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being in the same age bracket as Mr. E, I know exactly where that could come from and it was the front of the badge, it was the 'hook affair' used to attach the badge through a lapel button hole, they weren't restricted to the Leeds area either
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Chairman Bux wrote:Bar: noun


Yes, what about that "bar"? ;)

Let's suppose our moderator's appearance is the hint that a bell rang... who knows.... :eek: so, exercising over Pluto's/ Charon metaphor....
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Mr Thorburn wrote:Im pretty sure I read in an old Sisters fanzine interview that the design was based on the badges that Leeds bus conductors wore in the early/mid 80's.

Presumably Eldritch noticed the logo when he was getting his ticket gripped on the way to a gig/club/heel bar.

APB please - confirmation required from a retired West Yorks bus driver.

Tickets please.
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Driving the bus through the eclipse for us ... ;D ... very kind.
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Well... at least you can take both for a trip, can't you? ;D
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... to the light fantastic ... ;D ... hopefully soon again ... :lol:
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stufarq wrote: All our clever theories and it comes down to bus spotting! :lol:
Well, what about that line from Anaconda about the 'number three' - a reference to the Leeds bus service to the Village Place area?

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The number 3 went to Beeston actually. You'd probably get the 50 along Burley Road and cut across Burley Park to Village Place.

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Worse than a trainspotter, he's a busspotter!

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56 and proud ;)
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I haven't been around in a while and I haven't read the entire thread, so forgive me if I'm being redundant...
‘Walk Away’ was backed by ‘Poison Door’ on the 7� (MR033), with ‘On The Wire’ included as a bonus track on the 12� (MR033T). Eldritch had remixed and extended ‘Train’ and the song, titled ‘Long Train (Amphetamix)’, was offered as a free flexi-disc (SAM218) in the first 3,000 copies of the 12� and 2,000 copies of the 7�. Eldritch again designed the cover but for the first time opted for a strictly graphic approach rather than an appropriated image. The crescent-and-bar graphic was his attempt to design a band logo that would eventually allow the Head and Star graphic to be used solely as a Merciful Release label logo. This attempt was to falter when the band split in 1985, before the new crescent logo had been fully accepted by the public. Eldritch believed that the Head and Star logo had to grace 1987’s ‘This Corrosion’ single to maintain aesthetic continuity after severe lineup changes and an absence of almost three years; the crescent logo was never revived.
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Casar wrote:On the frontcover there is a symbol, does anybody know exactly what it represents?
Thinking far too deep the lot of yas, it's an aerial shot looking down on a snowman standing on a fence.
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bismarck wrote:I haven't been around in a while and I haven't read the entire thread, so forgive me if I'm being redundant...
‘Walk Away’ was backed by ‘Poison Door’ on the 7� (MR033), with ‘On The Wire’ included as a bonus track on the 12� (MR033T). Eldritch had remixed and extended ‘Train’ and the song, titled ‘Long Train (Amphetamix)’, was offered as a free flexi-disc (SAM218) in the first 3,000 copies of the 12� and 2,000 copies of the 7�. Eldritch again designed the cover but for the first time opted for a strictly graphic approach rather than an appropriated image. The crescent-and-bar graphic was his attempt to design a band logo that would eventually allow the Head and Star graphic to be used solely as a Merciful Release label logo. This attempt was to falter when the band split in 1985, before the new crescent logo had been fully accepted by the public. Eldritch believed that the Head and Star logo had to grace 1987’s ‘This Corrosion’ single to maintain aesthetic continuity after severe lineup changes and an absence of almost three years; the crescent logo was never revived.
Where's that from?
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Hmmmm? Very interesting.
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stufarq wrote:Where's that from?
Erm, I don't remember where I got that from. I have an unusually large collection of Sisters clippings, interviews etc. Ez will recognize it, I imagine.
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