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everyones list the rarest sisters items that owe in various format

official 7/12/lp/tape/video
boot 7/12/lp/tape/video
memorabilia
poster

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taylor wrote:everyones list the rarest sisters items that owe in various format

official 7/12/lp/tape/video
boot 7/12/lp/tape/video
memorabilia
poster

hurry up ! :kiss:
Long Train Flexi Disc/Reptile House 12" (inc Lyric Sheet)/FALAA LP/0 Tape/Wake video (copy of Band Members version)

Silence is Platinum Box Set 2x7"/ Baktabak Interview Pic Disc 12" (Bootleg?)/We're all aware of that Live in Rome 1985 LP/Manchester Ritz 1985 Tape/Kiss The Blade Video

UTR Magazine II-XV

Alice/Floorshow Poster/Dominion Poster with 12" Box Set
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I'm too poor to spend my hard earned on rare Sisters stuff, though I do have a spiffing 12" of Dr Jeep with a cool poster

And I have a record signed by Julian Cope...
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I unfortunately don't collect any boot, memorabilia and poster, but have a few rare official records...

France Mayking Test Pressings of Body Electric, Reptile House, Temple of Love (12")

UK Test Pressings of FALAA, This Corrosion (7" and 12"), Dominion (7"), Doctor Jeep (7"), Temple of Love 1992 (12")

USA Test Pressings of This Corrosion (12"), Lucretia (12") and Floodland

Belgium Test Pressing of Temple of Love (12")

UK Acetate of More (12")

2 WEA Promo Box (1 black on white and 1 white on black)


Can't really say which one I consider the rarest, but my fav is the Body Electric TP!!

YI unfortunately don't collect any boot, memorabilia and poster, but have a few rare official records...

France Mayking Test Pressings of Body Electric, Reptile House, Temple of Love (12")

UK Test Pressings of FALAA, This Corrosion (7" and 12"), Dominion (7"), Doctor Jeep (7"), Temple of Love 1992 (12")

USA Test Pressings of This Corrosion (12"), Lucretia (12") and Floodland

Belgium Test Pressing of Temple of Love (12")

UK Acetate of More (12")

2 WEA Promo Box (1 black on white and 1 white on black)


Can't really say which one I consider the rarest, but my fav is the Body Electric TP!!

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'A few rare records'?

You own a squillion pounds worth of Sisters records!
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rarest thing i have is the original "body electric" 7" on cnt

thats about it really :)
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I have Temple Of Love 12" on Braineater records, the Dominion boxset and When You Don't See Me 12", but I think that is about as rare as I go. I have all the normal Limited Editions as well (Doctor Jeep, Temple 92 and UTG) as well as pretty much everything else bar the first 2 singles (pretty much like 99% of all other Sisters collectors!)
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CellThree wrote:and When You Don't See Me 12"

is that with or without patch :von:
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Erm, what patch? If you mean the "Sisters Gegen Nazis" one then I have one, but it didn't come with the record.
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CellThree wrote:Erm, what patch? If you mean the "Sisters Gegen Nazis" one then I have one, but it didn't come with the record.
A limited run came with a London, Leeds Hamburg patch

I'll try to find one on the web for you :wink:
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Cool thanks PiB!

I should be back on Soulseek in a few weeks. I've picked up a couple of new gigs since I last traded with you.
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Been years since I looked.

not L,L & H but see my avatar :wink:

don't know how to post a picture. Sorry :(
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I've seen that patch before. I have a feeling a friend of mine has one kicking about. I think I know the patch you are thinking of. Haven't seen one for a long time.

Sorry about the confusion btw, it's not you I traded with on Souldseek it was someone else with a similar name. My mind isn't as sharp as it used to be!
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No worries :D

black is a popular name around here :wink: though mine was the first of course :von:
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Hold on...

I just need a clarification. The WYDSM 12" came with ltd. edition patches? I know that it came with the patch shown on PiB's avatar, but are you saying it also came with place-specific patches? I've seen it sold on eBay with the "Gegen Nazis" patch, but passed on bidding because I assumed it was the wrong patch. To put the question simply: can anyone say how many different versions of the patch came with the WYDSM 12", what the versions were, and how many were made/sold of each? Very curious...

