Marian - Knockin' On Heaven's Door

Mariann - Knocking On Heaven's Door - 7" Vinyl Cover (front)

A 7" vinyl bootleg from the 1980s. Because of the wrongly spelled song titles on the cover and the labels,

this bootleg is also known as Mariann - Knocking On Heaven's Door, and due to the lack of an obvious title

and the word "Staple" on the labels it is sometimes called Staple as well.

Release Notes

• Label: Staple - Collector Items

• Catalogue#: 870 03 28

• Format: 7" vinyl single

• Released: 1988 (Sweden)

Tracks

Side One	Side Two
A  Marian	B  Knockin' On Heaven's Door

Sources

• Track A was recorded live at Kolingsburg Club, Stockholm, Sweden on May 17th, 1985.

Mariann - Knocking On Heaven's Door - Vinyl Side One

• Track B was also recorded live but two days earlier at Mudd Club, Gothenburg, Sweden on May 15th, 1985

• More extended recordings from both these concerts are available on the bootleg LP and/or CD Opus Dei,

which, btw, shows the same photos, same line-up and same spelling mistakes on its back cover.

(Maybe one reason why the present 7" is also referred to as "Opus Dei Single".

Remarks

• A limited edition of 300 copies

• The vinyl is black and runs at 45 r.p.m.

• Vinyl Runouts:

- Side A stamped: 8700328-A 1 HP / etched: 2

- Side B stamped: 8700328-B 1 HP / etched: B

• The record has white labels giving the track name, the r.p.m, the catalogue#

and some information about the label and the production in black print

without any mention of the band.

• Label Notes:

- "STAPLE"

- "Swenty Prod. Sweden 85"

Mariann - Knocking On Heaven's Door - 7" Vinyl Cover (back)

• The vinyl comes in a b/w wrap-around sleeve.

• The cover front shows a full-format picture of Andrew Eldritch and Patricia Morrison,

(although, the latter was not in the band when the tracks were recorded) and

has the band name "Sisters of Mercy" printed in the top right corner.

• On the back cover is a full-page picture of Andrew Eldritch on the microphone.

• In the top right corner, The Sisters of Mercy's head and star logo is printed like a glued-in snippet.

• Below, the line-up is listed in the same manner saying:

  line-up

Andrew Eldritch - vocals;

Wayne Hussey - guitars;

Craig Adams - bass;

Doktor Avalanche - maschinedrums

• Likewise, the tracks are listed in the right corner at the bottom as follows:

Mariann (spelled wrongly with a double-n at the end)

Knocking On Heaven's Door (ignoring the "Knockin'" abbreviation of the original song title)

For recent price developments see sistersbootlegs/Opus Dei Single - Mariann (Sweden85)

or popsike/sisters of mercy mariann.

Additional Pictures

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Mariann - Knocking On Heaven's Door - Vinyl Side Two

Mariann - Knocking On Heaven's Door - Label Side One

Mariann - Knocking On Heaven's Door - Label Side Two