Today, 35 years ago, American Industrial band Ministry released their second studio album Twitch (12/03/1986). Unlike their synth-pop sounding debut album With Sympathy and due to the influences of bands like Front 242 and Cabaret Voltaire, Twitch received a more dark and aggressive production approach by Adrian Sherwoord and the bands head and voice Al Jourgensen.
Over The Shoulder, accompanied by a video directed by Peter Christopherson (Throbbing Gristle /Coil) was the only single taken from this album.
In 1990 Twitch was reissued on CD and contained two extra tracks, being the exclusive tracks on the Over The Shoulder 12” single until that time.
Tracklist Twitch:
1. Just Like You
2. We Believe
3. All Day Remix
4. The Angel
5. Over the Shoulder
6. My Possession
7. Where You at Now? / Crash & Burn / Twitch" (Version II)
CD bonus tracks
8. Over the Shoulder (12" Version)
9. Isle of Man" (Version II)
Today, 41 years ago, John Peel played Joy Division's Dead Souls for the first time on BBC Radio.
On 12th March 1980, renowned long term BBC radio journalist and DJ John Peel (30 August 1939 – 25 October 2004) played Joy Division's Dead Souls for the first time after he discovered the track as a B-side on the 7" Licht und Blindheit.
This single, with Atmosphere on the A-side, was released in 1980 as a France only and limited edition of 1,578 copies. The 7" came with a 3 page colour gatefold booklet with a translation, text written by Jean-Pierre Turmel, a painting by Jean-Francois Jamoul and a photograph by Anton Corbijn.
Today, 36 years ago, The Sisters Of Mercy released First And Last And Always!
Today it’s exactly 36 years ago that The Sister of Mercy released their first studio album First and Last and Always. It was released on 11 March 1985 through Merciful Release and WEA, with Elektra Records handling the US release.
The album was recorded during the second half of 1984 and multiple recording sessions took place in various recording studios. It was mixed and produced by David M.Allen who also produced for the likes of The Cure, Depeche mode, Wire and The Human League.
Less then a month later, on 1 April, lead guitarist and band co-founder Gary Marx played his last concert with The Sisters of Mercy before deciding to leave the band. Later Eldritch would suggest the song ‘Walk Away’ was directed at Marx.
Although Wayne Hussey and Gary Marx wrote and sang some of the initial lyrics for some of the demo tracks, Eldritch eventually wrote all the final lyrics as they would appear on the finished album. Both Wayne and Marx re-used some of those lyrics later for their own projects The Mission and Ghost Dance.
Two (demo) songs that didn’t make the album, Serpents Kiss and Wake, would later be re-recorded and released by The Mission.
To represent Dr. Avalanche, The Sisters Of Mercy’s nickname for their drum machine, an Oberheim DMX drum machine was acquired for the recording of this album.
The album went silver (with 60,000 sold) in the UK on 30 October 1987 and gold (with 100,000 sold) on 8 May 1989. Its highest position in the UK album charts was no. 14. In Germany, the group's second largest market after the UK, the album went gold (with 250,000 sold) in 2011. Its highest position in the German album charts was no. 40.
Nevertheless, the production of the album left the band initially in enormous debt. According to Andrew Eldritch, the album recouped the production costs only by 1988.
First Last And Alway - Track listing
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Side A |
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No. |
Title |
Length |
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1. |
"Black Planet" |
4:26 |
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2. |
"Walk Away" |
3:24 |
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3. |
"No Time to Cry" |
4:03 |
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4. |
"A Rock and a Hard Place" |
3:34 |
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5. |
"Marian (Version)" |
5:44 |
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Side B |
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No. |
Title |
Length |
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6. |
"First and Last and Always" |
4:02 |
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7. |
"Possession" |
4:39 |
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8. |
"Nine While Nine" |
4:12 |
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9. |
"Amphetamine Logic" |
4:54 |
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10. |
"Some Kind of Stranger" |
7:20 |
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Total length: |
46:20 |
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2006 CD re-issue Bonus Tracks
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No. |
Title |
Length |
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11. |
"Poison Door" |
3:40 |
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12. |
"On the Wire" |
4:18 |
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13. |
"Blood Money" |
3:13 |
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14. |
"Bury Me Deep" |
4:45 |
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15. |
"Long Train" |
7:28 |
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16. |
"Some Kind of Stranger" (Previously Unreleased Early Version) |
8:43 |
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Total length: |
78:27 |
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The Sisters Of Mercy - Personnel
- Andrew Eldritch – vocals, sleeve design, mixing
- Craig Adams – bass guitar
- Wayne Hussey – guitar, vocals
- Gary Marx – guitar
- Doktor Avalanche (drum machine) – drums
Today it’s exactly 36 years ago since The Klinik performed at Xenon, Aarschot, Belgium.
