Help identifying dates from early pictures

THE place for your Sisters-related comments, questions and snippets of Sisters information. For those who do not know, The Sisters of Mercy are a rock'n'roll band. And a pop band. And an industrial groove machine. Or so they say. They make records. Lots of records, apparently. But not in your galaxy. They play concerts. Lots of concerts, actually. But you still cannot see them. So what's it all about, Alfie? This is one of the few tightly-moderated forums on Heartland, so please keep on-topic. All off-topic posts will either be moved or deleted. Chairman Bux is the editor and the editor's decision is final. Danke.
Post Reply
User avatar
Silence is platinum
Slight Overbomber
Posts: 1209
Joined: 11 May 2003, 19:15
Location: At the end of the pier

This fella has a nice collection on his f/b page of early photos, so can you help finding out the dates and venues?

https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set ... ce=message
Top
User avatar
Dr Poo
Amphetamine Filth
Posts: 115
Joined: 08 May 2006, 16:25
Location: Davros' private s**t house

The first 8 photos are from Bochum, 30th May 1984.
Look at the date on the second picture, left side of the frame. ;)
Top
User avatar
robertzombie
Overbomber
Posts: 4379
Joined: 05 Sep 2005, 12:49
Location: London

Look at all those lovely pictures!
Top
User avatar
circle
Utterly Bastard Groovy Amphetamine Filth
Posts: 970
Joined: 24 Jan 2009, 19:28
Location: Portugal

Yup, this originates from me...

I uploaded the photos to send to Being645 for inclusion on the Sisters Wiki page, but messed up while posting a link in the Dark Circle Room, and instead of a TSOM concert, 5 lucky visitors got this pack in High Resolution... Guess we found one of them.



Well, they are heavily compressed by FB on this version so might as well share it in the original quality, so here it is, for all of you, they all need some cropping on the edges. Most of them are labeled with the date and venue, so this solves the question.

http://www.fileserve.com/file/Hjp3ccR

Enjoy!

:von:
darkcircleroom4.blogspot.com
Top
User avatar
Silence is platinum
Slight Overbomber
Posts: 1209
Joined: 11 May 2003, 19:15
Location: At the end of the pier

Thank you :notworthy: :notworthy: :D
Top
User avatar
lachert
Overbomber
Posts: 3142
Joined: 30 Jul 2002, 01:00
Location: is it a womb or is it a tomb?

cool, cool stuff circle :notworthy: :notworthy: :notworthy:
long live rock'n'roll
Top
User avatar
Being645
Above the Chemist
Posts: 14920
Joined: 09 Apr 2009, 12:54
Location: reconstruction status: 62.45%

circle wrote:Yup, this originates from me...

I uploaded the photos to send to Being645 for inclusion on the Sisters Wiki page, but messed up while posting a link in the Dark Circle Room, and instead of a TSOM concert, 5 lucky visitors got this pack in High Resolution... Guess we found one of them.



Well, they are heavily compressed by FB on this version so might as well share it in the original quality, so here it is, for all of you, they all need some cropping on the edges. Most of them are labeled with the date and venue, so this solves the question.

http://www.fileserve.com/file/Hjp3ccR

Enjoy!

:von:
Yeah, some of them are already in theWiki ... while others still need a little PhotoShop-treatment ... sharing them with everybody, is though the best thing, anyway ... :notworthy: ...
Top
User avatar
iesus
Overbomber
Posts: 4429
Joined: 15 Mar 2006, 11:15
Location: x-EU

Excellent album, thank you for sharing :notworthy:
'Are we the Baddies?'...
"Someday! Someday, everything you need, is just gonna fall out of the sky..." -A.E. Reading 1991
"Don't forget that most of the judges in witches trials had harvard degrees."
Top
User avatar
timsinister
The Oncoming Storm
Posts: 4548
Joined: 04 Jan 2005, 17:08
Location: Newcastle
Contact:
Contact timsinister

Cheers! :notworthy:
Top
User avatar
the-happening
Utterly Bastard Groovy Amphetamine Filth
Posts: 596
Joined: 13 Sep 2003, 20:21
Location: Farnborough, Hampshire

Unknown 24,25 and 25 are from Cologne Alter Wartesaal 19th April 1985 great venue, had dinner there about a month ago hasn't changed much.
"i'm talking about god, devil, hell, do you understand, finally?"
Top
User avatar
Nikolas Vitus Lagartija
Overbomber
Posts: 2476
Joined: 04 Aug 2011, 23:35
Location: Scotland
Contact:
Contact Nikolas Vitus Lagartija

Thanks for posting. I saw some of the dates on the April 85 Euro tour and it was weird seeing the Sisters as just a trio without Marx, as it still is viewing these pix twenty-six years on.
The few members of the crowd you can make out on these shots are indicative of the groovy kind of audience the Girls used to draw (and to a certain extent still do) on the Old Continent. Less black clothing, more velvet cummerbunds, cord flares, "original" hairstyles (think Christo having a bad hair day) and paisley shirts.
Top
User avatar
Dan
Overbomber
Posts: 2000
Joined: 25 Sep 2002, 01:00
Location: Leeds

Re: The Sisters of Mercy - Venue Unknown Boston USA 05.06.1985 001.jpg
Wow, I'd never even had that date confirmed until now. Lists of US tour dates always omit that one, and the only evidence I ever saw was in a gig review (the insert with Silence Is Platinum, if memory serves) which placed it between the Detroit & New York gigs. Where does the pic come from?
Oh, and based on previous Boston gigs it's maybe the Spit Club.


Also, unknown 20 & 23 belong with "The Sisters of Mercy 1985 001" & 003 as they're obviously from the same occasion, Marxless, so that narrows it down a bit.
Top
User avatar
Quiff Boy
Herr Administrator
Posts: 16757
Joined: 25 Jan 2002, 00:00
Location: Lurking and fixing
Contact:
Contact Quiff Boy

Nikolas Vitus Lagartija wrote:Less black clothing, more velvet cummerbunds, cord flares, "original" hairstyles (think Christo having a bad hair day) and paisley shirts.
i think you've just described choque hosein :lol:

http://salvationhq.co.uk/gallery/live-photos/misc-live/
What’s the difference between a buffalo and a bison?
Top
taylor
Slight Overbomber
Posts: 1206
Joined: 09 Apr 2003, 20:53
Location: over the rainbow

Re: The Sisters of Mercy - Venue Unknown Boston USA 05.06.1985 001.jpg

No Dan are from San francisco I beam 85
Top
User avatar
Dan
Overbomber
Posts: 2000
Joined: 25 Sep 2002, 01:00
Location: Leeds

taylor wrote:Re: The Sisters of Mercy - Venue Unknown Boston USA 05.06.1985 001.jpg

No Dan are from San francisco I beam 85
I-Beam, 1983?
San Francisco'85 was Kabuki Theatre and Eldo is wearing different clothes in those pics so it can't be that.

So was there a gig in Boston in 85, or did the review in Silence Is Platinum get it wrong?
Top
Post Reply

Return to “Sisters Chat”