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IIRC the Sisters Gegen Nazis patch came with an issue of UTR... I think.
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It did, although I didn't get one at the time. There were a handful that didn't come with the patch. Can't remember where I got mine. My teenage years are all hazy recollection!
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Not sure how rare these are but I have 7" Portugese imports of both Damage Done and Good Things both recorded in 81 although not sure when they were released. I also have a strawberry coloured instrumental 7" of Black Planet. A Poison Door 7" release of F&L&A and Marian, again not sure how rare. Then everything else is quite easy to get hold of
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The WYDSM limited edition 12" only came with one type of patch (PIB's avatar).
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Y wrote:The WYDSM limited edition 12" only came with one type of patch (PIB's avatar).
Mine didn't :( But Andrew J Pinnel sent me a rather nice heartland badge along with the books :)
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Not bothering to sort out the rarest of my collection, you gentile peeps can tell ME what is rare and what's not...

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CD’s Official:
- A Merciful Tribute To The Sisters (Tribute CD)
- First And Last And Forever – A Tribute To The Sisters Of Mercy (Tribute CD)
- Greatest Hits Volume I: A Slight Case Of Overbombing
- Monochrome – A Tribute To The Sisters Of Mercy (Tribute CD)
- More/More/You Could Be The One CDS
- Some Girls Wander By Mistake
- Under The Gun CDS
- Vision Thing

CD’s Unofficial :
- 1996 (14/07/1996 Offenbach)
- Below Zero 2CD (28/09/1999 Toronto, Canada)
- Brothers And Sisters (26/08/1991 Reading)
- Come Together In Mercyland (02/12/1993 Bank, Austria, Zelt)
- Dark Paradise (20/06/1992 Loreley, Freilichtsbühne, St. Goarshausen)
- Disguised In Black (13/03/1985 Tiffany's, Newcastle)
- Echoes Volume 3
- Event Horizon (13/02/1998 The Forum, London, UK)
- Exile Over Euphoria 2 CD
- Floorshow (30/05/1985 Fenders Ballroom, Long Beach)
- Heartland
- Holocaust (1985 Europe)
- Interview Picture Disc Baktabak
- Kiss The Blade (1984 Europe)
- Live In Amsterdam 1984
- Live In The Trojan Horse
- London Astoria 22/02/2001 2CD
- M'eldtrich Luna (2000 M'era Luna Festival)
- Napalm Gods (1983 Europe)
- No Mercy (1991 San Francisco)
- Posseisson Live
- Pukkelpop (24/08/2001 Hasselt Belgium)
- Radioland
- Superrock (08/08/1998 Eurorock Neerpelt Belgium)
- Temple Of Rarities Volume I
- Temple Of Rarities Volume II
- The Neon Dream (25/08/1991 The Reading Rock Festival)
- Ultra Rare Trax
- Victorian Night (10/06/1997 Brixton Academy, London)
- Visions At The Forum (13/02/1998 The Forum, London)
- Visions Of Death (1990 Sao Paolo)
- Wide Receiver

LP’s Official :
- First And Last And Always
- Floodland
- Gift (The Sisterhood)

LP’s Unofficial :
- Black Dominion
- Can't Await To Meet My Deadly Friends
- Cryptic Flowers (11/1984 Germany)
- Echoes Volume 4
- Feel No Pain (The SSV Project)
- Hard Reign
- Hey, That's No Way To Say Goodbye
- Kill The Lights
- Knockin' On Docks' Door 2LP
- Live At Brixton Ace
- Live At Heidelberg (22/11/1990)
- Live At Kir-Club (31/08/1983 Kir-Club, Hamburg)
- Saints & Martyrs
- Testament Of Ivar L. 2LP
- The Incredible History Of The Sisters Volume 1
- The Incredible History Of The Sisters Volume 2
- The Return To Arkham 2LP
- Time To Cry 2LP (24/03/1985 Lyceum, London)
- Wholy Ghost


