Body Electric (single)

This is the second single ever by The Sisters of Mercy.

Body Electric 7" - common red cover

Body Electric 7" with light red (pink) cover

Release Notes

• Label: Merciful Release/CNT Productions

• Catalogue#: CNT 002

• Format: 7" vinyl single

• Release Date: April 1982

Tracks:

Side A	-   Body Electric	-   4:20
Side AA	-   Adrenochrome	-   2:57

Band/Recording Personnel

Andrew Eldritch	-   Vocals
Gary Marx	-   Guitars
Craig Adams	-   Bass
Doktor Avalanche	-   Drums

Remarks

• Released on CNT label, York, since the band didn't have the money to release it themselves on Merciful Release.

• The cover features Francis Bacon's Head VI, all soaked in a deep crimson dye.

A view of the original can also be found at the WebMuseum.

Body Electric - 7" Cover (back)

• The issue of the cover art for the Body Electric single was also featured and discussed in UTR,

The Sisters' official fanzine, see
- Heartland Gallery/UTR#9 - Page 6 and
- Heartland Gallery/UTR#9 - Page 7.

• The title of the single and the song Body Electric are derived from the poem

I Sing The Body Electric by Walt Whitman (1819 - 1892).

• Some copies have a lighter almost pink or orange red on the cover than others.
  

• The covers are either made of thin paper, or they are thick and glossy.

• All of the original releases come with a thumb cut on the upper side of the cover back.

Broadcast

• As the research by the lovely people @John Peel Wiki recently revealed, radio presenter John Peel

played Body Electric on BBC Radio One during his John Peel Show on 16th January 1984.

Body Electric - 7" Cover (back) in more pinkish tone

See also this thread @The Heartland Forums and John Peel Shows 1980-85.

NOTE
Meanwhile some bootlegs have surfaced
which should not be mistaken for the present original release, see:

- Body Electric - Adrenochrome - 7" bootleg released in 1987

- Body Electric (Australian 2009 Reissue) - red vinyl, mainly available as part of a set

- Body Electric (Greek demo bootleg) - alledgedly some "untitled demo version"

- Body Electric - Floorshow (Greek live bootleg) - Live in Bologna 1985

- Body Electric - Sister Ray (Greek live bootleg) - Live at Deinze 1984

Body Electric - 7" Cover (back) in more orange tone

Additional Pictures

Body Electric 7" vinyl (Side A)	Body Electric 7" vinyl (Side AA
Body Electric 7" - Label Side A	Body Electric 7" - Label Side AA