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| Bona Drag 20th Anniversary Edition to be released (27th September, EU) | |
| 16th July 2010 | |
 So that's what the Morrissey spotting at EMI was supposed to all about: Bona Drag will get a remastered re-release with bonus tracks (nice, though already known by the collectors apart fromn the long version of Let The Right One Slip In), Exiting to hear that more Morrissey news are yet to come. Exhuming an(other) old label just for a re-release seems to be not efficient so it's not all wrong to hope for a return to EMI for new material... The news in full from true-to-you: "To celebrate its 20th Anniversary, on 27th September, EMI will release through the resurrected 1960s Major Minor label, with Morrissey's full cooperation, a remastered Special Edition of Bona Drag. Originally released to much acclaim in October 1990, Bona Drag perfectly captures Morrissey's effortless transition in becoming a solo artist. It brings together his exceptional first seven singles, four of which went Top 10: his triumphant Top 5 debut, "Suedehead"; the anthemic, apocalyptic lament to wet seaside towns, "Everyday Is Like Sunday"; "The Last Of The Famous International Playboys"; and "Interesting Drug". The Top 20s "Ouija Board, Ouija Board", "November Spawned A Monster", and "Piccadilly Palare" and a selection of high quality b-sides from the singles complete the album. The compilation has now been remastered and overseen by Morrissey, and is updated with the addition of six previously unreleased and much coveted songs from the era: "Happy Lovers At Last United" (Outtake from "Sunday" sessions) Directing the artwork for the reissue, Morrissey has chosen to return the cover art - taken from the "November" video - back to its natural colour, so his shirt is black. In addition, he has also decided to update the back and inner artwork with a selection of favourite, hand-picked and rarely-seen photos. The LP version will be a double heavyweight 180g vinyl, housed in a wide-spine sleeve with a pull-out poster. The CD will be housed in a gatefold, card sleeve with an eight-page booklet, which will contain the aforementioned photos. Major Minor Records was started by Radio Caroline manager Phil Solomon. Its truly eclectic roster of artists and singles releases makes it a perfect home for Morrissey. [...] This will be the first release on the label since 1970. There will be more Morrissey news to come in the next month." | |
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| Morrissey spotted at EMI | |
| 27th June 2010 | |
| Morrissey has been spotted visiting EMI on the 24th June - as he is not touring nor releasing records this year and without known record contract such a small note becomes the base for big rumours. In 1986 The Smiths signed a recording contract with EMI but broke up before recording a single note for them. Morrissey took over the contract and recorded for the HMV and Parlophone imprints between 1988 and 1995. After that EMI released a final single with songs from the vault (Sunny, 1995) and various, mostly good compilations. The last releases were two vinyl 7" boxes in late 2009 with replicas of every single recorded for EMI). If the visit is for further re-releases or anything elso or nothing - we'll see! | |
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| Morrissey interviews Linder Sterling for the German edition of Rolling Stone Magazine (July) | |
| 24th June 2010 | |
| It states: "Der streitbare Popstar und die Provokationskünstlerin sind schon lange befreundet, doch erstmals seit 1979 interviewte Morrissey nun die von ihm verehrte Linder Sterling: ein Dialog über Maßlosingkeit, Musen und die Notwendigkeit von Idiotie" Morrissey is asking Linder about being an artist, her art, music, criticism, influences and sexuality (Best question in this content: "are tits a torture?"). She return the obvious adornment by Morrissey by quoting his lyrics twice (lines from Stretch Out And Wait and Now My Heart Is Full to be precise) The mag hits the shops in Germany today. | |
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| from the Rolling Stone Magazine (D) | |
| Quarry and Ringleader released as 2-CD compliation (1st June, EU) | |
| 10th June 2010 | |
| The 2-CD comes in a fold out paper sleeve and contains the normal copies of the two studio albums with unchanged layout and cat.-nos, as released in 2004 and 2006. Only remarkable thing for collectors: for the cover, the 'light version' of Quarry (without the Tommy Gun) used in 2004 for the US-release was chosen. The release can be bought for 10-12 € at various online shops. | |
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| seen on Amazon | |
| Passions Just Like Mine - fan project DVD out now | |
| 22nd May 2010 | |
| It contains according to the Urban Cowgirl website:
The disc can be bought directly online at Urban Cowgirl productions.com for US$ 19,95 plus shipping but can also be purchased at amazon.co.uk. There's no information on a possible Regional Code. | |
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| from the Morrissey-Solo Main page | |
| Quiet year so far | |
| 19th May 2010 | |
| All quiet on the Morrissey front so far - for 2010, no tour and/or releases are planned. The recording deal with Universal has ended, so Morrissey is assumingly still without a new recording contract. As soon as any collector's news appears - It'll be here! | |
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| 7" Vinyl Boxes released in UK and D | |
| 5th December 2009 | |
| The CD single counterparts had already been issued in 2000 and 2001; a 3-CD box containing all the songs from this 19 singles included just hit the shops a few weeks ago. First information given was that the covers of the boxes were all like its 2000/2001 counterparts, just in different colours. Actually, they changed it, replacing the image with relativly unknown pictures of (young) Morrissey. The 7" are all 1:1 replicas to the original UK issues - apart from the fact, that all are now 'Made in the EU'. | |
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| Top 50 Morrissey rarities in current issue of Record Collector | |
| 23rd November 2009 | |
 Announced and awaited by the fans for a long time, British collectors mag Record Collector finally issued a Morrissey Top 50 rarities list. The Xmas issue No. 370 is on sale since 19th November and can be ordered worldwide through their website, too.The list was compiled by longtime fan Travis Gravell, with a little help from fellow collectors, also including this very site. He states: "Just a quick note to let everyone know that the special Christmas edition of Record Collector magazine is now out with Morrissey on the cover. I am very pleased with the comments the article has received from the major Morrissey websites and blogs. I am getting a lot of questions about reference Cd's and why were they left off the list. These particular disc are in such low numbers that I felt the list could not be as accessible with these included. For people who are trying to collect all 50 items it would be unfair to put something like "November the 2" for which only one exist. As a reference point, most of the top collectors have around 10-15 items on the list. If you have more than 15 than you are doing an amazing job. Happy hunting everyone and thanks to Stefan for this wonderful website that helps keep everyone informed about the latest collectibles! Please visit http://www.recordcollectormag.com/ to order the magazine. For US residence you can also pick up a copy at your local Borders bookstore or local indie record store." I see that do have 19 of the TOP 50 rarities, but including nos.1 & 2... so collecting does not ever end, even in my case as I do collect since the very beginning of the solo career in 1988. Don't want to spoil the party, but the longtime collectors Holy Grail, the That's Entertainment dutch promo CD is only # 2 in the list... | |
