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One of the rarer 12" vinyl bootlegs featuring an incomplete recording of [[The Sisters of Mercy|The Sisters of Mercy's]] famous final 1980ies gig at the [[Tue, 18-Jun-1985|Royal Albert Hall]].<br/>
 
One of the rarer 12" vinyl bootlegs featuring an incomplete recording of [[The Sisters of Mercy|The Sisters of Mercy's]] famous final 1980ies gig at the [[Tue, 18-Jun-1985|Royal Albert Hall]].<br/>
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The album was edited in two different covers - a white generic with an black/white xerox glued to it and a lamineted, more professional one.<br/>
 
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The first one has a Japanese text written in the left lower corner and is therefore commonly known as "the Japanese Cover".<br/>
 
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It is also the more sought-after album of the two as it is much rarer. Nowadays it achives high prices that reach into the hundred Euros in the online auctions.
 
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{|
 
{|
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|[[File:Blood Money Bootleg Front.jpg|thumb|340px|left|''Blood Money'' - First Edition Cover (front)]]
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|[[File:Blood Money Bootleg Back.jpg|thumb|340px|left|''Blood Money'' - First Edition  (back)]]
 
|[[File:Blood Money Cover Front.jpg|thumb|350px|left|''Blood Money'' - Japanese cover (front)]]
 
|[[File:Blood Money Cover Front.jpg|thumb|350px|left|''Blood Money'' - Japanese cover (front)]]
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|[[File:Blood Money Bootleg Front.jpg|thumb|340px|left|''Blood Money'' - Common cover (front)]]
 
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|[[File:Blood Money Bootleg Back.jpg|thumb|340px|left|''Blood Money'' - Common cover (back)]]
 
 
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|}
 
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The album was released in two different versions - a first edition with a fully printed, glossy cover that has a quite professional appearance; and a later issue coming in a white generic cover with a black/white A4-xerox glued to it. The latter one has a text printed in Japanese characters in the lower left corner of the cover front and is therefore commonly known as "the Japanese Cover". It is also the more sought-after album of the two as it is much rarer. Nowadays, the "Japanese" cover version can achive high prices in online auctions reaching into the hundreds of Euros. More recently, a "Blood Money" copy appeared with the original cover motive printed in full black on sheets glued to some generic cover, see the pictures [[Blood Money (bootleg)#Additional Pictures|down below]] (scroll).<br/>
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{{Work in Progress}}
 
 
'''Release Notes'''
 
'''Release Notes'''
 
* Label: unknown
 
* Label: unknown
  
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* Catalog#: S.O.M. 666
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* Catalogue#: S.O.M. 666
  
 
* Format: 12" vinyl LP
 
* Format: 12" vinyl LP
  
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[[File:Blood Money SACEM.jpeg|thumb|right|200px|[https://www.sacem.fr/en SACEM] logo as on the labels]]
 
* Released: 1985 / 1987
 
* Released: 1985 / 1987
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: According to the [[Reverberation Across The Nation|Reverberation Across The Nation booklet]] the album was released in 1985 before the release of the official video [[Wake]].
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: According to the [[Reverberation Across The Nation|Reverberation Across The Nation booklet]], the album was released in 1985 [https://sisterswiki.org/images/5/50/RATN_Discography_Booklet_04_Black_October_-_Blood_Money.jpg long before]
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: Other autores give 1987 as the release date.
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: the official [[Wake|Wake video]] and subsequent unofficial releases. Other authors name 1987 as the release date.
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* Place of release: England / France
 
* Place of release: England / France
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: The booklet also states that it is an English release, while the "Japanese cover" was manufactured in France.
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: The [[Reverberation Across The Nation|Reverberation booklet]] states that this bootleg is an English product, while the "Japanese issue" was a second release manufactured in France. Other authors maintain the '''Blood Money''' bootleg were entirely a French release. Their opinion might derive from the logo of [https://www.sacem.fr/en SACEM (Société des auteurs, compositeurs et éditeurs de musique)] on the labels, (see the pictures on the left side) - a [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soci%C3%A9t%C3%A9_des_auteurs,_compositeurs_et_%C3%A9diteurs_de_musique  French professional association] ''"collecting payments of artists’ rights and distributing the rights to the original songwriters, composers, and music publishers"''.  
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: Other autores write that is a French release. An opinion that might be derrived from notes and the [https://www.sacem.fr/en SACEM (Société des auteurs, compositeurs et éditeurs de musique)] logo on the label (See further down).  
 
