Floodland Demos (1986)
Demos recorded in 1986 for The Sisters of Mercy's second studio album Floodland,
often referred to as Portastudio Floodland Demos (1986).
Recording Notes
- All tracks were recorded by Andrew Eldritch in 1986 (see the below information derived from another Wiki)
Andrew Eldritch began to compose a new WEA album in Hamburg. He recorded demo versions of all the songs
on Floodland except This Corrosion as well as a 7-minute instrumental without title. These demos were mainly
recorded with a Casio CZ-101 synthesizer, some acoustic guitars and a new drum machine:
“By the time Floodland was being written, Andrew had spent all the ready cash on a computer and a sequencer,
and was looking for a reasonably priced midi drum machine with a tighter snare drum. So he got a Yamaha RX5
for the snare sound (the kick was quite tight too) and wrote the album with that".*
* Quote from The Sisters or Mercy's homepage under Sisters Tech - Doktor
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Remarks
- Total Running Time: 30:09
In 1988, these demos began to surface on various bootlegs and can be found (in full or partly) on:
- 1983 - 1986
- Acoustics From The Beehive
- Floodland Demos (7")
- Kill The Lights
- Kama Sutra
- Rare Obscurities
Tracks
| Song | Duration | Remarks |
| • Dominion / Mother Russia | 5:11 | |
| • Flood I | 1:12 | |
| • Lucretia, My Reflection | 2:10 | |
| • Never Land | 7:37 | |
| • Untitled | 6:53 | |
| • Driven Like The Snow aka Snowdriver | 3:24 | |
| • Flood II | 3:32 | Flood II (Demo) |