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| Bootleg LP Revelation includes two unknown recordings | ||
| 12th November 2009 | ||
 There's a new bootleg LP on sale (e.g. eBay) called Revelation. The 9-track vinyl is a collection of unreleased Morrissey tracks, most of them have been unofficially available in the Internet for a long time.But two tracks on this LP, from which the community knew that they exist, hadn't leaked so far. The Morrissey / Street compositions Lifeguard on Duty and Happy Lovers United from the Viva Hate / Bona Drag era. Someone who actually listened to the songs describes them as follows: "I think they're among the best unreleased songs now that "Honey You Know Where To Find Me" and "You Should Have Been Nice To Me" have been released. Both are mid-tempo songs. I particularly love "Lifeguard On Duty", it has a Smiths feel to it and a great sing-along chorus. As for "Happy Lovers United", when Morrissey sings "Cause she is so kind and he is so clever" it reminds me of another song, I think "Ouija Board..." when Morrissey sings "she has now gone from this unhappy planet". An offer at eBay states: Morrissey - Revelation 180g LP A Superb release of 9 unreleased songs from Morrissey's Viva Hate, Kill Uncle and Your Arsenal recordings. One listen to these songs and you are taken back in time to the last recordings of the Smiths which begs the question why weren't these songs on any albums. This is a collectors gem. This is a like the lost album. Side A Side B Lyrics for the two songs mentioned can be found at passionsjustlikemine.com, too. UPDATE 23rd November: The tracks are now available in the net! | ||
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| Venue for Düsseldorf concert changed (19.11.2009, D) | |
| 9th November 2009 | |
 Just got an email from the German concert promoter evertim:
Morrissey in DÜSSELDORF, PHILIPSHALLE Düsseldorf, 19.11.2009 20:00 Vom Veranstalter wurde uns nun mitgeteilt, dass die Veranstaltung verlegt wurde und jetzt folgendermaßen stattfinden wird: * NEU: Morrissey in DÜSSELDORF, Stahlwerk (www.stahlwerk.de), 19.11.2009 20:00 Die von Ihnen gebuchten Karten behalten selbstverständlich weiterhin die Gültigkei
Their website confirms the change. It states:
Das Stahlwerk existiert als Veranstaltungsort seit Dezember 1993 und befindet sich in den Räumen der imposanten ehemaligen Mannesmann-Residenz im alten traditionsreichen Industriegebiet Düsseldorf-Lierenfeld.
The adress is:
STAHLWERK RheinEvent Veranstaltungsbetriebe GmbH Ronsdorfer Str. 134 40233 Düsseldorf
The reason for the change was not told. | |
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| from Evertim | |
| Collectors Items: New promos for Swords and Years Of Refusal | |
| 3rd November 2009 | |
| When Years Of Refusal was released earlier this year, no official promo disc had leaked to the ebaying public in advance. Long time it seemed that there hadn't been promo discs made at all. Surely there was nor card sleeve EU promo CD/CD-R's as we had for the Attack releases, but half a year later we do have promo discs from Australia, the US and the EU: There are also various promos for the recent release Swords. We do have spottet an 2-CD EU promo CD-R, a french 5 Track promo CD-R and an US advance CD so far: | |
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| Swords enters the UK album charts at # 55 | |
| 3rd November 2009 | |
 The new B-Side Compilation Swords has entered the UK album charts today at # 55.Despite the growing insignificance of charts generally, its just in the same league as the re-issue of Southpaw Grammar a few months ago. Without any new tunes or supporting singles (rarest track: My Dearest Love was previously only available on vinyl) it mirrors the expectations of this release. Bona Drag (1990) had an otherwise unavailable edit of Will Never Marry included and was support by the single Piccadilly Palare; the otherwise neglectable World Of Morrissey (1995) was coupled with the Boxers single and even My Early Burglary Years (1998) featured an unknown 'in-store performance' of Cosmic Dancer. | |
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| Swords released | |
| 30th October 2009 | |
| Morrissey's new compilation Swords is going to be released within these days. After been sold in the UK from 26th October and being available in Germany from today, the US and Canada will see their copies on next Monday. The release comes as CD or 2-LP with 18 tracks, Download with 20 tracks and as a Limited Edition 2-CD feat. a 8-track bonus CD Live in Warzaw. | |
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| 7" Vinyl Boxes new release date (30th November, 2009, UK) | |
| 16th October 2009 | |
| Initially scheduled for a 12th October and 2nd November release in the UK, both vinyl boxes The 7" Singles '88 - '91 as well as The HMV / Parlophone 7" Singles '91 - '95 seem to be released now on 30th November, 2009, according to various online stores. The reasons for the delay are not known yet and information seem to be rare, too. German online store jpc.de stills claims a January 2010 release date and British online store eil.com surprises with pictures of different covers: | |
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| Something Is Squeezing My Skull (Mexican Institute of Sound vs NSM PSM Mix) | |
| 16th October 2009 | |
 After Suedehead (Sparks Remix) from 2005 and this year's When I Last Spoke To Carol (Toy Selectah Remix) another Morrissey track has been remixed.This time it's a weird mexican-style Remix called Something Is Squeezing My Skull (Mexican Institute of Sound vs NSM PSM Mix). In opposite to the Suedehead Remix (officially blessed by Morrissey) and the Carol Remix (offered for free by Morrissey's record company Universal in June) it's doubtful if this remix of Skull is an official one. Morrissey had always been not found of remixes from the very beginning of his career; not only proved by his anger because of the This Charming Man New York Remixes from 1983 which were done by Rough Trade without his permission. | |
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| from Morrissey-Solo.com | |
| The 7" Singles Vinyl Box postponed? | |
| 16th October 2009 | |
 Initially scheduled for an 12th October UK release, The 7" Singles '88 - '91, the first of the two re-issued vinyl single boxes has not been released by EMI yet.Whereas the British online store recordstore.co.uk now states a release date 2nd November, 2009 claiming that both boxes (the second volume being called The HMV / Parlophone 7" Singles '91 - '95) will now be released on the same day, the German online store jpc.de now claims a release date 29th January 2010! As this release isn't important for fans and against Morrissey's wishes we'll see if this release will ever see the light of day or will go the same way as e.g. Morrissey At the Hollywood Bowl (2008, Warner, Live DVD), South With Morrissey (Documentation DVD), The Very Best Album Ever (2001, EMI, Dutch CD compilation series) or Suedehead - The Best Of Morrissey (1997, EMI, 2-CD Edition) which were withdrawn although cat.-nos. and release dates had already been published. | |