 
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[[File:Blood Mony Vinyl Side B.jpg|thumb|right|200px|''Blood Money'' - Vinyl (Side B)]]
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'''General Remarks'''
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'''Remarks'''
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* The bootleg is focused upon the final encore of the concert, <br/> consisting of [[Train (song)|Train]] and the medley of [[Ghostrider (song)|Ghostrider]] / [[Louie Louie]],<br/>which is omitted in the official concert video [[Wake]].
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* Good sound quality
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* The bootleg is focussed upon the final encore of the concert consisting of [[Train (song)|Train]] and the medley of [[Ghostrider (song)|Ghostrider]] / [[Louie Louie]],  
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: which is omitted in the official concert video [[Wake]]. It gives the songs in a completely mixed up order, though,  and lacks
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: many important tracks from the gig, in particular [[First And Last And Always (song)|First And Last And Always]], [[Marian (song)|Marian]], [[No Time To Cry (song)|No Time To Cry]], [[Walk Away (song)|Walk Away]], [[Alice (song)|Alice]],
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: [[Gimme Shelter (song)|Gimme Shelter]] and [[Fix (song)|Fix]].
  
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* All versions are pressed on black vinyl.
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* Both versions are pressed on black vinyl.
  
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* The track infos on both covers and labels are mistaken.
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* The track information on both covers and labels are full of mistakes.
 
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[[File:Blood Money Label A.jpg|thumb|left|200px|''Blood Money'' - Label (Side A)]]
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[[File:Blood Money Label B.jpeg|thumb|right|200px|''Blood Money'' - Label (Side B)]]
 
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'''Remarks concerning the labels'''
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'''The Labels'''
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* The labels and the vinyls that are coming with the two diffrent covers are the same.
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* The labels of the two versions are identical and attempt to appear as an official French release.
  
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* The label gives the impression that the issue is about a official french release.
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* Label notes: bootleg title, catalogue#, erroneous track list with wrong track times.
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: 33 tours, SIDE I/II, Stéréo, [https://www.sacem.fr/en SACEM]logo; and printed in a circle around the label border:
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: TOUS DROITS DU PRODUCTEUR DE L'OEUVRE PHONOGRAPHIQUE ET DU
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: PROPRIÉTAIRE DE L'OEUVRE ENREGISTRÉE RÉSERVÉS, SAUF AUTORISATION,
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: LA DUPLICATION, LA LOCATION, LE PRÊT, DU L'UTILISATION DE CE DISQUE POUR
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: EXÉCUTION PUBLIQUE ET RADIODIFFUSION SONT INTERDITS. MADE IN FRANCE
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== Versions ==
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[[File:Blood Money Front With Vinyl.jpg|thumb|right|300px|''Blood Money'' - First (standard) Edition Cover (front)]]
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'''The Standard Issue'''
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* The cover front of this more widely spread issue shows an almost format-wide "burning" red pentagramm
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: (in the style of old Western movies) on a darkbrown background surrounded by a traditional intarsia wood inlay.
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: The pentagramm is bounded by an inlaid circle of lighter wood giving the band name and the bootleg title in,
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: again, red capital letters.
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* The reverse of the cover, too, simulates a wooden surface and gives only the erroneous track list inside a framed rectangle of the same darkbrown colour as used on the cover front. At the bottom of the cover reverse is another such darkbrown rectangle with the recording details. All the information is printed in a golden brown colour.
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: A script typeface looking like a somewhat calligraphic handwriting is used for the information on the cover back,
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: except for the song titles.
  
