Making a Sisters Compilation

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I'm putting together a Sisters compilation for some musician friends of mine and wondered what you lot would suggest putting on it. They're into The Cure, Joy Division, etc. so they should like it, I'm surprised neither of them have heard of the Sisters!

Ideally it would have 16 tracks, 3 from F&L&A, Floodland, Vision Thing, SGWBM. The remaining 4 could be from a radio session/demo/live/etc.

Also with regards to the track list should it be in chronological order or mixed up?
I'm hoping to mildly brainwash them so the tracks and the order are very important :twisted:
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Chronoligical in reverse :wink:
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Good idea :lol:

At the moment I have:
Alice
Logic (Wake)
Burn (Newcastle 85)
Dominion/Mother Russia
First And Last And Always
Gimme Shelter
Good Things (Peel Session 82)
Lucretia
Nine While Nine
Poison Door (Peel Session 84)
A Rock And A Hard Place
Something Fast
Temple Of Love
This Corrosion
Vision Thing
When You Don't See Me (Remix)
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Start it with Neverland (An Eternity)

Can't go wrong...... :innocent:
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Adrenochrome ?
Marian ?
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I'd chuck in one or two of the 'new' songs -- Summer or Crash And Burn probably.
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The demo version of Floorshow needs to be on there... or the live version from Amsterdam in june 84. Both are excellent :wink:
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I'd cut it down to 8 or 9 tracks, keep it to around 45 mins.Don't sicken them,if they like what they hear they'll ask for more .Stick to studio tracks and make it easy on them.
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Heartland (great open....search a good version....i love the Napalm Gods version)
Burn (EP version or SGWBM)
Alice (live 85...imho the best versions)
Lights(live Amsterdam 83....crue & violent)
Emma( live Milan 85)
Temple of Love(Ofhra Haza 92 version)
Nine while nine (Newcastle 85 version....Gimme Shelter boot)
gimme shelter (live 85 version...every gig has a great version)
walk Away(FaLaA version )
Possession (Royal Albert Hall 85....i think it's the best)
Some Kind of Stranger(FaLaA version)
Amphtamine logic( live 85 versions)
Marian(studio version)
Flood 1 (studio version)
Flood 2 (live version)
Driven like the snow (Floodland version)
never land (Floodland version)

sorry 17 tracks, but i think they are enough to make to your friends a good impression of the Sisters....i didn't placed on the list any "Vision Thing" song and the reasons are fair i think
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Pat wrote:I'd cut it down to 8 or 9 tracks, keep it to around 45 mins.Don't sicken them,if they like what they hear they'll ask for more .Stick to studio tracks and make it easy on them.
Good call - less is more.

(Don't put More on there).
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If they never heard of the Sisters you have to overbomb your friends .

TOL 92 / Vision Thing / Lucretia / Dominion / Corrosion = arround 40 minutes
Girls Power witch everyone likes

After that ( if they want more ) something like psichonauts tracklist is a good idea
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Actually, just copy them Floodland.
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markfiend wrote:Actually, just copy them Floodland.
he, he, agree.
it's hard to make a good compilation of sisters tracks from 3 albums. too much difference between them. i promise to make "the best of sisters" to one of my friend but it was end on entire "floodland" without cd bonuses :D
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smiscandlon wrote:
(Don't put More on there).
But the B side is a must! ;D :von:
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For someone who s never heard of the Sisters
start with :

alice (the old one)
lucretia
ribbons (live of course)
afterhours
tol 92 (the 7")
blood money
something fast (for the ending)

if they want more they ll let you know :innocent: ;D
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Give them Floodland - it's the most commercial, its the most complete. Once they realise they haven't stopped playing it for a month or two. then you can introduce them to everything else working backwards and forwards until you finish up with the Polish tribute bands.
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Somehow, this didn't take me a lot of thinking.

Kiss the Carpet
Heartland [BBC session]
Alice
Floorshow [Amsterdam 84, like Koen said]
Floorshow [Crystal Palace 93] [oh so different yet also oh so good]
First and Last and Always
Long Train
Lucretia and/or Neverland
Flood I [Hamburg 01]
Flood II
Giving Ground
Ribbons [Crystal Palace 93 - although a lot of others may stand in here]
Vision Thing
Summer [Ahrajeph version]
Crash and Burn [haven't found my favourite place yet]

how 'bout that huh? :kiss:
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more-sedatives-pls wrote: Summer [Ahrajeph version]
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Make them suffer, do a nice cover (using official artwork) with nothing inside. If they're not interested by then, there's no point.
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million voices wrote:Give them Floodland - it's the most commercial
they listen to Bauhaus and Joy Division ....they don't need commercial crap things ;D
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sisterstekland wrote:
more-sedatives-pls wrote: Summer [Ahrajeph version]
:urff:
yeah, well....

let me know if you know of a cool Polish band then ;D

I just wanted to stick a studio version of new stuff in there, and Raf's is still the best one around [by far].
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James Blast wrote:Make them suffer, do a nice cover (using official artwork) with nothing inside. If they're not interested by then, there's no point.
great idea :lol: :lol: :lol:
can we ask you for a good artwork? :lol: :lol: :lol:
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Normally I would surgest a newbie should listen to Floodland first as it is the most drematic album and leaves the person the pleasure of discoveing the history and early raw brilliance of the band (as I did)
But as you say your friends are fans of Joy Division who's music was sparse I agree with other members who surgest the pre FLAA's songs.
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Mr Mercy wrote:Normally I would surgest a newbie should listen to Floodland first as it is the most drematic album and leaves the person the pleasure of discoveing the history and early raw brilliance of the band (as I did)
But as you say your friends are fans of Joy Division who's music was sparse I agree with other members who surgest the pre FLAA's songs.
i suggested a "evolution of sound" track list ;D
this is the right way for me, you'd need to know them from the "rise" to the "fall"....but there isn't enough space on a Cd to burn the failures (vision thing) fortunately ;D
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Just give them the Anaconda and WYDSM singles, followed by a live recording of Comfortably Numb/SKOS. That should pretty much suffice.

And if not, Ghost Dance are a wonderful alternative.
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