The Sisters of Mercy - Top Rank Suite, Brighton - 01.04.1985

From the original poster's TXT file:

"This and the Whistle Test TV show, are the final two performances of founding member and original guitar player, Gary Marx, with The Sisters of Mercy. The final concert he played was the last night of the UK tour, on April 1st, 1985, at the Top Rank Suite in Brighton. The next day, he performed his very last rite in front of the BBC TV cameras for the Whistle Test, the band turning in rousing renditions of two songs from their first LP.

This recording of the Brighton concert is a flawed, but nevertheless enjoyable soundboard recording taken from discs 2 & 3 of the triple vinyl bootleg set, "Through The Years". I've cleaned it up thoroughly, but here and there some surface noise remains. I chose not to go to extremes in trying to get rid of the extraneous noises, lest I should compromise the sound quality of the actual recording. There's a sample from "Train" that should give you a good idea of what to expect. The performance is excellent throughout, with particular highlights being Amphetamine Logic, the trip down Memory Lane with Floorshow/Alice/Body Electric completely seguing into one another, and the juggernaut ride through Sister Ray/Ghostrider/Louie Louie (too bad the sound quality of the final encore is inferior to the rest of the gig - but still!!! Too bad it's hard to make out whether Gary Marx really did throw his Anaconda-guitar to the stage standing on top of the stacks...)"

01. First and Last and Always

02. Body and Soul

03. Train

04. Marian

05. No Time to Cry

06. Possession

07. Walk Away

08. Burn

09. Emma

10. Amphetamine Logic

11. A Rock and a Hard Place

12. Floorshow

13. Alice

14. Body Electric

15. Gimme Shelter
Encore 1

16. Knockin' on Heaven's Door
Encore 2

17. Sister Ray/Ghostrider/Louie Louie

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