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| Swords - Additional tracks on promo | |
| 16th October 2009 | |
| I haven't seen a copy yet but it's said that on the recently spotted promos of the B-Side compilation Swords - as well as in the downloadable bundle - there are two 'hidden tracks' not mentioned on the sleeve: Morrissey's 2006 cover version of The New York Dolls' Human Being as well as an edited version of The Slum Mums. It's unlikely that the official release will be extended, too. The promo itself is said to be a 2-CD-R in a PVC-wallet, cat.-no. etc. are unknown; a copy offered on eBay last week has been removed due to eBay policies. | |
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| from Morrissey-solo.com | |
| The HMV / Parlophone Singles '88-'95 released | |
| 9th October 2009 | |
| The first of the famous forthcoming compilations has arrived today in Germany (usual release day here is Friday). The UK will follow next Monday. The collection of the 62 tracks which were released on Morrissey's EMI singles from 1988 to 1995 had already been re-released in 2000 and 2001 in two CD single boxes in replica sleeves. This time it's a 3-CD box; similar releases of two 7" vinyl boxes will follow on 12th October and 2nd November (sic!) in the UK. Morrissey asked fans not to buy these compilations, as he will not get any royalties from it. On 26th November (30th November in Germany) we'll get the official blessed compilation Swords with B-Sides from 2004 onwards. | |
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| from EMI | |
| Im Gespräch mit Morrissey - German edition of Len Browns book (14th October, GER) | |
| 5th October 2009 | |
 Len Browns book Meetings with Morrissey from last year will be released in a German translation next week. Im Gespräch mit Morrissey will hit the shops on 14th October, though inside it book it stated that the first german release will be 2010... It's published by the Hannibal Verlag. It contains 400 pages and the hardcover costs € 24,80. A preview of the German edition van be found here. Translations of music-related biographies or similar books into german are rare. To my knowledge it's just the forth german book on Morrissey and The Smiths for the last 20 years after Mick Middles: The Smiths - Die authentische Biographie (Sonnentanz Verlag, 1989), The Smiths - Fotografien von Kevin Cummins (Soundtrack, 2002) and Simon Goddard: Songs That Saved Your Life (Heel, 2007). It's also the last of many 2009 book releases, a (hopefully) comprehensive list of all books that have The Smiths, Morrissey or Johnny Marr as the subject can be found here. | |
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| from Amzon.de | |
| Morrissey returns to Germany for four more concerts in November | |
| 10th September 2009 | |
| After a rumour for a Berlin gig was heard in the last days the unexpected is real: a 4-date German tour was announced today officially by German Tour Promoter Marek Lieberberg (MLK). Tickets are not on sale right now, but will be organised again by Evertim as earlier this year. The Swords Tour will come to Berlin, Hamburg, Düsseldorf and Munich, again with the marvellous Doll & The Kicks supporting. The full dates are: 16.11.09 Berlin, Tempodrom Further information here. I'll see anyone at Düsseldorf for sure! | |
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| from Morrissey-Solo Main Page | |
| Tracklist and sleeve for Swords (UK, 26th October) | |
| 7th September 2009 | |
| The compilation will be released on CD, double Vinyl and as a Limited Edition DoCD on Polydor in the UK / Europe. A release in the US is planned, too. The tracklist runs as follows: Good Looking Man About Town (Morrissey / Whyte) "Initial copies" of the CD will have an additional bonus CD with eight live tracks, recorded in Warsaw / Poland in 2009: „LIVE IN WARSAW 2009" Bonus CD Black Cloud [Live] (Morrissey / Boorer) | |
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| from Morrissey-Solo Main Page | |
| Sleeves for the re-releases | |
| 25th August 2009 | |
| Recordstore.co.uk was the first which listed all three forthcoming re-releases of Morrissey's EMI Singles from 1988 to 1995 and also had pictures. The picture on the sleeve is the same as used on the 2000 / 2001 release, when all singles were issued in a cigarettebox-shaped package on CD, only the colour changed: In addition to the 3-CD-Box release on 12th October, 2009, EMI already released a promo set of 3-CDR's. Cat.-No. and other details are yet unknown, but we have a picture: | |
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| Another re-release of Morrissey's EMI singles on 3-CD Box (UK, 12th October 2009 ) | ||||
| 15th August 2009 | ||||
| "For the first time ever, all of Morrissey’s singles - including all b-sides - from his seven-year tenure on HMV/Parlophone Records will be released on a 3-CD set. Beginning with ‘Suedehead’, HMV/Parlophone Singles ’88 – ’95 runs chronologically and consists of 19 incredible singles - 10 of which were non-album releases - b/w not just brilliant b-sides, but some of Moz’s most-loved songs ever. As well as his first two singles, it also includes the highly acclaimed ‘The Last Of The Famous…’, ‘November Spawned A Monster’, ‘Piccadilly Palare’ and ‘Pregnant For The Last Time’, the first single to feature his ongoing collaborator and musical director Boz Boorer who, along with guitarist Alain Whyte, added an American Rockabilly sound to Moz’s distinctive jangle pop. After the success of these singles, Morrissey recorded an album – 1992’s Your Arsenal - with one of his heroes, Mick Ronson, former David Bowie collaborator and member of The Spiders From Mars. The three singles from this album – ‘We Hate It When Our Friends Become Successful’, ‘You’re The One For Me, Fatty’ and ‘Certain People I Know’ – are all included. This was followed by what’s considered by many his greatest album - and final for Parlophone - Vauxhall and I, with singles ’The More You Ignore Me The Closer I Get’ and ‘Hold On To Your Friends’. Also included is the 1994 duet with Siouxsie Sioux, ‘Interlude’, and non-album singles ’Boxers’ and ’Sunny’, which indicated the direction Morrissey would take on his next album, Southpaw Grammar. All the b-sides released in this seven-year period are included: 35 studio recordings and seven live recordings. They include the fan-favourite ‘Sister I’m A Poet’; the self-deprecating ‘Disappointed’; Moz’s witty jibe at The Rolling Stones, ‘Get Off The Stage’; his tribute to The Jam in his reworking of ‘That’s Entertainment’; an exquisite cover of indie-skinhead band Bradford’s ‘Skin Storm’; the gorgeous ‘Used To Be A Sweet Boy’; Moz’s exploration of London’s underbelly, ‘Have-A-Go Merchant’ and ‘Black-Eyed Susan’; an affecting version of ‘Moonriver’, and many, many more. There are live versions of The Smiths’ ‘Sweet And Tender Hooligan’ (recorded at Morrissey’s first-ever solo concert), T-Rex’s ‘Cosmic Dancer’, and Viva Hate’s ‘Alsatian Cousin’, amongst others. HMV/Parlophone Singles ’88 – ’95 will be released on 12th October. In addition to this release, on the same day a limited-edition box set of Morrissey’s 7” singles – The 7” Singles ’88 – ’91 – will be released. The boxset is housed in lift-off-lid box, with a cover-image taken from a photograph by Anton Corbijn. The singles’ artwork, all of which were originally conceived and controlled by Morrissey himself, will be faithfully reproduced for each sleeve and the singles themselves will be on heavyweight vinyl for improved sound quality. A second box set, The HMV/Parlophone Singles ’91 – ’95, will be released on 2nd November."
