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Hi all,

I am newly registered to this forum, although I have been browsing it from time to time over the years. I have been collecting Sisters items since mid-80s, but last 15 years not much has happend to my collection. I recently found www.discogs.com, so I started to add my collection there under the same nick name. I have a question though about some items that I've never ever seen around since I bought it back in 87/88:

I have original lyric sheets including notes and guitar chords for This Corrosion and Dominion, released in 1987 by SBK Songs Ltd. I bought it from a collector in UK, and they were fairly expensive even back then. My question is if these have been around on the market, and if that is the case, what are they worth? If you want I could maybe upload some images of it.

Thanks!

Ok, no replies so I'll add some images then?

This corrosion:



and:



Dominion:



and:




Also, I have the below lyric sheets. I bought them from a collector store in UK as well in the late eighties. I do not know where it comes from? Is it a bootleg thing? It contains lyrics for all songs between 82-85 in two volumes. Anyone seen this around? I'm just curious what it is, I'm not going to sell it.

Nice stuff! Never seen before. The first two would probably be worth a lot.. I want 'em.

Those aren't promo lyric sheets, they're the sheet music, which is one of the main things that music publishers (like SBK Songs) exist for ie to publish the songs. Before records were invented, that's how songs made money. Sheet music of popular songs was still a common sight in record shops up to the 1980s but not so much now.

I'd guess that, despite the info on the second page, the two volume lyric book might be a bootleg as those lyrics were officially released in Postcards From Above The Chemist. I could be wrong though.

Ok, thanks for your answers!

Didn't know that about sheet music, thanks for the information. Never seen those two around after I bought it anyway. There's a picture of the This Corrosion first page in The Quality Of Mercy Vol 2 Collectors Guide, that's all I've seen. Talking about The Quality Of Mercy - I happen to have one with yellow cover. All other one's I've seen have white cover. Are there any other colours?

Postcards From Above The Chemist was released in 1992, right? I am pretty sure I bought these two 1990 or 1991. Possibly early 1992.

stufarq wrote:Those aren't promo lyric sheets, they're the sheet music, which is one of the main things that music publishers (like SBK Songs) exist for ie to publish the songs. Before records were invented, that's how songs made money. Sheet music of popular songs was still a common sight in record shops up to the 1980s but not so much now.

I'd guess that, despite the info on the second page, the two volume lyric book might be a bootleg as those lyrics were officially released in Postcards From Above The Chemist. I could be wrong though.

Yeah, there was sheet music for most top 40 stuff. And as far as I remember it was never actually correct!

beautiful stuff, man i want it

abridged wrote:Yeah, there was sheet music for most top 40 stuff. And as far as I remember it was never actually correct!

The lyrics were usually wrong. Probably transcribed by the same person responsible for the Japanese lyric sheets.

I've got both of the sheets music things. Very nice items they are too. Nice shots Peggen.

Matt..

The lyric booklets volume 1 and 2 are official and came from merciful release in 1985 although there are plenty of photocopied versions floating around! A good sign of an original set is the slight discolouration of the paper showing aging.

Thanks you all for the replies. Indeed, very nice items.

Regarding the lyric booklets - did the original set come in plain white paper stapled together with a black "clip" that was placed on the left to keep the papers together? (sorry, no idea what that thing is called in English, neither in Swedish actually ). Sure it shows some signs of aging, it's at least 20 years old. Do someone have pictures of the original set?

Finally, a small unrelated anecdote:

I friend of mine found the WEA Box set (4pc 12" singles) in London, in 85-86 I think it was. The price was a bit high he thought, something like £40-£70, so he didn't buy it (he's not really a collector). I never heard of the Box set for at least 5 years after that, so I really thought he was dreaming or something. And well, you all know what it's sold for now...

peggen wrote:(sorry, no idea what that thing is called in English, neither in Swedish actually )

A bulldog clip?

No not really. More like a very long bulldog clip but without the handle. A long black thing (with the same form from the side as the black part of the bulldog clip) in plastic that reaches from the top to the bottom of the paper. More like a protective thing than that it holds it together, since it's stapled as well! I guess I can take a pic of it tonight if you don't know what it is

Oh I know what you mean. A bit like this?
http://www.staples.co.uk/filing-and-arc ... clip-files

Yes! That's it. But not with a plastic front cover, just the actual clip.

I understand.

How the hell did the topic get to stationery supplies? My bad...