Gimme(a Man After Midnight)/Stairway to Heaven a. EP NOTES: Knockin' on Heaven Door is AE duet with Skeletal Family and WH on guitar, post SOM '85 breakup. On green vinyl. RECORDING NOTES: Knockin' is from Marthalle, Hamburg 9/21/85 Gimme Gimme Gimme is from St. Andrews, Detroit 4/16/84 Stairway is from King George's Hall, Blackburn 3/21/85 COVER ART NOTES: Black & white sleeve with a skeleton on the cover Return to Arkham [1] Alice/Lucretia My Reflection/Body and Soul/Ribbons/Dominion- Mother Russia/First and Last and Always/Amphetamine Logic Detonation Boulevard/Burn/Marian [2] This Corrosion/Gimme Shelter/Flood II/Temple of Love Valentine/Vision Thing/Something Fast/Jolene/1969 a. LP(2) MR X1 NOTES: 10th Anniversary gig. Track listing reverses Something Fast and Jolene RECORDING NOTES: Recorded in Leeds at the University 2/16/91 COVER ART NOTES: The Reptile House logo. PACKAGING NOTES: Labrador 'Reptile House approved. WEA Records Ltd. A Warner Communications Company.' 'With Andrew Eldritch, Doktor Avalanche, Andreas Bruhn,Tony James,Tim Brecheno and Suzanne Josesowicz'. And 'Made in UK'. The record labels are blank. Run-out grooves are 'sisters a,b,c,d' Revelations SIDE ONE: Burn/Heartland/Marian/Anaconda/Walk Away/Emma SIDE TWO: A Rock and A Hard Place/Floorshow/Alice/Body Electric/Gimme Shelter a. LP Planet Rock Records, Detroit PINK INC 1 1984 NOTES: Alice is double-intro. Adams' bass quits, then band restarts. RECORDING NOTES: Recorded in York at the Racecourse Festival 9/22/84 COVER ART NOTES: Photo of band leaning over a railing. QUALITY NOTES: 6.5/10 Reverberation Across the Nation a. 7" Pallazzograssi 1988 NOTES: Limited to 50 copies. Comes with a discography booklet. RECORDING NOTES: Recorded at the Teatro Espero in Rome 5/2/85 see we're all aware of that for possible tracks Rise and Reverberate First and Last and Always[4:15]/Lucretia My Reflection[5:10] Body and Soul[3:25] Ribbons[4:40]/Alice[3:25]/Dominion-Mother Russia[5:01]/ Amphetamine Logic[3:50]/Detonation Boulevard [3:40]Marian[4:10]/This Corrosion[4:30]/Gimme Shelter[5:50] Temple of Love[8:22]/Something Fast[2:45]/Jolene[2:40] Valentine[4:34]/Vision Thing[4:32] a. CD Sherwood Robin Hood 1 NOTES: Writer credits given. Marian listed as Marianne. Jolene is credited to O. Newton John. RECORDING NOTES: Recorded live at Rolling Stones, Milan 1991 QUALITY NOTES: A little distant, but otherwise very good. COVER ART NOTES: Cover is the Doctor Jeep photo reversed with a mirror image under it. Total Running Time: 78:43 Rough Diamonds Kiss the Carpet/Floorshow/Adrenochrome/Alice/Watch/Valentine Anaconda/Sister Ray/Jolene/Lights/Walk Away(instr soundcheck) Burn(instr soundcheck)/Where Spirits Fly(instr soundcheck)/1969 Damage Done/Gimme Shelter/Sister Ray/Fix/Ghostrider/Louie, Louie a. LP(2) NOTES: One of the few bootlegs with Ben Gunn on guitar. 1-8 from [1] 9,10 from [2] 11-13 Instrumental soundchecks from [3] 14 from [4] 15 from [5] 16-20 from [6] RECORDING NOTES: Recorded various places- [1] 1/4/83 Bradford UK, Manhatten [2] 3/31/83 Hull UK Dingwalls [3] 5/27/84 Hamburg Germany Markthalle [4] 5/4/81 Leeds UK University [5] 5/7/81 Leeds UK St. John's [6] 6/5/84 Doorroosje Netherlands Nijmegan QUALITY NOTES: Good sound quality COVER ART NOTES: AE with fingers to his lips. Back is backstage shot. the Satanic Verses First and Last and Always/Lucretia My Reflection/Body and Soul Detonation Boulevard/Ribbons/Dominion-Mother Russia/Flood II Valentine/Heartland/Doctor Jeep/Amphetamine Logic/Marian/Alice Gimme Shelter/This Corrosion/Jolene/Temple of Love/Something Fast/Vision Thing a. LP(2) RECORDING NOTES: Recorded in London at Wembley Stadium 11/24/90 QUALITY NOTES: 7/10 Silence is Platinum a. 7"(2) box set Pallazzograssi NOTES: One 7" on green-gray vinyl, the other on white. Limited to 1000 copies. RECORDING NOTES: Recorded 5/30/85 at Fender's Ballroom, Long Beach CA. Taken from the soundboard PACKAGING NOTES: Inserts- A glossy numbered poster of the goldenvoice (the promoter) flyer from the show. A 7" flat printed on both sides(one side has MR logo, the other has a set list and date printed reviews of three shows. Box is black with silver MR logo. Sins and Secrets Knockin' on Heaven's Door b/w Emma a. 7" RECORDING NOTES: Recorded at the Royal Albert Hall 6/18/85 Sister Ray Burn/Heartland/Body and Soul/Anaconda/Walk Away/Floorshow Adrenochrome/Alice/Body Electric/Gimme Shelter/Sister Ray/Temple of Love/Some Kind of Stranger/First and Last and Always/Gimme Gimme Gimme(a Man After Midnight) a. CD Rarities and Few RFCD 1048 NOTES: limited edition of 1000. Insert is written in Italian. Sister Ray is a medley of Sister Ray/Louie,Louie/Ghostrider. Back cover gives writer credits for the cover songs. RECORDING NOTES: 1-12 Recorded at Detmold 5/29/84 13-15 Recorded at London 3/24/85 QUALITY NOTES: Good. London tracks especially good. COVER ART NOTES: Front has the Sisters of Mercy in pink italics with Sister Ray in the lower right corner in white. PACKAGING NOTES: Overall excellent. No misspelling or altered song titles. Looks professionally produced. the Sisters of Mercy Live(Brotherhood) No Time to Cry/Fix b/w Amphetamine Logic/a Rock and a Hard Place a. 7" Wardance Records NOTES: Limited to 300 copies. RECORDING NOTES: Recorded in London at the Royal Albert Hall 6/18/85 QUALITY NOTES: Fairly good(tho' there is a small slip in Amphetamine Logic. PACKAGING NOTES: Sleeve just has the Sisters of Mercy Live. On the record the name Brotherhood appears. the Sisters of Mercy Live(Brotherhood) a. 7" Wardance Records NOTES: four different tracks from the above 7". Limited to 250 copies. RECORDING NOTES: Recorded in London at the Royal Albert Hall 6/18/85 the Sisters of Mercy Live at Paradiso, Amsterdam Temple of Love b/w Kiss the Carpet a. 7" LC 0417 RECORDING NOTES: Recorded in Amsterdam 8/28/83 at the Paradiso QUALITY NOTES: Poor sound. the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence Alice b/w Gimme Shelter a. 7" Moneygrubb Records mg043 NOTES: Some on Blue vinyl. 400 numbered copies RECORDING NOTES: Recorded in Boblingen, Germany at the Sportshalle 5/7/91. QUALITY NOTES: Excellent So Dark All Ovewr Europe a. CD(3) NOTES: box set of Napalm Gods, Holocaust and Kiss the Blade, see individual entries Soundchecks of Mercy Stairway to Heaven b/w Ghostrider a. 7" T & C Records TCR023 NOTES: Stairway to Heaven is a soundcheck. Ghostrider is an instrumental soundcheck. On purple vinyl. limited to 400 copies. RECORDING NOTES: Recorded 3/9/85 at Glasgow, Stratheclyde University Speed Kings Live 90 First and Last and Always/Lucretia My Reflection/Body & Soul Temple of Love/Dominion/Emma/Vision Thing/Detonation Boulevard a. LP NOTES: The first live gig since the Royal Albert Hall show. Played under the pseudonym 'Speed Kings'. RECORDING NOTES: Recorded in Drogheda, Ireland at the Boxing Club 10/20/90 QUALITY NOTES: 7/10 COVER ART NOTES: '90 band shot in front of a statue. Speed Kings 1990 Marian/Valentine/When You Don't See Me/Gimme Shelter/This Corrosion/Doctor Jeep/Something Fast/Alice/1969 a. LP NOTES: Second half of the Speed Kings Live '90 gig. RECORDING NOTES: Recorded in Drogheda, Ireland at the Boxing Club 10/20/90 QUALITY NOTES: 7/10 Stonehenge First and Last Always/Body & Soul/Amphetamine Logic/Marian/No Time to Cry/Possession/Walk Away/Heartland/Some Kind of Stranger/Body Electric a. LP NOTES: Multi-coloured vinyl QUALITY NOTES: 8/10 COVER ART NOTES: Photo of Stonehenge Stranger First and Last Always/Body & Soul/Marian/No Time to Cry Possession/Walk Away/Emma/Amphetamine Logic/A Rock and a Hard Place/Floorshow/Alice/Gimme Shelter/Knockin' on Heaven's Door Train a. LP(2)) Twisted Records ROK1 RECORDING NOTES: Recorded in Milan, Italy at the Odessa 2001 4/29/85 QUALITY NOTES: 6/10 (poor stereo) Testament of Ivar L. [1] First and Last and Always/Lucretia My Reflection/Body and Soul/Detonation Boulevard/Ribbons/Dominion-Mother Russia/Flood II/Valentine/Heartland/Doctor Jeep [2] Amphetamine Logic/Marian/Alice/Gimme Shelter/This Corrosion Jolene/Temple of Love/Something Fast/Vision Thing a. LP(2) Tenpole ELP 849-3 double NOTES: On the back is an explanation of Ivar L. ' For your information: Ivar L. was a young Swedish man in the 19th Century. He killed his really loved son, he didn't want him to suffer from being alive. Later on he killed himself when he realized there was no more reason to live. This record is dedicated to Gustave. RECORDING NOTES: Recorded in Duesseldorf, Germany at the Philipshalle. 11/21/90 QUALITY NOTES: Good. COVER ART NOTES: Color photo of band in a walkway. the Tour Things a. CD RECORDING NOTES: Recorded during the 90-91 tour They Are Not Departed or Gone a. LP NOTES: Title taken from the Leonard Cohen song 'Sisters of Mercy'. Through the Years Burn/Valentine/Anaconda/Heartland/Alice/Emma/Temple of Love Floorshow/Adrenochrome/Gimme Shelter/Kiss the Carpet/Body Electric/First and Last and Always/Body and Soul/Train/Marian/No Time to Cry/Possession/Walk Away/Burn/Emma/Amphetamine Logic/A Rock and a Hard Place/Floorshow/Alice/Body Electric/Gimme Shelter/Knockin' on Heaven's Door/Sister Ray/Ghostrider/Louie, Louie a. LP(3) Box Set NOTES: Some copies on colored vinyl. 1-12 from [1] 13-31 from [2] Show [2] was Gary Marx's last gig. RECORDING NOTES: recorded at: [1] 8/30/83 West Berlin Germany the Loft Club [2] 4/1/85 Brighton UK Top Rank COVER ART NOTES: Group Shot from 84. Time to Cry First and Last and Always/Body and Soul/Amphetamine Logic/Marian No Time to Cry/Possession/Walk Away/Heartland/Some Kind of Stranger/a Rock and a Hard Place/Train/Floorshow/Body Electric Emma/Alice/Gimme Shelter a. LP RECORDING NOTES: Recorded in London at the Lyceum 3/24/85 QUALITY NOTES: 8/10 COVER ART NOTES: Picture of three ladies crying over an open casket. Train/Burn b/w Ghostrider a. 7" NOTES: On clear yellow or black vinyl. Sleeve dates recording at 5/11/84 Sheffield University RECORDING NOTES: Recorded at Tiffany's, Newcastle, UK 3/13/85 Trans Europe Excess first and last and always/body and soul/marian.no time to cry possession/walk away/emma/amphetamibe logic/floorshow/alice gimme shelter/ghostrider a. CD Kiss the stone NOTES: stockholm. may 17 1985 Tune In... Turn Off...Burn Out... First and Last and Always/Body and Soul/Alice/Body Electric/Nine While Nine/Knockin' on Heaven's Door/Ghostrider/Louie,Louie a. LP NOTES: Picture disc also available. RECORDING NOTES: Recorded at Leeds University 3/16/85 COVER ART NOTES: Walk Away logo in red. the Unmarked Door Burn/Heartland/Body and Soul/Walk Away/Emma/Floorshow Adrenochrome/Alice/Body Electric/Gimme Shelter/Ghostrider/Sister Ray/Anaconda a. CD RECORDING NOTES: Recorded in Amsterdam at the Melkweg 6/2/84 QUALITY NOTES: mixing desk, 10/10 UNTITLED Burn/Valentine/Anaconda/Heartland/Alice/Emma/Temple of Love Floorshow/Adrenochrome/Gimme Shelter/? a. LP Time Records NOTES: Burn is the instrumental version commonly mis-labeled Kiss the Carpet. RECORDING NOTES: Recorded in Berlin at the Loft Club 8/30/83 QUALITY NOTES: sound ok. COVER ART NOTES: Plain white sleeve Total Running Time: about 50 minutes UNTITLED Temple of Love/Burn/Floorshow/Anaconda/Adrenochrome/Alice/Body Electric/Lights/Heartland/Gimme Shelter a. LP NOTES: Multi-coloured vinyl UNTITLED A. LP NOTES: Show is incomplete. Recorded at the soundboard. RECORDING NOTES: Recorded in Blackburn at King George's Hall 3/21/85 QUALITY NOTES: Sound is excellent Total Running Time: About 20 minutes, UNTITLED First and Last and Always/Body and Soul/Amphetamine Logic/Marian No Time to Cry/Possession/Walk Away/Heartland/Some Kind of Stranger/Body Electric a.LP(2) RECORDING NOTES: Recorded in London at the Lyceum 