The Smiths' 25th

"To put the extent of their achievement into context, you need only remember that they arrived at a time in the early-to-mid Eighties when punk's rupture had long been papered over, when the new synthesised pop of Boy George and Wham! ruled the charts, and, more importantly, when sample-based dance music first began crossing into the mainstream and rock music seemed to be fighting a desperate rearguard action. ...the Smiths almost single-handedly reclaimed and revitalised the ailing tradition of the guitar-driven, four-piece rock group"
The article highlights the fact that it was twenty-five years ago that Morrissey and Marr first met. And twenty years since they caused my musical awakening. This show is from a bootleg called "Reel Around The Fountain", it's their ninth ever show and first outside Manchester or London. I have untracked, remastered, and tracked it (for smoother transitions between songs), here's how it sounded before and this is how it sounds now. This was a month after their very first single, "Hand In Glove", and still six months from their first album. Enjoy.
The Smiths
"Reel Around The Fountain" boot - Remastered
Fighting Cocks, Birmingham
June 6, 1983
01. You've Got Everything Now
02. Handsome Devil
03. Accept Yourself
04. What Difference Does It Make
05. Reel Around The Fountain
06. Wonderful Woman
07. These Things Take Time
08. I Don't Owe You Anything
09. Hand In Glove
"Reel Around The Fountain" boot - Remastered
Fighting Cocks, Birmingham
June 6, 1983
01. You've Got Everything Now
02. Handsome Devil
03. Accept Yourself
04. What Difference Does It Make
05. Reel Around The Fountain
06. Wonderful Woman
07. These Things Take Time
08. I Don't Owe You Anything
09. Hand In Glove
6 comments:
I can't seem to get these to download, but I'd give my right arm to add them to my collection. Great to meet another Smiths disciple... ;O) Please email me (tim@echomusic.com) if you get the links worked out... thanks for the great post!
Sometimes my server takes a second or several to get the link going, but they do let me archive all of my mp3s forever for a pretty good price. And sometimes there's just a lot of traffic. Should be working, and thanks! You should have everything now ;)
Thanks!
This is incredible- lots of lesser known tracks I've been looking for for ages! God bless you!
Amazing stuff as always. You sure don't update a lot, but it's always worth the wait.
http://monkeybastard.blog.com
Incredible show. I am a fan of The Smiths and discovered yestersay your webpage. I listened the show a lot of times last night. They are a part of my life (in my 20... years). From Portugal, many thanks to you.
Luís
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