MERCYFUL FATE The Beginning w/king Diamond 12" Vinyl LP Album

This album "MERCYFUL FATE - The Beginning" is a compilation album of tracks recorded before the release of the album "Melissa".

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  This album is the definitive collector's addition to the Mercyful Fate Catalogue featuring the band's official pre-Melissa recordings - The legendary Rave-On sessions (Fully re-mastered) - The BBC "Friday Rock Show" sessions + Bonus track "Black Masses" from the "Melissa" sessions, never released before on LP.

Essentials of: MERCYFUL FATE The Beginning

Music Genre:

Heavy Metal, Death Metal

Label & Catalognr:

RoadRunner RR 9603  

Media Format:

Record Format: 12" Vinyl Stereo Gramophone Record
Total Album (Cover+Record) weight: 230 gram  

Year & Country:

1987 Made in Holland  

Production & Recording Information

Producers:

Jacques Hustinx - Producer

  Jacques Hustinx a Dutch musician, producer and co-founder of Rave-On Records . He produced bands like: Astaroth, Evil, H-Bomb, Mercyful Fate, etc.

Tony Wilson for Radio 1's

  Tony Wilson ( full-name: Anthony Howard Wilson ) record label owner, music producer, nightclub manager, impresario and journalist for Granada Television and BBC Television. In the 1980s he has produced and worked on albums for bands like: Battleaxe, Deep Purple, Diamond Head, Iron Maiden, Mercyful Fate

Henrik Lund - Producer

  Henrik Lund ( Music Producer ) founder of Easy Sound Studio and he produced many Danish albums and several "Mercyful Fate" records. He is the brother of Niels Erik Lund.

 

Sound & Recording Engineers:

Willem Steentjes - Sound Engineer

David Dade - Sound Engineer

Jacob J. Jorgensen - Sound Engineer

Recording Location:

Stone Sound Studios, Netherlands

BBC Radio One

Easy Sound Studio, Copenhagen, Denmark

Musicians: (uncredited)
  • King Diamond - Lead Vocals
  • Hank Shermann - Guitars
  • Michael Denner - Guitars
  • Timi "Grabber" Hansen - Bass
  • Kim Ruzz - Drums
Tracklisting Side One:
  1. Doomed by the Living Dead - 5:07
  2. A Corpse without Soul - 6:52
  3. Nuns Have No Fun - 4:17
  4. Devil Eyes - 5:48
Tracklisting Side Two:
  1. Curse of the Pharaohs - 3:50
  2. Evil - 4:01
  3. Satan's Fall - 10:28
  4. Black Masses - 4:30
  5. Black Funeral - 2:52

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MERCYFUL FATE & KING DIAMOND Discography

Compilation albums with Mercyful Fate

MERCYFUL FATE - Live From The Depth Of Hell ( Red Vinyl )

MERCYFUL FATE - Live From The Depth Of Hell ( Red Vinyl )

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This album "From the Depths of Hell Red Vinyl" is an unofficial (bootleg) album of this band Mercyfull Fate. Limited to 500 copies reissue on red vinyl. Classic and ultra hard to find semi official Mercyful Fate fan club recordings. Originally released for a short period in the mid 1980s.

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 RoadrunneR Records RR 9461-1 , 1989 , Netherlands

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 RoadrunneR RR 9550 1 , 1981 , Netherlands & Holland

Them is the third album recorded by the Danish Heavy Metal / Thrash Metal singer: "King Diamond" (ex Mercyful Fate). This particular release has been Manufactured in The Netherlands and Made in Holland 

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