------------------------------------------------------------------------------ THE SISTERS OF MERCY DISCOGRAPHY PART I official releases INDEX I. Albums II. Singles, eps III. Compilation Appearances IV. Interviews V. Video Releases VI. Promotional Releases KEY: HCP= Highest Chart Position ROGI= run-out groove inscription First pressing 12"s are labeled Made in England on the record label,rather than France, Germany or Holland and omit the 'unauthorised...' warning around the record label. Other things common to first pressings also use the SOM logo font [caslon antique] on the spine and gloss black inner sleeves. WYDSM only has German pressings though. First pressing 7"s are commonly labeled 'made in france' and/or with semi-circular cutout at the top of the sleeve to facilitate grasping the record and omit the 'unauthorised...' warning. May also have 'made in england' handstamped on the sleeve. Standard Sisters sleeve style is a black border with rectangular artwork and 'the Sisters of Mercy' underneath. Band personnel goes by the following key: SIS 1= Craig Adams-bass SIS 2= Craig Adams-bass Gary Marx-guitar Gary Marx-guitar Ben Gunn-Guitar Wayne Hussey-guitar SIS 3= Tony James-bass Tim Brecheno-guitar Andreas Bruhn-guitar All band line-ups include: Andrew Eldritch-vocals Doktor Avalanche-drums Line-ups featuring only Andrew Eldritch and one other person will simply be noted. For the 1990 European Vision Thing tour Dan Donovan was added as Keyboard player/Doktor Avalanche operator and is featured on the WYDSM b-sides only. Suzanne Josesowicz replaced him for the rest of the tour and as yet does not appear on a recording. I. ALBUMS 1. First and Last and Always SIDE ONE: Black Planet[4:27]/Walk Away[3:20]/No Time to Cry [3:54]/A Rock and a Hard Place[3:36]/Marian(version)[5:37] SIDE TWO: First and Last and Always[3:58]/Possession[4:36] Nine While Nine[4:07]/Amphetamine Logic[4:46]/Some Kind of Stranger[7:16] a. LP Merciful Release MR 337 L Mar 1985 b. CS Merciful Release MR 337 C Mar 1985 NOTES: First pressing lp has gatefold sleeve of Andrew backlit on stage. Picture inner sleeve with 'Detroit's Finest Adult Movies' picture and track listings on one side. Band pictures and credits on other side. Embossed WEA logo in lower right hand corner outer sleeve. Lettering is red with white outline. Black Planet[4:35]/Walk Away[3:23]/No Time to Cry[3:53]/A Rock and a Hard Place[3:30]/Marian(version)[5:41]/First and Last and Always[4:11]/Possession[4:36]/Nine While Nine[4:06]/Amphetamine Logic[4:48]/Some Kind of Stranger[7:17] c. CD Merciful Release MR 240 616-2 1988 NOTES: Remixed by Andrew Eldritch specifically for the CD reissue. GENERAL NOTES: Produced by Dave Allen. A remastered version will be issued on CD soon. HCP: UK #14 PERSONNEL: SIS 2 2. Floodland SIDE ONE: Dominion/Mother Russia[6:49]/Flood I[6:02]/Lucretia My Reflection[4:43]/1959[4:00] SIDE TWO: This Corrosion[8:56]/Flood II[6:01]/Driven Like the Snow[4:26]/Neverland(a fragment)[2:37] a. LP Merciful Release MR 441 L Nov 1987 NOTES: First pressing with numbers and gatefold lyric sheet backed with picture of Eldritch and Morrison against a sunset. Dominion/Mother Russia[7:01]/Flood I[6:22]/Lucretia My Reflection[4:57]1959[4:09]/This Corrosion[10:55]/Flood II [6:47]/Driven Like the Snow[6:27]/Never Land(a fragment)[2:46] b. CD Merciful Release MR 242246-2 1987 + Torch & Colours NOTES: Has longer versions of This Corrosion and Driven Like the Snow. c. CS Merciful Release MR 441 C Nov 1987 + Torch d. LP Merciful Release MR 441ltd numbered lp GENERAL NOTES: Produced by Andrew Eldritch with Larry Alexander except Dominion/Mother Russia by Eldritch/Steinman and This Corrosion by Steinman PERSONNEL: Patricia Morrison-bass,vocals This is currently being disputed in court. 