The Sisters Of Mercy Vision Thing
1990 Vinyl
Alternative Rock
Goth Rock

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Merciful Release, EastWest, Merciful Release
backing vocals Maggie Reilly
bass Tony James
design [sleeve designed by] Andrew Eldritch
design [sleeve designed by] Tony James
drums Doktor Avalanche
engineer [additional] Andrew Eldritch
engineer [additional] Peter One
guitar Andreas Bruhn
guitar Tim Bricheno
guitar, guest [special guest] John Perry
management [business affairs] Boyd Steemson
tracks a4, b1, b2 mixed by Chris Lord-Alge
tracks a1 to a3, b3, b4 mixed by Steve Rinkoff
overdubbed by Steve Rinkoff
photography by Marcus Tomlinson
tracks a1 to b2, b4 producer Andrew Eldritch
recorded by Mark Freegard
recorded by [assisted by] Peter One
sleeve [executed by] Stylorouge
vocals, guitar Andrew Eldritch
Record Company Time Warner
Produced For Merciful Release
Phonographic Copyright (p) WEA Records Ltd.
Copyright (c) WEA Records Ltd.
Pressed By Record Service Alsdorf
Published By EMI Music Publishing Ltd.
Published By Eldritch Boulevard Ltd.
Published By Lost Boys Music
Published By Rightsong Music, Inc.
Recorded At Puk Recording Studios
Mastered At The Exchange
Gloss sleeve. Released with a printed inner sleeve of top opening paper with a light gloss finish.
The spine text is repeated at the top edge.
At the sleeve reverse lower right is a debossed Warner logo.

Recorded for 140dB at Puk, Denmark.
Produced for Merciful Release.
Direct Metal Mastering done at The Exchange.

℗ 1990 WEA Records Ltd
© 1990 WEA Records Ltd, a Time Warner Company

Lyrics reproduced by kind permission of EMI Music Publishing Ltd. / Eldritch Boulevard Ltd. except B3, EMI Music Publishing Ltd. / Eldritch Boulevard Ltd. / Lost Boys Music / Rightsong Music, Inc.

Merciful Release cat# appears as 'MR449 L' on label, 'MR449L' on rear and inner sleeves.

Variant 1: Runouts are stamped except side A: 'THE EXCHANGE D.M.M.' and side B: '8', which are etched.
Variant 9: Runouts are stamped except side A: 'THE EXCHANGE D.M.M. 5' and side B: '9', which are etched.
Variant 10: Runouts are stamped except side A: 'THE EXCHANGE D.M.M. 81' and side B: '32', which are etched.
Variant 11: Runouts are stamped except side A: 'THE EXCHANGE D.M.M. 35' and side B: '26', which are etched.
Barcode: 0 9031-72663-1 2 (Printed)
Barcode: 090317266312 (UP-A, Scanned)
Barcode: 0090317266312 (EAN-Code, Scanned)
Label Code: LC 1557
Rights Society: GEMA/BIEM (Boxed)
Price Code: FRANCE: WE 391
Price Code: Ⓤ
Matrix / Runout: R/S Alsdorf 903 172663-1-A THE EXCHANGE D.M.M. (Runout side A, variant 1)
Matrix / Runout: R/S Alsdorf 903 172663-1-B 8 (Runout side B, variant 1)
Matrix / Runout: R/S Alsdorf 903 172663-1-A xxxx THE EXCHANGE D.M.M. 46 (Runout side A (stamped + etched), variant 2)
Matrix / Runout: R/S Alsdorf 903 172663-1-B xxxx 22 (Runout side B (stamped + etched), variant 2)
Matrix / Runout: R/S Alsdorf 903 172663-1-A x x THE EXCHANGE D.M.M. 9 (Runout side A (stamped + etched), variant 3)
Matrix / Runout: R/S Alsdorf 903 172663-1-B x x x 7 (Runout side B (stamped + etched), variant 3)
Matrix / Runout: R/S Alsdorf 903 172663-1-A THE EXCHANGE D.M.M. 8 (Runout side A (stamped + etched), variant 4)
Matrix / Runout: R/S Alsdorf 903 172663-1-B xxx 46 (Runout side B (stamped + etched), variant 4)
Matrix / Runout: R / S Alsdorf 903 172663-1-A THE EXCHANGE DMM (Runout side A (stamped + etched), variant 5)
Matrix / Runout: R / S Alsdorf 903 172663-1-Bx 21 (Runout side B (stamped + etched), variant 5)
Matrix / Runout: R/S Alsdorf 903 172663-1-A xxxx THE EXCHANGE D.M.M. 48 (Runout side A (stamped + etched), variant 6)
Matrix / Runout: R/S Alsdorf 903 172663-1-B xxxx 26 (Runout side B (stamped + etched), variant 6)
Matrix / Runout: R/S Alsdorf 903 172663-1-A xxxx THE EXCHANGE D.M.M. 28 (Runout side A (stamped + etched), variant 7)
Matrix / Runout: R/S Alsdorf 903 172663-1-B xxxx 6 (Runout side B (stamped + etched), variant 7)
Matrix / Runout: R/S Alsdorf 903 172663-1-A THE EXCHANGE D.M.M. 12 (Runout side A (stamped + etched), variant 8)
Matrix / Runout: R/S Alsdorf 903 172663-1-B 15 (Runout side B (stamped + etched), variant 8)
Matrix / Runout: R/S Alsdorf 903 172663-1-A THE EXCHANGE D.M.M. 5 (Runout side A, variant 9)
Matrix / Runout: R/S Alsdorf 903 172663-1-B 9 (Runout side B, variant 9)
Matrix / Runout: R/S Alsdorf 903 172663-1-Ax THE EXCHANGE D.M.M. 81 (Runout side A, variant 10)
Matrix / Runout: R/S Alsdorf 903 172663-1-B 32 (Runout side B, variant 10)
Matrix / Runout: R/S Alsdorf 903 172663-1-A THE EXCHANGE D.M.M. 35 (Runout side A, variant 11)
Matrix / Runout: R/S Alsdorf 903 172663-1-B 26 (Runout side B, variant 11)



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