Today it’s exactly 36 years ago that The Klinik (at that time called Absolute Controled Clinical Maniacs) performed at Xenon (10.03.1985, Aarschot, Belgium). Two tracks, Sick In Your Mind and Vietnam which were recorded during this live show, appeared later that same year on the first The Klinik album Sabotage.
After this release The Klinik soon made a name for themselves with their cold and harsh EBM sound and their live shows, where they performed with their heads wrapped in gauze, wearing long black leather coats.
Even today, Sabotage is still considered as one of the most influential electro-industrial-EBM albums and became a must have collector item.
Sabotage (Tracklist)
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A1 |
Decay |
5:00 |
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A2 |
Hours & Hours |
5:38 |
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A3 |
Braindamage |
4:04 |
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A4 |
Sabotage |
4:53 |
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B1 |
Sick In Your Mind (recorded live at at Xenon, 10.03.1985 Aarschot, Belgium) |
6:33 |
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B2 |
Time Watch |
5:56 |
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B3 |
Vietnam (recorded live at at Xenon, 10.03.1985 Aarschot, Belgium) |
4:23 |
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B4 |
Burning Inside
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'No Time To Cry' was The Sisters of Mercy's single No. 9 released in advance of their first studio album First And Last And Always and was released on 8 March 1985, 36 years ago!
While the previous advanced First Last And Always single ‘Walk Away’ managed to penetrate the UK single to the 45th position, ‘No Time To Cry’ got stuck at the 63th place.
The appearance of Craig Adams on this release is questioned, especially on Blood Money and Bury Me Deep. Rumor has it that the bass lines were programmed on the Doktor, as Adams would have been reluctant to participate in their recording.
No Time To Cry (7" single MR335, 249118-7)
A. No Time To Cry 3'25"
B. Blood Money 3'12"
No Time To Cry (12" single MR 335T, 249117-0)
A. No Time To Cry 3'58"
B. Blood Money 3'12"
B. Bury Me Deep
Line-up
• Craig Adams - Bass
• Gary Marx - Guitars
• Wayne Hussey - Guitars
• Andrew Eldritch - Vocals
• Doktor Avalanche - Drums
No Time To Cry
It's just a feeling
I get sometimes
A feeling
Sometimes
And I get frightened
Just like you
I get frightened too
But it's...
No time for heartache
(no no no) No time to run and hide
(no no no) No time for breaking down
(no no no) No time to cry
Sometimes in the world as is you've
Got to shake the hand that feeds you
It's just like Adam says
It's not so hard to understand
It's just like always coming down on
Just like Jesus never came and
What did you expect to find
It's just like always here again it's...
No time for heartache
(no no no) No time to run and hide
(no no no) No time for breaking down
(no no no) No time to cry
Everything will be alright
Everything will turn out fine
Some nights I still can't sleep
And the voices pass with time
And I keep
No time for tears
No time to run and hide
No time to be afraid of fear
I keep no time to cry
No time for tears
No time to run and hide
No time to be afraid of fear
I keep no time to cry
No time for heartache
(no no no) No time to run and hide
(no no no) No time for breaking down
(no no no) No time to cry
Songwriters: Andrew Eldritch / Craig David Adams / Gary Marx / Wayne Hussey
© Universal Music Publishing Group
Sources: Sisterswiki.org / Wikipedia / Discogs
The Sisters Of Mercy - No Time To Cry (HQ) Sisters of Mercy - No time to Cry 1985 German TV - Formel 1 16/04/85
