Spiral Scratch 7" Interview Single

Spiral Scratch - Cover Issue I Sept/Oct 1988

An 7" interview single that was given away for free

Spiral Scratch - Interview Single (Vinyl Side A)

with Issue 1 (Sept/Oct 1988) of the then newly introduced

UK music collector's magazine Spiral Scratch.

Release Notes

• Label: Spiral Scratch

• Catalogue#: Scratch 1

• Format: 7" vinyl single

• Released: September 1988 (UK)

Remarks

• Limited Edition of 10.000 copies

• The singles are hosted in a white die-cut sleeve.

• As with time in some households, those sleeves as well as the Spiral Scratch issues themselves disappeared over the decades, the singles are nowadays partly offered in a biography sleeve
  like in the pictures down below.

• Mostly, the singles are pressed on black vinyl.

• A limited number of 200 are pressed on clear vinyl.

• The labels for both editions are the same showing
  - on Side A a b/w picture of Andrew Eldritch in front of a microphone
  - on Side B the Spiral Scratch logo and the details of this release.

Spiral Scratch - Issue I with Interview Single (Side B

• The according feature inside the magazine includes several
  photos and a History of The Sisters of Mercy's live performances
  from 1981 to 1985, partly listing also the songs performed during
  these concerts.

Spiral Scratch Interview - Clear Vinyl

Source / Credits

• An edited (incomplete) interview of Ann Clark with
  Andrew Eldritch on 13 April 1984 for the student-managed W.N.Y.U. Radio New York around the time of the release of
  Body And Soul.

• Total duration of the full interview: ca. 15 minutes

• Total duration of the parts featured on this single: ca. 6:30 minutes

• This interview is also featured on other interview bootlegs such as
  - Black Hat Dark Glasses,
  - Cross Talk Records - An Interview With Andrew Eldritch and the
  - Conversation Disc Series Interview CD

• Whether one of these other bootlegs has the complete version of the interview, we do not know (as yet).

Track List

A  An Interview with Andrew Eldritch	3:15
B  An Interview with Andrew Eldritch - Part II	3:05

Interview Details

• Body And Soul - the next single

• Dolly Parton

• Live shows - Danceteria, New York

• Fan feedback on records

• Re-recording of Body Electric on 24-track & re-sampled Afterhours

• Records Distribution - New album & US Tour

Additional Pictures

- Please click into files for larger views -

Spiral Scratch Interview Single (Label Side A)

Spiral Scratch Interview Single (Label Side B)

Spiral Scratch - Interview Single, here in a so-called Biography Sheet Cover

Spiral Scratch Magazine with Interview Singel

Spiral Scratch Music Magazine - Issue I Sept/Oct 1988 with interview single and feature on The Sisters of Mercy

Spiral Scratch Magazine including History of The Sisters' Live Performances