The Beginning (Mercyful Fate album)
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The Beginning is a compilation album
by Mercyful Fate
released in 1987 consisting of the Nuns Have No Fun EP
and 5 other rare tracks.
|¹ From "The Friday Rock Show"
. 19 March, 1983
|² From the "Black Funeral" single (B side)
|³ From the "Metallic Storm" compilation (remaster only)
Compilation album
A compilation album is an album featuring tracks from one or more performers, often culled from a variety of sources The tracks are usually collected according to a common characteristic, such as popularity, genre, source or subject matter...
by Mercyful Fate
Mercyful Fate
Mercyful Fate was a Danish heavy metal band from Copenhagen. Initially active from 1981 to 1985, they reunited in 1992. The band went on hiatus again in 2000, when frontman King Diamond decided to continue his solo career...
released in 1987 consisting of the Nuns Have No Fun EP
Extended play
An EP is a musical recording which contains more music than a single, but is too short to qualify as a full album or LP. The term EP originally referred only to specific types of vinyl records other than 78 rpm standard play records and LP records, but it is now applied to mid-length Compact...
and 5 other rare tracks.
Track listing
- "Doomed by the Living Dead" – 5:07
- "A Corpse Without Soul" – 6:52
- "Nuns Have No Fun" – 4:17
- "Devil Eyes" – 5:48
- "Curse of the Pharaohs" – 3:50 |¹
- "Evil" – 4:01 |¹
- "Satan's Fall" – 10:28 |¹
- "Black Masses" – 4:30 |²
- "Black Funeral" – 2:52 |³
|¹ From "The Friday Rock Show"
Friday Rock Show
The Friday Rock Show was a radio show in the United Kingdom that was broadcast on BBC Radio 1 from 10pm to midnight on Friday nights from 1978 to 1993. Throughout most of its run it was hosted by Tommy Vance. Ostensibly for the genre of rock in general, it was most closely associated with heavy metal...
. 19 March, 1983
|² From the "Black Funeral" single (B side)
|³ From the "Metallic Storm" compilation (remaster only)