3. Vision Thing SIDE ONE: Vision Thing/Ribbons/Detonation Boulevard/Something Fast SIDE TWO: When You Don't See Me/Doctor Jeep/More/I Was Wrong a. LP Merciful Release MR 449 L Oct 22,1990 b. CS Merciful Release MR 449 C c. CD Merciful Release MR 9031-72663-2 1990 d. CD Merciful Release MR 9031-72663-2 1990 ltd ed of 10000 in a vinyl textured case with embossed 'Vision Thing' and the Eye of Horus on the front. Track list/times on the back. NOTES: Produced by Andrew Eldritch except More by Eldritch/Steinman PERSONNEL: SIS 3 4. Some Girls Wander by Mistake RECORD ONE: Alice/Floorshow/Phantom/1969/Kiss the Carpet/Lights Valentine/Fix/Burn/Kiss the Carpet(reprise) RECORD TWO: Temple of Love(ext.ver.)/Heartland/Gimme Shelter Damage Done/Watch/Home of the Hitmen/Body Electric/Adrenochrome Anaconda a. LP(2) Merciful Release MR 555 L Apr 27 1992 gatefold with six plates of the single covers. b. CS Merciful Release MR 555 C Apr 27 1992 c. CD Merciful Release 9031-76476-2 Apr 27 1992 d. CD Merciful Release 9031-76476-2 numbered ltd ed of 500 in a beveled wood case. Case is black with painted metal "SGWBM" logo central, approximately 8X6, hinged on the short side with latch opposite. CD rests in a padded recess with the inserts in a recess in the lid. Comes with a clear plastic sheet with the SGWBM logo, 'number xxx of 500 underneath NOTES: The title is taken from the Leonard Cohen song 'Teachers', which was covered by the Sisters in the early days. All tracks previously released. All copies pressed in Germany. 5. a Slight case of Overbombing: Greatest Hits Volume One Under the Gun/Temple of Love(1992)/Vision Thing/Detonation Boulevard Doctor Jeep/More/Lucretia My Reflection/Dominion-Mother Russia/This Corrosion/No Time to Cry/Walk away/Body and Soul a. LP Merciful Release MR 557 1993 b. CD c. CS II. SINGLES, EPS,ETC. 1. the Damage Done b/w Watch/Home of the Hitmen a. 7" Merciful Release MR 007 1980 ROGI: "for spiggy" PERSONNEL: Gary Marx-guitar, possibly bass as well NOTES: Produced by Andrew Eldritch. Original valued at $200+ and widely bootlegged. Many original copies have the labels on the wrong sides. Limited to 1000 copies. Rumored original copies on gold vinyl. Deleted. 2. Body Electric b/w Adrenochrome a. 7" Merciful Release/CNT MR CNT 002 Apr 1982 ROGI: "for spiggy" "bilbo tape one" "rise and reverberate" COVER ART SOURCE: Francis Bacon's Study After Velasquez in red on black. NOTES: Produced by Andrew Eldritch. Released via CNT due to financial troubles at Merciful Release. Deleted. PERSONNEL: SIS 1 3. Alice b/w Floorshow a. 7" Merciful Release MR 015 Nov 1982 ROGI:"kenny giles walks on water" "for spiggy-flash that ash" COVER ART SOURCE: Henri Matisse's Nude Blue in gold on black. NOTES: Produced by John Ashton of the Psychedelic Furs. Entered the Independent Chart at #26. PERSONNEL: SIS 1 4. Anaconda b/w Phantom a. 7" Merciful Release MR 019 Mar 1983 ROGI: "nothing" "spiggy rides again" COVER ART SOURCE: Alice Cooper's Billion Dollar Babies in silver on black. NOTES: Produced by Andrew Eldritch. Single of the Week in Sounds. PERSONNEL: SIS 1 5. Alice/Floorshow b/w Phantom/1969 a. 12" Merciful Release MR 021 Mar 1983 ROGI: "im westen nichts neues-jesus loves the sisters" "for spiggy(foreign field)" "mein irisch kind. wo weilest du?" COVER ART SOURCE: Same as the 7". NOTES: Alice, Floorshow and 1969 produced by John Ashton. Phantom produced by Andrew Eldritch. 