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* Label notes:
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* The spine is blank and does not give any further information about this release.
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: Bootleg title, catalogue number, erroneous track list with a wrong duration info for the songs (see [[Blood Money (bootleg)#Track List|Track List]])
 
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: 33 tours, SIDE 1/2, Stéréo
 
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: [https://www.sacem.fr/en SACEM] logo
 
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: TOUS DROITS DU PRODUCTEUR DE L'OEUVRE PHONOGRAPHIQUE ET
 
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: DU PROPOIETAIRE DE L'OEUVRE ENREGISTREE RESERVES SAUF AUTORISATION,
 
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: LA DUPLICATION, LA LOCATION, LE PRET, DU L'UTILISATION DE CE DISQUE
 
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: POUR EXECUTION PUBLIQUE ET RADIODIFFUSION SONT INTERDIES.
 
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: MADE IN FRANCE (This text is printed in a circle at the border of the label)
 
  
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[[File:Floorshwow EP image.jpeg|thumb|260px|left|''Blood Money'' - The image used for the Japanese cover]]
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'''The "Japanese"-cover Issue'''
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* The cover consits of a generic white sleeve with a black and white copied A4 sheet glued to it.
  
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* The track infos on the backsleeve are also partly wrong:<br/>- Track A2 - [[Floorshow (song)|Floorshow]] - is wrongly spelled ''Floor Show''<br/>- Track A4 ([[Train (song)|Train]]) is not listed<br/>- Track B2 - [[Emma (song)|Emma]] - is misspelled 'Emily'<br/>- Tracks B4 and B5 are interchanged<br/>- Track B4 - [[Ghostrider (song)|Ghostrider]] - is noted as "''Ghost Train''"<br/>- Track B5 - [[Louie Louie]] - is misspelled "''Lovie Lovie''"
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* The image that was used for the cover art was used before on the famous [[Floorshow EP|Floorshow EP]].
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: It was originally published with  an [[ELEKTRA]] biography and information pack in 1985.
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* Available in at least two editions.
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: The photo itself is credited to [http://www.tomsheehan.co.uk/ Tom Sheehan] 1985.
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[[File:Blood Money Japanese.jpg|thumb|240px|right|''Blood Money'' -The Japanese text field]]
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* The bootleg title is not mentioned on this cover.
  
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'''Remarks concerning the common cover'''
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* Cover notes beside the track list and the [[Main Page|band's]] name are:
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: "STEREO" in the upper right corner and
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: a Japanese text field in the lower left corner.
  
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'''Remarks concerning the "Japanese cover"'''
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* The cover back is plain white.
 
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'''Source'''
 
'''Source'''
 
* Recorded live at the [[Tue, 18-Jun-1985|Royal Albert Hall, London, 18th June 1985]]
 
* Recorded live at the [[Tue, 18-Jun-1985|Royal Albert Hall, London, 18th June 1985]]
 
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For recent price developments see [http://www.sistersbootlegs.de/lps/bloodmoney.htm sistersbootlegs/Blood Money] or [http://www.popsike.com/php/quicksearch.php?searchtext=sisters+of+mercy+blood+money&thumbs=&currsel=&sortord=&x=0&y=0 popsike/bloodmoney]<br/>
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For recent price developments see [http://www.sistersbootlegs.de/lps/bloodmoney.htm ''sistersbootlegs/Blood Money''] <br/>or [http://www.popsike.com/php/quicksearch.php?searchtext=sisters+of+mercy+blood+money&thumbs=&currsel=&sortord=&x=0&y=0 ''popsike/bloodmoney''] or, alternatively, [http://www.rootsvinylguide.com/search?utf8=%E2%9C%93&q=Sisters+of+Mercy+-+Blood+Money ''rootsvinylguide/Sisters of Mercy - Blood Money''].<br/>
 
