Walk Away (single)
Single No. 8 by The Sisters of Mercy ... the second release with Wayne Hussey.
Releases
| Label | Catalogue# | Format | Released | Notes |
| Merciful Release / WEA | MRO33F / 249245-7 Flexi: SAM 218 |
7" single + 7" flexi |
October 1984 (UK) | First edition, limited to 5.000 and coming with a flexi featuring a bonus track. Sticker on cover front, silver labels on the vinyl. |
| Merciful Release / WEA | MR033 / 249245-7 | 7" single | October 1984 (UK) | Silver labels |
| Merciful Release / WEA | MR033 / 249245-7 | 7" single | October 1984 (Ireland) | Black labels with a different layout and font, no picture sleeve, only max. about 1.000 copies were pressed |
| Merciful Release / WEA | MR033T / 249245-0, Flexi: SAM 218 |
12" (Maxi) + 7" Flexi |
1984 (UK) | First edition, limited to 5.000 and coming with a sticker on the cover front and a flexi with a bonus track. |
| Merciful Release / WEA | MR033T / 249 245-0 | 12" (Maxi) | October 1984 (Europe) | |
| Merciful Release / WEA | MR033T / 249 245-0 | 12" (Maxi) | October 1984 (UK) | |
| Merciful Release / WEA | MR033T / 249 245-0 | 12" (Maxi) | October 1984 (UK) | A second pressing comes in a standard stripe sleeve |
Remarks
- Official Date of Release: Monday, 8th October 1984
- Cover art: The crescent and bar are derived from the logo of a Yorkshire busline.
- Bonus track on flexi supplied with the first 5,000 copies: Long Train
Band / Recording Personnel
- Andrew Eldritch - Vocals
- Gary Marx - Guitars
- Wayne Hussey - Guitars
- Craig Adams - Bass
- Doktor Avalanche - Drums
Track Lists
7" single
| A1 Walk Away | 3:20 | |
| AA1 Poison Door | 3:40 |
12" single
| A1 Walk Away | 3:20 |
| AA1 Poison Door | 3:40 |
| AA2 On The Wire | 4:18 |
Flexi
| A Long Train | 7:23 |
Long Train Flexi
The Long Train Flexi was a promo give-away with the first 5.000 sales of the Walk Away single in 1984.
It was likewise included into the 7" and 12" releases, all 7" vinyls of this first edition do have silver labels, though.
The flexi is one-sided and consists of only one track that is an extended version of the song Train. Years later in 1988, this version of the song - now titled Long Train (1984) - would be officially released as B-Side of the Lucretia single.
Irish pressing
A very rare Irish Pressing with the following features does also exist:
- At the utmost about 1.000 copies exist.
- These were very likely pressed at Carlton Productions ... in Dublin.
- The single comes without a picture sleeve (see the pictures in the third row down below).
- The labels are slightly fainter and show a different layout and design of the pressing info.
- The copyright round the outer rim of the label is a bit more scrunched up and slightly harder to read.
- The name of the band is in a different position and font, and without the periods between the words.
- The runout etchings are:
- Side A - MR033 A-2 CP *star*MT*star*
- Side B - MR033 B-2 CP *star*MT *star*
The *star* is a tiny etched star symbol.
Additional Pictures
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