3/24/85 QUALITY NOTES: Sound is excellent UNTITLED First and Last and Always/Body and Soul/Marian/No Time to Cry Possession/Walk Away/Emma/Amphetamine Logic/a Rock and a Hard Place/Floorshow/Alice/Gimme Shelter/Ghostrider/Knockin' on Heaven's Door/Train a. LP(2) NOTES: Recorded at the soundboard. Andrew sings '26 years' in the last verse of FALAA. RECORDING NOTES: Recorded in Stockholm, Sweden at Kolingsborg 5/17/85 QUALITY NOTES: Sound and performance are excellent Total Running Time: About 80 minutes UNTITLED a. LP RECORDING NOTES: Recorded live at Heidelburg, Nov. 22,1990 UNTITLED Marian b/w Knockin' on Heaven's Door a. 7" Swenty Productions RECORDING NOTES: Recorded in Sweden '85 COVER ART NOTES: Front is picture of AE and PM. Back is a picture of AE. Wake First and last and Always/Body and Soul/Marian/No Time to Cry Walk Away/Possession/Emma/Amphetamine Logic/a Rock and a Hard Place/Floorshow/Alice/Gimme Shelter/Fix/Knockin on Heaven's Door a. LP(2) NOTES: Sound is taken from the video. RECORDING NOTES: Recorded at the Royal Albert Hall 6/18/85 QUALITY NOTES: Sound is excellent COVER ART NOTES: Professionally done. Cover is the same as the video. Weird Tales Valentine/Heartland b/w Adrenochrome/Floorshow a. 7" QUALITY NOTES: Average Welcome to the Temple of Love a. CD RECORDING NOTES: same as Enjoy the Puppet Show, see that release. We're All Aware of That First and Last and Always/Train/Marian/No Time to Cry/Emma/A Rock and a Hard Place/Floorshow/Alice/Gimme Shelter/Knockin' on Heaven's Door a. LP Butterfly/Clean Sound CS1016 NOTES: Picture disc also available. RECORDING NOTES: Recorded in Rome, Italy at the Teatro Espero 5/2/85 QUALITY NOTES: Excellent sound COVER ART NOTES: Concert photo of Andrew and Wayne. PACKAGING NOTES: Used the same typeface and the SOM/MR logo on back. Almost equal to a legitimate release. Wholly Ghost First and Last and Always/Body and Soul/Marian/No Time to Cry Possession/Walk Away/Emma/Amphetamine Logic/Gimme Shelter/ Ghostrider a. LP Trade Mark of Quality TMQ 71105 NOTES: Limited to 500 copies RECORDING NOTES: Recorded in Stockholm, Sweden at Kolingsborg 5/17/85 `rbootsV THE SISTERS OF MERCY DISCOGRAPHY PART V bootlegs of studio material last update: dec 7 1994 INDEX I. Bootlegs of legitimately released material II. Studio Outtakes,Demos and Unreleased recordings III. Bootlegs of mixed contents. FORMATTING: Title Track listing Release info Notes Recording Notes Quality notes Cover art notes Packaging Notes Total running time SECTION I: BOOTLEGS OF LEGITIMATE MATERIAL the Damage Done b/w Watch/Home of the Hitmen a. 7" NOTES: Bootlegged extensively see notes on official release Damage Done Watch b/w Watch a. 7" Primary PY 715 PACKAGING NOTES: Gatefold with poster sleeve. Damage Done b/w Watch Adrenochrome b/w Body Electric a.7(2) Twelve Tracks Records 712tr01 & 712tr02 1987 NOTES: made in UK QUALITY NOTES: Good sound quality on all but adrenochrome. COVER ART NOTES: Pg 41 of Heartland anthology. B&W & purple. Inside has a picture of AE kneeling on a brick path. PACKAGING NOTES: Gatefold poster sleeve. Enter the Sisters(version1) Temple of Love/Burn/Floorshow/Anaconda/Adrenochrome/Alice/Body Electric Lights/Heartland/Gimme Shelter a. LP Black Swan Records BS.R 2001 NOTES: Compilation of studio tracks. COVER ART NOTES: Cover is as Walk Away, but blue. Enter the Sisters(version 2) Temple of Love/Burn/Floorshow/Anaconda/Adrenochrome/Alice/Body Electric/Lights/Heartland/Gimme Shelter a. LP Metal Speed ms021 NOTES: Compilation of studio tracks. Gimme Shelter is missing everything after the final spoken war)i,e; 'children, it's just a kiss away, kiss away). Possibly a second pressing of the Black Swan version. Or the other way 'round. RECORDING NOTES: 1 is the extended version 7 is the original version QUALITY NOTES: Slightly quiet and muffled, drops considerably for the last two songs. COVER ART NOTES: Cover is as Walk Away but red. Back cover has logo box with band member listing above it. Track listing is at the top left. all writing is in red. There are also versions of this or the Black Swan version in green and white sleeves. PACKAGING NOTES: The record itself is on black vinyl with red labels. A side label is a picture of two Spider-Man type eyes. B side is a girl in bondage garb holding a chainsaw, with her reflection underneath her. Some copies with plain black labels. Enter the Sisters-Black October Adrenochrome/Alice/Floorshow/1969/Anaconda/Lights/Valentine/Fix Temple of Love(7")/Heartland/Gimme Shelter/Blood Money/Bury Me Deep/Emma a. CD no cat# NOTES: Compilation of studio tracks. Mastered from vinyl copies of the original singles. First pressing has Lmt. Ed. of 500. Other pressings just say Lmt. Ed. Made in England QUALITY NOTES: Sound quality is quite good. COVER ART NOTES: Cover is photocopied as per Walk Away cover. B&W PACKAGING NOTES: Disc has MR logo screened on it rather poorly Total Running Time: 59:24 Some Boys Wander by Mistake Body and Soul/Train/Afterhours/Poison Door/On the Wire/Blood Money/Bury Me Deep/Untitled/Emma/Long Train/Lucretia My Reflection 12" ver/This Corrosion 12" ver. a. CD 400.942 SOM 1993 NOTES: Claims to be a WEA releae, yet isn't of course. two pressings. first has black cd, 2nd has a red one. COVER ART: SGWBM logo with Boys replacing Girls, red background. QUALITY RATNGN: 10/10 Total Running Time: 66:10 SECTION II. STUDIO OUTTAKES,DEMOS AND UNRELEASED RECORDINGS Acoustics from the Beehive Valentine #1/Body Politic/Lights/Anaconda/Driver/Good Things/Phantom Burn/Kiss the Carpet/valentine #2/Flood I/Lucretia/Neverland/Untitled Driven Like the Snow/Flood II a. CD Beehive 184 BEE 1993 NOTES: Contents derived from Hard Reign and Kill the Lights bootlegs. See those entries for real song titles. RECORDING NOTES:1-10 are portastudio demos 11-17 are floodland demoes COVER ART: Picture of AE from TC video. "...and You Won't Make Me Jealous... Poison Door/No Time to Cry b/w Emma/Walk Away a. 7" NOTES: Title Taken from the Leonard Cohen Song. One of the first Sisters 7" bootlegs, mostly because of the demand for a studio recording of Emma was so great. Initial limited run of 500 numbered copies. RECORDING NOTES: Peel session 1984 COVER ART NOTES: Color photo of a statue. Before the Flood Valentine 1/Body Politic/Lights/Anaconda/Driver/Good Things Phantom/Burn/Kiss the Carpet/Valentine 2/Floorshow/Lights Teachers-Adrenochrome/Damage Done/Watch a. CD Portasound CDSIS 17 NOTES: CD version of Hard Reign see notes on it. RECORDING NOTES: 1-10 labeled "portastudio demos" 11-13 demos for projected Floorshow ep 14-15 the first Sisters of Mercy single Sept 80 PACKAGING NOTES: Disc marked "for promotional use only. not for sale" MR/WEA logo photocopied on back of box COVER ART NOTES: Cover is photo of AE looking mean while the rest look on. in side has AE with 'the Hat' and 'tune in,turn on,burn out" back also has another shot of AE and 'the Hat'. Black Dominion Black Dominion/a Rock and a Hard Place/Burn/Home of the Hitmen This Corrosion(3:59)/Body Electric/Body and Soul a. LP(box) NOTES: Comes with a concert photo of AE. Black Dominion is set at 45rpm and takes up the entire first side. Most copies are not boxed sets. RECORDING NOTES: 2 is the German Disco mix. 3 is from the '84 Kid Jensen session. 6 & 7 are rough mixes. COVER ART NOTES: Glossy black sleeve with triangular white sticker on both sides. Front sticker has Black Dominion and circle logo, back has tracks. Black Horizon Black Planet b/w a Rock and a Hard Place a. 7" MR 31 9.90.71009 NOTES: On lavender vinyl. RECORDING NOTES: Instrumentals recorded at Strawberry studios. COVER ART NOTES: Black with Sisters of Mercy at the top and Black Horizon at the bottom. PACKAGING NOTES: In folded paper sleeve. The record labels are black white. Demos & Remixes This Corrosion(long mix)/Lucretia My Reflection(remix)/Marian(japan-version) No Time to Cry(alternative version)/Burn(demo)/Anaconda(outtake)/Afterhours (demo)/Dance on Glass(demo)/Heartland(demo/Jolene(demo)/Body Electric (session)/Valentine(demo)/Floorshow(demo)/Dominion-Mother Russia(eldritch mix)/A Rock and A Hard Place(alternative version) a. CD somcd 57 1993 NOTES: made in sweden. lmt. ed of 100 Echoes Vol. IV Anaconda/Floorshow/Floorshow/Afterhours/Black Planet/Train/Burn Afterhours/Marian/Marian/Afterhours/a Rock and a Hard Place a. CD Live Life llcd92113 P RECORDING NOTES: 2-3 labeled as Phantom 3-4,6 are 'short versions' 2,7,11 are 'long versions' 9 is the lp version with some extra distortion 10,12 are instrumentals all tracks are early demos COVER ART NOTES: Picture of AE against same background as Vol. I Total Running Time: 68:24 Entertainment or Death Body Electric/Long Train/Afterhours/Kiss the Carpet/Jolene Heartland/Burn/Valentine/Alice/Floorshow/1969/Anaconda/Dominion Lucretia My Reflection/Temple of Love/Gimme Shelter a. CD RECORDING NOTES: 2 is listed as Train 1-7,9-12,16 are single versions 5-8 are from the Kid Jenson session 13-14 are Floodland demos 15 is the 7" version Total Running Time: 70:38 Fiercer Than Thou Nrub(Bizarro remix) b/w Ripsters of Mercy(aural terrorist mix) a. 7" FIERCER 002 NOTES: Overall not worth having except for obsessive fans. RECORDING NOTES: Nrub is Burn played backwards. Ripsters of Mercy is FALAA with movie samples in it. QUALITY NOTES: Good sound ROGI: A) "rocking the boat in swansea b) 'thanks to the teen messiah (young adult) the Floorshow ep Floorshow/Lights b/w Teachers/Adrenochrome a. 7" NOTES: Teachers/Adrenochrome are sequenced as one song. Bootleg of demos used to label shop. Originally 500 numbered copies. There are at least three pressings now. All other versions are repressings, some leaving out the serial numbers and numbering and with a large center hole(adapter needed). A case of where there are bootlegs of a bootleg. One of the first Sisters 7" bootlegs. RECORDING NOTES: Home studio demos Spring '81 COVER ART NOTES: Photo on pg 68 of Heartland anthology the Floorshow ep Floorshow/Lights b/w Teachers/Adrenechrome a. 7" EP MR1 RH1 BMCN2 KROI 3213 NOTES: See notes above. Limited to 1000 copies. Garden of Delight Dance on Glass b/w Black Planet a. 7" NOTES: Red or white vinyl. RECORDING NOTES: Demos from Strawberry Studios, early 84. Dance on Glass is AE vocal. COVER ART NOTES: Grey picture of three nude fat ladies. Garden of Delight Garden of Delight[5:13] b/w Dance on Glass[4:15] a. 7" Scatterbrainchild Records SR10 Nov 1987 NOTES: on white or grey vinyl. Lmt. ed. of 500 RECORDING NOTES: A side is AE vocal. B side is WH vocal. QUALITY NOTES: Reasonably good COVER ART NOTES: Same as the above with Taoism symbol, a lady in a bikini and an embossed record label logo on the back. Ghostley Crew 1969/Anaconda/Phantom/Valentine/Fix/Jolene/Heartland/Burn Valentine/Alice/Floorshow/Phantom a. LP Trademark of Quality TMQ 71124 NOTES: Limited to 500 copies. RECORDING NOTES: demos 1984 Good Things b/w 1969 a. 7" Dutch import NOTES: Home studio recording quality Good Things a.7" COVER ART NOTES: Comes in official looking glossy sleeve proclaiming it to be the unofficial theme to Angel Heart with a nice looking picture of Lucifer sitting in a chair holding a cane. RECORDING NOTES: Home studio quality sound. sounds slightly better than one above. Hard Reign SIDE ONE: Valentine 1/Body Politic/Lights/Anaconda/Driver SIDE TWO: Good Things/Phantom/Burn/Kiss the Carpet/Valentine 2 a. LP Portasound 1990 NOTES: Supposedly a promo item. Driver contains some music and the first two lines of Heartland. Body Politic is really Fix, Kiss the Carpet is really Burn and it is in instrumental version Burn is a new song that contains the characteristic Burn drum intro,as well as the lines "burn me/burn me/burn me/burn me down" probably as _very_ early version of the Reptile House song. It was used as the backwards part of the RH Burn. Lights ]s the Floorshow ep version. The two Valentines have no real difference. Phantom is the same version that is on Studiouttakes COVER ART NOTES: Pg 82 of the Heartland anthology. Kill the Lights Flood 1/Lucretia My Reflection/Neverland/Untitled/Driven Like Snow/Flood 2/Afterhours/Lights/Fix/Good Things/Walk Away a. LP Pallazzograssi 1990 NOTES: Untitled is a long guitar version. Walk Away is supposed to be a dance mix, but is exactly the same as the FALAA version. RECORDING NOTES: 1-6 are Floodland demos. 