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| Morrissey asks fans not to buy re-released vinyl singles | |
| 8th August 2009 | |
| Statement from Morrissey on true-to-you.net: Morrissey would like it to be known that he has not been consulted by EMI/HMV/Parlophone with regards to two forthcoming boxed sets of Morrissey singles. Morrissey does not approve such releases and would ask people not to bother buying them. Morrissey receives no royalty payments from EMI for any back catalogue, and has not received a royalty from EMI since 1992. Morrissey also does not approve of, and was not consulted on, the Rhino box of Smiths CDs, or the Warner releases of Smiths LPs on 180 gramme vinyl. Morrissey last received a royalty payment from Warners ten years ago, and, once again, he would ask people not to bother buying the reissued LPs or CDs. | |
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| from Morrissey-Solo Main Page | |
| The 7" Singles '88-'91 / The HMV/PARLOPHONE Singles '91-'95 (UK, 12th October, 2009 / 2nd November 2009) | |
| 7th August 2009 | |
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For the first time in 14 years, some Morrissey’s best-loved singles will be made available in limited edition, 7-inch box sets. Beginning with ‘Suedehead’, The 7” Singles ’88 – ’91 runs chronologically and consists of 10 incredible singles, six of which were non-album releases (though some appeared on the 1990 compilation ‘Bona Drag’). As well as his first two singles, it also includes the highly acclaimed ‘The Last Of The Famous…’, ‘November Spawned A Monster’, ‘Piccadilly Palare’ and ends with ‘Pregnant For The Last Time’; the first single to feature his ongoing collaborator and musical director Boz Boorer who, along with guitarist Alain Whyte, added an American Rockabilly sound to Moz’s distinctive jangle pop. B-sides include the self-deprecating ‘Disappointed’, Moz’s witty jibe at The Rolling Stones, ‘Get Off The Stage’, his tribute to The Jam in his reworking of ‘That’s Entertainment’, and an exquisite cover of indie-skinhead band Bradford’s ‘Skin Storm’. The HMV/Parlophone Singles ’91 – ’95 consists of nine singles. Beginning with ‘My Love Life’, it moves through three singles from the Mick Ronson-produced ‘92 album Your Arsenal – ‘We Hate It When Our Friends Become Successful’, ‘You’re The One For Me, Fatty’ and ‘Certain People I Know’ – on to what’s considered by many his greatest album - and final for Parlophone - Vauxhall and I, with singles ’The More You Ignore Me The Closer I Get’ and ‘Hold On To Your Friends’. Also included is the ’94 duet with Siouxsie Sioux, ‘Interlude’, and non-album singles ’Boxers’ and ’Sunny’, which indicated the direction he would take on his next album, Southpaw Grammar. B-sides include a live version of ‘Suedehead’, the gorgeous ‘Used To Be A Sweet Boy’, Moz’s exploration of London’s underbelly, ‘Have-A-Go Merchant’ and ‘Black-Eyed Susan’, and an affecting version of ‘Moonriver’. Both box sets are housed in lift-off-lid boxes, with a cover-image taken from a photograph by Anton Corbijn. The singles’ artwork, all of which were lovingly conceived and controlled by Morrissey himself, will be faithfully reproduced for each sleeve and the singles themselves will be on heavyweight vinyl for improved sound quality. THE 7” SINGLES ’88 – ’91’ will be released on 12th October. THE HMV/PARLOPHONE SINGLES ’91 – ’95 will be released 2nd November. | |
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| from Morrissey-Solo Main Page | |
| Mozipedia - The Encyclopedia of Morrissey and The Smiths released | |
| 23rd July 2009 | |
| Simon Goddard, british Author of Songs That Saved Your Life fame, releases his new book Mozipedia today. In a press statement he says: “Steven Patrick Morrissey is one of the most original, fanatically adored and controversial voices in the history of pop. Mozipedia is the first in-depth encyclopedia of the man, the myth and the music. With over 500 pages and 700 entries, it covers every song, every album, every collaborator, his personal heroes and secret influences. From The Queen Is Dead to Suedehead, from Cilla Black to the Sex Pistols, his ‘absurd passion’ for Farley’s Rusks and the ‘undiscussable’ Band Aid, it’s all here - in one epic and devilishly handsome book.” Mozipedia will be Borders (UK) Music Book Of The Month August 2009 and is available on Amazon UK and most other places for much less than the full retail price of £25. | |
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| from Morrissey-Solo Main Page |
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| The Smiths Singles Box to be released as 10 CD version (UK, 29th June ) | |
| 3rd June 2009 | |
| New Smiths CD SINGLES release - link posted by Stoned: CD version of the highly popular “Singles Box” A clamshell card box containing the first ten UK-issued Smiths singles in original picture sleeves, featuring the original 12" single tracklistings, apart from the first single 'Hand In Glove', which appears in it's mega-rare "negative" sleeve. Two singles are exclusive to this box set; The rare Francois Kevorkian-mixed "New York" 12" version of "This Charming Man" which had a limited issue in December 1983 and the German import-only 12" version of "Barbarism Begins At Home" from 1985. The box is completed with a poster featuring the single artworks. All singles utilise newly re-mastered audio by Frank Arkwright overseen by Johnny Marr, and feature many non-album tracks, including the hard to find B-side live BBC tracks recorded at the Oxford Apollo in 1985. A must have item, and limited to 10,000 copies only | |
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| from Morrissey-Solo Main Page | |
| When I Last Spoke To Carol (Toy Selectah Remix) - free download at universal.se | |
| 3rd June 2009 | |
 The Swedish branch of Universal Music offers a free download of a remix from When I Last Spoke To Carol. The same track is also on Morrissey's MySpace siteIt states there: 'WHEN LAST I SPOKE TO CAROL' (TOY SELECTAH MIX)Did you catch the Toy Selectah mix of “When Last I Spoke To Carol” at a recent Moz show on the PA? If you didn’t, or if you just want to hear it again and again, it’s on Moz's Myspace player now. Morrissey - When I Last Spoke To Carol (Toy Selectah Remix) (right-click to download, external link) | |
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| from Morrissey-Solo Main Page | |
| Swords - Morrissey announces B-Side compilation | |
| 1st June 2009 | |
| Morrissey himself has announced a new B-Side collection due out in October 2009 called Swords On his MySpace site he writes "[...] I am excited about the October release of Swords, which is an 18-track compilation of b-side of singles from the last three albums. This will be a Polydor release. Thanks to everyone who bought 'Years of Refusal'. We were the number one seller in the UK for the week of release, but, as with 'You Are The Quarry' and 'Your Arsenal', we were booted off the number one spot on the last hour of the final day. We cried. [...] Absolutely yours, If we don't count the various live B-Sides he released since 2004, the 18 tracks in question are out of 26. Most of the Quarry B-Sides have already been re-released on the Deluxe Edition in the UK and US, so I hope they won't be included again. | |
