Blood Money (bootleg)
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.
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.
The first one has a Japanese text written in the left lower corner 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 it achives high prices that reach into the hundred Euros in the online auctions.
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Release Notes
- Label: unknown
- Catalog#: S.O.M. 666
- Format: 12" vinyl LP
- Released: 1985 / 1987
- According to the Reverberation Across The Nation booklet the album was released in 1985 before the release of the official video Wake.
- Other autores give 1987 as the release date.
- Place of release: England / France
- The booklet also states that it is an English release, while the "Japanese cover" was manufactured in France.
- Other autores write that is a French release. An opinion that might be derrived from notes and the SACEM (Société des auteurs, compositeurs et éditeurs de musique) logo on the label (See further down).
General Remarks
- The bootleg is focused upon the final encore of the concert,
consisting of Train and the medley of Ghostrider / Louie Louie,
which is omitted in the official concert video Wake.
- All versions are pressed on black vinyl.
- The track infos on both covers and labels are mistaken.
Remarks concerning the labels
- The labels and the vinyls that are coming with the two diffrent covers are the same.
- The label gives the impression that the issue is about a official french release.
- Label notes:
- Bootleg title, catalogue number, erroneous track list with a wrong duration info for the songs (see Track List)
- 33 tours, SIDE 1/2, Stéréo
- SACEM logo
- TOUS DROITS DU PRODUCTEUR DE L'OEUVRE PHONOGRAPHIQUE ET
- DU PROPOIETAIRE DE L'OEUVRE ENREGISTREE RESERVES SAUF AUTORISATION,
- LA DUPLICATION, LA LOCATION, LE PRET, DU L'UTILISATION DE CE DISQUE
- POUR EXECUTION PUBLIQUE ET RADIODIFFUSION SONT INTERDIES.
- MADE IN FRANCE (This text is printed in a circle at the border of the label)
- The track infos on the backsleeve are also partly wrong:
- Track A2 - Floorshow - is wrongly spelled Floor Show
- Track A4 (Train) is not listed
- Track B2 - Emma - is misspelled 'Emily'
- Tracks B4 and B5 are interchanged
- Track B4 - Ghostrider - is noted as "Ghost Train"
- Track B5 - Louie Louie - is misspelled "Lovie Lovie"
- Available in at least two editions.
Remarks concerning the common cover
Remarks concerning the "Japanese cover"
Source
- Recorded live at the Royal Albert Hall, London, 18th June 1985
For recent price developments see sistersbootlegs/Blood Money or popsike/bloodmoney
Track List
| Real Titels | Writing on label | Common cover | "Japanese cover" |
| A1 A Rock And A Hard Place | |||
| A2 Floorshow | |||
| A3 Knockin' On Heaven's Door | |||
| A4 Train | |||
| A5 Body And Soul | |||
| * B1 Possession | |||
| B2 Emma | |||
| * B3 Amphetamine Logic | |||
| * B4 Ghostrider | |||
| B5 Louie Louie |
Additional Pictures
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