7-10 are demos 1983 11 is an alternate mix COVER ART NOTES: Photo of AE in fencing outfit. the Last Magician of Rational Thought No Time to Cry/First and Last Always b/w A Rock and a Hard Place/Walk Away a. 7" Pallazzograssi 1988 NOTES: Limited to 1500 copies. 26 copies lettered a-z, which come in a gatefold sleeve, have been reserved for private distribution (tho there *are* higher numbered copies, so who know how many ther actually are). On white vinyl. Title taken from the Stephen King novel 'the Stand'. RECORDING NOTES: Alternative studio recordings. COVER ART NOTES: Photo on pg 70 of Heartland anthology. Lord of Darkness a. LP RECORDING NOTES: contains the Peel and Kid Jenson sessions Lucretia My Reflection(2.10) b/w Flood 1 a. 7" Japanese NOTES: Lmt ed of 200 numbered copies. RECORDING NOTES: Demos 1987 Psychedelic Sessions a. CD TCC32 NOTES: radio material Radioland 1969[2:44]/Floorshow[3:23]/Good Things[3:35]/Alice[3:24] Heartland[3:27]/Jolene[2:43]/Valentine[4:18]/Burn[3:43]/Poison Door[3:30]/No Time to Cry[3:53]/Walk Away[3:27]/Emma[6:56]/Train [7:09]/Floorshow[3:24]/Red Skies Disappear[3:43]/Kiss the Carpet [5:24]/Garden of Delight[5:06] a. CD Handmade HAM 010 NOTES: Red Skies Disappear is listed as Marian(demo). Kiss the Carpet is listed as Kiss Me Carpet. RECORDING NOTES: Track times listed are slightly off. Tracks 1 and 2 are indexed as one track. 1-4 Peel session 1982 5-8 Kid Jenson session 1983 9-12 Peel session 1984 13 demo 1984 14 is the Floorshow ep version 15 demo 1985 16 demo 1983 17 is Andrew Eldritch vocal QUALITY NOTES: Many minor sound problems. COVER ART NOTES: Cover is photo of AE in fencing garb against a white background. PACKAGING NOTES: Back is red lettering on a crimson background. Total Running Time: 69:23 [listed as 70:05] Saints + Martyrs Red Skies Disappear/Good Things/Garden of Delight/Marian/Body Electric/Dance on Glass/Burn/A Rock and a Hard Place/Dominion- Mother Russia/When Spirits Fly a. LP(2) NOTES: Red Skies Disappear listed as First and Last and Always. RECORDING NOTES: 2,6,9 are demos. 3 is AE vocal. 4 is an instrumental version. 5,7-8 are alternate mixes. 10 is a soundcheck. the Shuttered Room Heartland b/w Jolene Valentine b/w Burn a. 7"(2) FUNN8(9) RECORDING NOTES: Kid Jensen session from 1983 the Sisters of Mercy Demos 1982 Lights/Teachers-Adrenochrome/the Damage Done/Watch/the Home of the Hitmen/Floorshow/Alice/Floorshow/1969/Good Things/Phantom Adrenochrome/Body Electric/Floorshow/Teachers a. CS Victims of Circumstance Red Skies Disappear/A Rock and a Hard Place b/w Dance on Glass/Garden of Delight a. 7" Pallazzograssi 1988 NOTES: Limited to 1500 copies. RECORDING NOTES: Demos 1985 2 is the Disco Mix COVER ART NOTES: Photo of AE with arms upraised in front of a huge MR logo. SECTION III. BOOTLEGS OF MIXED CONTENTS 8 CD Box Set DISC ONE: Enter the Sisters More Sisters volume one 1981-1983 MRCD1 Damage Done/Watch/Adrenochrome/Body Electric/Anaconda/Phantom 1969/Alice/Floorshow/Kiss the Carpet/Lights/Valentine/Fix/Burn (conclusion) DISC TWO: Enter the Sisters More Sisters volume two 1983-1985 MRCD2 Burn/Temple of Love/Heartland/Gimme Shelter/Body & Soul/Body Electric/Train/Afterhours/Poison Door/On the Wire/Blood Money/Bury Me Deep/Temple of Love NOTES: 2 is the 7" version 14 is the extended version DISC THREE: Psychedelic Sessions MRCD3 1969/Floorshow/Good Things/Alice/Heartland/Jolene/Valentine Burn/Poison Door/No Time to Cry/Emma/Gimme Shelter/Sisters of Mercy/Body Electric/First and Last and Always/Marian RECORDING NOTES: 1-4 Peel session 1982 5-8 Kid Jensen session 1983 9-12 Peel session 1984 15-16 Whistle Test Studios performance DISC FOUR: Rare Obscurities MRCD4 Dance on Glass/Garden of Delight/Teachers-Adrenochrome/Red Skies Disappear/Good Things/Marian/Body Electric/No Time to Cry/First and Last and Always/a Rock and a Hard Place/Walk Away/Gimme Gimme Gimme/Jolene/Spirits/Dominion RECORDING NOTES: 1-5,16 are demos 6 is an instrumental version 8 is a rough mix 9-12 are alternative studio recordings 13-14 are early live recordings 15 is a soundcheck DISC FIVE: Live in Newcastle 13.3.1985 MRCD5 First and Last and Always/Body & Soul/Train/Marian/No Time to Cry/Possession/Walk Away/Burn/Emma/Logic/a Rock and a Hard Place/Floorshow/Alice/Body Electric/Gimme Shelter/Nine While Nine/Ghostrider DISC SIX: Live in Amsterdam, 28.8.1983 MRCD6 Burn/Valentine/Anaconda/Heartland/Alice/Emma/Temple of Love Floorshow/Adrenochrome/Gimme Shelter/Kiss/Body Electric/Lights Sister Ray/Ghostrider/Louie Louie DISC SEVEN: Knockin' on Heaven's Door MRCD7 First and Last and Always/Body & Soul/Marian/No Time to Cry/Walk Away/Possession/Emma/Amphetamine Logic/a Rock and a Hard Place Floorshow/Alice/Fix/Knockin' on Heaven's Door DISC EIGHT: Promotion CD for MR Box Only MRCD8 Alice(2 time starting)/Ripsters of Mercy NOTES: the eight CDs come in a flimsy cardboard box with the MR logo on all sides but the bottom. The bottom has the family tree on it. Discs 1 & 2 come in a double CD case. All others come in a normal jewelbox. All discs have the crescent Walk Away symbol and the MR logo. They all say "see card inlay for details" and they all look the same except for the MRCD number. Afterhours [1] Long Train/a Rock and a Hard Place/Afterhours [2] Knockin' on Heaven's Door/Hey Joe/Purple Haze/Stairway to Heaven/Ghostrider/Louie,Louie a. LP NOTES: See notes for the Sisters 1983-1986 RECORDING NOTES: 1 and 3 are demos(actually, just run through a mixer) 2 is the German Disco mix Medley recorded in Manchester 10/13/84 COVER ART NOTES: Woman hanging from a big clock hand. Armageddon Outtakes First and Last and Always/Body and Soul/Possession/Amphetamine Logic/Jolene/Fix/Train/Nine While Nine/Ghostrider/Kiss the Carpet a. LP Reptile Records MRO 0 35 L BEL. NOTES: Limited edition of 250. there are copies up to 264 though. Some copies on white vinyl. RECORDING NOTES: 1-3 recorded in Germany 4/?/85 4,6-7 recorded in Germany 4/?/85 5,10 are demos 82/83 8,9. recorded in Newcastle at Tiffany's 3/13/85 QUALITY NOTES: Demos are decent. UK tracks are good. Germany tracks are pretty bad. Carmina Burana Alice/Valentine/Anaconda/1969/Floorshow/Teachers-Adrenochrome Ghostrider/Sister Ray/Good Things/Garden of Delight a. LP NOTES: Limited to 700 copies. 100 copies on colored vinyl. RECORDING NOTES: 1-4 recorded in London at the Brixton Ace 3/17/83 5-7 from the Floorshow ep. 8-9 are studio medley (11 1/2 min.) 10 1982 demo COVER ART NOTES: Drawing of Jesus surrounded by angels. Damage Done + Three Live Tracks Damage Done/Watch/Teachers/Adrenochrome a. 7" Pan Vox Records, Portugal NOTES: Large center hole. In a folded paper sleeve. RECORDING NOTES: Recorded at St. John's Hall, Leeds 5/4/81 COVER ART NOTES: Pg 70 of Heartland anthology. First pressing is B&W. Second pressing is purple and black. Third pressing is yellow and black, numeral '1' in front corner. Dancers Reward Love Hits/Electric Shades/Lights Go Out/Don't Take It Lightly/ Poison Door/No Time to Cry/Emma a. LP RECORDING NOTES: SOM and March Violets Peel Session material Dark Psychos a. CD IST143 Echoes Vol. II a Rock and a Hard Place/Flood III/Afterhours/Jolene/Adrenochrome Body and Soul/Gimme Shelter/First and Last and Always/Marian Knockin' on Heaven's Door/Hey Joe/Purple Haze/Stairway to Heaven/Ghostrider/Louie, Louie/Gimme Gimme Gimme a. CD Live Life llcd9211 RECORDING NOTES: 1,3 are demo 84 2 is a demo 86 4-5 are live 83 6 is live, 4/26/85 Zurich Switzerland 7 is live 84 8-9 are live 85 10-15 are live 10/13/84 Manchester University and sequenced as one track. 16 is live New york 84 COVER ART NOTES: Picture of AE on stage, same background as Vol I Echoes Vol. II a Rock and a Hard Place/Flood III/Afterhours/Jolene/Adrenochrome Knockin' on Heaven's Door/Hey Joe/Purple Haze/Stairway to Heaven Ghostrider/Louie,Louie a. LP Speed of Light Records NOTES: See notes on the Sisters 1983-1986 for covers medley info. RECORDING NOTES: 1&3 are demos '84 2 is a demo '86 4&5 recorded in Norwich at the Gala Hall 4/21/83 6-11 recorded in Manchester 10/13/84 COVER ART NOTES: Picture of AE against same background as Vol. I Total Running Time: 66:21 Echoes Vol. III Lucretia My Reflection/Garden of Delight/Kiss the Carpet/Jolene Train/Dominion-Mother Russia/Where Spirits Fly/Floorshow/Red Skies Disappear/Burn/Ghostrider/Sister Ray/Train/Louie, Louie Possession a. CD Live Life llcd9212 RECORDING NOTES: 1 is Floodland demo, labeled as Empire Down 2 is final demo, 85 3-4 are Reptile House demos 5 is a demo 84 6 is Floodland demo 86 7 is an instrumental soundcheck, labeled When Splits Fly 8 is a demo 81 9 is a demo 85 10 is an instrumental 11 is live 84 12-13 are live 85 14 is live 4/26/85 Zurich, Switzerland QUALITY NOTES: varies from rather good to rather poor COVER ART NOTES: Picture of AE against same background as Vol. I Total Running Time: 59:08 Good Things + Two Live Tracks Good Things b/w 1969/Sister Ray a. 7" Pan Vox Records, Portugal NOTES: Sequel to Damage Done + Three Live Tracks. Large center hole on earlier pressings. RECORDING NOTES: Recorded at York University 5/7/81 COVER ART NOTES: Pg 70 of Heartland anthology. First pressing is B&W. Second pressing is purple and black. Third pressing is red and black. Numeral '2' on the front cover. Halloween in Arkham [1] Alice/Valentine/Anaconda/Body Electric/1969/Sister Ray [2] Poison Door/No Time to Cry/Walk Away/Emma a. LP Arche Noire Records 024 NOTES: Limited to 500 copies RECORDING NOTES: 1-6 recorded in London at Brixton Ace 3/17/83 7-10 Peel session 1984 QUALITY NOTES: Live tracks are fairly good. Peel session vary from average to poor. Hand of God Red Skies Disappear/Good Things/Garden of Delight/Hey Joe/Purple Haze/Emma/Long Train/Louie,Louie/Damage Done/Knockin' on Heaven's Door/Teachers-Adrenochrome/Dance on Glass/Sister Ray Gimme Gimme Gimme(a Man After Midnight)/When Spirits Fly Ghostrider/Watch/Stairway to Heaven a. LP MR48052-1 1988 b. CD MR48052-4 1988 NOTES: Claims to be a WEA release, but obviously isn't. Emma is listed as Emmaline. Heartland Teachers-Adrenochrome/Damage Done/Watch/Floorshow/Lights/Burn Jolene/Good Things/Heartland/Emma/a Rock and a Hard Place/Red Skies Disappear/Flood/Dominion-Mother Russia/Ghostrider a. CD Handmade HAM 012 NOTES: Damage Done listed as Demage Done. Red Skies Disappear is listed as Marian. Ghostrider is listed as Ghostriders. RECORDING NOTES: 1-5 demos 1981 6-9 demos 1982/83 10-14 demos 1985/87 15 live 1985 QUALITY NOTES: Mostly pretty good 11 & 12 have a few squiggles. COVER ART NOTES: Same as the Ohm and Possession. Total Running Time: 68:01 I Can't Wait to Meet My Deadly Friends Damage Done/Watch/Burn..... a. LP NOTES: Burn is from the first Bremen gig. RECORDING NOTES: Damage Done and Watch are studio outtakes. Parts recorded in Bremen, Germany at the Schlachthof 11/8/84 and 5/10/85 COVER ART NOTES: Two covers. One yellow of three angels. One red of a dagger. PACKAGING NOTES: Damage Done and Watch are misspelled and listed in the wrong order. In the