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A1	Doomed By The Living Dead Engineer – Willem SteentjesLyrics By – King Diamond Producer – Jac. HustinxWritten-By – Hank Shermann	5:07
A2	A Corpse Without Soul Engineer – Willem SteentjesLyrics By – King Diamond Producer – Jac. HustinxWritten-By – Hank Shermann	6:52
A3	Nuns Have No Fun Engineer – Willem SteentjesLyrics By – King Diamond Producer – Jac. HustinxWritten-By – Hank Shermann, Michael Denner	4:17
A4	Devil Eyes Engineer – Willem SteentjesLyrics By – King Diamond Producer – Jac. HustinxWritten-By – Hank Shermann	5:48
B1	Curse Of The Pharaohs Engineer – Dave DadeLyrics By – King Diamond Producer – Tony WilsonWritten-By – Hank Shermann	3:50
B2	Evil Engineer – Dave DadeLyrics By – King Diamond Producer – Tony WilsonWritten-By – Hank Shermann	4:01
B3	Satan's Fall Engineer – Dave DadeLyrics By – King Diamond Producer – Tony WilsonWritten-By – Hank Shermann	10:28
B4	Black Masses Engineer – Jacob JørgensenLyrics By – King Diamond Producer – Henrik LundWritten-By – Hank Shermann	4:30

Companies, etc.

• Recorded At – Stone Sound Studio
• Recorded At – BBC Studios
• Recorded At – Easy Sound Studio
• Marketed By – Roadrunner Productions B.V.
• Published By – Roadster Music
• Copyright (c) – Roadrunner Productions B.V.
• Phonographic Copyright (p) – Roadrunner Productions B.V.
• Phonographic Copyright (p) – BBC Enterprises Ltd.

Credits

• Engineer – Dave Dade (tracks: B1, B2, B3), Jacob Jørgensen (tracks: B4), Willem Steentjes (tracks: A1, A2, A3, A4)
• Producer – Henrik Lund (tracks: B4), Jac. Hustinx (tracks: A1, A2, A3, A4), Tony Wilson (tracks: B1, B2, B3)

Notes

A-side:
Produced by Jac Hustinx
Engineered by Willem Steentjes

B-side:
Produced by Tony Wilson for Radio 1's the "Friday Rock Show"
Engineered by David Dade
(except B4)
Produced by Henrik Lund
Engineered by Jacob J. Jorgensen

All songs published by Roadster Music
(P)&(C) 1987 Roadrunner Productions b.v.
except B-side: 1,2,3 (P) 1983 BBC Enterprises Ltd

Featuring the band's official pre-"Melissa" recordings:
A-side: 1-4
The legendary "Rave-On" sessions (fully re-mastered). [September 1982] (originally the Mercyful Fate EP aka Nuns Have No Fun recorded in Stone Sound Studio, Holland in 3 days)
B-side: 1-3
The BBC "Friday Rock Show" sessions. [March 19th, 1983] (recorded before Melissa and differs from the LP version, recorded for BBC in only 8 hours and mixed afterwards)
B-side: 4
The bonus-track "Black Masses" from the "Melissa" sessions, never before released on LP. [July 19th-27th, 1983] (recorded in Easy Sound, Copenhagen; originally the B-side of the Black Funeral 12")

(Text partially from the real release of The Beginning in June 1987)

Testpressing
white cover with white labels and insert/infosheet
Ltd 25 copies: "S.V.P. 25 proefpersingen maken"
http://www.mercyfulfate.org/privatecollection/mercyfulfate/official/testpress.html

Barcode and Other Identifiers

• Matrix / Runout (A-side): RR 9603 A
• Matrix / Runout (B-side): RR 9603 B
• Label Code: LC 9321

Other versions

Category	Artist	Title (Format)	Label	Category	Country	Year
RR 9603	Mercyful Fate	The Beginning ‎(LP, Comp)	Roadrunner Records	RR 9603	Netherlands	1987
CLAS 0088	Mercyful Fate	The Beginning ‎(Cass, Comp)	Metal Mind Records	CLAS 0088	Poland	1998
RR 8771-2	Mercyful Fate	The Beginning ‎(CD, Comp, RE, RM)	Roadrunner Records	RR 8771-2	USA & Canada	1997
BRC-2001	Mercyful Fate	The Beginning ‎(LP, Comp)	Banzai Records	BRC-2001	Canada	1987
MG 0239	Mercyful Fate	The Beginning ‎(Cass, Comp, Unofficial)	MG Records	MG 0239	Poland	1991