Swords

Swords, an 18-track compilation of b-sides of singles from Morrissey's recent albums, will be released in the UK on October 26th and will be available on CD and double vinyl LP.

The LP tracklisting is as follows:

Disc 1 / Side 1
1. Good Looking Man About Town
2. Don't Make Fun Of Daddy's Voice
3. If You Don't Like Me, Don't Look At Me
4. Ganglord

Disc 1 / Side 2
1. My Dearest Love
2. The Never-Played Symphonies
3. Sweetie Pie
4. Christian Dior

Disc 2 / Side 1
1. Shame Is The Name
2. Munich Air Disaster 1958
3. I Knew I Was Next
4. It's Hard To Walk Tall When You're Small
5. Teenage Dad On His Estate

Disc 2 / Side 2
1. Children In Pieces
2. Friday Mourning
3. My Life Is A Succession Of People Saying Goodbye
4. Drive-In Saturday
5. Because Of My Poor Education

The initial CD orders come superbly packaged with a bonus disc recorded live in Warsaw. It contains 8 tracks never before released, recorded during his current 2009 world tour and captures Morrissey in awesome form.

Morrissey will play Los Angeles in December, the date and venue information to be announced shortly.

Source: true-to-you.net

Morrissey singles to be re-released on vinyl as boxsets in the fall

Photo: NME

Two new Morrissey box sets consisting of his solo material from 1988 until 1995 are set to be released.

The first set dating from 1988-1991, and is released on October 12. The second set dating from 1991-1995. It comes out on November 2.

The 7” Singles ’88 – ’91 consists of 10, six of which were non-album releases (though some appeared on ‘Bona Drag’), As well as his first two singles.

Tracklisting:

A-'Suedehead'
B-'I Know Very Well How I Got My Name'

A-'Everyday Is Like Sunday'
B-'Disappointed'

A-'The Last Of The Famous International Playboys'
B-'Lucky Lisp'

A-'Interesting Drug'
B-'Such A Little Thing Makes Such A Big Difference'

A-'Oujia Board, Oujia Board'
B-'Yes I Am Blind'

A-'November Spawned A Monster'
B-'He Knows I’d Love To See Him'

A-'Piccadilly Palare'
B-'Get Off The Stage'

A-'Our Frank'
B-'Journalists Who Lie'

A-'Sing Your Life'
B-'That’s Entertainment'

A-'Pregnant For The Last Time'
B-'Skin Storm'

The HMV/Parlophone Singles ’91 – ’95 consists of nine singles.

Tracklisting:

A-'My Love Life'
B-'I’ve Changed My Plea To Guilty'

A-'We Hate It When Our Friends Become Successful'
B–'Suedehead' (Live at Hammersmith Odeon, October 4, 1991)

A-'You're The One For Me, Fatty'
B-'Pashernate Love'

A-'Certain People I Know'
B-'Jack The Ripper'

A-'The More You Ignore Me The Closer I Get'
B-'Used To Be A Sweet Boy'

A-'Hold On To Your Friends'
B-'Moon River'

A-'Interlude'
B-'Interlude (Extended)'

A-'Boxers'
B-'Have-A-Go Merchant'

A-'Sunny'
B-'Black-Eyed Susan'



Update:

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.

Source: true-to-you.net

Morrissey's Years of Refusal

Morrissey's new studio album Years of Refusal will be released on 16th February 2009 on Decca/Polydor, preceded by the single I'm Throwing My Arms Around Paris one week prior.

The single will be supported by two new songs Because Of My Poor Education and Shame Is The Name, the latter featuring additional vocals by Chrissie Hynde.

Morrissey will perform at London's Royal Albert Hall on Monday 11th May and two homecoming shows at the Manchester Apollo on Friday 22nd and Saturday 23rd May, with special guest, Doll & The Kicks.

Tickets are on sale Friday 5th December @ 10am

May
Monday 11th - London Royal Albert Hall (0207 589 8212)
Friday 22nd - Manchester Apollo (0844 477 7677)
Saturday 23rd - Manchester Apollo (0844 477 7677)

Tickets are £42.50 / £37.50 / £30 London and £32.50 Manchester

Also available here 24 hr cc hotline 0871 2200 260.

Limited Edition Smiths Singles Box Set Out In December

You can now pre-order the limited edition Smiths Singles Box Set. Here are the details.

The Smiths The Singles Box Set Limited Edition 12x7inch Box Set.
A limited edition UK only 7” box set featuring two exclusive singles. The DJ “A” label promo of Still Ill / You’ve Got Everything Now & The Headmaster Ritual / Oscillate Wildly, originally released in July 1985, on Megadisc in Holland.

Featured Tracks

Single 1: RT131
1. Hand In Glove
2. Handsome Devil (Live)

Single 2: RT136
1. This Charming Man
2. Jeane

Single 3: RT146
1. What Difference Does A Day Make?
2. Back To The Old House

Single 4: DJ “A” Label Promo - R61DJ (Exclusive)
1. Still Ill
2. You’ve Got Everything Now

Single 5: RTI 156
1. Heaven Knows I'm Miserable Now
2. Suffer Little Children

Single 6: RT166
1. William, It Was Really Nothing
2. Please, Please, Please Let Me Get What I Want

Single 7: RTI 176
1. How soon is now?
2. Well I Wonder

Single 8: RT181
1. Shakespear's Sister
2. What she said

Single 9: MD5295 (Holland) – (Exclusive)
1. The Headmaster Ritual
2. Oscillate Wildly

Single 10: RT186
1. That Joke Isn’t Funny Anymore
2. Meat Is Murder (Live)

Single 11: RT191
1. The Boy With The Thorn In His Side
2. Asleep

Single 12: RT192
1. Bigmouth Strikes Again
2. Money Changes Everything

You can pre-order here.
It's release date is 08 December 2008.

Morrissey's Southpaw Grammar Re-Release Info

BMG have announced 26 January 2009 as the release date for the re-issued 'Southpaw Grammar'.

Full track-listing is :

1 The Boy Racer
2 Do Your Best and Don't Worry
3 Reader Meet Author
4 Honey, You Know Where to Find Me
5 Dagenham Dave
6 Southpaw
7 Best Friend on the Payroll
8 Fantastic Bird
9 The Operation
10 The Teachers are Afraid of the Pupils
11 You Should Have Been Nice to Me
12 Nobody Loves Us

The album also features new sleeve artwork by Anthony Lui, including previously unseen photographs by Linder Sterling. Anthony had also designed the sleeves for 'Ringleader of the Tormentors,' 'Live at Earls Court' and 'Greatest hits' plus the last eleven UK singles. Tracks 4, 8 and 11 of the new 'Southpaw grammar' are previously unreleased.

Source: True-To-You

Morrissey's Southpaw Grammar Re-Release Pushed back to January

True-To-You.net reports: BMG's re-issue of Morrissey's Southpaw grammar has gone back to a January release. The CD will include three previously unreleased tracks.