Blood Outta Stone

Written by

M. E. Smith; M. Beddington*

First Release

The Dredger EP/White Lightning - Cog Sinister/Fontana 7": SIN6; 12": SINX612; 12" Limited: SIN612; CD: SINCD6
A promotional 7" was issued with just 2 tracks, including Blood Outta Stone - it came with a miniature bottle of White Lightning tequila.

Date of First Release

August 1990

Group line-up on first recording

Mark E Smith – vocals; Craig Scanlon – guitar; Martin Bramah – guitar; Steve Hanley – bass; Marcia Schofield – keyboards; Simon Wolstencroft - drums

Subsequent releases

A World Bewitched - Artful ARTFULCD35, 6 February 2001
Listening In - Cog Sinister via Voiceprint CD: COGVP132CD 11 November 2002
The War against Intelligence - The Fontana Years - Universal 0770002, 20 October 2003
Shiftwork - Fontana/Mercury Records. CD: 9847464 (2 CDs) 7 May 2007

Official Live Recordings

Nottingham '92 - Cog Sinister via Voiceprint CD: COGVP110CD - November 1998

First Played Live

Reading 28/8/90

Last Played Live

Hamburg 12/6/92

No. of times known to have been played live

30

Commentary

* M Beddington was pseudonym used by Martin Bramah.

A technical note…there is an edit at 1:03, completely changing the timbre of the guitars