RARE King Diamond Interview from ??? (mercyful fate)

Mercyful Fate, Early King Diamond Interview from the bootleg CD called House of Satan. The front cover says Mercyful Fate Live, but the side (spine) reads Mercyful Fate House of Satan King001.

The interview with King on this disc is not labeled (tracks 15, 16, 17, 18, 19). Track 16 is blank however.

I have taken pictures of the CD and booklet and placed them throughout the video, but they are hard to read, so I transcribed all of the information, (misspellings and all) for easier reading. I hope you enjoy these rare old recordings.

There are many CDR copies of these recordings out there, mine is a silver factory press. This has Mercyful misspelled Merciful on the disc. (Its actually the right spelling).




Booklet (Back Panel)
The live songs on this CD were taken from a show in Copenhagen. The Year is presumably 1981. But that can be argued. Although there are drop-outs and tape defects, this is nonetheless the best recorded Mercyful Fate concert from the early days. A bootleg called Return of the Living Dead contained these songs. But the source tapes for this CD were taken from the collection of John Kibble. He is the father vampire of the tape-trader coven.
The demo songs are interesting because they show the beginnings of King Diamonds style. With the exception of Persecution and Truck Driver, these songs appeared on the bootleg vinyl and cassette called Satans Nightmare.
Persecution was recorded at the same time as Mission: Destroy Aliens, but was not included on Return of the Vampire because the master tapes were damaged by water. Listen for the early beginnings of later songs. Love Criminals became Into the Coven. Some Day, became Desecration of Souls. Death Kiss, became A Dangerous Meeting. Death Kiss on this CD is different than the bonus track on the newly re-mastered Dont Break the Oath, or from the track on Return of the Vampire.

Booklet (Left Inside Panel)
King Diamond, in an interview, made clear that he does not mind bootlegs, as long as it is obvious to the consumer that the item is a bootleg. This way, a person would not judge the band by the poor quality, tape hiss, or sudden drop-outs. When the early Mercyful Fate catalog was re-mastered, live Mercyful Fate songs were not added as bonus tracks because they would give the officially sanctioned albums a bootleg feel.
Upon checking with an anonymous decision-maker at an anonymous record label, I was told that, as long as I keep this bootleg low-key and at a minimum run, no one will have a problem with it.
The reason why this bootleg was put together was not to make money. It is a sincere gesture to preserve the early recordings in a way that cannot be destroyed. The digital format will prevent any further deterioration. Although the quantity of these CDs is very low, enough of them will exist in case the record company will want to release an In Memory of album, should the King die.

Booklet (Right Inside Panel)
Hank Sherman and King Diamond both possess sound board tapes of their early concerts. But as they have declared, they do not feel that the quality is high enough for self release. Fans from the old days demand vintage recordings of the Kim Ruzz era. Yet the only way to hear the live performances was to contact a tape-trader. But those were 6th generation dubs, at best. The recordings on this CD are from tapes that were purchased in the early 80s from John Kibble. So they are at least 2nd or 3rd generation. John Kibble was a person who answered Mercyful Fates fan mail in the early days. He sold tapes of the band without their knowledge. But without him, the world might never have heard some incredible music.
It is hoped that you will tape these songs for your friends. Maybe you might also make a few CDs of these recordings. We, as fans, have to take what little scraps we are given. Maybe one day, both the band and the record labels will understand our hunger for this material, and finally release the recordings we crave.

Back (Tray Card)

Live Songs
1.Black Funeral
2.Curse of the Pharoahs
3. Into the Coven
4.A Corpse Without a Soul
5.Return of the Vampire
6.Devil Eyes
7.Nightmare
Demo Songs
8.Persecution
9.Love Criminals
10.Hard Rocker
11.Some Day
12.Death Kiss
13.Combat Zone
14.Truck Driver

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[LittleIronSheik]

Definitely not '81. Change the title so more aren't suckered in to watching this.

[VeryRareTracks]

Hey guys, I apologize for the misinformation, The inlay card for the CD says 1981. after listening... you guys are definitely right probably 88-89. I honestly was not trying to "sucker" anyone. Thanks for watching/listening to my videos : )

[PRHILL9696]

King always has a great way to explain Satanism. His wife Livia is a Satanist as well. They are both great Satanic people

[StephenKuharik21]

it is 1981 i have it

[JaraDiamonD]

...its not Merciful..its MercYful..xD

[SuperBlindGuySteve]

You don't seem to understand the concept of "free interpretation". You can listen to a song, or read a book (like the Bible), or do whatever with any form of art and take away whatever you'd like to interpret from said art. Even if King was trying to "preach" to you, you wouldn't have to listen to it that way. He says it himself in another interview, "You don't have to take it as religious. You could just listen to our music like horror stories, or whatever".

[AgentHomer]

these are all christian bands, aren't they? personally, I have no problems with that at all, it's just that I sometimes get the feeling that people listen to christian metal just as a substitute for other metal and because they don't want to be exposed to "evil" lyrics (because apparently their fate is so weak it could be destroyed by any artist singing about satan ;-) ) and that christian bands only imitate the other bands to provide a "safer" alternative, rather than making original music.

[Moonspell85]

amazing, thanks for upload that!

[milkbone1990]

I don't fear the dark side... and I listen to a ton of metal -- some examples- Stryper, Whitecross, SAINT, Holy Soldier, Novella, Sacred Warrior, Leviticus, Barren Cross, Bloodgood, Spoken, Daniel Band, Dead Poetic, Disciple, Haven, SHOUT, Narnia, X-Sinner. And true, anyone can walk out of a church service, and true that denying something is not being a missionary, but he's singing for his religion...who doesn't sing for their religion and not hope to influence someone?