Best versions of all "new" songs? * * UPDATE 3

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Nikolas Vitus Lagartija wrote:This might be a good place to start :wink:
https://www.myheartland.co.uk/viewtopic ... ight=songs

Thanks, this was helpful:
centurionofprix wrote:
Although, with the recent gigs being so good, you might be best served by sifting through some of the newer bootlegs yourself, like M'Era Luna for Rain From Heaven, and Stockholm and the Roundhouse for Arms and Summer and for all around grooviness. There are good versions of Romeo Down on youtube as well, like the ones from Event Horizon and Dresden 2001, or if you can find Budapest 2009 in the sharing section that's a great one too.
I have excellent recordings of Stockholm, Gothenburg and Lund, and as they're all up there with the New Haven remaster I did a few years ago quality wise (which I use as a baseline), they're all candidates. [/quote]
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The meanest version of Capricorn, in my opinion, is the one performed on 26 February 2001 in Germany. I would suggest using this.
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Cronge wrote:The meanest version of Capricorn, in my opinion, is the one performed on 26 February 2001 in Germany. I would suggest using this.
Noted, thank you!
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Narrowed it down this far before I got busy with life and other things but here are my 1990 and beyond fave live versions of the following songs:

Alice (Paris 2006)
Alice (Chicago 1991)
Amphetamine Logic (Chicago 91)
Anaconda (Paris 2006)
Arms (Lisbon 2009)
Arms [Instrumental] (Cleveland 2008)
Bei Mir Bist Du Schein (Toronto 1999)
Body & Soul (Chicago 1991)
Body Electric (Event Horizon 1998)
Capricorn (Hamburg 2001)
Come Together (1993)
Come Together (Madrid 2006)
Come Together (Toronto 1999)
Confide In Me (London 1997)
Crash & Burn (Tilburg 06-08-2005)
Crash And Burn (Frankfurt 2003)
Crash And Burn (Vegas 2006)
Doctor Jeep / Detonation Boulevard (Paris 2006)
Dominion - MotherRussia (Event Horizon 1998)
Dominion / Mother Russia (Paris 2006)
Emma (Uptown Ranking 2005)
First & Last & Always (Event Horizon 1998)
Fix (1992)
Flood I (Paris 2006)
Flood I (Toronto 1999)
Flood II (Toronto 1999)
Floorshow (Enjoy the Puppet Show 1993)
Giving Ground (Paris 2006)
Giving Ground (Toronto 1999)
Good Things (Brussels 2009)
I Was Wrong (Paris 2006)
Jolene (Event Horizon 1998)
Jolene (Brixton 1997)
Kiss The Carpet (12-21-93)
Lucretia My Reflection (Paris 2006)
More (Enjoy the Puppet Show 1993)
On The Wire & Teachers (Event Horizon 1998)
Ribbons (Hamburg 01-11-90)
Ribbons (Paris 2006)
Romeo Down (Event Horizon 1998)
Romeo Down (London 1998)
Romeo Down (Paris 2006)
Slept (Paris 2006)
Slept (Tabor 2005)
Snub Nose (The Forum 06-09-00)
Some Kind Of Stranger/Comfortably Numb (1992)
Something Fast (Chicago 1991)
Something Fast (Paris 2006) (Paris 2006)
Still (Brussels 2006)
Still (Nottingham 2001)
Summer (Event Horizon 1998)
Summer (Paris 2006)
Summer (Toronto 1999)
Summer (Wiesen 1997)
Temple of Love (Paris 2006)
This Corrosion (Paris 2006)
Top Night Out (Tilburg 06-08-2005)
Top Nite Out (Frankfurt 2003)
Top Nite Out (Paris 2006)
Train-Detonation Boulevard (The Forum 06-09-00)
Valentine (Chicago 1991)
War on Drugs (The Forum 06-09-00)
War On Drugs (Wiesen 1997)
We Are The Same, Susanne (Toronto 1999)
We Are The Same, Susanne 2 (Paris 2006)
When You Don't See Me (Paris 2006)
Will I Dream (Event Horizon 1998)
Will I Dream (London 1998)
Will I Dream 2 (Paris 2006)


