The Sisters of Mercy 1939-??-??
Demos & outtakes 1981-1986, Unknown, Unknown
Set 1
Floorshow
Lights
Teachers/Adrenochrome
Valentine
Body Politic (early version of 'Fix')
Lights (same version as above, but included for completeness' sake)
Anaconda
Driver (unreleased song with a couple of lyrics that ended up in 'Heartland')
Good Things (unreleased song)
Phantom
Burn (actually an unreleased song of which the intro and some lyrics were later re-used in 'Burn')
Kiss The Carpet (actually an instrumental demo of 'Burn', without the intro)
Valentine (basically the same as track 4, but included for completeness' sake)
Fix
Where Spirits Fly
Wide Receiver
Walk Away (early demo from shortly after the 1984 Peel Session)
No Time To Cry (early demo from shortly after the 1984 Peel Session)
A Rock And A Hard Place (instrumental version)
Black Planet (instrumental version - not the final take, but the recording used for track B03, the 'Dance On Glass' lyrics version)
Marian (instrumental)
Dominion/Mother Russia (from 'Kamasutra' bootleg 2CD)
Flood I
Lucretia
Neverland (complete 7'37")
Untitled (6'53" version with guitar)
Driven Like The Snow (wide stereo mix, bass left/drums right)
Flood II
Candle
First And Last And Always (alternate 'Marian' lyrics sung by Gary Marx)
Black Planet ('Dance on Glass' lyrics sung by Wayne Hussey)
A Rock And A Hard Place (German disco version)
Garden Of Delight (unreleased song sung by Wayne Hussey)
Garden of Delight (unreleased song sung by Andrew Eldritch)
Knockin' On Heaven's Door
Serpent's Kiss (unreleased song, instrumental version later recorded by The Mission for their debut single)
Emma
A Rock And A Hard Place
No Time To Cry
First And Last And Always
A Rock And A Hard Place
Walk Away
Lights
Teachers/Adrenochrome
Valentine
Body Politic (early version of 'Fix')
Lights (same version as above, but included for completeness' sake)
Anaconda
Driver (unreleased song with a couple of lyrics that ended up in 'Heartland')
Good Things (unreleased song)
Phantom
Burn (actually an unreleased song of which the intro and some lyrics were later re-used in 'Burn')
Kiss The Carpet (actually an instrumental demo of 'Burn', without the intro)
Valentine (basically the same as track 4, but included for completeness' sake)
Fix
Where Spirits Fly
Wide Receiver
Walk Away (early demo from shortly after the 1984 Peel Session)
No Time To Cry (early demo from shortly after the 1984 Peel Session)
A Rock And A Hard Place (instrumental version)
Black Planet (instrumental version - not the final take, but the recording used for track B03, the 'Dance On Glass' lyrics version)
Marian (instrumental)
Dominion/Mother Russia (from 'Kamasutra' bootleg 2CD)
Flood I
Lucretia
Neverland (complete 7'37")
Untitled (6'53" version with guitar)
Driven Like The Snow (wide stereo mix, bass left/drums right)
Flood II
Candle
First And Last And Always (alternate 'Marian' lyrics sung by Gary Marx)
Black Planet ('Dance on Glass' lyrics sung by Wayne Hussey)
A Rock And A Hard Place (German disco version)
Garden Of Delight (unreleased song sung by Wayne Hussey)
Garden of Delight (unreleased song sung by Andrew Eldritch)
Knockin' On Heaven's Door
Serpent's Kiss (unreleased song, instrumental version later recorded by The Mission for their debut single)
Emma
A Rock And A Hard Place
No Time To Cry
First And Last And Always
A Rock And A Hard Place
Walk Away
Set 2
Set 3
Comment
01-03: 1981 'Floorshow' demo EP
- from the 'Before The Flood' bootleg CD
04-13: 1982 Portastudio demos
- from the 'Before The Flood' bootleg CD (superior to the version on the 'Acoustics From The Beehive' bootleg CD)
14: (bass-only version of 'Fix' with alternate lyrics possibly sung by Craig Adams; or maybe not Sisters related at all?)
15: (instrumental version of a Gary Marx composition later recorded by Ghostdance) - not really a demo, but a soundcheck recording, from Hamburg 1984; taken from the 'Echoes Vol. III' bootleg CD)
16: (unreleased song - 1983/1984?)
- from the 'Wide Receiver' bootleg CD
17-21: 1984 demo recordings
22-28: 1986 Portastudio demos for 'Floodland' (1986)
- 22 from the 'Kamasutra' bootleg 2CD, 23-27 from 'Acoustics From The Beehive' (but ultimately from the 'Kill The Lights' bootleg LP; clicks & pops manually removed), 28 from the '1983-1986' bootleg CD (clicks & pops manually removed)
29: (instrumental version of 'Driver', 1982-3? - from the 'In The Shadow Of Angels' vinyl bootleg; clicks & pops manually removed)
30-37: 1984 demo recordings
- from the superior 'Victims Of Circumstance' bootleg CD, not the flawed & hissy 'Suns Of Mercy' bootleg CD
38: (alternate disco version - from the '1983-1986' bootleg CD; vinyl clicks & pops manually removed)
39-42. 1984-1985 outtakes
- the same quartet of songs that also appeared on the 'Last Magician Of Rational Thought' 7" bootleg EP, but here taken from the 'Rare Obscurities' bootleg CD (vinyl clicks & pops manually removed)
- from the 'Before The Flood' bootleg CD
04-13: 1982 Portastudio demos
- from the 'Before The Flood' bootleg CD (superior to the version on the 'Acoustics From The Beehive' bootleg CD)
14: (bass-only version of 'Fix' with alternate lyrics possibly sung by Craig Adams; or maybe not Sisters related at all?)
15: (instrumental version of a Gary Marx composition later recorded by Ghostdance) - not really a demo, but a soundcheck recording, from Hamburg 1984; taken from the 'Echoes Vol. III' bootleg CD)
16: (unreleased song - 1983/1984?)
- from the 'Wide Receiver' bootleg CD
17-21: 1984 demo recordings
22-28: 1986 Portastudio demos for 'Floodland' (1986)
- 22 from the 'Kamasutra' bootleg 2CD, 23-27 from 'Acoustics From The Beehive' (but ultimately from the 'Kill The Lights' bootleg LP; clicks & pops manually removed), 28 from the '1983-1986' bootleg CD (clicks & pops manually removed)
29: (instrumental version of 'Driver', 1982-3? - from the 'In The Shadow Of Angels' vinyl bootleg; clicks & pops manually removed)
30-37: 1984 demo recordings
- from the superior 'Victims Of Circumstance' bootleg CD, not the flawed & hissy 'Suns Of Mercy' bootleg CD
38: (alternate disco version - from the '1983-1986' bootleg CD; vinyl clicks & pops manually removed)
39-42. 1984-1985 outtakes
- the same quartet of songs that also appeared on the 'Last Magician Of Rational Thought' 7" bootleg EP, but here taken from the 'Rare Obscurities' bootleg CD (vinyl clicks & pops manually removed)
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