Shadow of Angels Wide Receiver/Walk Away/Red Skies Disappear/No Time to Cry Fix/a Rock and a Hard Place/Black Planet/Marian/Candle/Temple of Love/Poison Door a. LP Pallazzograssi PG 09 NOTES: Envelope sleeve. RECORDING NOTES: 1-2,4-5,10 are demos 1 is new song 5 is the same as the ep version, with 'Satanic' poetry.possibly a pseudo cover by a band called Candlemasse 6-8 are instrumental versions 9 is an early instrumental version of Driver 11 is live version by Ghostdance 5/12/85, Croydon, UK and is not listed on the sleeve. COVER ART NOTES: Purple background with a picture of some classical architecture close-up, mostly a column and fence covered in vines. Super-imposed in the center is angel(statue) covered in moss with plants around it Kama Sutra DISC ONE: Body and Soul/Ribbons/Alice/Dominion-Mother Russia Amphetamine Logic/Detonation Boulevard/Marian/This Corrosion Gimme Shelter/Flood II/Temple of Love/Something Fast/Jolene Valentine/Vision Thing DISC TWO: Body Electric/Long Train/Afterhours/Kiss the Carpet Jolene/Heartland/Burn/Valentine/Alice/Floorshow/1969/Anaconda Dominion-Mother Russia/Lucretia My Reflection/Temple of Love Gimme Shelter a. CD(2) NOTES: Disc one is labeled 'black disc' and disc two is 'red disc'. RECORDING NOTES: Disc one is live from the later half of the Vision Thing Tour. Disc two is a combination of studio tracks and demos QUALITY NOTES: Disc one is decent and clear. Disc two is not too great, a poor mixing job. COVER ART NOTES: A large red star of David on a black background. The Sisters of Mercy in cursive script on the top and Kama Sutra on the bottom in an Indian style font. Total Running Time: Disc one: about 75 minutes Disc two: about 70 minutes a Merciful Release Burn[3:25]/Heartland[3:57]/Body and Soul[3:55]/Anaconda[3:29] Walk Away[4:00]/Emma[7:21]/Floorshow[4:09]/Adrenochrome[3:42] Body Electric[4:11]/Gimme Shelter[6:09]/Ghostrider/Sister Ray [16:55]/Temple of Love[3:48]/Body Electric a. CD BOSS BOSS 81087 RECORDING NOTES: 1-12 recorded in Detmold at the Hunky Dory 5/29/85 13 recorded in Munster 9/1/83 14 is the single version COVER ART NOTES: White cover with MR logo. QUALITY NOTES: Very very good sound a Merciful Release a. LP Reptile Records,Inc. MR O 35 L NOTES: Lmt. Ed. of 250. Made in Belgium RECORDING NOTES: Contains demos and live material from the UK and Germany. Psychedelic Sessions Good Things/1969/Alice/Floorshow/Poison Door/No Time to Cry/Emma Walk Away/Burn/Jolene/Gimme Shelter/Adrenochrome a. LP NOTES: At least eight different pressings available. RECORDING NOTES: 1-4 John Peel session 1982 5-8 John Peel session 1984 9-10 Kid Jensen session 1983 11-12 Recorded at the Paradiso, Amsterdam 8/28/83 QUALITY NOTES:Sound quality on live tracks is excellent. COVER ART NOTES: Psychedelic looking. Quality of Mercy Nine While Nine/Ghostrider/Knockin' on Heaven's Door/Alice/Train a Rock and a Hard Place/Marian/Good Things/1969/Sister Ray Teachers-Adrenochrome/Jolene/Damage Done/Watch a. CS Home of the Hitmen Productions 1988 NOTES: Came with the first 25 copies of the Quality of mercy 'zine. RECORDING NOTES: 1-2 recorded in London at Tiffany's 3/13/85 3 recorded in London at the Royal Albert Hall 8/16/85 4 recorded in Stockholm at Kolingborg 5/17/85 5 recorded in Florence at the Tenax 1/5/85 6 recorded in Rome at the Teatro Espero 5/2/85 7 is the Whistle Test Studios performance 8 is a demo 9-10 recorded in York at the University 5/7/81 11-12 are Floorshow ep demos from 1981 13 recorded in Norwich at the Gala Hall 4/21/83 14-15 from the first single Both sides include short snippets of the '84 WYNU and Canadian interviews. COVER ART NOTES: Pink with photo of the painting Dancer's Reward by A. Beardsley. Rare Obscurities a. CD austro mechan RECORDING NOTES: Two demos, two live tracks,alternate versions. Rise and Reverberate a. LP(2) the Sisters of Mercy-Don't Give It Away Alice b/w Alice a. 7" NOTES: Limited to 666 copies. RECORDING NOTES: A side is 82 Peel session version. B side is from York Racecourse Festival 9/22/84 and is the double intro. COVER ART NOTES: Photo of a girl. the Sisters of Mercy 1983-1986 Rock and a Hard Place/Flood III/Afterhours/Jolene/Adrenochrome Knocking on Heaven's Door/Hey Joe/Purple Haze/Stairway to Heaven Ghostrider/Louie,louie/Marian/Amphetamine Logic/Body Electric a. CD Sacred Records Release 230 NOTES: Knocking on Heaven's Door and Purple Haze are sequenced as one track. Hey Joe comes in the middle of Knockin'. Stairway to Heaven,Ghostrider and Louie,Louie are sequenced as one track. Marian is listed as Marianne. RECORDING NOTES: 1 demo '84 2 demo '86 3 demo '84 4-5 Norwich '83 6-11 Manchester '84. the famous 'covers medley' 12-15 Brighton '85 QUALITY NOTES" Mostly fairly good. Covers medley is a bit muddy. COVER ART NOTES: B&W MR logo. Total Running Time: 55:53 Studiouttakes Lights/Blood Money/Home of the Hitmen/Good Things/Phantom/1969 Sister Ray/Floorshow/Alice/1969/Heartland/Jolene/Valentine Burn/Kiss the Carpet/Alice/Anaconda/Burn/Heartland/Jolene Valentine/Adrenochrome/Floorshow/Gimme Shelter/Body Electric a. CS Emerald Tapes RECORDING NOTES: Mainly live material and most of the Peel sessions with a few demos. QUALITY NOTES: Ranges from dismally poor to bloody impressive. Suns of Mercy Ghostrider-Sister Ray/Red Skies Disappear/Dance on Glass/a Rock and a Hard Place/Garden of Delight/Garden of Delight/Knockin' on Heaven's Door/Emma/Afterhours/Jolene a. CD Mongoose Records MONG CD018 1991 NOTES: All contents are from the infamous Victims of Circumstance tape. Track one is listed as 'the Sisters of Mercy Victims of Circumstance'. An obvious error by a not too careful transcriber RECORDING NOTES: 1-2 are a live medley. 3 is listed as First and Last and Always 4 is listed as Black Planet 5 is the disco mix 6 is the WH vocal 7 is the AE vocal 8-9,11 are demos 10 is an outtake 11 is mislabeled Jeolen QUALITY NOTES: Many sound problems. Severe dropouts in Dance on Glass,Garden of Delight(WH vocal) and Knockin'. COVER ART NOTES: Photo of Tony and Andrew from LA 'Q' session. Total Running Time: 58:46 min UNTITLED Good Things b/w 1969/Sister Ray a. 7" ICM-the Collector series CM 802 RECORDING NOTES: A is a studio version. B were recorded at York University 5/7/81 PACKAGE NOTES: Produced for Luxor Company, Madrid Spain by Sister Productions. Victims of Circumstance Ghostrider/Sister Ray/Red Skies Disappear/Dance on Glass/a Rock and a Hard Place/Garden of Delight/Garden of Delight/Knockin' on Heaven's Door/Serpent's Kiss/Emma/Jessica's Crime/Afterhours/a Rock and a Hard Place/Temple of love/Some Kind of Stranger a. CS NOTES: Supposedly originally circulated by Gary Marx to a few friends. RECORDING NOTES: 1,2,14-15 are live. 3 is labeled as Marian(original demo) 4,8,10,16 are demos 5 is the disco mix 6 is the WH vocal 7 is the AE vocal 9,13 are instrumental demos 11 is a Salvation demo 12 is a remix THE SISTERS OF MERCY DISCOGRAPHY PART VI bootleg video last update: dec 7 1994 section 1: live video section 2: mixed footage SECTION 1: LIVE VIDEO Amsterdam '91 Glasgow '83 Kiss the carpet/Anaconda/Alice/Adrenochrome/Valentine/Burn Jolene/Floorshow/Heartland/Body Electric/Lights/Gimme Shelter Body and Soul/Walk Away/No Time to Cry/First and Last and Always Marian NOTES: Body and Soul/walk Away/No Time to Cry are promo videos. First and last and Always/Marian are Whistle Test Studios performance. Shot with one camera from a fixed position in the balcony. QUALITY NOTES: Good to excellent. Dusseldorf '90 Live at Brixton Ace 6/29/83 Kiss the Carpet/Alice/Anaconda/Valentine/Jolene/Heartland Adrenochrome/Gimme Shelter/Emma NOTES: Shot from the stage edge. Total Length: 35 min. Live at Exit/Chicago/APR 1984 Heartland/Walk Away/Anaconda/Body and Soul/Floorshow/Emma Adrenochrome/Alice/Gimme Gimme Gimme(a Man After Midnight)/Body Electric/Sister Ray + bonus video-Body and Soul promo NOTES: Front cover is TOL turned 90 degrees right. Close single cam with tripod. Perhaps the only video of the Sisters first US tour. They use the drum track to Ghostrider for Sister Ray, resulting in a few minutes of extra drumming after they leave the stage. GM breaks a string just as Emma starts. QUALITY NOTES: Very good. Audio is excellent. Total Length: 55 min. Live at the Reading Festival 8/25/91 First and Last and Always/Lucretia My Reflection/Body and Soul Possession/Ribbons/Alice/Dominion-Mother Russia/Amphetamine Logic/Detonation Boulevard/Temple of Love/Gimme Shelter/Flood II/This Corrosion/Something Fast/Vision Thing/He's Got the Whole World in His Hand/Always Look to the Bright Side of Life/1969 Live in San Francisco 4/17/91 First and Last and Always/Lucretia My Reflection/Body and Soul Ribbons/Alice/Dominion-Mother Russia/Amphetamine Logic Detonation Boulevard/Marian/This Corrosion/Gimme Shelter/Flood II/Something Fast/Jolene Valentine/Vision Thing NOTES: Shot from the balcony. Large breaks in the video due to ducking security. Not really worth the money paid for it-the guy who sells it sends copies out on really cheap video tape. QUALITY NOTES: Audio is good. Live at Wembly Stadium 11/26/90 Total Length: 2 hrs. Petersborough 1983 Wake: choruses from under the rock First and Last and Always/Body and Soul/Marian/No Time to Cry Walk Away/Possession/Emma/Amphetamine Logic/a Rock and a Hard Place/Floorshow/Alice/Fix/Knockin' on Heaven's Door NOTES: Photocopied cover. Possibly quite common. See notes on the real release. Reading '91 NOTES: has the MTV feature tacked on the end. York Racecourse Festival 22.SEPT/1984 Burn/Heartland/Marian/Anaconda/walk Away/Emma/a Rock and a Hard Place/Floorshow/Alice/Body Electric/Gimme Shelter/Sister Ray NOTES: "hardly worth the expense" "Band looks awkward in the daylight and seem to have little enthusiasm for the event" + the new drum machine repeatedly goes awry. "a complete shambles" -Heartland SECTION 2: COMPILATION VIDEO Early Demos, et al. #1 Body and Soul/Walk Away/No Time to Cry/First and Last and Always/Marian No Time to Cry/Black Planet/Serpent's Kiss/Gimme Shelter/This Corrosion Dominion/Dominion/Lucretia My Reflection/Lucretia My Reflection Gun Club NOTES: 1-3,7,11, 14 are promo videos 4-5 are the old grey whistle test performance 6 is the german tv performance 8 is a Mission promo video 9 is live at glasgow(Night Moves) 10 is live at the roxy 12 is the top of the pops 13 is from the montreux rock festival 15 is two tracks by the gun club on ch4's "Tube". with PM Early Demos et al #2 No Time to Cry/Black Planet/No Time to Cry/This Corrosion/walk Away First and Last and Always/Marian/Body and Soul/Walk Away/Domnion Domnion/Dominion/Burn/Heartland/Marian/Anaconda/Walk Away Emma/A Rock and a Hard Place/Floorshow/Alice/Body Electric/Gimme Shelter/Sister Ray-Ghostrider/Kiss the Carpet/Anaconda/Alice/Adrenochrome Valentine/Burn/Jolene/Floorshow/Heartland/Body Electric/Lights Gimme Shelter NOTES: 1-2,5,8,10 are promo videos 3 is live with intro by andrew 4, 12 are the TotP performance 6-7 are the old grey whistle test performances 9 is a re-edited promo video 11 is live at the roxy 13-24 are the York Rock Festival(22/9/84) 25-36 are live at Glasgow(Night Moves) 1983 Sisters of Mercy Walk Away/Body and Soul/No Time to Cry/First and Last and Always Xray/This Corrosion/Black Planet/This Corrosion/Wasteland Severina/Wishing Well/Marian/various interviews NOTES: 4 is from the Whistle Test Studios performance. 5 is from 120 Minutes 1987 7 is taped off MTV 8 is the Top of the Pops performance. 