The Damage Is Done
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This is a 12" bootleg that features in first place life recordings from two concerts of the Sisters of Mercy that took place in very different eras of the bands evolution during their early years.
Side A features one of the first concerts ever performed in 1981.
Side B contains part of a concert from the Trans-Europe Excess Tour that took place in Münster, Germany, in 1983.
There is also a strictly limited box set called "The Damage Is Done Part 1 & 2" that includes a LP, a cassette, an inlet & a discography booklet. The content of the LP is identical to the present one, but the cover and the design of the issues are totally different.
Release Notes
- Label: Laughing Death Records
- Catalogue#: DA-957
- Format: 12" vinyl LP
- Released: 1987
- Runout -Groove: DA-1 - 957 A, DA 2 - 957 B
Remarks
- Back cover notes:
- "Side One is Recorded at a Live Session in Leeds at 7. 05. 1981
- Side Two is Recorded Live in Münster at 1. 09. 1983
- Tape and Artwork by Clever Man
- Special Thanks to: Uschi the Bisquit, Clever Man, Marion and all
- lovely Girls over the World, we love them all.
- Laughing Death Records, London w1, Donnington Street"
- Errata:
- A1 - The Damage Done is listed as "Damage Done"
- A3 - Teachers/Adrenochrome is listed as two songs
- A5 - Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! (A Man After Midnight) is changed to "Gimme Gimme your Love"
- B2 - Valentine is misspelt Valentime
- B3 - Anaconda is not listed
- Part of the cover art is a hand drawn Merciful Release logo. It appears on the front as well as on the back.
- Available in two editions:
- First edition:
- Red/brown printed cover (front and back)
- Allegedly limited to 200, not numbered
- Cover opens on the left side
- Second edition:
- Blue printed cover (front and back)
- Allegedly limited to 1000, not numbered
- Cover opens normal
- The vinyls of both editions have plain white labels, sometimes with a very soft pink shading.
- The sound quality of side A is - like other Gary Marx Demo Tape rerecordings - quite good.
- On the other hand, the sound quality of side B is rather fair.
Sources
- A1 - A4 were recorded live on the 4th of May 1981, at St John's Hall, Leeds, England
- A5 was recorded live on the 13th of April 1984, Danceteria, New York, USA
- Side B was recorded on the 1st of September 1983 at the Odeon, Münster, Germany
- The recording is not complete and the order of the songs does not match with the set list.
- Though the before mentioned box set "The Damage Is Done Part 1 & 2" features the whole concert, as the missing songs are recorded on the cassette. Nevertheless the order there is intermingled as well.
For recent price developments see sistersbootlegs/thedamageisdone or popsike/the damage is done.
Track List
| Side A | Side B |
| A1 The Damage Done | B1 Burn |
| A2 Watch | B2 Valentine |
| A3 Teachers/Adrenochrome | B3 Anaconda |
| A4 Sister Ray | B4 Temple Of Love |
| A5 Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! (A Man After Midnight) | B5 Adrenochrome |
| B6 Kiss (The Carpet) | |
| B7 Body Electric |
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