1969 originally by the Stooges. Released in response to import copies of the American 12" showing up in the UK at greatly inflated prices. First part of the ROGI is the German title of Erich Maria Remarque's 'All Quiet on the Western Front'. Fourth part is lines 33-34 of T. S. Eliot's poem, 'the Wasteland'. PERSONNEL: SIS 1 6. the Reptile House E.P. Kiss the Carpet/Lights/Valentine/Fix/Burn a. 12"EP Merciful Release MR 023 May 1983 ROGI: "for spiggy-paint it black" COVER ART SOURCE: Taken from a National Geographic magazine. NOTES: Produced by Andrew Eldritch. First 5,000 came with a lyric sheet. Single of the Week in Sounds. Some copies are violet on crimson instead of pink on black. Not listed is Kiss the Carpet (reprise), which is the same as the drum intro to Kiss the Carpet that opens the ep. Original pressings have MR023 on the spine where 'made in england' is on the repressings. PERSONNEL: SIS 1 7. Temple of Love b/w Heartland a. 7" Merciful Release MR 027 Oct 1983 ROGI:"for spiggy" "gonzoid amphetamine filth is dead" b. 12" Merciful Release MRX 027 1983 Extended version + Gimme Shelter ROGI: "for spiggy" "long live gonzoid amphetamine filth" NOTES: Produced Andrew Eldritch. Gimme Shelter originally by the Rolling Stones. HCP: #2 on the Independent Chart PERSONNEL: SIS 1 8. Body & Soul b/w Train a. 7" Merciful Release MR 029 June 1984 b. 12" Merciful Release MR 029 T 1984 + Body Electric & Afterhours ROGI: "for spiggy+alan vega" COVER ART SOURCE: From Dante's Inferno depicting Dante and Virgil on Hell's Ninth level. Art by Gustave Dore, a 19th Century French artist. It has no title, but the caption beneath it in edition featuring it is, 'take care that you do not trod on the heads of thy brethren.' NOTES: Produced by Andrew Eldritch. Available with blue or white cover art. First pressing was blue, but this is not necessarily indicative. Canadian copies feature a maple leaf on the back. German pressings have track times. Some blue copies in envelope sleeves. Spine lettering on first pressing is in the typical SOM font. The first Sisters record distributed by WEA. Some blue copies in envelope sleeves. TRACK TIMES: Body & Soul-3:34/Body Electric-4:38/Train-2:36/Afterhours-7:25 PERSONNEL: SIS 2 9. Walk Away b/w Poison Door a. 7" Merciful Release MR 033 Oct 1984 + Lmt Ed. flexi of "Long Train" COVER ART: The crescent and bar from the center of FALAA in silver on black. NOTES: Brazilian pressings are especially rare. b. 12" Merciful Release MR 033 T 1984 + On the Wire and flexi disc NOTES: Produced by Dave Allen. HCP: #45. Original cover is red on black later pressings are silver on black. Inner sleeve is black with MR logo in rectangular box. PERSONNEL: SIS 2 10. No Time to Cry b/w Blood Money a. 7" Merciful Release MR 335 Feb 1985 b. 12" Merciful Release MR 335 T 1985 + Bury Me Deep COVER ART SOURCE: Close-up of lace pattern from the cover of FALAA. NOTES: Original pressing in matte black envelope sleeve. NTTC produced by Dave Allen. BM & BMD produced by Andrew Eldritch. HCP: #63 PERSONNEL: SIS 2 11. This Corrosion b/w Torch a. 7" Merciful Release MR 039 Sept 1987 b. 12" Merciful Release MR 039 T 1987 extended + Colours c. CD Merciful Release MR 039 CD 1987 11.5 min version + Colours gatefold case d. CS Merciful Release MR 039 C TC/Torch b/w TC(ext)/Colours (Colours is an edit) e. BOX Merciful Release MR 039 B 7" box set + inserts ROGI-"I'll be picking up your petals in another few hours..." NOTES: TC produced by Jim Steinman. Torch produced by Andrew Eldritch. Colours produced by Andrew Eldritch