9 is a Mission video 10-11 are from the Mission's Joan River's Show performance. Includes some footage of the Royal Albert Hall gig after 6. QUALITY NOTES: Good Sisters of Mercy No Time to Cry/Black Planet/Interview/This Corrosion/First and Last and Always/Marian/WEA report/Dominion/Intro by AE/Possession/Emma/Amphetamine Logic/A Rock and a Hard Place/Floorshow/Alice/Body and Soul/Heartland Gimme Shelter/Walk Away/Adrenochrome/Jolene NOTES: 1-2,4,8,16,19 are promo videos 3 interview from Belgian TV 5-6 whistle test studios performances 7 internal WEA sales report 9-15 are excerpts from Wake 17-18 Live at York Racecourse Festival 84 20-22 Glasgow 83 QUALITY NOTES: Ranges from quite good to dismal TOTAL RUNNING TIME: 80 Minutes THE SISTERS OF MERCY DISCOGRAPHY Part VII side projects, Merciful Releases outside work and covers of Sisters songs last update: april 15,1995 INDEX SECTION I: Merciful Releases Sisterhood the March Violets Salvation James Ray & the Performance James Rays Gangwar MK Ultra La Costa Rasa SECTION II:Outside production and session work Salvation Kastriete Philosophen Gary Moore Ded Vaynes SECTION III: Sisters covers Creaming Jesus Poesie Noire Compilations SECTION IV: misc stuff SECTION I: Merciful Releases the Sisterhood ============== PERSONNEL: Andrew Eldritch, Patricia Morrison, Alan Vega, Lucas Fox, James Ray 1. Giving Ground(RSV) b/w Giving Ground(AV) a.7" Merciful Release SIS 010 Jan 1986 NOTES: Produced by Andrew Eldritch and Lucas Fox 2. Gift a. LP Merciful Release SIS 020 June 1986 b. CD Merciful Release SIS 020 1990 NOTES: Produced by Andrew Eldritch ROGI-"un jetz konnen wir vielleicht schlafen, oder?" the March Violets ================= PERSONNEL: Simon Denbigh-vocals Rosie Garland-vocals Tom Ashton-guitar Laurence Elliot-bass Dr. Rhythm-drums 1. Religious as Hell/Fodder b/w Radiant Boys/Children on Stun a.7" EP Merciful Release MR 13 Aug 1982 NOTES: First Merciful Release product to crack the Independent Chart. Produced by Kenny Giles. Music is the same as the demo tapes given to Andrew before he signed them. 2. Grooving on Green b/w Steam a.7" Merciful Release MR 17 Jan 1983 NOTES: AE production ROGI-" frightening..." "...aren't we!" Salvation ========= PERSONNEL: Daniel Mass-vocals Choque-guitar James Kingsley-bass Doctor Avalanche-borrowed drum machine 1. Girlsoul b/w Evelyn a. 7" Merciful Release MR 025 1983 b. 12" Merciful Release MR 025X 1983 + Dust Up NOTES: AE production 2. Clash of Dreams the October Hour/Jessica's Crime/Burning On/Sea of Dreams/ Figurehead/No Return a. 12" EP Merciful Release MR 031 NOTES: Scheduled and recorded, but not released James Ray & the Performance =========================== PERRSONNEL: James Ray-vocals Carl Harrison:-instruments 1. Mexico Sundown Blues b/w Edie Sedgewick a. 12" Merciful Release MRAY 52 July 1986 ROGI-"that groovy red helmet" 2. Texas b/w Mountain Voices a. 7" Merciful Release MRAY 38 June 1987 ROGI-"we're everything you hate, we're everything you love the most" b. 12" Merciful Release MRAY 38T June 1987 + Johnny Goodbye ROGI-"you're a liar,you're a cheat, and you're fucking useless" 3. Dust Boat b/w a New Kind of Assassin/Southern White Night (live) a. Merciful Release MRAY 11 Oct 1989 4. a New Kind of Assassin Mexico Sundown Blues/Mountain Voices(remix)/Texas/Dust Boat Edie Sedgewick/Mexico Sundown Blues(edit) a. CD Merciful Release MRAY 89CD 1989 NOTES: Singles compilation PROMOTIONAL RELEASES 1.Mexico Sundown Blues(radio edit) b/w Mexico Sundown Blues (instrumental) a. 7" Merciful Release MRAY 52R 1986 ROGI-"carl harrison is great!" NOTES: Radio promo 2. Underdog(live) a. flexidisc NOTES: Recorded live at Leeds University Oct 1989. Ltd ed of 1000. Cover of the Drones song from 1977. James Rays Gangwar ================== PERSONNEL: James Ray Damon Vingoe Travis Earl 1. Another Million Dollars b/w Hell,Blonde/Chiara a. 12" Merciful Release MRAY 99 1990 2. Without Conscience b/w Destination Assassination a. 7" Merciful Release MRAY 101 1990 b. 12" Merciful Release MRAY 101T 1990 c. CD Merciful Release MRAY 101CD 1990 3. dios SECTION VI: Outside production and session work Salvation ========= Demos produced by Wayne Hussey the Shining Shattered Sky Lady Faithe Jessica's Crime(ext.) Kastriete Philosophen ===================== PERSONNEL: Katrin Acher Matthias Arfmann. NOTES: Active since 1981, from Germany. Translates as Castrated Philosophy Toilet Queen(remix)/Dragon Flies(Over Cyrnaika)live/Roses(live) a. 12" Normal b. CD Normal NOTES: Toilet Queen remixed by Andrew Eldritch Gary Moore ========== After the War Dunluce(part one)/After the War/Speak for Yourself/Livin' on Dreams/Led Clones/the Messiah Will Come Again/Running From the Storm/this Thing Called Love/Ready for Love/Blood of Emeralds Dunluce(part two) a. LP Virgin 91066-1 b. CS Virgin 91066-4 c. CD Virgin 91066-2 NOTES: Andrew contributes backing vocals. Dead Vaynes =========== PERSONNEL: Stevie Vayne-vocals, guitar Mick Vayne-guitar, bass Tony Nevison-drums Uncle Haggis-drums Craig Adams-bass on * Mr Fixit/Cinderella*/Midnight Gun a. 12" Bat Fish Inc. USS103c1985 SECTION III: COVERS OF SOM SONGS CREAMING JESUS ============== in Ditch Dweller V Stray Toasters b/w Temple of Shite/Skinny Head a. 12" Jungle Records JUNG 57 T 1991 NOTES: Temple of Shite is a cover of Temple of Love done in sort of a hardcore way. POESIE NOIRE ============ Oblivion Oblivion[4:29]/Marian[4:52]/Uncertain Smile[5:34]/a Night Like This[4:31]/Deja Vu(7" version)[5.17]/Taste of Candy(7" version) [4.12] a. CD Antler Subway Records 5021 CDM 1991 NOTES: 2 is a Sisters of Mercy cover 3 is a the The cover 4 is a Cure cover 1,5,6 taken from the album 'Love is Colder Than Death' Compilations ============ First and Last and Forever Black Planet-Automatic Head Detonator/First and Last and Always the Prophetess/Alice-the Shroud/Afterhours-Eleven Shadows/Body and Soul-the Last Dance/Amphetamine Logic-Wreckage/Walk Away Shamefaces/Valentine-Halo/Bury Me Deep-Faith and Disease/Marian Flesh of My Flesh/Heartland-Triana/Lights-Halo/Black Planet David E. Williams/Alice-the Prophetess a. CD Cleopatra CLEO 6647-2 1993 SECTION IV: MISC STUFF songs sampling sisters songs: scarface-'don't fuck with chuckie' : samples doctor jeep gaye bikers on acid-testicle of god : samples this corrosion media instances of sisters music: entertainment tonight used dominion doctor jeep on beavis & butthead dominion used on beverly hill 90210 THE SISTERS OF MERCY DISCOGRAPHY APPENDIX A last update: dec 8 1994 This is admittedly incomplete. most of the information is taken from my reformatted version of the gig list sent to me by Joel and sent to him by ives aerts <gutest8%blekul11.bitnet@cunyvm. cuny.edu> mm.dd.yy city, country - venue set list ================================================================= 02.16.81 york, u.k-university 04.04.81 york, u.k. - york damage done/watch/good university things/adrenochrome/1969 support slot for Thompson Twins 1969/sister ray _________________________________________________________________ 05.04.81 leeds, u.k. - st.john's damage done/watch/good hall things /teachers adrenochrome/1969/sister ray 05.07.81 york, u.k. - university damage done/watch /teachers adrenochrome/sister ray/gimme gimme gimme/1969 _________________________________________________________________ 07.02.81 leeds, u.k. - f-club _________________________________________________________________ 09.05.81 stafford, u.k. - bingley hall 09.06.81 leeds, u.k. - futurama iii floorshow/good things/watch damage done/1969/teachers adrenochrome/sister ray 09.07.81 leeds, uk- f-club _________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________ 05.02.82 york, u.k. - vanbrugh college vanbrugh college is part of York University ?. ?.82 london, u.k.- emabssy club support slot for V.C.O. _________________________________________________________________ 07.10.82 london, u.k. -zig zag club _________________________________________________________________ october dates are mostly in support of the Psychedelic Furs 10.06.82 leeds, u.k. - warehouse anaconda/alice/watch 10.09.82 leicester,u.k. - polytechnic 10.14.82 london, u.k.-hammersmith floorshow/adrenochrome/1969 klub foot body electric 10.15.82 york,u.k. - vanbrugh college kiss/floorshow/anaconda/alice adrenochrome/watch/body electric/sister ray/lights 1969/damage done _________________________________________________________________ 11.28.82 london,u.k. -lyceum electric ball;room 1969 (last song) also on bill:aswad,maximum, joy,zebra 1 _________________________________________________________________ 12.23.82 london,u.k.-hammersmith kiss/floorshow/adrenochrome w/ uk decay & Blood + Roses klub alice/watch/valentine foot anaconda/body electric sister ray 12.26.82 london, u.k. - lyceum kiss the carpet/floorshow also on bill:sex gang children adrenochrome/valentine alice/watch/body electric vibrators,brigandage,ritual, anaconda/sister ray alien sex fiend _________________________________________________________________ . .82 london, u.k. - imperial college _________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________ 01.04.83 bradford, u.k.-manhatten kiss the carpet/floorshow adrenochrome/alice/watch valentine/anaconda/sister ray 01.20.83 leeds, u.k. - warehouse kiss/floorshow/watch adrenochrome/alice valentine/anaconda/body electric/1969/lights/damage done/sister ray 01.21.83 birmingham, u.k. - fighting cocks _________________________________________________________________ 02.12.83 retford, u.k. - porterhouse 02.19.83 london, u.k.-brixton ace kiss the carpet/alice/anaconda valentine/burn/jolene/heartland adrenochrome/floorshow/gimme shelter/emma/body electric _________________________________________________________________ 03.17.83 london, u.k.-brixton ace alice/valentine/anaconda/body electric/1969/sister ray 03.24.83 liverpool, u.k. - warehouse 03.27.83 manchester, u.k. - gallery anaconda/alice/adrenochrome valentine/burn/jolene floorshow /heartland/body electric/ghost rider/louie louie/adrenochrome/valentine burn/jolene/lights/gimme shelter 03.31.83 hull, u.k. - dingwalls jolene/lights _________________________________________________________________ 04.01.83 glasgow,scotland - nightmoves kiss the carpet/anaconda alice/adrenochrome/valentine burn/jolene/floorshow heartland/body electric/lights gimme shelter 04.07.83 leeds, u.k. - warehouse kiss the carpet/anaconda adrenochrome/valentine/burn jolene/floorshow/heartland body electric/lights/gimme shelter/louie,louie 04.19.83 leeds, u.k. - warehouse 04.20.83 manchester, u.k. - hacienda 04.21.83 norwich, u.k. - gala jolene/adrenochrome hall 04.22.83 newcastle, u.k. - aliceanaconda/burn/heartland dingwalls jolene/adrenechrome/floorshow body electric/sister ray 04.24.83 london, u.k. - lyceum kiss the carpet/alice/anaconda burn/jolene/heartland adrenochrome/gimme shelter/body electric 04.29.83 boscombe, u.k. - academy _________________________________________________________________ 05.06.83 london, u.k. - u.l.u. kiss the carpet/alice/anaconda support slot with flesh burn jolene/heartland/valentine for lulu adrenochrome/floorshow/gimme shelter/body electric 05. .83 guildford, uk 06.25.83 sheffield, u.k. - university 06.29.83 london, u.k. - brixton kiss the carpet/alice/anaconda ace valentine/burn/jolene/heartland adrenochrome/floorshow/gimme shelter/emma/body electric 06.30.83 kingston,u.k.