The Sisters Of Mercy - Floorshow
Ripped from a demo cassette self distributed in 1981 on Merciful Release to high quality lossless flac audio. A little snippet of Sisters' history. Originally circulated as a demo cassette by the band and then bootlegged widely in a plethora of formatia, here are those three very early Sisters Of Mercy demos for an abandoned second release and subsequently used for self promotion around Leeds in the early eighties.
01 Floorshow
02 Lights
03 Teachers / Adrenochrome
Gone in two weeks
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Thank you. I like the direction you have been moving in. Seems fitting for the autumnal season. ;)
ReplyDeleteFor his allotted 15 minutes, circa 87-88, the man was awesome. Then he became one of the biggest ponces known to man. Shame.
ReplyDeleteSaw them live in 2008 and learned they were the Sisters of Misty, the smoke was dense enough to hide the back of the stage and the absence of a drummer. My wife fell asleep at the concert, I kid you not. I love Floodland, but nowadays the Sisters are on a par with the Psychedelic Furs and their bitter lead singer as a curiosity, whereas Simple Minds still have it. So thank you for the early material; the upgrade on these tracks replaces some dodgies.
ReplyDeleteHappy to have even these, but are the other songs mentioned in the cassette insert unavailable?
ReplyDeleteThese tunes are still around, the torrent on Dime is still active, tagged as "THE SISTERS OF MERCY 1981 TAPE (DEMOS+LIVES)".
DeleteThe quality is not bad and in addition to the live Sisters material it is also bundled with demos from Marx's pre-Sisters band Naked Voices. I'm happy to share here with those who don't have access to Dime.
James