The Damage Done (single)

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The Damage Done - Cover (front)


The Damage Done was The Sisters' first single, recorded "...to hear ourselves on the radio."

They swear that John Peel played it a couple of times, which was recently confirmed through the research

of the wonderful people at John Peel Wiki.

Read everything about THE MAKING OF ... the first single... on The Sisters' very own webpage.

Some further interesting details on the broadcast of The Sisters' first single can also be found in the lovely

I Was A Teenage Sisters of Mercy Fan blog under Sisters Mysteries V – did Peel play Damage Done?.

See also this thread @The Heartland Forums and John Peel Shows 1980-85.

The tracks of the Damage Done single were re-issued in 1992

on the 2LP-compilation of early Sisters singles Some Girls Wander By Mistake

Release Notes

  • Format: 7" single
  • Catalogue#: MR7
  • Released: 11/80 (UK)


Remarks

  • This was an edition of 1,000 copies. Half of the copies have, however, the labels reversed.
  • The singles come with a small information insert.
  • Pressed at Portland Recording Studios Ltd., London.
The Damage Done - Cover (front) - FAKE marker no.1
  • The tracks of this very first single appear on a countless number of Studio Bootlegs.
  • The single itself has been faked on several occasions!
    The most famous - and also first and insofar quite searched for - fake copy is the Japanese one.


Real and fake versions
There appear to be more fakes of The Damage Done in circulation than genuine copies.

As the real ones can reach prices far above £300, it is important to know the difference.

The Heartland Image Gallery has scans of both the real and fake sleeves, along with

pointers on how to tell the difference, see: Damage Done genuine and fake sleeve scans,

see also detailed informations on this issue in F is for Fake

Bizarrely enough, some collectors seem to take the stance that the fake is nearly as rare as the genuine one,

and thus in recent times even the fake has become semi-collectible.

A clear feature to distinguish original from fake copies are the typical Porky run-outs:

The Damage Done - Cover (back)

Matrix / Run-outs The Damage Done original 7" single

  • Side A: MR-7-PICTURE-1 / EG / A PORKY PRIME CUT / FOR SPIGGY
  • Side B: MR-7-WORDS-1 / EG / ANUDDER PORKY PRIME CUT / FOR TRIXIE


Track List

Side A Duration Side B Duration
A1   The Damage Done             3:04                            B1   Watch             3:12
B2   Home Of The Hit-Men             0:34


Notes



Band/Recording Personnel



Additional Pictures


- Please click into files for larger views -

The Damage Done - 7" Single (Side A)
The Damage Done - 7" Single (Side B)
The Damage Done - Label (Side A)
The Damage Done - Label (Side B)