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| from Morrissey-Solo Main Page | |
| The Day I Met Morrissey - new book released (UK), more books to be released | ||
| 31st May 2009 | ||
   Richard 'Dickie' Felton has compiled a great book of fan stories called The Day I Met Morrissey - A Collection of Meetings with Morrissey. The 100 page book contains reports of 30 meetings between Morrissey and his fans - written from their perspective.From thedayimetmorrissey.com, where you can order the book directly: They look like him, they speak like him. They worship the very ground he walks on. And when obsessive fan actually meets Morrissey, worlds turn upside down. The Day I Met Morrissey contains real-life accounts from fans who for a split second found themselves in the right place at the right time. There’s a chance encounter at Wilmslow train station in 1985 when a tongue-tied teen fulfils her dream. More dramatic Morrissey meetings come in perfumeries, airport lounges and by the Pic’n’Mix at Woolworths. Meanwhile, it seems that the long-awaited and often postponed book Morrissey: The Pageant Of His Bleeding Heart by Gavin Hopps will finally see the light of day soon. Though amazon.de still states a 31st August 2009 release date, a new press release states that it will be released in the US within June and in the UK within July. Definitely out: a second, revised and expanded edition of Phil Gatenby's great guide Morrissey's Manchester. | ||
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| from Morrissey-Solo Main Page | ||
| Sweetie Pie - alternate version unveiled | |
| 31st May 2009 | |
 An previously unreleased alternate version of one of the least 'loved' Morrissey tracks, Sweetie Pie (Morrissey / Farrell), the formerly B-Side to his final ROTT-single I Just Want To See The Boy Happy, has been played by keyboarder and co-author Mikey Farrell played during his interview on US indie radio station Indie 103.1 a fortnight ago.Sweetie-Pie is one of the more experimental tracks just like Black-Eyed Susan from 1994 (finally released as a B-Side of the last Parlophone single Sunny in November 1995). Morrissey - Sweetie Pie (Alt Version) (3.6 MB 128kbps MP3, right-click to download, external link) | |
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| from Morrissey-Solo Main Page | |
| Something Is Squeezing My Skull enters the UK charts at #46 / Reissued Southpaw Grammar reaches # 63 | |
| 4th May 2009 | |
 The latest single lifted from Years Of Refusal, Something Is Squeezing My Skull, failed to enter the Top 40 of the UK single charts yesterday by reaching just # 46.Just by the rank it's the second weakest position ever for a Morrissey single, only Hold On To Your Friends charted one rank lower back in 1994. Although the charts long lost their meaning they once had the reasons for this disappointing rank are discussed heavily; starting with the non-visible marketing for the release in the UK up to the question if Morrissey's songs are TOP 40 material at all. It seemed to me that it was easier this time to buy a Promo CD than to get a copy of the official release. The Legacy Edition of Southpaw Grammar also charted in the UK album charts at # 63. The first copies of Maladjusted - Expanded Edition have now been spotted, too. It's released on the Polydor label (not Island as previously assumed) and have the same look as the new edition of Southpaw Grammar. In opposite to the later, Maladjusted is just released in a Ecolbook package version and hasn't charted yet. | |
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| from Morrissey-Solo Main Page |
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| B-Sides to the YOR-Singles and live tracks from the Southpaw era available digitally | |
| 2nd May 2009 | |
| The official Morrissey-Site itsmorrisseysworld.com spread the news: The b-sides from 'I’m Throwing my Arms around Paris'; 'Shame is the Name', 'Because of my Poor Education', and 'Death of a Disco Dancer' are now available digitally from iTunes and other digital stores. From Monday,May 4, the b-sides from 'Something Is Squeezing My Skull' will be available digitally. The live versions of Death Of A Disco Dancer and I Keep Mine Hidden are on the flipsides of the 7" releases, thatfor they were not available in digital form at all. We do now hope for official digital releases of the B-side tracks of That's How People Grow Up and All You Need Is Me singles from 2008. If you buy Southpaw Grammar on iTunes Germany, you can buy live versions of Billy Budd and London, previously released on the flipside(s) of the single The Boy Racer from the same era, too. | |
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| from Morrissey-Solo Main Page | |
| Something Is Squeezing My Skull released (UK) | |
| 2nd May 2009 | |
| The next single from Years Of Refusal has been released in the UK. Something Is Squeezing My Skull is released on two 2-track MXCD's and a 7" vinyl single; all of them include - apart from the title track - one live cut from the BBC recording in February 2009: This Charming Man, Best Friend On The Payroll and I Keep Mine Hidden: 7", Promo CD | |
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| from Morrissey-Solo Main Page | |
| Southpaw Grammar - Legacy Edition released (UK, D) | |
| 2nd May 2009 | |
| The 'remastered & redesigned version of the 1995 album Southpaw Grammar is now called Legacy Edition. It is released in two package variations either in a standard jewel case or in a Ecolbook package: | |
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| from Morrissey-Solo Main Page | |
| Maladjusted reissure released (UK) | |
| 2nd May 2009 | |
| Despite a previously announced release date of 4th May, 2009 it seems that also the remastered and redesigned version of the 1997 album Maladjusted has already been released in the UK. I have not spotted any copy yet, there seems to be no release in Germany. | |
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| from Morrissey-Solo Main Page | |
| Something Is Squeezing My Skull promo disc (UK) | |
| 26th March 2009 | |
| The first promo disc for the new single Something is Squeezing My Skull has been spotted: | |
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| from ebay |
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| Something Is Squeezing My Skull next single (UK, 27th April 2009) | |
| 26th March 2009 | |
| From the recordstore.co.uk site, which do offer again a bundle for GBP 5,--: CD single CD single 7 inch single | |
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| from the Morrissey-Solo main Page | |
| Rare Morrissey promo CD on ebay | |
| 23rd March 2009 | |
 I've never seen this Sanctuary US promo before - and I'm afraid that I'll never see it again as it went away for US$ 234,50 yesterday at eBay.It is called Boz Boorer Showreel - Songs from Morrissey's You Are The Quarry. It is published by Sanctuary Music Publishing and contain the following Morrissey / Boorer Songs: The World Is Full Of Crashing Bores So this is not issued by the records company to promote a current release but from the publishers like widely known release There Is A Light That Never Goes Out - The Songs Of Morrissey And The Smiths | |