Pity Eldritch lost the point and turned the groove machine into a seasonal touring business model to keep his arse off the street.
These new songs are so fckn good, it'd be amazing to hear them recorded properly without the words barked, grunted and yelped as has now become the Sisters live scene standard.
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headcleaner2k wrote:Narrowed it down this far before I got busy with life and other things but here are my 1990 and beyond fave live versions of the following songs:
(edited down the list to just the songs within the scope of the compilation):
headcleaner2k wrote: Arms (Lisbon 2009)
Bei Mir Bist Du Schein (Toronto 1999)
Capricorn (Hamburg 2001)
Come Together (1993)
Come Together (Madrid 2006)
Come Together (Toronto 1999)
Confide In Me (London 1997)
Crash & Burn (Tilburg 06-08-2005)
Crash And Burn (Frankfurt 2003)
Crash And Burn (Vegas 2006)
Giving Ground (Paris 2006)
Giving Ground (Toronto 1999)
Romeo Down (Event Horizon 1998)
Romeo Down (London 1998)
Romeo Down (Paris 2006)
Slept (Paris 2006)
Slept (Tabor 2005)
Snub Nose (The Forum 06-09-00)
Some Kind Of Stranger/Comfortably Numb (1992)
Still (Brussels 2006)
Still (Nottingham 2001)
Summer (Event Horizon 1998)
Summer (Paris 2006)
Summer (Toronto 1999)
Summer (Wiesen 1997)
Top Night Out (Tilburg 06-08-2005)
Top Nite Out (Frankfurt 2003)
Top Nite Out (Paris 2006)
War on Drugs (The Forum 06-09-00)
War On Drugs (Wiesen 1997)
We Are The Same, Susanne (Toronto 1999)
We Are The Same, Susanne 2 (Paris 2006)
Will I Dream (Event Horizon 1998)
Will I Dream (London 1998)
Will I Dream 2 (Paris 2006)
Many thanks for this list! If you have time (I realize it's a tall order!) to dig out and provide me with files or links to recordings, I'd love to go through them to compare and narrow down the candidates.

headcleaner2k wrote: Pity Eldritch lost the point and turned the groove machine into a seasonal touring business model to keep his arse off the street.
These new songs are so fckn good, it'd be amazing to hear them recorded properly without the words barked, grunted and yelped as has now become the Sisters live scene standard.
I totally agree. You pretty much nail my motivation for this project.

I'm so pissed off that they refuse to record and release this great material, even more so now, when crowdfunding such a project (with profit included) would be so simple (and profiting even further by selling directly to fans at gigs and through the web would also be a no brainer).

Negotiating a release with previous members who wrote songs can't be impossibly difficult, either, especially not if they get a cut.

I wonder what AE is so afraid of. I would go crazy being in a band like that. Oh well... here I go again.
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Will I Dream 2? Is this a different version?
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LyanvisAberrant wrote:Will I Dream 2? Is this a different version?
No. Mislabeled…oops
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To the OP - how's it going with compiling? Can we expect a finished product soon?
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Like a Christmas present to the forum :D :notworthy:
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Cronge wrote:To the OP - how's it going with compiling? Can we expect a finished product soon?
This is a spare time (what precious little spare time I have) project that probably will take quite some time to finish.
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Ah, just like the new Sisters album then :lol: Ok, waiting patiently :)
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Cronge wrote:Ah, just like the new Sisters album then :lol: Ok, waiting patiently :)
What are a couple of decades for a hardened Sisters fan? ;-)


Seriously, I have my hopes up to beat Von to the clock on this one.
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Bump just because I want it to be on the first page.
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Cronge wrote:Bump just because I want it to be on the first page.
Thank you - cross your fingers that I'll have some spare time for this soon :-)
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Just know that there's at least one person on this forum waiting patiently for the next one to arrive :D
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Cronge wrote:Just know that there's at least one person on this forum waiting patiently for the next one to arrive :D
I actually made some progress today :-)
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Well that's one up on Von then!!! Seriously though I can't wait thanx for doing this. :notworthy:
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Bump, just because.
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Yggdrasil wrote:

Originals
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Come Together
War On Drugs
Summer
Romeo Down
Will I Dream
Crash And Burn
Snub Nose (Top Nite Out)
I Have Slept With All The Girls In Berlin
Still
Arms


Covers
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Capricorn/I Didn't Know I Loved You ('Til I Saw You Rock'N'Roll)
Comfortably Numb / Some Kind Of Stranger
Confide In Me
Gift That Shines
He's Got The Whole World In His Hands
John I’m Only Dancing
Pipeline
Silver Machine
Sugar Baby Love/I Wanna Be Sedated
Stop Draggin` My Heart Around
Uptown Top Ranking
Misirlou
Bei Mir Bist Du Schön
Isn't it a shame that there are more covers in the list (15) than originals (10)?

And most of them are pretty darn short too.
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A lot of those covers were one-offs or just played at most a handful of times. Of those regularly in the set, I'd list:

Comfortably Numb/Some Kind Of Stranger
Gift That Shines
Pipeline
Misirlou

The originals list is missing:

We are the same, Susanne

(Probably because of the official Share years ago).
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Gaijin wrote: Isn't it a shame that there are more covers in the list (15) than originals (10)?
Possibly, 25 years after the last official release it is more of a shame that some are still ... complaining ... :lol: :lol: ...

Well, ok. Never give up hope. Me neither ... 8) ...
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Bumping for the last time.
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