Sisters of Mercy - Classic or Dud

I trust you all are familiar with the companion rarities compilation, "Some Boys Wander By Mistake"?

http://plan-9fromouterspace.blogspot.com/2009/08/sisters-of-mercy-some-boys-wander-by.html

Most of that ended up on the reissues I think...

I'm browsing Dime and apparently there was a show the other night in the UK? Is Eldritch ever actually going to release anything?

No. He did an interview recently(? or maybe I just read it recently) where he basically said there was no point and they were quite happy to not do very much other than the odd tour. He gets enough money* from his back catalogue and a couple of festivals a year to pretty much sit around reading the rest of the time.

(*am I making it up or is he from a moneyed family and therefore has very little motivation to make any more? I'm sure I read or heard that somewhere but it might be nonsense)

yes, seems to be a small 30th anniversary tour.

the website has the dates.

...and is still bright orange. reptile house and merciful release websites still hilariously "under construction".

a while back i was listening to ~college radio~ and heard a version of Temple of Love that sounded like a studio outtake, where the singer bro chanted 'GOTH GOTH GOTH GOTH GOTH' instead of the actual lyrics to the song - does anyone know about this/where its from

Oh god, I know this. It's a cover version by... gah!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bXViPACn0Z4

...CREAMING JESUS!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KoHR7m2eiDU

They also did a thrash metal version of 'A Forest' too btw

haha thats it man! thanks !!!!!!!!!!!!

I love the artwork for "A Forest" -- cartoon drawing of the band sitting on Robert Smith and beating him up.

it pisses me off so much that Some Girls Wander By Mistake isn't on US Spotify, I need to hear some "Heartland"/"Alice"/orig "Temple of Love" right now

comforting myself with some "First and Last and Always"

Lucretia, my reflection, dance the ghost with me

we need a new sisters album now that MVB is out

question :

does anyone know if the cheapo boxset thats available of this bands catalogue uses the old masters, or the rhino remasters as their source ?

i.e

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Original-Album-Sisters-Mercy/dp/B0030HG3K6/ref=sr_1_3?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1403601856&sr=1-3&keywords=sisters+of+mercy

User reviews seem to indicate old masters were used

yeah .. thats what i thought, but wanted to see if anyone knew for definite.

suspect i will be tracking down the remasters.

there isn't anything really taht wrong with the original masters of these albums on cd from what I remember. first last and always was kind of murky but I suspect that's just the mix

only ever had that on cassette and that really sounded super swampy

having recently picked up the bauhaus/fields of nephilm remastered editions, i kind of want to complete the set.

i have one of the SOM compilations, so will be checking it tonight, as i have not heard it in years.

just to follow up on my own question.
i picked up the remasters yesterday as fopp had'em relatively cheap (a fiver each).
they sound fantastic.
when played against tracks off the comp, there is a noticeable sonic difference as you'd expect with remasters i.e. more bass, clearer etc.
yes, its clear there were budget limitations on the debut so that still sounds relatively thin/murky as mentioned above, as the jump in production between that and floodland is immense.
but it matters not as all three albums are hitting the spot perfectly.

Which are these remasters? Sorry if that's a silly question - I've not really paid any attention to the Sisters for years now. But I'd be interested in upgrading my dodgy, scratchy old vinyl editions.

the 2006 rhino remasters.
came out a few years ago ..
albums + b-sides.
not the compilations.

OMG there was an MFSL vinyl version of First/Last that came out in 2009

http://www.discogs.com/Sisters-Of-Mercy-First-And-Last-And-Always/release/2871095

so weird that none of the early EPs got the rhino treatment

licensing issues ?

andrew is a f&cker.

literally.

and no, i do not mean figuratively.

i lived in ls6 87-91 and had a somewhat unexpected insight into the world of andrew and wayne that i would never have expected.

hence the reason i avoided the music for many years.

well, more fool me.

this stuff is f*cking brilliant.

You have to spill now, don't be a tease.

sorry. i cant.

I don't think anybody would be shocked if they found out the band had a lot of/various kinds of sex and drugs.

or were generally less than kind toward their fellow humans

sorry. i cant.

sure you can

^^^

I need to echo this.

shouts INCOMING! during, don't he

lol

omg

ok.
it's a long time gone ..
back in the early 90s i used to rent a room from a friend ..
for a while he had a full on goth girlfriend who had two kids.
young kids.
one was fathered by andrew.
the other wayne.
apparently xmas was not an easy situation.

mercy!

!

"Wayne."

"Andrew."

*silence, as dim Xmas carols play in another room*

"...so what are you calling the new album?"

"Children."

"Mmm."

*more silence*

were they...sisters?

xp

told you it was a good'un.

and genuine.

amazing

Mark can remember the free concert in Leeds city centre in '87 or possibly '88? I was just a nipper at the time it was a counter-event to the national front rally that used to go through the city centre every St Georges day. All I can remember is that New Model Army were playing there. It was the last time I can remember seeing an ocean of old school goths/punks as far as the eye can see in my memory.

Mark can remember the free concert in Leeds city centre in '87 or possibly '88?

new model army.

f*ck yes.

human pyramid.

immense.

human pyramid.

It is so long ago I had forgotten about that, the memory has only just come back to me. jesus!

Well I can't get you that show but speaking of them and Leeds (and approaching Christmas)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i5kHAU_rMNA

get the new model army off this oustanding sisters of mercy thread. THIS IS A GOTH SAFE SPACE

Been rocking "Lucretia" quite a lot lately.

been on a sisters o' mercy kick lately. adrenochrome is the best damn thing ever.