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| from ebay |
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| Promo discs for the 2009 reissues | |
| 19th March 2009 | |
| Polydor and SonyMusic have issued - according to a contributor to Morrissey-Solo, issued the following promo discs (supposed to be CD_R's) for the two 2009 reissues of Southpaw Grammar and Maladjusted, which will hit the (European) shops in late April and early May: | |
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| from the Morrissey Solo collectors corner | |
| At last an official promo disc for Years Of Refusal | |
| 26th March 2009 | |
 Although there is still no advance promo CD in a card sleeve like we had for You Are The Quarry and Ringleader Of The Tormentors, the first official Polydor promo for Years Of Refusal has been offered.It contains all tracks and bears the Polydor mark. Its supposed to be a Polydor CD-R given away in the UK as it bears the UK release date 16th February. The copy on eBay was sold for 123 GBP. | |
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| from ebay | |
| Exclusive The Smiths 7" for Records Store Day (US, 13th April 2009) | |
| 19th March 2009 | |
| From the Recordstoreday Website: [...] Record Store Day was founded in 2007 [...] as a celebration of the unique culture surrounding over 700 independently owned record stores in the USA, and hundreds of similar stores internationally. This is the one day that all of the independently owned record stores come together with artists to celebrate the art of music. Special vinyl and CD releases and various promotional products are made exclusively for the day and hundreds of artists in the United States and in various countries across the globe make special appearances and performances. Festivities include performances, cook-outs, body painting, meet & greets with artists, parades, djs spinning records and on and on. [...} Record Store Day is now celebrated the third Saturday every April Rhino will release The Smiths' The Headmaster Ritual / Oscillate Widely as a 7" for that occasion. This was never before available in the US as a 7 " single. | |
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| from the Morrissey Solo main page | |
| News on Maladjusted reissue (UK, 4th May 2009) | |
| 5th March 2009 | |
| News on the previously announced re-issue of Maladjusted, taken from a press release of a yet unknown PR-Company. If this becomes true, Maladjusted will get the same treatment as Southpaw Grammar (new sleeve, additional tracks and different running order) but there a big difference: the 'new' tracks are the six B-sides from the 1997 singles and two original tracks - Roy's Keen and Papa Jack - will not be on the reissue! The press release states: Morrissey Re-presents: ‘Southpaw Grammar’ (27th April) &‘Maladjusted’ (4th May) Morrissey will re-introduce his solo albums ‘Southpaw Grammar’ (Sony) and ‘Maladjusted’ (Universal) on 27th April and 4th May respectively. Featuring new sleeves, exclusive liner notes by the artist, previously unreleased tracks and rare photos, the albums contain some of Morrissey’s finest and most underrated material. Both releases benefit from the artist’s active involvement.
‘Southpaw Grammar’ Originally released in 1995, ‘Southpaw Grammar’ was Morrissey’s fifth solo album and featured the singles ‘Dagenham Dave’ and ‘Boy Racer’. Charting at No. 4 in the UK, the album marked a change in direction and is considered by many critics and fans as Morrissey’s most ambitious and exciting body of work. The artist has been very closely involved in the re-issue of ‘Southpaw Grammar’, re-sequencing the tracklisting and adding four previously unreleased songs. In addition, Morrissey has provided extensive, personally-written, liner notes and has even changed the album sleeve. ‘Southpaw Grammar’ was, previously, the only Morrissey album not to feature him on the cover. The album also boasts a redesign by Anthony Lui and unseen photography courtesy of Morrissey’s close friend, Linder Sterling. Tracklisting: * Previously unreleased tracks
‘Maladjusted’ Released in 1997, ‘Maladjusted’ was the follow up to ‘Southpaw Grammar’. Produced by Steve Lillywhite, the album features Morrissey’s most successful single in the decade between ‘Vauxhall and I’ (1994) and ‘You Are The Quarry’. ‘Alma Matters’ reached No.16 in the UK chart and was followed by the equally superb ‘Roy’s Keen’ and ‘Satan Rejected My Soul’. Well received by critics and fans alike, ‘Maladjusted’ merges Morrissey’s ballad craft with the glam-rock of his earlier work. As with ‘Southpaw Grammar’, Morrissey has been actively involved in re-issuing ‘Maladjusted’. The album includes a new sleeve, b-sides, extensive liner notes by the artist, rare images and a completely different track sequence. This version also contains the controversial ‘Sorrow Will Come In The End’, which was withdrawn from the original British release. The track features Morrissey intoning, rather than singing, over a backing of manic strings and the beat of a judge’s gavel – an obvious reference to The Smith’s bitter royalties dispute. Tracklisting: * B sides | |
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| from the Morrissey-Solo Main Page | |
| 12 page special on Morrissey and The Smiths in this month's Musikexpress | |
| 26h February 2009 | |
 The March 2009 issue of the German music mag Musikexpress does contain a 12-page Dossier on behalf of Morrissey and The Smiths. Titled The ME-Dossier: Morrissey & The Smiths it divides the time from 1959 to 2009 in twelve tiny bits, adding to each 'chapter' a headline from one of his songs. The mag does also add a discography (the first one I'm aware of that claim that praises Southpaw Grammar a masterpiece...), an current interview, a short label history, an overview on his battles with the NME and finally gives Years Of Refusal 5 1/2 out of 6 stars, making it Record of the month. | |
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| from the current issue of Musikexpress | |
| Black Cloud next single? | |
| 26h February 2009 | |
 As seen first on Morrissey-Solo: An ad in the Dallas Observer dd 19-25.02.2009 reveals that Black Cloud seems to be the next single lifted from Years Of Refusal. If the UK and the US will have the same single releases is an interesting question btw. as Morrissey is on different labels - though both belong to Universal - for the first time since Southpaw Grammar in 1995. | |
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| from the Morrissey-Solo Main page | |
| Southpaw Grammar re-release postponed again | |
| 26h February 2009 | |
 The expanded and reworked UK edition of Southpaw Grammar has been postponed again. After being expected for mid-2008 a 2nd March, 2009 release date by BMG had been made public via true-to-you.net.Morrissey himself said at the recent BBC concert that it will be released "in the last week of April" and online stores take pre-orders now either for the 22nd April 2009 or the 27th April 2009. As this re-release seems to be secure, it seems to be unlikely now that the promised re-release of Maladjusted will happen in the near future as there has been no sign of it after it was announced in October 2008. | |
