The Lights Shine Clear Through The Sodium Haze
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One of the very early bootlegs featuring mainly live tracks from 1983 and 1984,
as well as studio outtakes from The Sisters' second 7" single Body Electric.
Release Notes
- Label:
- Catalogue#: SM-002/003
- Run-outs: SM - 002/A et - SM - 002/B et - SM - 003/A et - SM - 003/B et
- Format: 2 × 12" vinyl LP
- Released: 1984
Remarks
- A limited-edition bootleg of 600 hand-numbered or unnumbered copies.
- The hand-numbered copies have their numbers partly written in pink and partly in blue colour.
- The covers are basically white with a printed Merciful Release logo
- and some basic information on the front as follows:
- THE SISTERS OF MERCY
- the lights shine clear through the sodium haze
- LIVE IN DETMOLD 29/5/84
- I anaconda side
- II floorshow side
- III gimme shelter side
- IV sister ray side
- LIMITED EDITTION .../600
- Due to the Merciful Release logo on the cover front, this bootleg is often confused with the bootlegs
- A Merciful Release, also known as Merciful Release, Live In Detmold or The Sisters Of Mercy,
- although, that bootleg consists of only 1LP mainly featuring the gig @Hunky Dory in Detmold.
- Beyond that, a further bootleg exists with the same content as A Merciful Release but with a very different coverart
- from the one presented here, which is titled Mercyful Release.
- The cover back of the present one as well as of the one mentioned above (execpt Mercyful Release is plain white.
- Instead of the print, some issues have a coloured copy sheet glued to the cover front.
- These copy sheets give exactly the same information in exactly the same style as is on the printed covers.
- Covers have so far been seen with a copy sheet in red-brown (auburn) or in green (mint) colour.
- Of the latter green ones, only 100 copies were made (501/600) as a second pressing.
- These pressings seem to be numbered always as 600/600 and mostly come with a b/w insert sheet.
- Some of them do not come with an additional inlay, while others do.
- Most issues of this bootleg are pressed on clear multi-coloured splattered vinyl with white labels.
- Versions with one clear blue vinyl and one multi-coloured splattered vinyl are also common.
- More rarely, one can find issues coming with one white multi-coloured vinyl and one clear multi-coloured vinyl
- A copy sheet with venue announcement and track info is often included, and while not all copies have one,
- some issues even come with two very similar but still different insert sheets.
- Insert sheets also appear in different colours: b/w, red (auburn), blue, and (mint)green.
- Bootlegs with low numbers (<100) often have a white insert sheet.
Track-info mistakes
- Walk Away is listed as "Kiss The Carpet"
- Emma (song) is misspelled as "Emely"
- D4 is mixed up with D5
Insert sheet notes (in German)
29. Mai Sensations-Gastspiel | 29 May Sensational Guest Performance |
The Sisters Of Mercy | The Sisters of Mercy |
Nur 4 Tage in der BRD | Only 4 days in the BRD |
1 Tag im Hunky-Dory in Detmold! | 1 day at Hunky-Dory in Detmold |
Englands Kult-Band Nr.1 | England's Cult Band No. 1 |
Di 29.5. 21 Uhr The Sisters Of Mercy Einlaß ab 20 Uhr | Tue 29.5., 9pm The Sisters of Mercy, Admission from 8pm |
Sources
- A1-C4: Recorded live at Hunky Dory, Detmold, Germany, 29 May 1984
- D1: Recorded live at Odeon, Münster, Germany, 1 September 1983
- D2, D3: Studio outtakes from the 2nd official 7" single
- D4, D5: Recorded live at Paradiso, Amsterdam, NL, 28 August 1983
Track List
Side A | Side B |
A1 Burn | B1 Emma |
A2 Heartland | B2 Floorshow |
A3 Body And Soul | B3 Adrenochrome |
A4 Anaconda | B4 Alice |
A5 Walk Away |
Side C | Side D |
C1 Body Electric | D1 Temple Of Love |
C2 Gimme Shelter | D2 Body Electric |
C3 Ghostrider | D3 Adrenochrome |
C4 Sister Ray | D4 Lights |
D5 Louie Louie |
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