Body Electric (single)

This is the second single ever by The Sisters of Mercy.

Body Electric 7" - common red cover

Body Electric 7" with light red (pink) cover

Release Notes

• Label: Merciful Release/CNT Productions

• Catalogue#: CNT 002

• Format: 7" vinyl single

• Release Date: April 1982

Tracks:

Side A	-   Body Electric	-   4:20
Side AA	-   Adrenochrome	-   2:57

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, all soaked in a deep crimson dye.

A view of the original can also be found at the WebMuseum.

Body Electric - 7" Cover (back)

• The issue of the cover art for the Body Electric single was also featured and discussed in UTR,

The Sisters' official fanzine, see
- Heartland Gallery/UTR#9 - Page 6 and
- Heartland Gallery/UTR#9 - Page 7.

• The title of the single and the song Body Electric are derived from the poem

I Sing The Body Electric by Walt Whitman (1819 - 1892).

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

• The covers are either made of thin paper, or they are thick and glossy.

NOTE
Meanwhile some bootlegs have surfaced
which should not be mistaken for the present original release, see:

- Body Electric (Australian 2009 Reissue) - red vinyl, mainly available as part of a set

- Body Electric (Greek demo bootleg) - alledgedly some "untitled demo version"

- Body Electric - Floorshow (Greek live bootleg) - Live in Bologna 1985

- Body Electric - Sister Ray (Greek live bootleg) - Live at Deinze 1984

Additional Pictures

Body Electric 7" vinyl

Body Electric 7" - Label Side A

Body Electric 7" - Label Side AA