Tag: The Mission

The Mission – Severina (UK 12″)

BURNING THE GROUND EXCLUSIVE 1987

“Severina” or V is the fifth single released by British gothic rock band The Mission (known as The Mission UK in the U.S. for legal reasons) released in March 1987. The single was taken from the bands debut album God’s Own Medicine. The band includes Lead vocalist Wayne Hussey formerly of Dead Or Alive and Sisters Of Mercy.

“Severina” peaked at #25 on the UK singles chart and #21 on the Irish singles chart.

Love You To Death (track B2) is an instrumental, an acoustic guitar intro of Love Me To Death which was edited off the orginal version of Love Me To Death so the song could fit onto the “God’s Own Medicine” LP.

SIDE A:
Severina (Aqua-Marina Mix) 6:08
Music By – Adams*, Brown*, Hinkler*, Hussey*
Words By – Hussey*

Wishing Well 2:46
Written-By – Bundrick*, Kossoff*, Rodgers*, Kirke*, Yamauchi*

sIDE B:
Tomorrow Never Knows (Amphetamix) 4:52
Written-By – Lennon/McCartney*

Love You To Death 1:29

VINYL GRADE:
Vinyl: Near Mint
Sleeve: Near Mint

RELEASE INFORMATION:
Label: Mercury ‎– MYTHX 3
Format: Vinyl, 12″, 45 RPM, Single
Country: UK
Released: Mar 1987
Genre: Rock
Style: Goth Rock

CREDITS:
Design [Sleeve Design] – Green Ink, Sandy Ball
Producer – The Mission, Tim Palmer
Voice [Additional] – Julianne*

NOTES:
The original version of “Severina” can be found on The Mission album
‘God’s Own Medicine’

“And Love is all and love is everyone”

Find the 12″ on DISCOGS

EQUIPMENT USED:
Turntable: Pro-Ject Debut Carbon (DC)
Cartridge: Ortofon 2M
Stylus: Ortofon 2M Bronze
Isolation: Auralex Acoustics ISO-Tone Turntable Isolation Platform
Platter: Pro-Ject Acryl-It platter
Stabilizer: Pro-Ject Record Puck 
Phono Pre-amp: Bellari VP130 Tube Phono Preamp
Tube: Tung-Sol 12AX7ECC803-S Gold Electron Tube
Soundcard: ESI Juli@
Record Cleaning: VPI HW 16.5 Record Cleaning Machine
Artwork Scans: Epson Workforce WF-7610 Professional Printer/Scanner

SOFTWARE USED:
Recording/Editing: Adobe Audition 3.0 (Recording)
Down Sampling: iZotope RX Advanced 2
Artwork Editor: Adobe Photoshop CS5
Click Removal: Manual
FLAC/MP3 Conversion: dBpoweramp
M3U Playlist: Playlist Creator

RESTORATION NOTES:
All vinyl rips are recorded @ 32bit/float
FLAC (Level Eight)
MP3 (320kbps)
Artwork scanned at 600dpi

The Mission – II (UK 7″)

BURNING THE GROUND EXCLUSIVE 1986

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Released as a double A side “Garden Of Delight”/”Like A Hurricane”. “II” was the second single released from the gothic rock band The Mission. “Garden of Delight” was originally written by Wayne Hussey and performed by The Sisters of Mercy, but after Hussey left the group and formed “The Mission UK”, he re-released the song on the album “The First Chapter”. “Like A Hurricane” is a cover of a 1977 Neil Young song and was later included on the compilation album First Chapter (a compilation of their first singles) and Ever After – Live.

This edit of “Garden Of Delight” can only be found on this single & the limited edition UK 12″. This version has not been issued on CD.

SIDE A:
Garden Of Delight 3:26
Written-By – Adams*, Brown*, Hinkler*, Hussey*

SIDE B:
Like A Hurricane 4:56
Written-By – Neil Young

VINYL GRADE:
Vinyl: near Mint
Sleeve: Near Mint

RELEASE INFORMATION:
Label: Chapter 22 – CHAP 7
Format: Vinyl, 7″, Single
Country: UK
Released: 14 Jul 1986
Genre: Rock
Style: Goth Rock
Credits: Producer – Mission, The
Producer [Assisted By] – Colin Richardson

NOTES:
Recorded at The Slaughterhouse May 1986.

Find The 7″ On DISCOGS

EQUIPMENT USED:
Turntable: Pro-Ject Debut III
Cartridge: Ortofon Super
Stylus: Ortofon OM Stylus 30
Bellari VP130 Tube Phono Preamp
Soundcard: ESI Juli@
VPI HW 16.5 Record Cleaning Machine
Brother MFC-6490CW Professional Series Scanner

SOFTWARE USED:
Adobe Audition 3.0 (Recording)
Adobe Photoshop CS5
ClickRepair
dBpoweramp
Playlist Creator

RESTORATION NOTES:
All vinyl rips are recorded @ 32bit/float
Downsampled to 24bit/96kHz and16bit /44kHz using iZotope RX Advanced 2
FLAC (Level Eight)
MP3 (320kbps)
Artwork scanned at 600dpi