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| from the Amazon.co.uk website | |
| Years Of Refusal enters worldwide charts | |||||||||||||||||
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| I'm Throwing My Arms Around Paris enters UK charts at # 21 | |
| 16th February 2009 | |
| The midweek rank in the UK was #18 so expectations weren't that high. Nevertheless it's the worst chart entry for the first single taken from an Morrissey album since 1995, when Dagenham Dave just reached # 26. What might have been a catastrophe in previous years won't be taken so serious anymore as the single charts, even in the UK, do not longer have the meaning they once had after downloads, radio plays and other factors do count as much as physical sales. Update 26.02.2009: | |
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| from the Morrissey-Solo Main Page | |
| New German promo disc for I'm Throwing My Arms Around Paris | |
| 14th February 2009 | |
 After promo discs promoting the new single from Great Britain, the US and France have been found another promo CD with I'm Throwing my Arms Around Paris has been spotted. It seems to be from German origin as it bears the German release dates for the single and the album. The disc, which seems to be a CD-R, bears no visible cat.-no. and comes without a sleeve in a clear plastic wallet. Still no sign of a full album promo as it was common for all previous albums. Maybe the leakage of the full album to the net in early January is the reason, that no-one has got or spotted an official promo disc for Years Of Refusal so far. | |
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| from the Morrissey-Solo Collectors Corner | |
| Free .mp3 of Shame Is The Name on Morrissey.de | |
| 14th February 2009 | |
 Taken from an inlay of the German standard version of Years of Refusal.The first 1.000 people who register for a Morrissey-Newsletter on morrissey.de/mp3 will get a code for A free 320 kps download of Shame Is The Name. Although the previous releases and the promo for the new single I'm Throwing My Arms Around Paris have all been on the Decca label, it seems that the singles as well as all European releases will now be on Polydor. The German version does have on own cat.-No., too: 4781655 whereas the UK version (as well as the CD from the deluxe version) will bear SKL 6012/4781435. | |
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| from the YoR inlay | |
| Years Of Refusal released in Germany | |
| 13th February 2009 | |
| The UK (on Monday) and the US (on Tuesday) will follow soon. The records itself became generally good critics, however nobody gave it full stars. The German issue of Rolling Stone gave him 3 1/2 out of 5 stars, a two page interview and a full page advert for the Tours Of Refusal Concerts here in June. But they didn't put him on the title as they did when You Are The Quarry and Ringleader Of The Tormentors were released. | |
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| The Smiths CD Collector's Box - new Interview Set (UK, 16th February) | |
| 13th February 2009 | |
| It's a 3-CD Box Set that contains "[...] spoken word biographies, Interviews, Posters, Fotos, Postcards, Booklets and more". Before spending GBP 10 on it i'll wait until the first review come. I was not amused to find out that The Lowdown did include the previous release Maximum Morrissey & The Smiths although this was neither mentioned in the product description nor on the box itself. | |
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| from the Morrissey-Solo Main Page | |
| I'm Throwing My Arms Around Paris released | ||
| 13th February 2009 | ||
| The midweek rank in the UK was #18 so that it seems that the record will not break into the UK Top 20. | ||
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| from the Morrissey-Solo Main Page | ||
| News on Wrestle with Russell - content of Years Of Refusal Bonus Disc | |
| 2nd February 2009 | |
| Morrissey has been interviewed by comedian and lifelong fan Russell Brand for his new album, 'Years of Refusal'. The singer, who rarely gives interviews, was quizzed extensively by Brand about the record during a twenty minute discussion. The interview, entitled Wrestle with Russell, also covers Morrissey's thoughts on fame, image and his hair. You can watch an exclusive clip from the interview here. The full 20 min interview will be included as one part of the bonus DVD of the deluxe edition of Years Of Refusal, which is released in the UK on February 16th., in the US on February 17th and in Germany on February 13th. | |
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| from the Morrissey-Solo Main page | |
| Southpaw Grammar - another re-release on Rhino Flashback (US) | |
| 2nd February 2009 | |
 After seeing in several internet offers that Southpaw Grammar will be re-released in the US, too, by Rhino Flashback, i just got the information that the record will indeed be re-released soon.But the US will not adapt the changes on tracklist, sleeve and running order as made for the UK reissue by BMG and will just issue the 1995 version again without any changes. The original 1995 release was issued by Reprise (US, Part of Warner) and RCA Victor / BMG (Europe, now Sony BMG). It seems that Warner and Morrissey are still not on speaking terms after the announcement of the - now cancelled - Live At The Hollywood Bowl DVD which Morrissey asked his fans 'not to buy'. So the expanded version will only be available in Europe. | |
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| from Rhino Flashback | |
| Another promo for I'm Throwing My Arms around Paris (F) | |
| 2nd February 2009 | |
| Although the UK Decca promo CD for I'm Throwing My Arms Around Paris is used in all European countries to promote the forthcoming single, Universal France has released an unique promo of their own. A first copy has been spotted at eBay, but no further information on cat.-no. etc. are known yet: | |
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| from eBay |
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| Southpaw Grammar - first pre-orders taken for expanded version | |
| 24th January 2009 | |
| Still no sign of the remastered version of Maladjusted, which was announced via true-to-you.net in late October 2008, but now HMV.com as the first online store is taking pre-orders for the other remastered & redesigned release, the expanded version of Southpaw Grammar. The UK release will hit the shops on 2nd March 2009 via BMG Records. As previously revealed, the release will not only contain the original tracks from 1995 in remastered form but also new artwork, a different running order of the tracklist as well as the inclusion of three previously unreleased tracks Honey, You Know Where To Find Me (Morrissey / Boorer), Fantastic Bird (Morrissey / Whyte) and You Should Have Been Nice To Me (Morrissey / Boorer) and the former B-side Nobody Loves Us (Morrissey / Whyte). | |
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| from HMV.com | |
| Second promo disc for I'm Throwing My Arms Around Paris (US) | |
| 18th January 2009 | |