- polytechnic _________________________________________________________________ 07.01.83 hull, u.k. - dingwalls kiss the carpet/alice/anaconda valentine/burn/heartland adrenochrome/floorshow/gimme shelter/body electric ghostrider /louie,louie _________________________________________________________________ 08.11.83 london, u.k. - camden palace 08.12.83 london, u.k. - electric valentine/heartland/floorshow ballroom adrenochrome 8.24.83 brussels, belgium - mallemunt valentine/anaconda/alice/burn festival emma/heartland/adrenochrome floorshow/gimme shelter/body electric 08.28.83 amsterdam, holland - valentine/anaconda/heartland/ paradiso alice/emma/temple of love floorshow/adrenochrome/gimme shelter/kiss the carpet/body electric/lights/medley-sister ray /louie,louie/ghostrider louie,louie 08.30.83 berlin, germany - the burn/valentine/anaconda loft club heartland/alice/emma/temple of love/floorshow/adrenochrome gimme shelter/kiss the carpet/body electric 08.31.83 hamburg, germany - kir burn/valentine/temple of love alice/adrenochrome/body electric/lights/kiss the carpet sister ray _________________________________________________________________ 09.1.83 munster, germany - odeon burn/valentine/anaconda/alice emma/heartland/temple of love floorshow/adrenochrome/gimme shelter/kiss the carpet/body electric/sister ray 09.22.83 manchester, u.k. - jolene hacienda _________________________________________________________________ 10.29.83 los angeles - alexandra hotel 10.31.83 san francisco - i-beam burn/valentine/anaconda/temple of love/heartland/emma adrenochrome /floorshow/body electric/gimme shelter/kiss the carpet/alice _________________________________________________________________ 11.??.83 stockholm,swe - electric burn/valentine/anaconda/temple garden of love/heartland/emma adrenochrome/floorshow/body electric/kiss the carpet/alice sister ray 11.??.83 london, u.k. - the venue body electric/alice/burn valentine/heartland adrenochrome /floorshow anaconda/gimme shelter _________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________ 04.07.84 birmingham, u.k. -tin burn/heartland/walk away can club anaconda/body and soul floorshow /train/emma/ adrenochrome/alice/gimme gimme gimme/body electric/sister ray louie,louie/ghostrider 04.11.84 boston - spit club 04.12.84 philadelphia - east side 04.13.84 new york - danceteria sister ray/gimme gimme gimme 04.14.84 trenton - city gardens 04.15.84 chicago - exit club heartland/walk away/anaconda body and soul/floorshow/emma adrenochrome/alice/gimme gimme gimme/body electric/sister ray 04.16.84 detroit-st.andrews hall gimme gimme gimme _________________________________________________________________ 05.2.84 nottingham, u.k. - rock heartland/train/anaconda/body city and soul/floorshow/emma adrenochrome/alice/body electric/gimme shelter/sister ray 05.03.84 middlesborough, u.k. - town hall 05.04.84 manchester, u.k. - university 05.05.84 leeds, u.k. - university 05.08.84 sheffield, u.k. - university 05.11.84 liverpool, u.k. - university 05.12.84 strathclyde, u.k. - strathclyde burn/heartland/walk away university anaconda/body and soul floorshow/emma/adrenochrome alice/body electric/gimme shelter/sister ray 05.14.84 norwich, u.k. - university of east anglia 05.15.84 bradford, u.k. - university 05.16.84 loughborough, u.k. - university 05.17.84 coventry, u.k. - lanchester polytechnic 5.18.84 oxford, u.k. - college of burn/heartland/walk away further education anaconda/body and soul floorshow/emma/adrenochrome alice/body electric/gimme shelter/sister ray 05.19.84 bristol, u.k. - trinity hall 05.20.84 exeter, u.k. -university 05.21.84 plymouth, u.k. -top rank 05.23.84 birmingham, u.k.-tin can anaconda/walk away/emma ballroom floorshow/adrenochrome alice/body electric/gimme shelter/sister ray 05.24.84 london, u.k. - electric burn/heartland/anaconda ballroom afterhours/emma/floorshow adrenochrome/alice/body electric/sister ray 05.26.84 den haag, holland -paard burn/heartland/body and van troye soul/anaconda/walk away emma/floorshow/adrenochrome alice/body electric/gimme shelter/sister ray 05.27.84 hamburg, germany - markthalle walk away/burn/where spirits fly(instrumental soundchecks) 05.28.84 frankfurt, germany - batschkapp 05.29.84 detmold,germany-hunky burn/heartland/body and dory club soul/anaconda/walk away emma/floorshow/adrenochrome alice/body electric/gimme shelter/ghostrider/sister ray 05.30.84 bochum, germany - zeche 05.31.84 lier, belgium - pallieterhal _________________________________________________________________ 06.1.84 deinze, belgium - brielpoort 06.2.84 amsterdam, holland - melkweg burn/heartland/body and soul anaconda/walk away/emma floorshow/adrenochrome/alice body electric/gimme shelter ghostrider/sister ray 06.3.84 groningen, holland - vera 06.5.84 nijmegen,holland- burn/heartland/body and doornroosje soul/anaconda/walk away/emma floorshow/adrenochrome/alice body electric/gimme shelter sister ray/fix/ghostrider louie,louie 06.06.84 maastricht,holland-combi _________________________________________________________________ 08.6.84 new york - irving plaza 08.9.84 new york - the ritz burn/heartland/body and soul anaconda/walk away/emma floorshow/alice/body electric gimme shelter/ghostrider/louie louie _________________________________________________________________ 09.08.84 ahlen, germany - stadium 09.09.84 lorelei, germany - amphitheatre 09.22.84 york, u.k. - racecourse burn/heartland/marian/anaconda walk away/emma/a rock and a hard place/floorshow/alice/body electric/gimme shelter/sister ray _________________________________________________________________ 10.04.84 edinburgh, scotland - caley palais 10.05.84 glasgow, scotland -queen burn/heartland/marian/alice/no margaret hall time to cry/emma/a rock and a hard place/train/floorshow/walk away/body electric/gimme shelter/ghostrider/sister ray 10.06.84 liverpool, u.k. - royal burn/heartland/marian/walk away court theatre no time to cry/emma/a rock and a hard place/train/floorshow alice/body electric/gimme shelter/anaconda/louie louie 10.07.84 lancaster, u.k. - university 10.09.84 birmingham, u.k. - burn/heartland/marian/walk away powerhouse no time to cry/anaconda/some kind of stranger/train/a rock and a hard place/floorshow alice/body electric/gimme shelter/emma/sister ray 10.13.84 manchester, u.k. - knockin' on heaven's door/hey university joe/purple haze/stairway to heaven/ghostrider/louie louie 10.14.84 huddersfield, town hall 10.16.84 newcastle,u.k.-city hall sister ray 10.17.84 nottingham, u.k. - rock city burn/heartland/marian/walk away no time to cry/anaconda/emma/a rock and a hard place/train floorshow/alice/body electric gimme shelter/knockin' on heaven's door/adrenochrome ghost rider/sister ray 10.18.84 leicester, u.k. - university 10.19.84 norwich, u.k. - university of east anglia 10.20.84 colchester, essex burn/heartland/no time to cry university anaconda/train/marian/walk away body electric/adrenochrome ghostrider 10.22.84 brighton, u.k. -top rank burn/heartland/marian/walk away body and soul/no time to cry anaconda/emma/a rock and a hard place/train/floorshow/alice body electric/gimme shelter knockin' on heaven's door adrenochrome 10.23.84 bristol, u.k. - studio 10.24.84 cardiff, u.k.-university 10.25.84 hanley (stoke on trant), u.k. - victoria hall 10.26.84 leeds, u.k. - university burn/heartland/marian/walk away/body and soul/no time to cry/anaconda/emma/a rock and a hard place/train/floorshow/ alice/body electric/gimme shelter/knockin' on heaven's door/adrenochrome 10.27.84 sheffield. u.k. - university 10.29.84 plymouth, u.k. -top rank 10.30.84 exeter,u.k.-st. george's hall 10.31.84 london, u.k. - lyceum burn/heartland/marian/walk away body and soul/no time to cry anaconda/emma/a rock and a hard place/train/floorshow/alice body electric/gimme shelter knockin' on heaven's door adrenochrome _________________________________________________________________ 11.01.84 guildford - civic hall where spirits fly (soundcheck) 11.02.84 aylesbury - friars 11.06.84 utrecht, holland -tivoli burn/heartland/marian/walk away/body and soul/no time to cry/anaconda/emma/a rock and a hard place/train/floorshow alice /body electric/gimme shelter/knockin' on heaven's door/adrenochrome/ghostrider 11.07.84 detmold, germany - hunky dory club 11.08.84 bremen,germany- burn/heartland/marian/walk away schlachthof body and soul/no time to cry anaconda/train/floorshow/alice body electric/gimme shelter adrenochrome/knockin' on heaven's door/ghostrider/sister ray 11.09.84 hemer, germany-point one 11.11.84 munich, germany - kunsthalle 11.12.84 stuttgart,germany -maxim burn/heartland/marian/walk away body and soul/no time to cry anaconda/emma/a rock and a hard place/train/floorshow/alice body electric/gimme shelter knockin' on heaven's door sister ray 11.13.84 cologne, germany - luxor 11.15.84 osnabruck, germany -hyde park 11.16.84 hamburg, germany - markthalle 11.17.84 munster, germany - odeon 11.18.84 bochum, germany - zeche _________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________ all dates thru 4/1 with the Scientists 03.09.85 glasgow, scotland - ghostrider/stairway to heaven strathclyde university purple/haze/no time to cry train/marian(soundchecks) 03.10.85 edinburgh, u.k. - caley palais 03.11.85 sheffield,u.k.- university 03.13.85 newcastle,u.k.-tiffany's first and last and always/body and soul/train/marian/no time to cry/possession/walk away burn/emma/amphetamine logic/a rock and a hard place/floorshow alice/body electric/gimme shelter/nine while nine ghostrider 03.14.85 coventry, u.k. - polytechnic 3.16.85 leeds, u.k. - university first and last and always/body and soul/alice/body electric nine while nine/knockin' on heaven's door/ghostrider/louie louie 03.18.85 hull, u.k. - tiffany's 03.19.85 manchester, u.k. - the ritz 03.21.85 blackburn, u.k. - king first and last and always/body george's hall and soul/train/marian/no time to cry/possession/walk away burn/emma/amphetamine logic/a rock and a hard place floorshow/alice/body electric gimme shelter/some kind of stranger/stairway to heaven sister ray 03.22.85 portsmouth, u.k. - first and last and always/body guildhall and soul/train/marian/no time to cry/possession 03.24.85 london, u.k. - lyceum first and last and always/body w/special guests and soul/amphetamine/logic the blow monkeys marian/no time to cry possession/walk away/heartland some kind of stranger/a rock and a hard place/train floorshow/body electric/emma alice/gimme shelter/burn knockin' on heaven's door sister ray 03.25.85 london, u.k. - lyceum first and last and always/body w/special guests and soul/amphetamine logic the blow monkeys marian/no time to cry possession/walk away/heartland some kind of stranger/a rock and a hard place/train floorshow/body electric/emma alice/gimme shelter 03.26.85 birmingham, u.k. - power first and last and always/body house and soul/train/marian/no time to cry/possession/walk away burn/emma/amphetamine logic/a rock and a hard place floorshow/alice/body electric gimme shelter/knockin' on heaven's door 03.27.85 nottingham, u.k. - rock city 03.28.85 leicester, u.k. - mr. first and last and always/body keisa's and soul/train/marian/no time to cry/possesion/walk away burn/emma/amphetamine logic/a rock and a hard/place/floorshow alice/body electric/gimme shelter/knockin' on heaven's door/sister ray/louie louie 03.29.85 liverpool, u.k. - royal court 03.31.85 bristol, u.k. - studio _________________________________________________________________ 04.01.85 brighton,u.k. - top rank first and last and always/body and soul/train/marian/no time to cry/possession/walk away burn/emma/amphetamine logic/a rock and a hard place/floorshow alice/body electric/gimme shelter/knockin' on heaven's door/sister ray/ghost rider louie louie 04.12.85 gent, belgium - vooruit 04.13.85 genk - limburghal 04.14.85 amsterdam, holland - first and last and always/body paradiso and soul/marian/no time to cry possession/walk away/emma amphetamine logic/a rock and a hard place/floorshow/alice/body electric/gimme shelter/knockin' on heaven's door/train 04.16.85 bochum - zeiche 04.17.85 aachen,germany -metropol first and last and always/body and soul/marian/no time to cry possession/body electric/gimme shelter/knockin' on heaven's door/train 04.18.85 hamburg,ger. -markthalle first and last and always/body and soul/possession 04.19.85 cologne, germany - alter wartesaal 04.21.85 bielefeld, germany -pc69 first and last and always/body and soul/marian/no time to cry possession/walkaway/emma amphetamine logic/a rock and a hard place/floorshow/alice gimme shelter/knockin' on heaven's door/train 04.22.85 frankfurt, germany - first and last and always/body batschkapp and soul/marian/no time to cry possession/walk away/emma amphetamine logic/a rock and a hard place/floorshow/alice gimme shelter/knockin' on heaven's door/train 04.23.85 munich, germany - alabamahalle 04.26.85 zurich, switzerland - volkshaus 04.29.85 milan, italy - odissea 04.30.85 bologna, italy - punto a capo _________________________________________________________________ 05.01.85 florence, italy - tenax first and last and always/no time to cry/walk away/emma gimme shelter/marian amphetamine logic/a rock and a hard place/alice/knockin' on heaven's door/train 05.02.85 rome, italy - teatro first and last and always/train espero marian/no time to cry/emma/a rock and a hard place floorshow/alice/gimme shelter knockin' on heaven's door 05.04.85 bassano,italy-del grappa 05.05.85 torino, italy - big club first and last and always/train marian/no time to cry/emma/a rock and a hard place floorshow/alice/gimme shelter knockin' on heaven's door 05.07.85 dusseldorf, germany - philipshalle 05.09.85 berlin, germany-metropol body and soul/marian/no time to cry/possession/walk away/emma amphetamine logic/a rock and a hard place/floorshow/alice gimme shelter/knockin' on heaven's door/train 05.10.85 bremen,ger.