and the 'A to Z of Sisters Songs' list / the track sheet to 'Wide Receiver'
in the artwork.
Robert Zombie's account of the Dave Allen talk suddenly cleared
everything up:
"At some point Eldritch decided to tip-ex out all the working titles
that were on the tapes so they had to listen to everything and
relabel it all."
First I thought the 'A to Z' list was most likely written down at the
beginning of the Strawberry sessions, just to see what songs the
band had in the pot to begin with. Allen's quote made me think it
could rather be a list written at the end of the sessions, an overview
of the songs recorded.
I looked at the two lists again and I asked myself why the numbers
of the list are encircled (as if it were of real importance) and why
there is sometimes only one song title in one row and sometimes
up to three song titles in another. Then I looked at Eldritch's "Reel
Six" note on the 'Wide Receiver' tracksheet.
Then it began to dawn on me that it's a list of the reels, so it reads
this way:
Reel One: Tones / No Time to Cry
Reel Two: Emma / Walk Away
Reel Three: Poison Door / A rock and a Hard Place
Reel Four: Scottish One A / Scottish One B
Reel Five: Possession / Spit on Your Grave / Evil Come Evil Go
Reel Six: Marianne / Wide Receiver (as marked on track sheet)
Reel Seven: Nine While Nine
Reel Eight: Little Wing
Reel Nine: Andy's Little Wing
Reel Ten: Down to E..... / On the Wire
It makes an awful lot of sense if you think about it:
- both studio versions of 'First and Last and Always' are mentioned
(under its working title 'Scottish One'), both were eventually used
(the first one on the original FALAA pressing, the second one on
the Japanese pressing/CD release).
- both studio versions of 'Some Kind of Stranger' are mentioned
(under its working title 'Little Wing') Allen explained why there
two different versions of the track.
The four unidentified song titles left are 'Tones', 'Spit on Your
Grave', 'Evil Come Evil Go' and 'Down to E.....'.
These must be working titles for
a) the remaining album tracks 'Black Planet' and 'Amphetamine
Logic'.
b) The only other track that was completed with Eldritch vocals
plus backing vocals was 'Garden of Delight' (the vocals are in fact
'down to E' when you listen to them...).
c) That leaves one unidentifiable track, and the title of 'Tones' could
suggest it was an instrumental.
Songs that were recorded after the Strawberry sessions (such as
the 'No Time to Cry' b sides 'Blood Money', 'Bury Me Deep') could
not have been included on the Strawberry song list.
With practically all of these tracks completed this leaves one
question: what the hell did they do at Genetic Studios for nearly
two months?
I rest my case. Will you pleease buy me a beer now?
Anyway - I'll put all of it into the Wikipedia
