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Released in Oct. will be a newly expanded/remastered version of this 1986 album from The Smiths. Also available will be a 2CD and 5 LP set as well.


Disc 1:

The Queen is Dead
Frankly, Mr. Shankly
I Know It’s Over
Never Had No One Ever
Cemetry Gates
Bigmouth Strikes Again
The Boy with the Thorn In His Side
Vicar In a Tutu
There is a Light That Never Goes Out
Some Girls Are Bigger Than Others


Disc 2:

The Queen is Dead (Full Version)
Frankly, Mr. Shankly (Demo)
I Know It’s Over (Demo)
Never Had No One Ever (Demo)
Cemetry Gates (Demo)
Bigmouth Strikes Again (Demo)
Some Girls Are Bigger Than Others (Demo)
The Boy with the Thorn in His Side (Demo Mix) (single A-side – Warner Bros. Records TSRSD-2017, 2017)
There is a Light That Never Goes Out (Take 1)
Rubber Ring (12″ B-side to “The Boy with the Thorn in His Side” – Rough Trade RTT-191, 1985)
Asleep (B-side to “The Boy with the Thorn in His Side” – Rough Trade RT-191, 1985)
Money Changes Everything (B-side to “Bigmouth Strikes Again” – Rough Trade RT-192, 1986)
Unloveable (12″ B-side to “Bigmouth Strikes Again” – Rough Trade RTT-192, 1986)


Disc 3: Live In Boston (previously unreleased)

How Soon is Now?
Hand In Glove
I Want the One I Can’t Have
Never Had No One Ever
Stretch Out and Wait
The Boy with the Thorn In His Side
Cemetry Gates
Rubber Ring/What She Said
Is It Really So Strange?
There is a Light That Never Goes Out
That Joke Isn’t Funny Anymore
The Queen is Dead
I Know It’s Over
Recorded at The Great Woods Center for the Performing Arts, Boston, MA – 8/5/1986

DVD

Original album in 96 kHz/24-bit PCM stereo
The Queen is Dead: A Film by Derek Jarman

There is a brilliant cover of cemetery gates by the frank and Walters:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q6OMKkpvHTk

Can't wait for the 5 CD release whenever.