Knockin' On Docks' Door

Knockin' On Docks' Door - Cover (front)

A 2LP vinyl bootleg that features one of the energetic concerts during Tour Thing 1 in 1990,

promoting the then newly released Vision Thing album .

Back in those days, The Sisters Of Mercy performed three concerts in a row at DOCKS in Hamburg

(Eldritch's temporary home at the time) on November 16th, 17th and 18th, 1990.

The present 2 LP release gives a full recording of the second gig.

Beyond that, and more importantly, two songs from this concert - Ribbons and Something Fast -

were later used for side B of the official 12" When You Don't See Me single .

Knockin' On Docks' Door - Tour crew credits on the back cover

Release Notes

Label: The Reptile House Ltd.

Format: 2 × 12" vinyl LP

Catalogue#: SM 901 117

Barcode: 0 71875 579828

Run out grooves: SM-901117-A to D

Released: 1991, however, the back cover states

1990 as the year of release

Remarks

Black vinyls with Merciful Release logo on black background, numbered by letters.

Copies with plain black and red labels do exist as well.

The front coverart shows the same band photo that was used for the Doctor Jeep single,

also released in 1991. It was possibly taken from the center page of the Vision Thing Tour Programme,

and for this reason, a fine hairline is visible just where the booklet is folded.

Back Cover Remarks

Besides the usual track list, the album title, the band name, and some information on the venue,

there are further interesting details listed on the cover back:

- a full list of the tour crew (see the image on the right), also taken from the Vision Thing Tour Programme.

- a "Reptile House Approved" logo in shoddy resolution, (see the image in the middle below).

Alice and Amphetamine Logic are confused with each other in the track list.

Source

Recorded live on November 17th, 1990 at DOCKS, Hamburg, Germany

As usual for Tour Thing 1, the intro of the gig was a playback of Afterhours.

Although, it is not mentioned in the track list, the album does start with the final notes of this song.

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Knockin' On Docks' Door - Greek Box (content)

Knockin' On Docks' Door - Greek Box (front)

A Greek box set does exist as well.

The box set is - of course - an allegedly limited edition,

in this case of 10 hand-numbered copies.

The box itself is black and has the band name, the bootleg title

and a Merciful Release Logo as a golden deco print on the front

all of which has definitely nothing to do with The Sisters of Mercy

but is used to fake up an official appearance.

The contents of this box set are:

the two LPs;

a concert ticket, though not from this gig, but from Wembley;

a hand-numbered insert sheet with a track list;

a Heartland magazine - it is not clear, however, which edition it is;

a Vision Thing tour programme;

and obviously a t-shirt.

The box was sold on eBay by a Greek seller for the first time in 2012 - 22 years after the initial release of this bootleg!!! ... and no further copy has surfaced ever since...

Track List

Record One		Record Two
Side A	Side B	Side C	Side D
A1 First And Last And Always	B1 Dominion/Mother Russia	C1 Doctor Jeep	D1 Jolene
A2 Lucretia, My Reflection	B2 Flood II	C2 Amphetamine Logic	D2 Temple Of Love
A3 Body And Soul	B3 Valentine	C3 Alice	D3 Something Fast
A4 Detonation Boulevard	B4 Heartland	C4 Gimme Shelter	D4 Vision Thing
A5 Ribbons		C5 This Corrosion