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Was there ever any reason given why Pearson didn't want his songs published or what his demands were? I've never seen any reason. My best guess would be that - considering that any post-97 Sisters records would have come out on Merciful Release - Pearson, who had an independent career doing music f...

I'm literally a contract lawyer who worked for 27 years for a major record label. I promise you: you are extraordinarily incorrect in your assessment of how likely it is that he's still under contract. A contract isn't an eternal binding force field. They expire if you don't exercise your option to...

The "Pearson said no " argument has been around for decades, but is it actually true? If Von wants to release them surely he can, he doesn't need anyone's permission, he just needs to credit them. If he wants to release a new version of "Jolene" as a single he doesn't ask Dolly ...

They were a band relasing records. Conflict with record label. He went on strike. Couldnt relaease anything. SSV was not accepted. Conflict remains. Not possible to release anything (Suzanne Mp3 was removed very quickly from website) I believe its just as reasonable. No it's not, because it require...

Like any conspiracy theory, you can explain away any discrepancy by another conspiracy theory. You have to explain why both Von and Warners would have kept this a secret; how they would have kept this secret over 27 years, without anyone spilling the beans; why Warners wouldn't have sued Von for non...

My opinion (again unpopular) is that AE cannot release records (contract obligations etc) and his views are a way to camoflage this and still appear cool to all his fans (including me). https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/d8z1qwd62w05z9swg9uoh/von.png?rlkey=er8yh3d40odro7xk260hx5gbh&st=zkch810q&...

digdug wrote: ↑21 Jul 2024, 19:55 Which manager was this? Boyd? I‘m not sure that is totally correct.

Boyd was definitely let go as manager in 1994 and Von wrote some uncomplimentary things about him in UTR

Not a popular view... but I still believe that he is under contract and cant release anything. https://ucb9ef29e803af84a2164d0bc397.previews.dropboxusercontent.com/p/thumb/ACUsFCNj5gQ-avAMkt8NIsAWku6MT-S0T4ycr7oqmCNCHmti2A586o-HNlm1R2xe7OWepLr6YkWQo8SnN9ChB5pkWNZCD8bscZhgYsG12GQlVImEEj9hK3cs3N4Kauh...

Phil wrote: ↑19 Jul 2024, 22:16 Maybe he, or The Sisters Of Mercy TM still owe money that hasn't been recouped.

This is a point refuted a thousand times.

Mark Andrews interview, 2021 wrote: You managed to get dropped as a fully recouped artist by Warner’s.

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The Sisters *have* reached new heights in modern days. The post-2019 songs are as good as anything they've ever done. And that's what Von is interested in. I take you back to Von's interview with Bowie, 1995 (paraphrased): VON: David, I love you but your new album sucks. Why is that? BOWIE: Well, li...

Based on the fact that Huss-bag is a reigning champion of being lame

Well he did watch them from the side of the stage at Mera Luna the other year, before playing with the Sisters. So he's obviously mates with them and a fan of the band. I doubt he's trying to do any stirring / winding up, I doubt he'd be that lame. So do I - but I don't doubt that Huss-bag would be...

Honestly, am I the only one not impressed by the new stuff? Mainly because Rosie, although she rules, seems now to be sole lead vocalist, the bass player only taking vox on the oldies. The whole point of the MVs for me was the dual lead vox (except for the rather embarrassing John Hughes movie era)

Welp, straight from the horse's mouth on Facebook! Rosie and Tom confirm that "Radiant Boys" was recorded at the same time as the tracks on the first Merciful Release single, but not included on the single "because we were bonkers" (Tom), and not released until the _Natural Histo...

I am going to make a wild guess, considering that "Radiant Boys" is first on _Play Loud Play Purple_ (the complete singles): that it might have been released as a "video-only" promo clip before they did their Merciful Release singles. Should I ask the actual band? I follow Rosie ...

Nah, it's not the same version as the Peel Session track.

I remember in the lead-up to _Made Glorious_, Si and the crew were going on about "we never did a proper album before".

eastmidswhizzkid wrote: ↑08 Jul 2024, 14:11 its on Natural History their first album, the one with Grooving in Green & Snake Dance on.

Yeah, but that's a compilation album, is my point. I was trying to find out if it was on a single/EP release before then.

I know nothing about this band apart from this thread and Wikipedia, but... did they have the same thing happen to them as TSOM? Like, they started a tour with a guitarist and then he "vaporized" for whatever reason?

Trainspotting question here. Was "Radiant Boys" ever released on an actual record before it started appearing on compilations? Discogs say it wasn't on any of their MR or Rebirth singles. Seems strange if not seeing that there's a promo vid for it

timsinister wrote: ↑26 Jun 2024, 15:26 I saw that article as well! What an accolade. Three key g*** acts in the list, proud times.

I know TSOM covered them, but I don't think Pink Floyd deserve to be called a key goth act

Adam Pearson was a great songwriter (I agree about Summer, C&B, Romeo Down, possibly War on Drugs being stone classics) but I honestly think that - if you think that Von's stubbornness has sadly curtailed TSOM's possibilities of success - that probably goes double for Pearson. Von gets the blame...

To hear Tim tell it, he's perhaps more on it than Tony James, who seems to have played just enough for Von to sample him and get the Doktor to play most tracks

But in any case the bulk of VT's performances are Von, Andreas and John Perry

Wow, the TSOM universe is quite a small one

DO BLACK PLANET AT THE NEXT GIG

Huh, so Tim can be heard on Vision Thing.