Some Girls Wander By Mistake

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Some Girls Wander By Mistake - 2 LP Gatefold Cover (front)


Some Girls Wander By Mistake is a collection of all the early 7", 12" and EP recordings (1980-1983).

Line-up


The compilation takes its name from a couplet in the Leonard Cohen song Teachers:

Some girls wander by mistake, into the mess that scalpels make.

  • Highest entry on UK charts: no. 5; on Austrian charts: no. 7
  • Highest entry on German charts: no 9; number of weeks on german chart: 27 weeks


This page is Work in Progress and going to be extended as soon as ever possible


Track List

 Song  Duration  Original Release
 1.  Alice      3:34 1982 - Alice 7" single
 2.  Floorshow      3:40 1982 - Alice 7" single
 3.  Phantom      7:10 1983 - Alice EP
 4.  1969      2:45 1983 - Alice EP
 5.  Kiss The Carpet      5:55 1983 - The Reptile House EP
 6.  Lights      5:51 1983 - The Reptile House EP
 7. Valentine      4:44 1983 - The Reptile House EP
 8.  Fix      3:41 1983 - The Reptile House EP
 9.  Burn      4:49 1983 - The Reptile House EP
10.  Kiss The Carpet (Reprise)      0:36 1983 - The Reptile House EP
11.  Temple Of Love  -  Extended Version                                              7:42                                                                    1983 - Temple Of Love 12" single
12.  Heartland      4:47 1983 - Temple Of Love 12" single
13.  Gimme Shelter      5:57 1983 - Temple Of Love 12" single
14.  The Damage Done      3:03 1980 - The Damage Done 7" single
15.  Watch      3:11 1980 - The Damage Done 7" single
16.  Home Of The Hit-Men      0:34 1980 - The Damage Done 7" single
17.  Body Electric      4:18 1982 - Body Electric 7" single
18.  Adrenochrome      2:57 1982 - Body Electric 7" single
19.  Anaconda      4:06 1983 - Anaconda 7" single


Releases

  Label  Catalogue#   Format     Release Date   Country    Notes
  Merciful Release / EastWest    MR555L / 9031-76476-1    2 x LP     27 April 1992   Europe   Comes in a gatefold cover showing the six colour plates for the   
  compiled singles' cover print on the inside, with black inner sleeves,  
  and with a two-sided b/w The Sisters Of Mercy mail order form
  A foreword by Andrew Eldritch is given inside the gatefold cover.
  Merciful Release / EastWest  9031-76476-2     CD        1992  UK & Europe    Released in a standard jewel case including 12-page booklet;
  Made in Germany by Warner Music Manufacturing Europe  
  Barcode: - 0 9031-76476-2 3; Matrix / Runout - 903176476-2 WME
  Matrix / Runout (Variant - 1999 Repress) - 903176476-2.3 09/99
  Merciful Release / EastWest  9031-76476-2     CD        1992  UK & Europe   Comes in a hard laminated cardboard slipcase containing the CD
  in a regular jewel case with a 12-page booklet and six postcards
  sized 5" x 5.5625" and joined together by perforations. Each postcard
  shows a reproduction of the original vinyl coverart for the individual  
   EPs and singles featured in this compilation. The same artwork
  appears in the 12-page booklet, with tracklistings for each EP/single.
  Like the LP cover, the booklet does also include a short foreword.
  The slipcase shows the SGWBM logo silkscreened on both sides,
  and nothing on any of the spines.
 Merciful Release / EastWest  9031-76476-2   CD-Box        1992  UK   Limited edition of 500 copies coming in a beveled black wooden case  
  with painted metal 'SGWBY' logo central; box size approx. 8x6"  
  hinged on the short side with latch recess in the lid. Includes a clear  
  plastic sheet with SGWBM logo and numbering xxx of 500 underneath
 Merciful Release / EastWest  CD 76476     CD        1992  Canada   Released in a standard jewel case including 12-page booklet;
  Made by Cinram, an Ontario-based manufacturer of pre-recorded  
  digital, audio and video media; Barcode - 0 9031-76476-2 3
  Also available as limited edition slipcase version
 Merciful Release  176476-2     CD        1992  Brazil   Released in a standard jewel case including 12-page booklet;
  Made by Brazilian CD manufacturer Microservice;  
  Distributed by BMG Ariola Discos Ltda
 Elektra  61306-2, 9 61306-2     CD        1992  USA   Released in a standard jewel case including 12-page booklet;
  Catalogue# on disc and booklet - 61306-2;  
  Catalogue# on jewel case insert spine - 9 61306-2
 Elektra  61306-2, 9 61306-2     CD        1992  USA   Limited edition slipcase version with booklet and postcards
  see Merciful Release / EastWest limited edition above
 Никитин  4607173158413     CD        2008  Russia   Made in Russia by ООО "Фирма грамзаписи "Никитин"
  under the exclusive license from "Warner Music"
  Golden layer pressing; Barcode: 4607173158413
 Merciful Release / EastWest  MR555C / 9031-76476-4   Cassette         1992  UK & Europe   Contains printed inlay-cover with reproductions of the cover art
  for the EPs/singles featured in this compilation
  Side A runs from Alice to Kiss The Carpet (Reprise)
  Side B runs from Temple Of Love to Anaconda
 Merciful Release / Croatia Records    MC-7-T 3036362  Cassette        1992  Croatia   Barcode: 8 600413 036362
  Other identifiers; Rights Societies - BIEM-HDS
  For contents see Merciful Release / EastWest cassette above


Additional Pictures

- more to follow soon -

Some Girls Wander By Mistake - 2 LP Album (overview)
Some Girls Wander By Mistake - 2 LP Album (overview)
Some Girls Wander By Mistake
- LP 1 Label Side A
Some Girls Wander By Mistake
- LP 1 Label Side B
Some Girls Wander By Mistake
- LP 2 Label Side C
Some Girls Wander By Mistake
- LP 2 Label Side D


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