Walk Away (single)

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Single No. 8 by The Sisters of Mercy ... the second release with Wayne Hussey.

Walk Away - 7" with vinyl (sliver label), flexi and cover (front) without sticker
Walk Away - 7" Cover (front) with Flexi Sticker and Silver Label Vinyl

Releases


  Label   Catalogue#   Format   Released   Notes
  Merciful Release / WEA   MRO33F / 249245-7  
  Flexi: SAM 218  
      7" single   
   + 7" flexi
  October 1984 (UK)   First edition, limited to 5.000 and coming with   
  a flexi featuring a bonus track.  
  Sticker on cover front, silver labels on the vinyl.
  Merciful Release / WEA   MR033 / 249245-7       7" single   October 1984 (UK)   Silver labels
  Merciful Release / WEA   MR033 / 249245-7       7" single   October 1984 (Ireland)   Black labels with a different layout and font, no picture sleeve,
  only max. about 1.000 copies were pressed
  Merciful Release / WEA   MR033T / 249245-0,   
  Flexi: SAM 218
    12" (Maxi)   
   + 7" Flexi  
  1984 (UK)   First edition, limited to 5.000 and coming with   
  a sticker on the cover front   
  and a flexi with a bonus track.  
  Merciful Release / WEA   MR033T / 249 245-0     12" (Maxi)   October 1984 (Europe)  
  Merciful Release / WEA   MR033T / 249 245-0     12" (Maxi)   October 1984 (UK)
  Merciful Release / WEA     MR033T / 249 245-0     12" (Maxi)   October 1984 (UK)   A second pressing comes in a standard stripe sleeve  


Walk Away - Repressing in standard stripe cover


Remarks

  • Official Date of Release: Monday, 8th October 1984
  • Cover art: The crescent and bar are derived from the logo of a Yorkshire busline.
  • Bonus track on flexi supplied with the first 5,000 copies: Long Train



Band / Recording Personnel



Walk Away - 12" Vinyl With Flexi And Cover (front)

Track Lists

7" single

A1   Walk Away      3:20
AA1  Poison Door      3:40


12" single

A1   Walk Away      3:20
AA1  Poison Door 3:40
AA2  On The Wire      4:18


Flexi

A     Long Train      7:23

Long Train Flexi

The Long Train Flexi was a promo give-away with the first 5.000 sales of the Walk Away single in 1984.
It was likewise included into the 7" and 12" releases, all 7" vinyls of this first edition do have silver labels, though.

The flexi is one-sided and consists of only one track that is an extended version of the song Train. Years later in 1988, this version of the song - now titled Long Train (1984) - would be officially released as B-Side of the Lucretia single.




Irish pressing


A very rare Irish Pressing with the following features does also exist:

  • At the utmost about 1.000 copies exist.
  • The single comes without a picture sleeve (see the pictures in the third row down below).
  • The labels are slightly fainter and show a different layout and design of the pressing info.
  • The copyright round the outer rim of the label is a bit more scrunched up and slightly harder to read.
  • The name of the band is in a different position and font, and without the periods between the words.
  • The runout etchings are:
    - Side A - MR033 A-2 CP *star*MT*star*
    - Side B - MR033 B-2 CP *star*MT *star*
    The *star* is a tiny etched star symbol.


Additional Pictures


- Please click into files for larger views -

Walk Away - 7" Cover (front)
Walk Away - 7" Cover (back)
Walk Away - 7" Label Side A
Walk Away - 7" Label Side B
Walk Away - 7" Cover and Vinyl
Walk Away - 7" Silver Label Side A
Long Train Flexi - Label
Walk Away - 7" Irish pressing without picture sleeve
Walk Away - 7" Irish pressing (Label Side A)
Walk Away - 7" Irish pressing (Label Side B)
Walk Away - 12" Cover (front)
Walk Away - 12" Label Side A
Walk Away - 12" Flexi Edition Label Side A
Walk Away - 12" Cover (back)
Walk Away - 12" Label Side B
Walk Away - 12" Flexi Edition Label Side B