ELEKTRA

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ELEKTRA Records - an American record company ...
... and part of WEA Records - Warner Bros. Records - Elektra Records - Atlantic Records, a former incarnation of Warner Music Group.

As such, ELEKTRA were responsible for, err, organising the production, marketing and distribution of The Sisters of Mercy's albums in America,

while the band was signed to WEA and later on to EastWest.

For this reason, Sisters releases exist (mostly) in several versions regarding the print on covers, labels, catalogue numbers and further identifiers,

while the actual music on them is often - but not always - identical.

For details about differences in the tracks that were used see:

  • the individual pages on each release along our Discography


Allegedly, The Sisters of Mercy lost their distribution contract following the "debacle" of the 1991 Tune In... Turn On... Load Out... Tour

with Public Enemy (and their support act Young Black Teenagers, Gang of Four and Warrior Soul, so that the last singles of the band

were available in the US as imports only.

Anyway, it is at least questionable, whether The Sisters could be blamed for the cancellation of the last third of that tour, see - as one example - the article

Bands Struggle Through Dry Season - Tours' Summer Of Thin Crowds, Dropped Dates Called Worst Ever of August 18, 1991 by ROGER CATLIN.

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