Issued in hardcover gatefold sleeve, with black polycarbonate CD.

Tracks 1 to 4 recorded in Holland in September 1982 at the Stone Sound Studio.

Tracks 5 to 7 produced for Radio 1's the "Friday Rock Show".
Released by courtesy of BBC Enterprises Ltd.
Recorded on March 19th 1983 in only 8 hours.

Track 8 was recorded while Mercyful Fate were in the Easy Sound studio in Copenhagen, work on the Melissa album. The basic tracks were laid on July 19th 1983, lead guitar on the 22nd followed by the vocals on the 23rd. The track was mixed on July 27th and released in December that same year as B-side of the 12" "Black Funeral".

All songs published by Roadster Music.

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,
+ the bonus track "Black Masses" from the "Melissa" sessions, never before released on LP.

[Back cover and disc]
©℗ 1987 & 2020 Metal Blade Records Inc.

Contains CD-Text technology.

	Title (Format)	Label	Cat#	Country	Year
	The Beginning (CD, Compilation, Remastered)	Roadrunner Records	RR 349603	Europe	1987
	The Beginning (LP, Compilation)	Banzai Records, Banzai Records	BRC 2001, BRC-2001	Canada	1987
New Submission	The Beginning (Cassette, Compilation)	Roadracer Records	RRC 49603	US	1987
	The Beginning (CD, Compilation, Remastered)	Roadrunner Records	RR 349603	Europe	1987
	The Beginning (LP, Compilation, Remastered)	Roadracer Records	RR 9603	US	1987

NOTES

Issued in hardcover gatefold sleeve, with black polycarbonate CD.

Tracks 1 to 4 recorded in Holland in September 1982 at the Stone Sound Studio.

Tracks 5 to 7 produced for Radio 1's the "Friday Rock Show".
Released by courtesy of BBC Enterprises Ltd.
Recorded on March 19th 1983 in only 8 hours.

Track 8 was recorded while Mercyful Fate were in the Easy Sound studio in Copenhagen, work on the Melissa album. The basic tracks were laid on July 19th 1983, lead guitar on the 22nd followed by the vocals on the 23rd. The track was mixed on July 27th and released in December that same year as B-side of the 12" "Black Funeral".

All songs published by Roadster Music.

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,
+ the bonus track "Black Masses" from the "Melissa" sessions, never before released on LP.

[Back cover and disc]
©℗ 1987 & 2020 Metal Blade Records Inc.

Contains CD-Text technology.