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well, 23 years to the day since the first sisters gig.

ho humm.

And 23, of course, is fnord the magic number.

Wonder if Von realised at the time that his merry band would still be going strong twenty years later?

And does anyone know anything about the gig ?
How long did the Sisters play for? how big was the crowd? Did they go down well with a bunch of Thompson Twins fans? what was the setlist? does a bootleg exist? What about a flyer/poster/photos?

Phew! surely some 'expert' can satiate my thirst for knowledge.

Wonder if Von realised at the time that his merry band would still be going strong twenty years later

Going strong , thats pushing it a bit , more like hanging on for dear life.

Black Shuck wrote:Wonder if Von realised at the time that his merry band would still be going strong twenty years later?

And does anyone know anything about the gig ?
How long did the Sisters play for? how big was the crowd? Did they go down well with a bunch of Thompson Twins fans? what was the setlist? does a bootleg exist? What about a flyer/poster/photos?

Phew! surely some 'expert' can satiate my thirst for knowledge.

There's one song (Good Things) from the first gig on the "Kenny Giles Demos" cd, which has probably been weeded. The recording came from Eldritch's own collection so I imagine he has the full show.
The set probably only consisted of 5 or 6 songs, probably something similar to the setlist for the May'81 recordings.

(Too many probably's in that post. Probably.)

and now on 17.02.04, it's thirteen years to the day since my first Sisters gig - and a damn fine one it was - Leeds Poly.

maybe we could ask a THompson Twin fan for some info

are we that sad

Black Shuck wrote:Wonder if Von realised at the time that his merry band would still be going strong twenty years later?

More to the point, does that mean that in two years time we can look forward to a still-new-albumless Sisters hobbling onto a Leeds stage to crank out the old favourites again for the silver anniversary?

When does he get the carriage clock?

LR