Armageddon in Italia 1985

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Inspired by some of the more voracious TSOM collectors who have been kind enough to share some of their "treasures" on here, I've been looking into some of the band's early forays abroad.

After New York, I've been looking into the Italian leg of the Armageddon tour of exactly thirty years ago just after Gary Marx left the band, and I've just put the first three articles on my blog, as there's too much to post here.

http://sistersfan.blogspot.co.uk

If anyone was at these gigs, or has any memorabilia from them (photos, ticket stubs etc) please feel free to share ! And if you were at any of the other gigs on the Italian leg, it would be great to hear about that too.

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Many thanks !! It's very very interesting...
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Very nice ... ;D :notworthy: ...

I'll link it to the according pages in the SistersWiki later ... :D ...
Perhaps someone should take the effort to translate the interview from Italian into English ... :wink: ...
Nikolas Vitus Lagartija wrote:If anyone was at these gigs, or has any memorabilia from them (photos, ticket stubs etc) please feel free to share ! And if you were at any of the other gigs on the Italian leg, it would be great to hear about that too.
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Nice work @NVL :notworthy: , i love your blog :D .

Here is a ticket (cinema style) for Roma Teatro Espero .
Thanks to a friend collector who have give this pic. :notworthy:

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For the soundcheck ,actually only a part of "Marian" is in circulation but longer exist , but "the master tape guy" never copied to nobody.
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Wow, :notworthy: , have never seen that ticket before.
The Espero was also a cinema so it looks as if it was pay on the door with just a standard cinema ticket in return !
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Wonderful ... :D :notworthy: :notworthy: :notworthy: ...
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Superb - long may this continue - looking forward to the next instalment.

Out of curiosity - what did you write for UTR?

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spiggymr7 wrote:For the soundcheck ,actually only a part of "Marian" is in circulation but longer exist , but "the master tape guy" never copied to nobody.
Did he ever say what other soundcheck songs were recorded?
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@Dan
In the italian guy list , it s noticed 10 mn for the soundcheck and i know that it included "First and last and always ".
He has taped "only" 1 Sisters gig and soundcheck .
This is a collector for various band ....lot of Master for various italian gig as The Cure (Bologna 84+ Roma 85+87+89) ,And Also The Trees (Roma 86),Christian death (Roma 85), The Cult (Roma 84 +Milano 85), Nick Cave (Napoli 84), Gun Club (Roma 83) Lord of the new church (Roma 84+88 ) ,The Mi ssion (Roma 87) The March Violets (Roma 85) Xymox (Roma 87) Opposition (Roma 84)Psychedelic Furs (Firenze 84+Roma 86) Red Lorry (Roma 86), Siouxsie (Bologna 84), The Sound (Roma 84) and even Utravox (Roma 81)! ..and various other band ......also many M1 generation ...
The guy has currently stopped swaps but if he restarted trades or want to sell one day his owns tapes, i will let you know.

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Randall Flagg wrote:Superb - long may this continue - looking forward to the next instalment.

Out of curiosity - what did you write for UTR?

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Thanks for the feedback. I used a different pseudonym in the UTR days, that of a local estate agent (!), and from memory had a couple of gig reviews in and articles about things like the Sisters' support bands, and their cover versions. In those pre-internet days it took much longer to research stuff, but I did what I could !
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Have now added a post on the legendary Nijmegen gig to my blog...
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Nikolas Vitus Lagartija wrote:Have now added a post on the legendary Nijmegen gig to my blog...
Very nice and well done ... ;D ... :notworthy: :notworthy: :notworthy: ...
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Just read the part about the new Leather nun record, i only heart the day befor yesterday "just like a dream" and got realy excited. Great band and "i can smell your thoughts" is a masterpiece! Great blog btw!!
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Does anyone know what the Doonroosje introtape is? The music with the out of tune trumpets.

I was at a M!ssion gig in around 1987 and among the records being played out of the PA between the support and the main act, someone played a brief snippet of that tune, maybe only 10 seconds, the very same tune with the out of tune trumpets! The person in control of the music must surely have had a copy of the Doornroosje tape because that intro music is unlikely to have been released as a 7" single!
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Silence is platinum wrote:Just read the part about the new Leather nun record, i only heart the day befor yesterday "just like a dream" and got realy excited. Great band and "i can smell your thoughts" is a masterpiece! Great blog btw!!
Thanks ! The Nun played a gig in Sweden earlier this month and the whole gig can be enjoyed at the link below.

After a Lou Reed cover they play the whole new album track-by-track, then do a few old classics. Watch for the moment when a surprised Jonas is joined on stage by a co-vocalist (the concert promoter!) for the Nun's dubious classic "Lollipop" (their YCBTO, I suppose).

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=FI-X0r2iQr0
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Dan wrote:Does anyone know what the Doonroosje introtape is? The music with the out of tune trumpets.

I was at a M!ssion gig in around 1987 and among the records being played out of the PA between the support and the main act, someone played a brief snippet of that tune, maybe only 10 seconds, the very same tune with the out of tune trumpets! The person in control of the music must surely have had a copy of the Doornroosje tape because that intro music is unlikely to have been released as a 7" single!
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