-schlachthof amphetamine logic/emma/gimme shelter/burn/fix/knockin' on heaven's door/train 05.11.85 munster, germany - odeon 05.12.85 bonn, germany - bisquithalle 05.13.85 hannover, germany - rotation 05.16.85 gothenburg - mudd club first and last and always/body and soul/marian/no time to cry possession/walk away/emma amphetamine logic/a rock and hard place/floorshow/alice gimme shelter/knockin' on heaven's door/train 05.17.85 stockholm, sweden - first and last and always/body kolingborg and soul/marian/no time to cry possession/walk away/emma amphetamine logic/a rock and a hard place/floorshow/alice gimme shelter/ghostrider knockin' on heaven's door train 05.30.85 long beach - fenders a rock and a hard place ballroom floorshow/gimme shelter/alice body and soul/marian/no time to cry _________________________________________________________________ 06.01.85 san francisco - kabuki first and last and always/body theatre and soul/marian/no time to cry possession/walk away/emma amphetamine logic/a rock and a hard place/floorshow/alice gimme shelter/knockin' on heaven's door/train/body electric 06.02.85 los angeles - the palace 06.03.85 chicago 06.04.85 detroit - st. andrews first and last and always/body hall and soul/marian/no time to cry possession/walk away/emma amphetamine logic/a rock and a hard place/floorshow alice/gimme shelter/knockin' on heaven's door/train 06.07.85 new york - the ritz 06.18.85 london, u.k. - royal first and last and always/body albert hall and soul/marian/no time to cry walk away/possession/emma amphetamine logic/a rock and a hard place/floorshow/alice/fix knockin' on heaven's door/louie louie/ghost rider _________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________ 05.14.88 montreaux, switzerland montreaux rock festival (industry gig, live_vocals_ only) _________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________ 10.20.90 drogheda,ireland-boxing first and last and always club lucretia my reflection/body and soul/temple of love/dominion- mother russia/emma/vision thing/detonation boulevard marian/valentine/when you don't see me/gimme shelter/this corrosion/doctor jeep/something fast/alice/1969 10.21.90 cork,ireland-mr. henry's 10.25.90 brasilia,brazil- doscoteca zoom 10.26.90 sau paulo brazil- projecto sp 10.27.90 sau paulo,brazil- projecto sp 10.28.90 americano,brazil-clube flamengo 10.29.90 rio,brazil-canecao 10.30.90 rio,brazil-canecao 11. 8.90 zagreg,yugoslavia-dom sportova 11.? .90 belgrade,yugoslavia-hala sportova 11.12.90 ludwigsburg - fourm 11.13.90 lausanne-halle 18 11.15.90 dieze, belgium-brielpoor 11.16.90 hamburg, germany - docks afterhours/first and last and always/lucretia my reflection body and soul/detonation boulevard/ribbons/dominion- mother russia/flood II valentine/heartland/doctor jeep amphetamine logic/alice/gimme shelter/this corrosion/jolene temple of love/1969 11.17.90 hamburg, germany - docks afterhours/first and last and always/lucretia my reflection body and soul/detonation boulevard/ribbons/dominion- mother russia/flood II valentine/heartland/doctor jeep amphetamine logic/alice/gimme shelter/this corrosion/jolene temple of love/vision thing 11.18.90 hamburg, germany - docks afterhours/first and last and always/lucretia my reflection body and soul/detonation boulevard/ribbons/dominion- mother russia/flood II valentine/heartland/doctor jeep amphetamine logic/alice/gimme shelter/this corrosion/jolene temple of love/something fast vision thing 11.19.90 berlin germany - eissporthalle afterhours/first and last and always/lucretia my reflection body and soul/detonation boulevard/ribbons/dominion- mother russia/flood II valentine/heartland/doctor jeep amphetamine logic/alice/gimme shelter/this corrosion/jolene temple of love/something fast vision thing 11.21.90 dusseldorf, germany - first and last and always philipshalle lucretia my reflection/body and soul/detonation boulevard ribbons/dominion-mother russia flood II/valentine/heartland doctor jeep/amphetamine logic marian/alice/gimme shelter/this corrosion/jolene/temple of love something fast/vision thing 11.22.90 heidelberg, germany - first and last and always the ohm lucretia my reflection/body and rhein-neckar-halle soul/detonation boulevard ribbons/dominion-mother russia flood II/valentine/heartland doctor jeep/jolene/gimme shelter/alice/this corrosion amphetamine logic/temple of love/something fast/vision thing 11.24.90 wembley, u.k. - wembley arena 11.26.90 wembley, u.k. - wembley arena _________________________________________________________________ ---------------------------------------------------------------- 02.16.91 Leeds,uk-the University alice/lucretia my reflection body and soul/ribbons/dominion- mother russia/first and last and always/amphetamine/logic detonation boulevard/burn marian/this corrosion/gimme shelter/flood II/temple of love/valentine/vision thing jolene/something fast/1969 02.17.91 Leeds,uk-the polytechnic tenth anniversary gigs 02.26.91 lisbon,portugal-coliseu recreios 02.27.91 oporto,portugal-coliseu _________________________________________________________________ 03.01.91 murcia,spain-el limite 03.03.91 san sebastian,spain- txibisto 03.04.91 madrid,spain-universal sur 03.05.91 valencia,spain-arena auditorium 03.07.91 barcelona,spain-zeleste afterhours/first and last and always/lucretia my reflection body and soul/ribbons/alice dominion-mother russia amphetamine logic/detonation boulevard/this corrosion/flood II/temple of love/something fast/jolene/valentine/vision thing 03.10.91 milan,italy-rolling first and last and always stone lucretia my reflection/body and soul/ribbons/alice/dominion- mother russia/amphetamine logic/detonation boulevard marian /this corrosion/gimme shelter/temple of love something/fast/jolene valentine/vision thing 03.11.91 ljubljana,yugoslavia- hala,tivoli (most us and canadian dates opened with danielle dax) 03.25.91 kitchener, canada - university of waterloo 03.26.91 toronto, canada - massey first and last and always hall lucretia my reflection/body and soul/ribbons/dominion-mother russia/amphetamine logic/alice marian/detonation boulevard gimme shelter/flood/temple of love/i was wrong/valentine vision thing/1969/jolene 03.27.91 montreal, canada - le spectrum 03.29.91 boston - the citi 03.30.91 new york city - the ritz ----------------------------------------------------------------- 04.01.91 washington d.c. -citadel center 04.02.91 cleveland - the agora theatre 04.03.91 detroit - latin quarter first and last and always doctor jeep/ribbons/something fast/vision thing/detonation boulevard/marian 04.05.91 chicago -riviera theater afterhours/first and last and always/lucretia my reflection body and soul/ribbons/1969 alice/dominion-mother russia amphetamine logic/detonation boulevard/this corrosion/gimme shelter/flood II/temple of love something/fast/jolene/valentine vision thing 04.06.91 minneapolis - orpheum theater 04.08.91 boulder - colorado university 04.10.91 salt lake city - kingsbury hall 04.12.91 los angeles - universal first and last and always amphitheater lucretia my reflection/body and soul/ribbons/alice/dominion- mother russia/amphetamine logic/detonation boulevard marian/this corrosion/gimme shelter/flood II/temple of love something fast/jolene/valentine vision thing/1969 04.13.91 san diego - sdsu aztec first and last and always center open air theater lucretia my reflection/body and soul/ribbons/alice/dominion- mother russia/amphetamine logic/detonation boulevard marian/this corrosion/gimme shelter/flood II/temple of love something fast/jolene/valentine vision thing 4.14.91 laguna hills - irvine first and last and always meadows lucretia my reflection/body and soul/ribbons/alice/dominion- mother russia/amphetamine logic/detonation boulevard marian/this corrosion/gimme shelter/flood II/temple of love something fast/jolene/valentine vision thing 04.16.91 san francisco - warfield first and last and always theater lucretia my reflection/body and soul/ribbons/alice/dominion- mother russia/amphetamine logic/detonation boulevard marian/this corrosion/gimme shelter/flood II/temple of love something fast/jolene/valentine vision thing 04.17.91 san francisco - warfield first and last and always theater lucretia my reflection/body and soul/ribbons/alice/dominion- mother russia/amphetamine logic/detonation boulevard marian/this corrosion/gimme shelter/flood II/something fast/jolene/valentine/vision thing/1969 04.19.91 chandler-compadre stadium 04.30.91 wroclaw, poland-hala ludowa _________________________________________________________________ 05.02.91 budapest, hungary- petofi hall 05.03.91 vienna, austria-weiner sdtad hall first and last and always lucretia my reflection/body and soul/ribbons/dominion- mother russia/amphetamine logic detonation boulevard marian this corrosion/gimme shelter flood II/temple of love/jolene vision thing 05.05.91 frieberg,germany- stadhalle 05.06.91 munich, germany-deutches museum jolene 05.07.91 boblingen, germany- sports halle 05.09.91 hanover, germany-music halle 05.10.91 berlin, germany- w.seelenbinder halle 05.12.91 hamburg, germany- stadtpark 05.13.91 munster, germany-halle munsterland 05.14.91 essen,germany-grughalle 05.16.91 ghent, belgium - (velodrome) first and last and always/body sport paleis and soul/lucretia my reflection alice/possession/ribbons dominion-mother russia detonation boulevard/marian this corrosion/flood/gimme shelter/temple of love something fast/jolene valentine/vision thing 05.17.91 amsterdam, holland-jaap first and last and always/body eden hal and soul/lucretia my reflection alice/possession/ribbons dominion-mother russia detonation boulevard/marian this corrosion/flood/gimme shelter/temple of love something fast/jolene valentine/vision thing 05.19.91 hultsfred,sweden-folkets afterhours/first and last and park theatre always/lucretia my reflection body and soul/possession ribbons alice/dominion-mother russia/amphetamine logic detonation