When I was 24, I got into "The Mission" and through this association for my 25th birthday my brother bought me the first album by "The Sisters of Mercy". As far as I am concerned this was and still is the best gift that he has ever bought me. When I put the album on I was so blown away that I had to discover further what other treasures lay in store from this unique group. I collected the back-catalogue and when new releases came out, I purchased those until I lost a little interest during 1991. Luckily for me, they only released a couple of best-offs and a few singles just after that time.
A couple of years ago, I bought the best-offs and two of their three albums on CD as they were going very cheap and have not bothered much since, until recently. Watching some of the videos on You-Tube has kindled that interest, especially after hearing a new song called "We Are the Same Suzanne". I have been looking at a number of web-pages about the sisters and have also managed to download a rough version of this new song. Yesterday, I created a CD of the b-sides not available on CD with the tracklisting being roughly similar to the bootleg "Some Boys Wander By Mistake". I wish that Warners or what-ever name they are going under now would release these tracks officially, as the sound quality would be vastly superior to what I created.
Reading about "TSOM" told me that they severed their ties with Warners nine years ago and that they do not have a label at this time. This problem is also compounded as Andrew Eldritch thinks that all record company's are non-sensible and stupid.
It is galling that "TSOM" have not had any new material released for thirteen years (sixteen years if you count the last complete new album) and that he and his side-kicks have a number of new songs that they play live constantly, but have yet to lay down for posterity. Here's hoping that something is done soon as I am pretty certain that a new album would sell well especially when you think how many non-unsigned groups get to play The House of Blues in Vegas like the "TSOM" did this year. Not many I bet.
I love the the music of "TSOM". I know it is not technically great like some of the artists I like, but it still gives me great pleasure unlike the new Christine Aguillera song which I saw being previewed on TV yesterday. The song in question is "Ain't No Other Man" and basically it doesn't have a tune and even more seriously, it does not possess soul. Such a shame, as I know she has a great voice and has had some decent tunes out previously. Is this what modern music is coming too? - I hope not.
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