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== Track List ==
 
== Track List ==
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* A1&nbsp; [[A Rock And A Hard Place (song)|A Rock And A Hard Place]]
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{|
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* A2&nbsp; [[Floorshow (song)|Floorshow]]
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|'''Real Titels'''
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* A3&nbsp; [[Knockin' On Heaven's Door (song)|Knockin' On Heaven's Door]]
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|&nbsp;
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* A4&nbsp; [[Train (song)|Train]]
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|'''Writing on labels'''
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* A5&nbsp; [[Body And Soul (song)|Body And Soul]]
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|&nbsp;
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|'''Standard cover'''
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* B1&nbsp; [[Possession (song)|Possession]]
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|'''Japanese cover'''
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* B2&nbsp; [[Emma (song)|Emma]]
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|-
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* B3&nbsp; [[Amphetamine Logic (song)|Amphetamine Logic]]
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| A1&nbsp; [[A Rock And A Hard Place (song)|A Rock And A Hard Place]]&emsp;
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* B4&nbsp; [[Ghostrider (song)|Ghostrider]]
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| &nbsp;&nbsp;3'30
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* B5&nbsp; [[Louie Louie]]
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| A ROCK AND A HARD PLACE &emsp;
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| &nbsp;&nbsp;2'29 &emsp;&emsp;&emsp;
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| A ROCK AND A HARD PLACE
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| A rock & a hard place
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|-
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| A2&nbsp; [[Floorshow (song)|Floorshow]]
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| &nbsp;&nbsp;3'52
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| FLOOR SHOW
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| &nbsp;&nbsp;2'15
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| FLOOR SHOW
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| Floor show
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|-
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| A3&nbsp; [[Knockin' On Heaven's Door (song)|Knockin' On Heaven's Door]]
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| &nbsp;&nbsp;6'51
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| KNOCKIN ON
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| &nbsp;&nbsp;3'05
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| KNOCKIN ON HEAVENS DOOR &emsp;&emsp;&emsp;
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| Knockin on heaven's door
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|-
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| A4&nbsp; [[Train (song)|Train]]
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| &nbsp;&nbsp;2'39
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| GHOST TRAIN
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| &nbsp;&nbsp;2'08
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| ''Omitted''
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| ''Omitted''
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|-
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| A5&nbsp; [[Body And Soul (song)|Body And Soul]]
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| &nbsp;&nbsp;3'35
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| BODY AND SOUL
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| &nbsp;&nbsp;3'27
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| BODY AND SOUL
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| Body & soul
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|-
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|<br/>
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|-
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| B1&nbsp; [[Possession (song)|Possession]]
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| &nbsp;&nbsp;4'32
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| POSSESSION
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| &nbsp;&nbsp;2'46
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| POSSESSION
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| Possession
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|-
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| B2&nbsp; [[Emma (song)|Emma]]
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| &nbsp;&nbsp;6'18
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| EMILY
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| &nbsp;&nbsp;3'43
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| EMILY
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| Emily
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|-
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| B3&nbsp; [[Amphetamine Logic (song)|Amphetamine Logic]]
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| &nbsp;&nbsp;4'14
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| AMPHETAMINE LOGIC
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| &nbsp;&nbsp;2'36
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| AMPHETAMINE LOGIC
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| Amphetamine logic
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|-
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| B4&nbsp; [[Ghostrider (song)|Ghostrider]]
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| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;---
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| ''Omitted''
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|
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| LOVIE LOVIE
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| ''Omitted''
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|-
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| B5&nbsp; [[Louie Louie]]<br/>&nbsp;
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| &nbsp;&nbsp;7'28 <br/>(Medley)&emsp;&emsp;
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| LOUIE<br/>&nbsp;
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| &nbsp;&nbsp;2'58<br/>&nbsp;
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| GHOST TRAIN<br/>&nbsp;
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| Louie louie<br/>&nbsp;
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|-
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|}
 
