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'''Remarks'''
 
'''Remarks'''
 
* Released on CNT label, York, since the band didn't have the money to release it themselves on [[Merciful Release]].
 
* Released on CNT label, York, since the band didn't have the money to release it themselves on [[Merciful Release]].
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[[Image:Body electric back.jpg|right|thumb|370px|''Body Electric'' - 7" Cover (back)]]
  
 
* The cover features Francis Bacon's ''Head VI'', a view of which can be found here at the [http://www.ibiblio.org/wm/paint/auth/bacon/ WebMuseum]
 
* The cover features Francis Bacon's ''Head VI'', a view of which can be found here at the [http://www.ibiblio.org/wm/paint/auth/bacon/ WebMuseum]
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* The issue of the cover art for the '''''Body Electric''''' single was also featured in [[UTR]], The Sisters' official fanzine, see<br/>- [http://myheartland.co.uk/gallery/details.php?image_id=411 Heartland Gallery/UTR#9 - Page 6] and<br/>- [http://myheartland.co.uk/gallery/details.php?image_id=412 Heartland Gallery/UTR#9 - Page 7].
  
 
* The title is derived from the poem [http://www.whitmanarchive.org/published/LG/1867/poems/7 ''I Sing The Body Electric'' by Walt Whitman (1819 - 1892)].  
 
* The title is derived from the poem [http://www.whitmanarchive.org/published/LG/1867/poems/7 ''I Sing The Body Electric'' by Walt Whitman (1819 - 1892)].  
  
* '''Some copies have a slighter red on the cover than others.'''<br/>
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* Some copies have a slighter, almost pink, red on the cover than others.<br/>
  
 
* The covers are either thin paper or thick and glossy.
 
* The covers are either thin paper or thick and glossy.

Revision as of 19:41, 4 January 2014

Body Electric 7" - common red cover
Body Electric 7" with light red (pink) cover

This is the second single by The Sisters of Mercy.

Release Notes

  • Label: Merciful Release/CNT Productions
  • Catalogue#: CNT 002
  • Release Date: April 1982


Tracks:

Side A -   Body Electric
Side AA   -   Adrenochrome


Band/Recording Personnel

Andrew Eldritch - Vocals
Gary Marx - Guitars
Ben Gunn - Guitars
Craig Adams - Bass
Doktor Avalanche    - Drums




Remarks

  • Released on CNT label, York, since the band didn't have the money to release it themselves on Merciful Release.
Body Electric - 7" Cover (back)
  • The cover features Francis Bacon's Head VI, a view of which can be found here at the WebMuseum
  • Some copies have a slighter, almost pink, red on the cover than others.
  • The covers are either thin paper or thick and glossy.



NOTE
Meanwhile some bootlegs have surfaced
which should not be mistaken for the present original release, see:

- Body Electric (Australian Reissue) - red vinyl, also available as part of a set

- Body Electric (Greek demo bootleg) - alledgedly some "untitled demo version"

- Body Electric - Floorshow (Greek live bootleg) - Live in Bologna 1985

- Body Electric - Sister Ray (Greek live bootleg) - Live at Deinze 1984



Additional Pictures

Body Electric 7" vinyl
Body Electric 7" - Label Side A

Body Electric 7" - Label Side AA