Merciful Release

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Merciful Release is a record label started by Andrew Eldritch, frontman with Leeds outfit The Sisters of Mercy. As Eldritch states in an early interview, he wanted to hear himself on the radio. He and Gary Marx (Mark Pairman) played and recorded on the Sisters Of Mercy's initial single "Damage Done" and pressed one thousand copies. This record was something of a collectors item. Apparently it did get played once on UK radio.

Throughout the early 1980s the band released several singles on Merciful Release, controlling the format and image of the records. Typically in a black sleeve with artwork centrally mounted and a head and star logo on the rear of sleeves. A notable example being Henri Matisse's Blue Nude in gold on black for the single Alice.

By 1984 the band had signed a distribution deal with Warner Bros. records (Elektra in the US) whilst still maintaining control of Merciful Release.

In the 1990s, when the Sisters Of Mercy went quiet as both a recording and touring act, a number of CDs were released on the Merciful Release label for MK Ultra; their Buluga Pop and This is This albums, and German band Scoda Blush.

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The Sisters of Mercy
Andrew Eldritch
Gary Marx • Craig Adams • Doktor Avalanche • Ben Gunn • Wayne Hussey • Andreas Bruhn • Tony James • Tim Bricheno • Adam Pearson
Additional members On stage: Patricia Morrison • Dan Donovan • Chris Sheehan • Mike Varjak • Chris May • Ben Christo
In studio: Jim Steinman • Dave Allen • Larry Alexander • John Perry • Maggie Reilly
Studio albums First and Last and Always • Floodland • Vision Thing
Compilations Some Girls Wander by Mistake • A Slight Case of Overbombing
Selected bootlegs Some Boys Wander By Mistake
Videos Wake (video) • Shot (video)
Related articles Mission • Ghost Dance • The Sisterhood • James Ray • Merciful Release • This Corrosion • More (song)
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