7" Official:
- Doctor Jeep/Knocking On Heaven's Door


7" Unofficial:
- All Along The Watch Tower
- Damage Done/Watch (Purple)
- Good Things/1969/Sister Ray
- Interview Picture Disc
- Interview with Andrew Eldritch Part 1&2 red vinyl
- Life: Emma/Ghostrider
- Razor Smiles (Red Vinyl): Knocking On Heaven's Door/Gimme Gimme Gimme/Stairway To Heaven
- Victims of Circumstance
- Weird Tales (Electric Ballroom London Nov. 1983): Valentine/Heartland/Adrenochrome/Floorshow

12" Official:
- Alice/Floorshow/Phantom/1969
- Body And Soul/Body Electric/Train/Afterhours
- No Time To Cry/Blood Money/Bury Me Deep
- Temple Of Love (Extended Version)/Heartland/Gimme Shelter
- The Reptile House E.P.
- Walk Away/Poison Door/On The Wire + 7" Train flexidisc

Video's:
- Live London Astoria (23/2 + 24/2/2000)
- Shot Rev. 2.0
- Wake

Audiotapes:
- Chicago Poplar Creek (12/07/1991)
- Pallieterhall Lier (31/05/1985)
- Portastudio Demo's

Books:
- Heartland Anthology of Issues I, II & III
- Heartland Issue IV
- Life
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South African pressings of ASCOOB, VT and Floodland.

Are those rare?
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hallucienate wrote:South African pressings of ASCOOB, VT and Floodland.

Are those rare?
The South African CDs are not 'rare' because they are still distributed. However, they are hard to find if you are not living in South Africa!

We can see the CDs on the manufacturer's site:
http://www.gallo.co.za/default.htm (search for Sisters of Mercy).

You can also buy the CDs at:
http://www.musica.co.za

Only Floodland, Vision Thing and A Slight Case of Overbombing exist on South African CD.

The rare South African release is 'This Corrosion' 7"!

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This Corrosion box set (5000 copies made). Not that rare but....
This Corrosion CD (between 500-750 made, anyone know the exact figure?)
Each shop was only given 20 box sets and 3 cd's. In Leeds only 3 shops got some.
In Jumbo when I bought the box set I asked about the cd but was told they didn't have any available.
In HMV the staff had bought all 3 cd's.
In Virgin the staff had bought 2 and put one on sale but it'd already been sold.
I went back to Jumbo and asked again about the cd, 2 of the staff had a quiet conversation with each other and then came back and decided to sell me a cd!
There's also a German version which came out not long after which isn't rare as they made loads. There's differences on the sleeve so you can tell them apart.

Also, one thing I know exists but haven't got, but I'll mention it here as I've never seen anyone ever mention it, is the This Corrosion t-shirt. It even has its own record number MR39TS.


Body And Soul (German. white sleeve) Is this rare??

Baktabak 12" picture disc, and also the same interview on 4 x 7" pic discs (probably the rarer of the two?)
I also have a 7" pic disc with half of the Baktabak interview on it.

Doctor Jeep 12" with poster (again I have no idea if this is rare)

When You Don't See Me 12" (with patch) My patch isn't either of the two aforementioned ones, mine has the Sisters head & star with Merciful Release written across it and "The Sisters Of Mercy 1991" around the edge.

Under The Gun 12" with poster (is this rare?)

I don't go in for collecting all the bootleg vinyl. As long as I have a recording of the gig that'll do me, and I couldn't give a toss about owning the same bootleg on black, red, multicolored vinyl, etc. That's just silly.

One bootleg I have which I'm told is rare is the 7" with Red Skies Disappear on one side and Marian (instrumental) on the other. It was such a bad pressing most of them were destroyed, so those that survive are rare, or so I'm told.

Also I'm told some of my recordings of gigs are rare, although I don't list them as rare as they weren't hard to get (or I had them for years). That's why I think the whole "rare" thing is a bit foolish. For example I wouldn't class ANY of the 1985 gigs as rare, but I see other people list one or two of them as rare. I suppose it depends how difficult to is personally for you to get the gig. If it was difficult to obtain you'll list it as rare, whereas someone else won't. A good example being the demos of 1969/Good Things/Alice which turned up as tracks 3,9 & 4 of Kenny Giles, which I've been giving away for years to anyone who wanted it.
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