The Sisters Of Mercy – First And Last And Always

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Label:	Merciful Release – 240 616-1
Format:	Vinyl , LP, Album , Gatefold
Country:	Europe
Released:	1985
Genre:	Rock
Style:	Goth Rock

Tracklist

A1	Black Planet Music By – Wayne Hussey	4:27
A2	Walk Away Music By – Wayne Hussey	3:20
A3	No Time To Cry Music By – Hussey*	3:54
A4	A Rock And A Hard Place Music By – Wayne Hussey	3:36
A5	Marian (Version) Music By – Wayne Hussey	5:37
B1	First And Last And Always Music By – Gary Marx	3:58
B2	Possession Music By – Hussey*	4:36
B3	Nine While Nine Music By – Gary Marx	4:07
B4	Logic Music By – Gary Marx	4:46
B5	Some Kind Of Stranger Music By – Gary Marx	7:16

Companies, etc.

Phonographic Copyright ℗ – WEA Records Ltd.
Copyright © – WEA Records Ltd.
Produced For – Palace Productions
Produced For – Palace Productions Limited
Pressed By – Record Service Alsdorf
Manufactured By – Record Service GmbH
Published By – RCA Music Ltd.
Published By – Candelmaesse Ltd.
Made By – WEA Musik GmbH

Credits

Bass – Craig Adams
Drums – Doktor Avalanche
Guitar – Wayne Hussey
Layout – Mick Lowe
Mixed By – Dave Allen*
Photography By – Jill Furmanovsky
Photography By [Over] – Ruth Polsky
Photography By [Photo Gatefold] – Tom Sheehan (3)
Producer – Dave Allen*
Sleeve – Andrew Eldritch
Voice [Voices] – Andrew Eldritch
Words By – Andrew Eldritch

Notes

Original European pressing in gatefold sleeve without barcode but with an embossed [W] logo in the bottom right corner of the back sleeve. Issued with printed inner sleeve. Labels feature a GEMA / BIEM rights societies logo.

Production for Palace Productions Limited.
All tracks published by RCA Music Ltd. / Candelmaesse Ltd.
Manufactured in by Record Service GmbH, Alsdorf.
Made in by WEA Musik GmbH a Warner Communications Company
℗ + © 1985 WEA Records Ltd.

Different versions of this release exist:

UK Gatefold: no barcode, LC4281 on labels
UK Picture sleeve: no barcode, LC4281 on labels, WE381 price code on back sleeve
UK Picture sleeve: no barcode, LC4281 on labels, WE321 price code on back sleeve
EU Gatefold (this release): no barcode, GEMA/BIEM + LC4281 on labels
EU Gatefold (repress): no barcode, GEMA/BIEM + LC1557 + EW logo on labels
EU Picture sleeve: no barcode, GEMA/BIEM & LC4281 on labels
EU Picture sleeve: barcode, GEMA/BIEM & LC4281 on labels (likely a repress since a barcode was added to the sleeve)

Barcode and Other Identifiers

Rights Society (Boxed together): GEMA / BIEM
Label Code: LC 4281
Price Code (): WE 381
Price Code: Ⓤ
Matrix / Runout (A side runout, variant 1): R/S Alsdorf 240316-1 A3 240616-1 A3 X
Matrix / Runout (B side runout, variant 1): GR R/S Alsdorf 240616-1 B 2 DM
Matrix / Runout (A side runout, variant 2): R / S Alsdorf 2̶4̶0̶3̶1̶6̶-̶1̶ ̶A̶3̶ 240616-1 A 3
Matrix / Runout (B side runout, variant 2): R / S Alsdorf 240616-1 B 2 D 41
Matrix / Runout (A side runout, variant 3): 3 2 R / S Alsdorf 2̶4̶0̶3̶1̶6̶-̶1̶ ̶A̶3̶ 240616-1 A3
Matrix / Runout (B side runout, variant 3): 16 D R / S Alsdorf 240616-1 B 2 X
Matrix / Runout (A side runout, variant 4): R/S Alsdorf 2̶4̶0̶3̶1̶6̶-̶1̶ ̶A̶3̶ 240316-1 A3 94
Matrix / Runout (B side runout, variant 4): R/S Alsdorf 240616-1 B 2 X3 BE
Matrix / Runout (A side runout, variant 5): 37 R/S Alsdorf 2̶4̶0̶3̶1̶6̶-̶1̶ ̶A̶3̶ 240316-1 A3
Matrix / Runout (B side runout, variant 5): D 15 R/S Alsdorf 240616-1 B2 X

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	Title (Format)	Label	Cat#	Country	Year
Recently Edited	First And Last And Always (LP, Album, Barcode)	Merciful Release	MR 337L, 240 616-1	Europe	1985
	First And Last And Always (LP, Album, SRC Pressing)	Elektra	ST-E-60405-1, 60405-1, 9 60405-1	US	1985
Recently Edited	First And Last And Always = マーシーの合言葉 (LP, Album, Stereo)	WEA	P-13162	Japan	1985
Recently Edited	First And Last And Always (Cassette, Album)	WEA	MR 337C, 240 616-4	Europe	1985
Recently Edited	First And Last And Always (LP, Album, Stereo)	Merciful Release	24 0616-1	Italy	1985