Strawberry Sessions 1984

First And Last And Always - 2006 Rhino re-release inlay page 14

In summer 1984, i.e. in June and July 1984, The Sisters of Mercy recorded their first studio album

First And Last And Always at Strawberry Recording Studios in Stockport near Manchester.

With them was record producer Dave Allen.

By the end of July 1984, mixes for 18 songs were prepared on ten analogue master reels.

For the Rhino 2006 re-release of First And Last And Always the original sheet

with the list of these master reels was used as artwork for the CD-tray.

See the picture way down below ...

According to this page in another Wiki

the titles Tones, Spit on Your Grave, Evil Come Evil Go and Down to E.....

refer to known songs and were used as working titles.

In addition, some six further tracks were recorded

which did not refer to the planned album release.



List of master reels and tracks as given on the original sheet

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Track	Working Title		Track	Working Title		Track	Working Title
1   unknown	Tones	:	No Time To Cry		:
2   Emma		:	Walk Away		:
3   Poison Door		:	A Rock And A Hard Place		:
4   First And Last And Always	Scottish One A	:	First And Last And Always	Scottish One B	:
(album version)			(Japan version)
5   Possession		:	unknown	Spit On Your Grave	:	unknown	Evil Come Evil Go
6   Marian	Marianne	:	Wide Receiver		:
7   Nine While Nine	Child Of Light	:			:
8   Some Kind Of Stranger	Little Wing	:			:
9   Some Kind Of Stranger (Early)	Andy's Little Wing	:			:
10   unknown	Down to E.....	:	On The Wire		:

First And Last And Always - 2006 Rhino Re-release CD-tray

Further Tracks

Apart from the songs listed above, further tracks were recorded

but not used for the actual First And Last And Always album release.

Some of them were elaborated later for official Ghost Dance and The Mission records.

More information on this can be found here in this Wiki...

The tracks as they were have of course been eternalized on various bootlegs

such as Victims Of Circumstance 7" or Rare Obscurites.

• Red Skies Disappear
• Dance On Glass
• Garden Of Delight - (Eldritch Vocals)
• Garden Of Delight - (Hussey Vocals)
• Knockin' On Heaven's Door
• Serpent's Kiss