Strawberry Sessions 1984

Strawberry Studios, Stockport

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 ...

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

Reel	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 (album version)	Scottish One A	First And Last And Always (Japan version)	Scottish One B
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 inlay p. 14

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. The tracks as they were have of course been eternalized on various bootlegs such as Victims Of Circumstance or Rare Obscurites.

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