(For the Anoraks) Wake Video(different edit)

[robertzombie]

the Holocaust boot includes Ghostrider & Louie Louie, why aren't these on the video?

[Quiff Boy]

http://www.the-sisters-of-mercy.com/gen ... aqnorm.htm

Why isn't the last encore included on 'Wake', the film of the Royal Albert Hall concert in 1985?

By the time we hit the stage for the last encore, some of the necessary machines had been switched off. Various film technicians had decided that we'd finished. Andrew had been performing with a couple of cracked ribs, and he had indeed decided to finish, but Lemmy was in the dressing room to convince him that another encore was in order. After a short discussion and a multilateral assessment of all the available pharmaceuticals, the band hit the stage again - but too speedily for the aforementioned technicians.
There was some audio-visual material from the last encore, but Polygram "lost it" shortly after the film was edited and released.

Why isn't 'Gimme Shelter' included on 'Wake'?

Because the Rolling Stones apparently refused to grant the so-called "synchronisation rights" which are necessary for visual cover versions.

The band was on WEA Records at the time. Why was 'Wake' released by Polygram?

WEA didn't want to fund the project.

[robertzombie]

merci

[Ramone]

There where TWO versions in circulation at the time: the Official multi angled version.That everyone bought in the shops. And a camcorder version filmed from the side of the stage that features 'Sister-Ray'. All very dodgy looking both worth having for the meer fact..it's a bootleg!

[robertzombie]

There's also 2 different covers of the official release.

One with a big "Channel 5" logo at the top, one without.

Is one of them a re-issue or something?

[Izzy HaveMercy]

There's also 2 different covers of the official release.

One with a big "Channel 5" logo at the top, one without.

Is one of them a re-issue or something?

AFAIK there was a USA-reissue, maybe that one did not contain the logo?

IZ.

[Ramone]

I was at the Royal Albert Hall show (The Scattering of the Ashes) And from I remember they kept putting the houselights on between songs!! Once the organ music (Messian by Lynryd Skynrd) was over and the band took the stage - it became a usual Sisters show. And contrary to belief, it wasn't FULL. When you watch Last Night of the proms and you see swathes of people all cheering and singing - the Sistes show was about a third of that. I had balcony tickets and was allowed to walk freely to the floor due to lack of crowding. Once the final song was underway, they let loose thousands of small glittery bits of paper from the ceiling, an obvious reference to the poppies showered at memorial services and concerts held there. The house lights went up and it was then that fun began. The crowd refused to go home. Some wandered out but the majority stayed- and I'm sure it was this reaction that prompted the encore of SisterRay. It was a goof 15 minutes from end of show to second encore.

Well, that's my recolection of the night. It was 21 years ago after all.
And yes, that is me making a fool of myself during No Time To Cry - in glorious technicolour haha

[robertzombie]

Here's the one without the C.5 logo.