with Larry Alexander. HCP: #13 PERSONNEL: Patricia Morrison-bass,vocals(see Floodland note) New York Choral Society-choral vocals 12. Dominion b/w Untitled/Sandstorm a. 7" Merciful Release MR 043 Feb 1988 b. 12" Merciful Release MR 043 T 1988 + Emma NOTES: Also Canadian pressings c. CD3" Merciful Release MR 043 CD 1988 replaces Emma with Ozymandias d. CS Merciful Release MR 043 C box set+photo insert e. 12" Merciful Release MR 043 TB box + poster NOTES: Dominion produced by Steinman/Eldritch/Alexander. Untitled and Emma produced by Hugh Jones. Ozymandias is Dominion played backwards. Emma originally by Hot Chocolate. Box set copies in envelope sleeve. HCP: #13 PERSONNEL: Patricia Morrison-bass ,vocals see Floodland note 13. Lucretia My Reflection b/w Long Train(1984) a. 7" Merciful Release MR 045 June 1988 b. 12" Merciful Release MR 045 T extended c. CD Merciful Release MR 45 CD 1988 same as 12" NOTES: Long Train(1984) is the same as the version given away with MR 033. Produced by Andrew Eldritch with Larry Alexander. Also Canadian pressing of 12". PERSONNEL: Patricia Morrison-bass,vocals on Lucretia see Floodland note. SIS 2 on Long Train(1984) 14. More b/w You Could Be the One a. 7" Merciful Release MR 47 Oct 1,1990 short version of more b. 12" Merciful Release MR 47T long version c. CD Merciful Release MR 47 CD all three d. CD Merciful Release MR 47 CDX 12" gatefold pack and picture disc limited to 5000 copies NOTES: More produced by Eldritch/Steinman. YCBTO produced by Andrew Eldritch. Some copies of the 7" have reversed labels HCP: #11. PERSONNEL: SIS 3 15. Doctor Jeep(radio edit) b/w Knockin' on Heaven's Door(live bootleg) a. 7" Merciful Release MR 51 Dec 1990 b. 12" Merciful Release MR 51 T 1990 extended version c. CD Merciful Release MR 51 CD all three songs d. 12" Merciful Release MR 51 TX DJ(8.54) + Burn LBR/Amphetamine Logic LBR) + poster limited to 5000 copies NOTES: Produced by Andrew Eldritch. Live tracks recorded in Bremen, Germany 1985. Knockin' on Heaven's Door originally by Bob Dylan. PERSONNEL: SIS 3 on Doctor Jeep, SIS 2 on live tracks 16. When You Don't See me(remix) b/w Ribbons(live) a. 7" Merciful Release MR 53 Feb 1991 b. 12" Merciful Release MR 53T 1991 + Something Fast(live) c. CD Merciful Release MR 53 CD 1991 same as 12" d. 12" Merciful Release MR 53 TX 1991 lmt ed. + patch limited to 5000 copies NOTES: Produced by Andrew Eldritch. Only released in Germany. Live tracks recorded at the Aufhahme,Hamburg,Germany 11/17/90 PERSONNEL: SIS 3 17. Temple of Love(1992) (Touched by the Hand of Ofra Haza) b/w I Was Wrong(American Fade) a. 7" Merciful Release MR 053 Apr 20 1992 b. 12" Merciful Release MR 053T B-side is Vision Thing(Canadian Club Mix) c. 12" Merciful Release MR 053TX Lmt ed. with poster d. CD Merciful Release MR 053CD All three + WYDSM(German Release) c. CD Merciful Release MR 053CDX Lmt Ed NOTES: Comes in a box the size of a standard double CD box. With one side containing the single and the other containing postcards with the covers of Alice, the Reptile House, Temple of Love 1992 and Some Girls Wander by Mistake. GENERAL NOTES: UK pressings are in a full CD case. German pressings are in a slim case like all other SOM CD singles. Cover art is the same as the original, but mirror-imaged and horizontally elongated. HCP: #3 18. Under the Gun b/w Alice(1993) a. 7" Merciful Release MR59 1993 b. 12" Merciful Release MR59T c. CD Merciful Release MR59CD d. CD Merciful Release MR59CDX lmt. ed. + UTG(Jutland Mix 6:20) NOTES: All black case with sticker of new MR logo in yellow. Credits on back are