| The first ever Lost Highway promo disc for Morrissey has been spotted. Though I'm Throwing My Arms Around Paris is not scheduled as an physical single in the US, a one track promo with this title has been released by Morrissey's new US record company and the song is available on iTunes US as a digital release only, too. A neutral front; the lyrics printed on the inner sleeve and a novelty: as stated on the back sleeve, the programme - Intro 0:14, Total Time: 2:32, Outro 0:04 - repeats three times. | |
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| from eBay | |
| Live At The Hollywood Bowl cancelled | |
| 13th January 2009 | |
 It seems that Warner finally gave up plans to release the live DVD Morrissey Live At The Hollywood Bowl.The initial announcement in August 2008 that Warner will issue a DVD with the full length 2007 concert for a release date in October 2008 was immediately followed by a message from Morrissey, claiming that the DVD was against his wishes and without his involvement and that he urges people not to buy it. The release date was pushed back to a possible release in March 2009, but now Recordstore.co.uk and HMV.com have marked this release as cancelled and did the same to pre-orders they had taken. Eight audio tracks of the concert had already been released in 2008 on the bonus CD for the Deluxe Edition of Greatest Hits. | |
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| from the Morrissey-Solo Main page | |
| I'm Throwing My Arms Around Paris second sleeve | |
| 13th January 2009 | |
  As seen on HMV.com:The second sleeve for the CD2 edition of the new single I'm Throwing my Arms Around Paris (b/w Shame Is The Name) is mainly the same as the one that will be used for CD1 and the 7". In fact, sleeve one is only an excerpt from the second. | |
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| from HMV.com | |
| First promo disc for I'm Throwing My Arms Around Paris (UK) | |
| 12th January 2009 | |
| The first promo disc for the 2009 releases has been issued. Decca released a one track promo CD for the new single I'm Throwing My Arms Around Paris in the UK. The cat.-no. is Decca MORRISSEYCD3. It comes in a slim jewel case and bears the picture which is expected to be the one used for the forthcoming regular released CD1 and 7". First copies already found their way to eBay. | |
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| from ebay | |
| I'm Throwing My Arms Around Paris video on YouTube | |
| 11th January 2009 | |
| After been shown exclusively on British Channel 4 yesterday, the recorded video for the new single is available on YouTube:
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| from the Morrissey-Solo Main Page | |
| Years Of Refusal content of Bonus DVD | |
| 11th January 2009 | |
 Amazon.de now lists the extras for the Years Of Refusal Deluxe Edition as follows:1. Wrestle with Russell Previous information from HMV.com at the end of last year was that the disc would contain just the three promo videos for That's How People Grow Up, All You Need Is Me and I'm Throwing My Arms Around Paris | |
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| from the Morrissey-Solo Main Page | |
| Additional format for I'm Throwing My Arms Around Paris single (UK, 9th February 2009) | ||||
| 6th January 2009 | ||||
 British online store Recordstore.co.uk offers again a bundle of all formats of the new Morrissey single for GPB 5,-- as they did previously for Morrissey singles.They do not only use (and so confirm) the picture which was revealed shortly before christmas, they also added an additional third format. On the original post on true-to-you.net, they announced two CD's; the online stores like HMV.com later offered a CD and a 7" for preorder. Now it's two CD's and a 7"!
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| Years Of Refusal leaked to the net | |
| 5th January 2009 | |
| According to the website of the Austrian newspaper Kurier the download is "... in den einschlägigen Blogs und Foren sowie über bekannte Torrent-Anbieter des World Wide Webs als Komplett-Download und in sehr guter Klangqualität verfügbar." The site does also claim that it's not bad at all that the record is available as the first critics are quite good which could help the album to sell well. The majority of fans - as the discussion on fansite forums e.g. at Morrissey-Solo prove - will buy the record nevertheless, although if they'd taken the chance to download the disc now. | |
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| from the Morrissey-Solo Main page | |
| The Smiths Reader 1983 - 1987 pre-release as Book on Demand | |
| 5th January 2009 | |
| According to the author, the book won't be available in traditional book stores and online retailers until late February, but fans who want to order in advance can do so ordering it at Lulu.com and have their copy in just 5 to 8 days (which, btw, did work). The 212-page book compresses interviews by members of The Smiths from February 1983 to September 1987 which appeared before in fifteen different mags including Sounds, Melody Maker, Record Mirror, Smash Hits or Time Out. There is no interview from or for the NME included... Excerpt from the press text: In 2002, the NME declared The Smiths “the greatest artist of all time”. And it’s a notion that’s difficult to dispute. In just five short years, the Manchester foursome conquered the world, forever changing the scope of modern music. Along the way, the fame seemed to alter frontman Morrissey's opinion of print journalism, going from an absolute frenzy of press interviews in 1983 and 1984, easing up in 1985 and ultimately withdrawing, save for a few essential pieces in 1986 and 1987. As The Smiths’ frontman recoiled from the public eye, his songwriting accomplishments with guitar maestro Johnny Marr gave way to one brilliant song cycle after another. Inspired, influential and always prolific, Morrissey, Marr, bassist Andy Rourke and drummer Mike Joyce were like no other band, either before them or since the group’s unexpected implosion in August of 1987. | |
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| from the Morrissey-Solo Main page | |
In the July issue of the Germany edition of Rolling Stone you can find a four page feature of Morrissey interviewing long-time friend Linder Sterling. The article is called Glückliche Diebe (Lucky Thieves).
Former Morrissey record company Universal has just released the two studio records released by Attack/Sanctuary as a double CD as a part of their 2 For 1 series. 
US Promo
EU Promo
French Promo
The re-release of Morrissey's EMI Singles in two limited 7" boxes has just been confirmed - and been condemed by Morrissey - when the news spreads that in addition to that the same collection will be re-released again - this time all tracks on a 3-CD Box compilation:
EMI seems to be "inspired" by the success of the re-released Smiths-Singles by Rhino. They plan to re-release their 2000/2001 CD-Single boxes now as a vinyl version:
Chrome Dreams, the company that brought us Maximum Morrissey & The Smiths and The Lowdown, is going to release another item called The Smiths CD Collector's Box next week.
Prior to an 'official' release, John D. Luerssen released his collection of Interviews called The Smiths Reader 1983 - 1987 in December.