boulevard/marian this corrosion/gimme shelter flood II/temple of love something fast/jolene/vision thing/1969 05.21.91 stockholm,sweden-annexet afterhours/first and last and always/lucretia my reflection body and soul/possession ribbons/alice/dominion-mother russia/amphetamine logic detonation boulevard/marian this corrosion/gimme shelter flood II/temple of love something fast/jolene/valentine vision thing 05.29.91 roskilde,denmark- roskilde festival _________________________________________________________________ (most sep/aug dates spent touring with public enemy/warrior soul/gang of 4 07.12.91 chicago, il-poplar creek music theatre first and last and always lucretia my reflection/body and soul(part)/stop draggin' my heart around/ribbons/alice dominion-mother russia amphetamine logic/temple of love/flood II/this corrosion something fast 07.13.91 detroit, mi - chene park music theatre 07.14.91 toronto, can - kingswood music theatre 07.15.91 montreal, can - verdun auditorium 07.18.91 brookhaven, ny - brookhaven amphitheatre 07.19.91 darien center,ny -darien lake ampitheatre 07.20.91 boston,ma - great woods CPA 07.24.91 new york, ny -radio city afterhours/first and last and music hall always/lucretia my reflection body and soul/possession ribbons/alice/dominion-mother russia/amphetamine logic detonation boulevard/temple of love/flood II/this corrosion something fast/vision thing 07.25.91 pittsburgh,PA-metropol afterhours/first and last and always/lucretia my reflection body and soul/possession ribbons/alice/dominion-mother russia/amphetamine logic detonation boulevard/temple of love/flood II/this corrosion enc:something fast/vision thing 07.26.91 washington dc-dar constitution hall 07.27.91 atlanta, ga -fox theatre 07.29.91 tampa,fl - entertainment hall 07.30.91 miami,fl- james l. knight center 08.01.91 houston,tx - sam houston cancelled coliseum 08.02.91 dallas,tx - starplex amphitheatre cancelled 08.04.91 phoenix, az - mesa amphitheatre Q festival 08.05.91 costa mesa,ca - pacific coast amphitheatre cancelled 08.06.91 sacremento,ca - cal expo amphitheater cancelled 08.08.91 denver, co - red rocks amphitheatre cancelled 08.10.91 berkeley,ca - greek theatre cancelled 08.13.91 seattle,wa arena cancelled 08.25.91 reading, uk-reading festival afterhours/first and last and always/lucretia my reflection body and soul/possession ribbons/alice/dominion-mother russia/amphetamine logic detonation boulevard/temple of love/gimme shelter/flood II this corrosion/something fast vision thing/he's got the whole world in his hands/always look to the bright side of life/1969 _________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________ THE SISTERS OF MERCY DISCOGRAPHY APPENDIX B the SOM list of lists (aka train-spotting for beginners) last update: dec 8 1994 INDEX 1: songs 2: covers 3: demos 4: remixes LIST ONE: SONGS (does not include multiple versions or remixes of the same song) the Damage Done Watch Home of the Hitmen Home of the Hitmen Body Electric Adrenochrome Alice Floorshow Anaconda Phantom Kiss the Carpet Lights Valentine Fix Burn Temple of Love Heartland Body and Soul Train Afterhours Poison Door On the Wire Blood Money Bury Me Deep Black Planet Walk Away No Time to Cry a Rock and a Hard Place Marian(version) First and Last and Always Possession Nine While Nine Amphetamine Logic Some Kind of Stranger Black Planet(instrumental version) Dominion/Mother Russia Flood I Lucretia My Reflection 1959 This Corrosion Flood II Driven Like the Snow Neverland(a fragment) Torch Colours Untitled Sandstorm Vision Thing Ribbons Detonation Boulevard Something Fast When You Don't See Me Doctor Jeep More I Was Wrong You Could Be the One Under the Gun LIST TWO-Covers (in approximate order of first performance, and noting whether it has been officially released or not) Sister Ray-the Velvet Underground no official version 1969-the Stooges b-side of Alice 12" Jolene-Dolly Parton no official release Gimme Shelter-the Rolling Stones b-side of Temple of Love 12" Emma-Hot Chocolate b-side of Dominion 12" only Ghostrider-Suicide no official release Louie,Louie-Stooges version no official release Gimme Gimme Gimme(a Man After Midnight)-Abba no official release Knockin' on Heaven's Door-Bob Dylan live b-side to Doctor Jeep Hey Joe-Jimi Hendrix no official release Purple Haze-Jimi Hendrix no official release Stairway to Heaven-Led Zeppelin no official release Stop Draggin' My Heart Around (a cappella)-Stevie Nicks with Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers no official release He's Got the Whole World in His Hand no official release On the Bright Side of Life Monty Python no official release Comfortably Numb -Pink Floyd no official release LIST THREE-UNRELEASED SONGS (demos and alternate versions) Good Things(demo and Peel session versions) Floorshow | Lights |--Floorshow ep demos Adrenochrome| Teachers |(exists only live and as Floorshow ep demo sequenced with Adrenochrome. Adapted from the Leonard Cohen song.) Body Electric(rough mix) Driver Alice(demo, psychedelic drum intro) Anaconda(demo) Valentine(demo) Phantom(demo version) Burn(not the same as the Reptile House song) Burn(instrumental demo version, often mislabeled Kiss the Carpet) Kiss the Carpet(demo version) Where Spirits Fly(soundcheck instrumental only. Later a Ghostdance song) Dance on Glass(the music that became Black Planet with the lyrics that became incorporated into the Mission songs Dance on Glass, Sacrilege,Naked and Savage and Love Me to Death) Garden of Delight(Later became a Mission song with slightly altered lyrics. Slightly slower than the First Chapter version. Two versions, one sung by AE, one by Wayne Hussey) Afterhours(demo) Serpents Kiss(instrumental version. later became Mission song.) Red Skies Disappear(the music that became FALAA, sung and with lyrics by Gary Marx. aka Marian demo) First and Last and Always(Whistle Test Studios performance) Marian(instrumental version) Marian(whistle test Studios performance) No Time to Cry(alternate studio version) Walk Away(alternate studio version) A Rock and a Hard Place(disco mix) A Rock and a Hard Place(demo) A Rock and a Hard Place(demo, instrumental) Dominion/Mother Russia(demo) Flood (demo) also referred to as Flood III Flood II(demo) Lucretia My Reflection(demo) Neverland(demo) Untitled(demo) Driven Like the Snow(demo) LIST FOUR-OFFICIALLY RELEASED REMIXES and VARIATIONS Temple of Love(extended) Body Electric(re-recording) Long Train(extended remix This Corrosion(7") This Corrosion(12") This Corrosion(CD3 version) This Corrosion(lp version) Dominion(12" edit) Lucretia My Reflection(remix edit) Lucretia My Reflection(extended) More(edit) More(extended version) Doctor Jeep(radio edit) Doctor Jeep(extended version) When You Don't See Me(remix) Temple of Love(1992) re-recording I Was Wrong(fade) Vision Thing(Canadien Club Mix) Under the Gun(metropolis mix) Under the Gun(jutland mix) Alice(1993) re-recording THE SISTERS OF MERCY DISCOGRAPHY appendix C Books, Zines and Magazine appearances last update: dec 1994 INDEX I: Book II: Fanzines III: Magazine appearances =============================================================================== SECTION I: BOOKS =============================================================================== Ashes Format: 90 page book Origin: German Contents: B&W scrapbook style Notes: Limited edition of 100 copies In the Temple Format: 46 page book Origin: German Contents: Incomplete list of bootleg material, concerts. Many unavailable photos of German tour. Life Format: 72 page book Origin: Italy Contents: Discography. History. Lyrics. Gig/set list. Bootleg list Notes: Comes with a 7"(or CD3) of Emma and Ghostrider live. Lyrics are translated from Italian translated fron English and are quite wrong in places. The history section is RIFE with inaccuracies. Napalm God Format: 200 page book Origin: ? Contents: B&W scrapbook style. Lyrics. Record and concert reviews. Press releases and more. Notes: 1984 ed. 25 copies 1986 ed. 150 copies 1988 ed. 50 copies revised and reset Quality of Mercy Format: 40 page booklet Origin: ? Contents: Guide to records both official and bootleg of the Sisters of Mercy and the Mission. Notes: limited edition of 200 copies the Sisters of Mercy Format: A4 Origin: ? Contents: The history of the Sisters of Mercy in cuttings. the Sisters of Mercy Discography Format: 80 page book Origin: ? Contents: B&W list of official and bootleg output. the Sisters of Mercy Discography(sodium haze version) Format: 20 page booklet Origin: ? Contents: Official and bootleg releases. With press runs and release dates. Notes: Red cover. Yellow limited edition signed cover. the Sisters of Mercy Scrapbook Format: 60 page book Origin: ? Contents: Cuttings from the music press. ============================================================================== SECTION II:. FANZINES ============================================================================== Heartland Format: Squarebound 6" X 8 1/4" high gloss paper. Origin: UK Issues: 1-4. Edited version of 1-3 available as a single 160 page anthology. Notes: Originally independent, now the officially sanctioned mouthpiece of the Reptile House, the official Sisters of Mercy licensing and publicity agency. Kiss the Blade Format: ? Origin: ? Issues: 1-3. Each a limited edition of 250 copies. Notes: UK interviews. Bootleg details. Interviews and free tape. Rare article with Wayne Hussey while in Dead or Alive in issue #3. Romance and Assassination Format: 8" X 7" Origin: US Issues: 1-2 Notes: #1 50 copies, 30 were distributed. Green cover, photo of band leaning over a railing. #1 Second run of 75 copies with different cover. Photo on pg 16 of Heartland anthology. #2 100 copies. Cover is B&W photo on pg 127 of Heartland anthology. Standard Format: 60 pages Origin: Holland Issues 1-6. Issue 6 reprints 1-4. Notes: Also for Joy Division/New Order. Features a rare Gunn/Marx interview. ============================================================================== SECTION III: MAGAZINE APPEARANCES ============================================================================== (In chronological order) FORMAT: date/magazine/title of article 02/27/82 Melody Maker 'Sisterhood of Terror' 09/23/82 Melody Maker Gig review 12/04/82 Sounds Gig review 12/18/82 Sounds 'Missionary Impossible' ?/ ?/83 Melody Maker Reptile House review 05/14/83 NME 'Do the Apocalypse' 05/14/83 NME Gig review 10/ ?/83 Zig Zag 'Suffragette City' 12/ ?/83 Shades 'Sisters of Mercy' 02/? /84 Zig Zag 'Three of a Kind 3 Johns review. mentions John Langford's SOM involvement 06/02/84 NME 'Rise and Shine' gig review 06/09/84 Sounds Body and Soul review 08/ ?/84 Zig Zag 'the Land That Time Forgot' 09/29/84 NME 'Hey, Hey, we're the Crapees' gig review 11/17/84 NME 'Sister Sludge' gig review ?/ ?/85 Sounds 'Twisted Sisters' 03.09.85 Melody Maker 'Have Mercy' FALAA review 03/30/85 NME 'Mister Sister' 02/22/86 Sounds 'Bad Blood in the Family' Hussey and Adams as the Sisterhood 07/26/86 Sounds 'Sister Sludge' Gift review by Wayne Hussey ?/ ?/86 Propoganda ? 11/14/87 Melody Maker 'After the Flood' Interview with AE ?/ ?/88 Sounds 'Cars, Camels and Cecil B. DeMille' talk with WEA's Art Director about the Dominion video 01/06/90 Melody Maker 'His Master's Voice' 01/12/90 Melody Maker gig review-Wembley 02/ /90 Ward Music Interview Monthly 05/ /90 Guitar VT review 09/20/90 Sounds "Can the Sisters Still Cut It?' Interview 12/ /90 Select 'Darkness Visible' 12/ /90 Select VT review 12/ /90 Q 'Sisters in Arms' 12/ /90 Q VT review /90 Alternative Cover story-the Sisters of Mercy-a Press Glimpse Behind the Shades FALL/91 Propaganda Sisters of Mercy