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'''Additional Pictures'''
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==Additional Pictures==
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- Please click into files for larger views -
 
- Please click into files for larger views -
 
{|
 
{|
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|[[File:Blood Money Bootleg Back.jpg|thumb|310px|''Blood Money'' - Cover (back)]]
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| [[File:Blood Money Japanese Version Cover Front with Vinyl.jpg|thumb|left|220px|''Blood Money'' <br/>- Japanese cover version (overview)]]
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|[[File:Blood Mony Vinyl Side B.jpg|thumb|320px|''Blood Money'' - Vinyl (Side B)]]
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| [[File:ELEKTRA Bio 1985 1.jpg|thumb|left|260px|ELEKTRA 1985 Biography Sheet - Side 1]]
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|[[File:Blood Money Label A.jpg|thumb|310px|''Blood Money'' - Label (Side A)]]
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| [[File:ELEKTRA Bio 1985 2.jpg|thumb|left|260px|ELEKTRA 1985 Biography Sheet - Side 2]]
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| [[File:ELEKTRA Bio 1985 3.jpg|thumb|left|240px|ELEKTRA Biography and Information Pack 1985 - [[Andrew Eldritch]] Promo Photo]]
 
|-
 
|-
 
|}
 
|}
 
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'''Blood Money cover apparently with b/w print glued to both sides'''<br/>
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{|
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| [[File:Blood Money Black Glued Cover Overview.jpg|thumb|left|600px|]]
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| [[File:Blood Money Black Glued Cover Back.jpg|thumb|left|440px|]]
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|-
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[[Category: Vinyl Bootlegs 12"]]

Latest revision as of 00:40, 22 March 2021

One of the rarer 12" vinyl bootlegs featuring an incomplete recording of The Sisters of Mercy's famous final 1980ies gig at the Royal Albert Hall.

Blood Money - First Edition Cover (front)
Blood Money - First Edition (back)
Blood Money - Japanese cover (front)

The album was released in two different versions - a first edition with a fully printed, glossy cover that has a quite professional appearance; and a later issue coming in a white generic cover with a black/white A4-xerox glued to it. The latter one has a text printed in Japanese characters in the lower left corner of the cover front and is therefore commonly known as "the Japanese Cover". It is also the more sought-after album of the two as it is much rarer. Nowadays, the "Japanese" cover version can achive high prices in online auctions reaching into the hundreds of Euros. More recently, a "Blood Money" copy appeared with the original cover motive printed in full black on sheets glued to some generic cover, see the pictures down below (scroll).


Release Notes

  • Label: unknown
  • Catalogue#: S.O.M. 666
  • Format: 12" vinyl LP
SACEM logo as on the labels
  • Released: 1985 / 1987
According to the Reverberation Across The Nation booklet, the album was released in 1985 long before
the official Wake video and subsequent unofficial releases. Other authors name 1987 as the release date.
  • Place of release: England / France
The Reverberation booklet states that this bootleg is an English product, while the "Japanese issue" was a second release manufactured in France. Other authors maintain the Blood Money bootleg were entirely a French release. Their opinion might derive from the logo of SACEM (Société des auteurs, compositeurs et éditeurs de musique) on the labels, (see the pictures on the left side) - a French professional association "collecting payments of artists’ rights and distributing the rights to the original songwriters, composers, and music publishers".


Blood Money - Vinyl (Side B)

Remarks

  • Good sound quality
which is omitted in the official concert video Wake. It gives the songs in a completely mixed up order, though, and lacks
many important tracks from the gig, in particular First And Last And Always, Marian, No Time To Cry, Walk Away, Alice,
Gimme Shelter and Fix.
  • Both versions are pressed on black vinyl.
  • The track information on both covers and labels are full of mistakes.


