Razor Smiles

Razor Smiles - Cover (front)

Razor Smiles - Cover (back)

A live 7" bootleg single featuring various covers
played by The Sisters of Mercy.

The bootleg is mostly famous, though, for the
recording of Andrew Eldritch and Wayne Hussey
joining the Skeletal Family on stage at
Markthalle in Hamburg in September 1985.

Together, they performed a unique version of
Knockin' On Heaven's Door - at a moment in
time and history when The Sisters of Mercy had
already played their famous last gig at the Royal
Albert Hall in London, UK and shortly before the
eventual break-up of the band.

Release Notes

Label: Crack Down (as noted on back cover)

Catalogue#: KROL 3212

Format: 7" vinyl single

Released: 1986

Razor Smiles - with green vinyl

Razor Smiles - with red vinyl

Remarks

The record runs at 33 ⅓ RPM

The vinyl comes in either green or red colour.

Various sources also mention black issues

to exist, but no evidence for these have been

found so far. In addition, the original artwork

was sold in 2009 together with a green

and a red issue, respectively.

See the large picture down below

Remarkably, the catalogue# is similar to

the one of the first and the second reissue

of the Floorshow EP.

According to the labels produced by K. Mann

Matrix / Runouts:

Side A: KROL 3212 A

Side B: KROL 3212 B

The vinyl comes in a b/w wrap-around cover and with a white inner sleeve.

The recording date of track B1 is wrongly noted as 17.4.84.

The venue of track B2 is also wrongly named St. George's Hall.

Sources

Track A recorded live on September 21rst, 1985 with Skeletal Family @Markthalle, Hamburg, Germany

Track B1 recorded live on 16th of April 1984 at St Andrew's Hall, Detroit, MI, USA

Track B2 recorded live on 21st of March 1985 at King George's Hall, Blackburn, England

Track List

Track	Note
A1 Knockin' On Heaven's Door	Skeletal Family with Andrew Eldritch on vocals and Wayne Hussey on guitar
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B1 Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! (A Man After Midnight) ;	Original by ABBA
B2 Stairway To Heaven	Original by Led Zeppelin