Body Electric (single)

Body Electric 7" - vommon cover

Body Electric 7" with light red 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.

• The cover features Francis Bacon's Head VI, a view of which can be found here at the WebMuseum

• The title is derived from the poem I Sing The Body Electric by Walt Whitman (1819 - 1892).

• Some copies have a slighter red on the cover than others.
  

• The covers are either thin paper or thick and glossy.

NOTE

• Meanwhile some reissues and bootlegs have surfaced, see
  - Body Electric (Australian Reissue)
  - Body Electric (Greek demo bootleg)
  - Body Electric - Floorshow (Greek live bootleg)
  - Body Electric - Sister Ray (Greek live bootleg)

Additional Pictures

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Body Electric 7" - Side A

Body Electric 7" - Side B