Blood Money - Label (Side A)
Blood Money - Label (Side B)


The Labels

  • The labels of the two versions are identical and attempt to appear as an official French release.
  • Label notes: bootleg title, catalogue#, erroneous track list with wrong track times.
33 tours, SIDE I/II, Stéréo, SACEMlogo; and printed in a circle around the label border:
TOUS DROITS DU PRODUCTEUR DE L'OEUVRE PHONOGRAPHIQUE ET DU
PROPRIÉTAIRE DE L'OEUVRE ENREGISTRÉE RÉSERVÉS, SAUF AUTORISATION,
LA DUPLICATION, LA LOCATION, LE PRÊT, DU L'UTILISATION DE CE DISQUE POUR
EXÉCUTION PUBLIQUE ET RADIODIFFUSION SONT INTERDITS. MADE IN FRANCE




Versions

Blood Money - First (standard) Edition Cover (front)

The Standard Issue

  • The cover front of this more widely spread issue shows an almost format-wide "burning" red pentagramm
(in the style of old Western movies) on a darkbrown background surrounded by a traditional intarsia wood inlay.
The pentagramm is bounded by an inlaid circle of lighter wood giving the band name and the bootleg title in,
again, red capital letters.
  • The reverse of the cover, too, simulates a wooden surface and gives only the erroneous track list inside a framed rectangle of the same darkbrown colour as used on the cover front. At the bottom of the cover reverse is another such darkbrown rectangle with the recording details. All the information is printed in a golden brown colour.
A script typeface looking like a somewhat calligraphic handwriting is used for the information on the cover back,
except for the song titles.
  • The spine is blank and does not give any further information about this release.


Blood Money - The image used for the Japanese cover


The "Japanese"-cover Issue

  • The cover consits of a generic white sleeve with a black and white copied A4 sheet glued to it.
  • The image that was used for the cover art was used before on the famous Floorshow EP.
It was originally published with an ELEKTRA biography and information pack in 1985.
The photo itself is credited to Tom Sheehan 1985.
Blood Money -The Japanese text field
  • The bootleg title is not mentioned on this cover.
  • Cover notes beside the track list and the band's name are:
"STEREO" in the upper right corner and
a Japanese text field in the lower left corner.
  • The cover back is plain white.


Source


For recent price developments see sistersbootlegs/Blood Money
or popsike/bloodmoney or, alternatively, rootsvinylguide/Sisters of Mercy - Blood Money.


Track List

Real Titels   Writing on labels   Standard cover Japanese cover
A1  A Rock And A Hard Place    3'30 A ROCK AND A HARD PLACE     2'29     A ROCK AND A HARD PLACE A rock & a hard place
A2  Floorshow   3'52 FLOOR SHOW   2'15 FLOOR SHOW Floor show
A3  Knockin' On Heaven's Door   6'51 KNOCKIN ON   3'05 KNOCKIN ON HEAVENS DOOR     Knockin on heaven's door
A4  Train   2'39 GHOST TRAIN   2'08 Omitted Omitted
A5  Body And Soul   3'35 BODY AND SOUL   3'27 BODY AND SOUL Body & soul

B1  Possession   4'32 POSSESSION   2'46 POSSESSION Possession
B2  Emma   6'18 EMILY   3'43 EMILY Emily
B3  Amphetamine Logic   4'14 AMPHETAMINE LOGIC   2'36 AMPHETAMINE LOGIC Amphetamine logic
B4  Ghostrider    --- Omitted LOVIE LOVIE Omitted
B5  Louie Louie
  		  7'28
(Medley)   		LOUIE
  		  2'58
  		GHOST TRAIN
  		Louie louie
 



Additional Pictures

- Please click into files for larger views -

Blood Money
- Japanese cover version (overview)
ELEKTRA 1985 Biography Sheet - Side 1
ELEKTRA 1985 Biography Sheet - Side 2
ELEKTRA Biography and Information Pack 1985 - Andrew Eldritch Promo Photo


Blood Money cover apparently with b/w print glued to both sides

Blood Money Black Glued Cover Overview.jpg
Blood Money Black Glued Cover Back.jpg
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