Through The Years
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This is a three record box bootleg that features the complete recordings of two concerts of the Sisters of Mercy.
The first concert was performed in 1983 during the Trans-Europe Excess Tour when Ben Gunn still played the second guitar in the band. The other gig is from the Tune In - Turn On - Burn Out Tour in 1985 when Wayne Hussey had already joined the band on guitar, replacing the before mentioned Ben Gunn.
This change of personnel through the years has obviously changed the sound and the modalities of the songs, too, and is well reflected on this bootleg. Some songs are repeatedly featured on the different sides of the records, and they sound amazingly varied as they were recorded at different concerts or in different eras.
Release Notes
- Label: unknown
- Catalogue#: none
- Run-out Matrix: SM8385-A to SM8385-F
- Format: 3 x 12" vinyl LP box
- Released: 1986
Remarks
- The box is made of resistant cardboard with a black snakeskin surface. On this cardboard an adhesive, printed plastik layer is glued in a way that it links the box and its top through the left side, so that it can be opened as a folder.
- There are different editions of this bootleg that vary in the color of the vinyls and their labels.
- One edition has 3 blue/black splattered clear vinyls and plain labels.
- One edition has 3 marbeled dark purple vinyls of the same color and labels with a dogs head.
- One edition has different coloured vinyls and labels with the Merciful Release Logo.
- Colours seen so far from this last edition: light green marbled/blue marbled/black, dark green marbled/blue marbled/black, green/turquoise/dark green.
- Cover Notes:
- 1983/85 A MERCIFUL RELEASE
- A 3 RECORD SET
- Temple Of Love is listed as "Tunnel Of Love"
- Adrenochrome is misspelled "Adrenachrome"
- Marian is misspelled "Marianne"
Sources
- The first record features the full concert at Loft, Berlin, Germany on 30 August 1983.
- The second and third record contain the whole concert at Top Rank, Brighton, England on 01 April 1985.
- This was the last time Gary Marx performed on tour with The Sisters of Mercy. One day later, on April 2nd, he was still present, when The Sisters of Mercy performed two songs during the Old Grey Whistle Test broadcast with BBC TV, but left the band afterwards for good.
Track List
Record One
| A1 Burn | B1 Temple Of Love |
| A2 Valentine | B2 Floorshow |
| A3 Anaconda | B3 Adrenochrome |
| A4 Heartland | B4 Gimme Shelter |
| A5 Alice | B5 Kiss The Carpet |
| A6 Emma | B6 Body Electric |
Record Two
| C1 First And Last And Always | D1 Possession |
| C2 Body And Soul | D2 Walk Away |
| C3 Train | D3 Burn |
| C4 Marian | D4 Emma |
| C5 No Time To Cry | D5 Amphetamine Logic |
Record Three
| E1 A Rock And A Hard Place | F1 Knockin' On Heaven's Door |
| E2 Floorshow | F2 Sister Ray |
| E3 Alice | F3 Ghost Rider |
| E4 Body Electric | F4 Louie Louie |
| E5 Gimme Shelter |
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