The latest post on my TSOM blog - https://sistersfan.blogspot.co.uk/2017/ ... -1981.html - looks in detail at the first demo tape, and in particular the source of the tracks on the B Side, the "live" tracks.
The results mean that a further slight change may be needed to the Wiki gigography, @Being645, as the likely sequence is as follows :
1. 16.2.81 York Uni (supporting Thompson Twins)
- (10.3.81 Leeds Warehouse - fake date)
2. 19.3.81 Leeds F Club @ Brannigans (supporting Altered Images)
3. 22.3.81 Leeds F Club @ Tiffany's (twelve band charity extravaganza)
- (4.4.81 York Uni - fake date)
- (4.5.81 Leeds, St John's Terrace - recorded live rehearsal?)
4. 7.5.81 York Uni (supporting Reluctant Stereotypes)
5. 13.6.81 Leeds Uni (with Expelaires and Ping Peg Slax)
Unless of course, anyone has other information!
Early gigs and the first demo tape
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Thank you very much for the information. As usual, that is a very nice and interesting entry ...Nikolas Vitus Lagartija wrote:The latest post on my TSOM blog - https://sistersfan.blogspot.co.uk/2017/ ... -1981.html - looks in detail at the first demo tape, and in particular the source of the tracks on the B Side, the "live" tracks.
The results mean that a further slight change may be needed to the Wiki gigography, @Being645, as the likely sequence is as follows :
1. 16.2.81 York Uni (supporting Thompson Twins)
- (10.3.81 Leeds Warehouse - fake date)
2. 19.3.81 Leeds F Club @ Brannigans (supporting Altered Images)
3. 22.3.81 Leeds F Club @ Tiffany's (twelve band charity extravaganza)
- (4.4.81 York Uni - fake date)
- (4.5.81 Leeds, St John's Terrace - recorded live rehearsal?)
4. 7.5.81 York Uni (supporting Reluctant Stereotypes)
5. 13.6.81 Leeds Uni (with Expelaires and Ping Peg Slax)
...I will adjust the info in the SistersWiki step by step asap ... for The Sisters of Mercy, for YOU, for myself and for EVERYONE.
Nikolas Vitus Lagartija wrote: Unless of course, anyone has other information!
... are you referring to some soundcheck that took or took not place decades ago? If so, feel free to PM me about that issue.
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yes another good one Nik. full respec is due! 
Well I was handsome and I was strong
And I knew the words to every song.
"Did my singing please you?"
"No! The words you sang were wrong!"
And I knew the words to every song.
"Did my singing please you?"
"No! The words you sang were wrong!"
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What an awesome read! 
Never disappoints.
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Just caught up on both the recent posts. This one was particularly good, and a timely read for me as this 'gig' was next in my listen to pile of old CD-Rs. Everything you said about the St John's gig being a taped rehearsal seems right to me. Another great detective job ... Thanks!