also a sticker. III. COMPILATION APPEARANCES 1. They Shall Not Pass 1985 a. LP Abstract AABT 400 1985 b. CD Abstract AABT 400 1988 NOTES: Contains Body Electric & Adrenochrome 2. Six Disques Bleu a. LP(6) ABLUBOX 400 1987 NOTES: Contains Body Electric & Adrenochrome 3. Shock Vanguard 88 Tutti Frutti a. LP BMG Ariola Discos 670.4238 BRAZIL 1988 NOTES: Selections from the Brazilian TV show 'Shock Vanguard'. Contains This Corrosion (9:17). Also includes tracks by Everything But the Girl,Aztec Camera, the Jesus & Mary Chain, Tanita Tikaram,the Adventures,Nitzer Ebb,Fields of the Nephilim Gene Loves Jezebel and the Screaming Blue Messiahs. IV. INTERVIEWS the Conversation Disc series a. CD ABCD017 NOTES: Picture disc DISC NOTES: Disc picture is the red background photo widely available as a postcard. Limited to 10,000 copies. RECORDING NOTES: Incomplete interviews from WNYU in '84. Also contains the same interview as the free 7" given out with Spiral Scratch 1. the Talking Pictures series a. CD Bakatabak BAK CBAK 4007 b. 12" Baktabak BAK 2082 c. 7"(4) Baktabak BAKPAK 1009 NOTES: Picture discs.Floodland promotion so so sound quality. 12" Box set a.CD CID 001 NOTES: Andrew Eldritch interview. Approx. 30 minutes. Blue cover Limited edition of 1000. Black Hat Dark Glasses a. CD3 ELDRITCH 1 NOTES: Interview circa '84 with AE on Music View in New York. Six minutes long. Booklet reprints SOM article from issue 4 of Spiral Scratch. In slim-line jewelbox. this is probably a bootleg Free Spiral Scratch 7" a. 7" NOTES: Given away free with Spiral Scratch one. Thoughts and Prayers a. CD NOTES: Same inter as Dark Hat. Hologram on disc. V. VIDEO RELEASES WAKE-choruses from under the rock First and Last and Always/Body and Soul/Marian/No Time to Cry Walk Away/Possession/Emma/Amphetamine Logic/a Rock and a Hard Place/Floorshow/Alice/Fix/Knockin' on Heaven's Door a. VHS b. LD Polygram Music Video SM058-3008 NOTES: 2 sides, CLV Digital Stereo RECORDING NOTES: Shot live at the Royal Albert Hall 6/18/85 NOTES: The last gig before the breakup. Louie, Louie and Ghostrider were played as an unexpected encore and thus not filmed. SHOT This Corrosion/Dominion/Lucretia My Reflection/1959 a. VHS NOTES: A compilation of videos released with Floodland. except for 1959 which was shot exclusively for this release. Shot Rev. 2 This Corrosion/Dominion/Lucretia My Reflection/1959/More/Doctor Jeep/Detonation Boulevard/Vision Thing VI. PROMOTIONAL RELEASES all are promo only This Corrosion b/w Torch/Colours a. CD NOTES: Very ltd ed black cd This Corrosion a. 7" sam388 NOTES: radioplay promo This Corrosion a. 12" NOTES: Black Label. No catalog numbers. Floodland a. LP NOTES: Radioplay promo. No catalog numbers. Floodland a. CD NOTES: Test pressing. Completely black cd with TSOM Floodland in a box on it. Dominion/Untitled b/w Sandstorm/Emma a.12" NOTES: Black label. No catalog numbers. Lucretia My Reflection(extended) b/w Lucretia My Reflection(lp) a. 12" sam443 NOTES: 45rpm No labels. Cover is plastic with one side in a snakeskin pattern and the other clear. Gloss black inner sleeve. Neither the record nor sleeve are marked to indicate what it is. More(radio edit) a. CD NOTES: DJ promo. Vision Thing/More/Detonation Boulevard a. 12" Merciful Release sam 724 NOTES: one sided. Detonation Boulevard/Detonation Boulevard/Detonation Boulevard a. CD Temple of Love(1992)[8:05] b/w Vision Thing(Canadian Club Remix) a. 12" MR53sam Temple of Love(1992) a. CD MR53CD/DJ Under the Gun(DJ edit) [4:02]/Under the Gun(metropolis mix)[6:17]/Alice(1993) [3:57] a. CD Merciful Release 1993