Kings And Queen
A double LP bootleg of mixed content.
The first record includes the four songs performed at the Kid Jensen Show,
though not in the order of their recording. These songs were first broadcast
on 10 March 1983 and repeated on 11 April. The other songs on this record
were taken from the first official singles .
The second record features selected live tracks from two Sisters concerts
in Bremen - one in November 1984 and the other one in May 1985, plus the
two main songs from the first official single The Damage Done as openers.
Release Notes
- Label: Western Sculpture Records Inc
- Catalogue#: WSR 8884-5
- Run-outs:
- Record One - SOM A / SOM B
- Record Two - SIS A / SIS B
- Format: 2 Vinyl LP
- Released: - unknown -
Remarks
- Allegedly a limited edition of 500 copies.
- The bootleg comes on black vinyl, the labels of the records differ, however.
- Most likely two plain white labels are standard. Editions with plain white labels on one record
- and printed red or printed blue labels on the other record exist as well.
- The band is named as "Sisters of Mercy", omitting the article.
- The cover art shows a detail from the doorframe of the main entrance of Notre-Dame de Chartres Cathedral .
- The figures are considered to be (from left to right) Queen of Sheba, King David and King Solomon
- - three characters of the Old Testament; two kings and one queen.
- The content of the first record is identical to the bootleg Don Juan.
- The content of the second record is identical to the bootleg I Can't Await To Meet My Deadly Friends.
Sources - Record One
- Jolene, Heartland, Burn and Valentine are taken from the Kid Jensen Session 1983
- Valentine, Fix, Kiss The Carpet are taken from the The Reptile House EP.
Sources - Record Two
- Watch and The Damage Done are studio outtakes from the The Damage Done single.
- They appear in reversed order on the records, but not in the cover tracklists.
- All the live tracks were recorded from the audience at Kulturzentrum Schlachthof in Bremen;
- Burn and Ghostrider / Sister Ray were recorded live on 8 November 1984;
- Logic, Fix / Knockin' On Heaven's Door, Gimme Shelter, Train and Emma were recorded live on 10 May 1985.
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Track List
| Record One | |
| A1 Jolene | B1 1969 |
| A2 Heartland | B2 Anaconda |
| A3 Burn | B3 Phantom |
| A4 Valentine | B4 Valentine |
| A5 Alice | B5 Fix |
| A6 Floorshow | B6 Kiss (The Carpet) |
| A7 Phantom |
| Record Two | |
| A1 Watch | B1 Gimme Shelter |
| A2 Damage Done | B2 Ghostrider |
| A3 Burn | B3 Sister Ray |
| A4 Logic | B4 Train |
| A5 Fix | B5 Emma |
| A6 Knockin' On Heaven's Door |
Additional Pictures
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NOTE: The colour of these blue labels does not come right in neither of the pictures. In fact, it is a quite dark turquoise-blue / greenish blue colour.
