Possession (12" bootleg)

Possession - Cover (front)

This bootleg is available in various editions and consists of a soundboard recording from

The Sisters of Mercy's gig on 28 August 1983 at the Paradiso in Amsterdam, NL.

At the time, The Sisters were still using their Boss Dr.Rhythm drum machine.

Release Notes

Label(s): Launching Receords / September Songs / Skeleton Songs Ltd. / Northlake
Catalogue#(s): Skelet03 / SS 005/006
Format: 2x 12" vinyl LP
Released: 1985 (UK), 1991

Remarks

Soundboard recording, very good sound quality
Produced by Music for Mind
Coverart by Atlan Production
Instead of the 28th August 1983, the 28th March 1983 is stated as the recording date.
Also, the back cover mentions Wayne Hussey on guitars,
although he was not yet in the band at that time.
Non-human credit - Drums: Doctor Avalanche
In addition, there are plenty mistakes as to the song titles (see Track Lists).
The cover art including mistakes is for all editions the same.
A 2CD-version of this bootleg does exist as well.

For recent price developments see sistersbootlegs/Possession LP... or popsike/Possession ...

Track Lists

Record One
Side One			Side Two
1. Burn	Burn	2:05	1. Emma	Emmaline	6:54
2. Valentine	Valentine	5:15	2. Temple Of Love	Temple Of Love	4:44
3. Anaconda	Zero	3:45	3. Floorshow	Floorshow	5:02
4. Heartland	Heartland	3:52
5. Alice	Alice	4:02

Record Two
Side Three			Side Four
1. Adrenochrome	Sisters Of Mercy	3:48	1. Lights	In The Rain	6:40
2. Gimme Shelter	Gimmie Shelter	6:12	2. Medley consisting of
3. Kiss The Carpet	Kiss	4:19	Sister Ray / Louie Louie
4. Body Electric	Louie Louie	5:14	Ghost Rider / Louie Louie	Sister Ray	12:20

Editions

Possession - LP cover (back)

This bootleg exists in various editions.
The order of these different releases has not yet been established in detail:

Original Editions

September Songs edition on black vinyls with yellow September Songs labels

September Songs edition on black vinyls with blue September Songs labels
Here it is not quite clear whether both labels are blue.
An edition with plain white labels on one of the records is known to exist.

Lounging Records edition on black vinyls with red Lounging Records print on black labels
for these see also The UltimateSistersGuide...

Standard Reissues

2 x black vinyls with plain white labels

Northlake edition of 1 x blue and 1 x green vinyl with Northlake labels

Limited Edition Reissues

1 x yellow and 1 x multicoloured vinyl, white labels (extremely rare);
only two copies are known to exist!

2 x blue vinyls with plain white labels, limited edition of 300 copies;
partly coming with a red sticker: "Limited Edition on Colored Vinyl"

Possession - with 1 red black splattered and 1 black vinyl

Another limited edition of 200 on 2 x multicoloured vinyls
comes with a yellow hand-numbered sticker on cover front
and with plain white labels on the vinyls;

A similar limited edition of also 200 on 2 x multicoloured vinyls with plain white labels
does exist as well. Only the stickers are not numbered;

There is a third limited edition of alledgedly 200 on 2 x multicoloured vinyls with plain white labels.
Here, the sticker is numbered again, but record 2 is mostly clear with only a few coloured spots.
This edition is, in fact, very rare. Only a few got actually pressed.

2 x clear blue vinyls with Northlake labels and run-outs: "Mercy", a limited edition of 300 copies

1 x yellow and 1 x green vinyl with Northlake labels and run-outs: "Mercy". This version does have
a Limited-Edition sticker, but it is unknown to how many copies it is limited, actually.

another alleged limited edition with 1 x red black-splattered and 1 x black vinyl and plane white labels

NOTE: Record 1 of this set (the red black splattered one) happens to have been distributed with the
b/w cover version of Cryptic Flowers more often than only a few times, maybe caused by the fact that
both bootlegs have "MERCY A / MERCY B" run-outs.