photography by Jim French

sleeve by The Smiths

Hand In Glove
May 83 rough trade RT 131

  1. Hand In Glove
  2. Handsome Devil (live Hacidena, Manchester Feb 83)

Matrix: A-KISS MY SHADES. B-KISS MY SHADES TOO.

track one recorded at Strawberry Studios, March 83
track two recorded live at The Hacienda Manchester 83

produced by The Smiths

all words by Morrissey
all music by Johnny Marr

cover star: Jean Marais from the Cocteau film "Orphée" (1949).

highest chart: 25

This Charming Man
Oct 83 Rough Trade RT 136

  1. This Charming Man
  2. This Charming Man (Manchester)
  3. This Charming Man (London)
  4. Accept Yourself
  5. Wonder Woman
This Charming Man 7"
  1. This Charming Man
  2. Jeane

Matrix: 12" A-WILL NATURE MAKE A MAN OF ME YET? 7" B-SLAP ME ON THE PATIO.

cover star: Jean Marais from the Cocteau film 'Orphée' (1949).

This Charming Man (New York Mix)
Oct 83 Rough Trade RT 136NY

  1. This Charming Man (New York Mix)
  2. This Charming Man (Vocal)
  3. This Charming Man (instrumental)

cover star: Terence Stamp in an outtake from the film 'The Collector' (1956), courtesy of Columbia Pictures.

highest chart: 12

What Difference Does It Make?
Jan 84 Rough Trade RT 146

  1. What Difference Does It Make?
  2. Back To The Old House
  3. These Things Take Time

cover star: Viv Nicholson. The photograph, taken from her book 'Spend, Spend, Spend' shows Viv returning to her childhood home after the death of her second husband, Keith.

highest chart: 10

Heaven Knows I'm Miserable Now
May 84 Rough Trade RT 156

  1. Heaven Knows I'm Miserable Now
  2. Suffer Little Children
  3. Girl Afraid

Matrix: 7" A-SMITHS INDEED. B-ILL FOREVER. 12" A-SMITHS PRESUMABLY. B-FOREVER ILL.

cover star: Billie Whitelaw as Lottie in 'Charlie Bubbles' (1968), for which she won a British Film Academy Award.

highest chart: 17

William, It Was Really Nothing
Aug 84 Rough Trade RT 166

  1. William, It Was Really Nothing
  2. Please, Please, Please, Let Met Get What I Want
  3. How Soon Is Now?

William, It Was Really Nothing 7"

  1. William, It Was Really Nothing
  2. Please, Please, Please, Let Met Get What I Want

William, It Was Really Nothing (re-issue)
Oct 87 Rough Trade RT 166

  1. William, It Was Really Nothing
  2. How Soon Is Now?

Matrix: A-THE IMPOTENCE OF ERNEST. B-ROMANTIC AND IS HIP 'N' AWARE. Re-issue: 7" - B-WE HATES BAD GRAMMER.

cover star Viv Nicholson in "Viv At The Pithead" (courtesy of Syndicateion International). Here is Viv with suitcase before going on a later spending apree after tragedy had almost robbed her of what remained of her fortune

sleeve Morrissey
layout Caryn Gough

Barbarism Begins At Home (Promotional issue)
Feb 85 Rough Trade RTT 171
  1. Barbarism Begins At Home
  2. Barbarism Begins At Home (edit)

Matrix: A-THESE ARE THE GOOD TIMES.

Barbarism Begins At Home
Nov 88 Rough Trade RTT 171CD

  1. Barbarism Begins At Home
  2. Shakespeare's Sister
  3. Stretch Out And Wait
Barbarism Begins At Home
1985 Rough Trade RTD021T

  1. Barbarism Begins At Home
  2. Shakespeare's Sister
  3. Stretch Out And Wait

recorded in Liverpool Oct 84 and at Ridge Farm, Surrey Jan 85

produced by The Smiths
engineered by Stephen Street

words by Morrissey, music by Marr

cover star: Sean Barrett in an obscure British film from 1948, 'Dunkirk'.

highest chart: 24

How Soon Is Now?
Jan 85 Rough Trade RT 176

  1. How Soon Is Now?
  2. Well I Wonder
  3. Oscillate Wildly

Matrix: A-THE TATTY TRUTH.

cover star: Pat Phoenix. She gave the picture to Morrissey from her personal collection; it is not a publicity photo.

highest chart: 26

Shakespeare's Sister
Mar 85 Rough Trade RT 181

  1. Shakespeare's Sister
  2. What She Said
  3. Stretch Out And Wait

Matrix: A-HOME IS WHERE THE ART IS.

cover star: unknown Italian child actor for the sixties, taken from a tiny photo in 'Film and Filmmaking' magazine.

highest chart: 49

That Joke Isn't Funny Anymore
Jul 85 Rough Trade RT 186

  1. That Joke Isn't Funny Anymore
  2. Meat Is Murder (live Oxford 85)
  3. Nowhere Fast (live Oxford 85)
  4. Shakespeare's Sister (live Oxford 85)
  5. Stretch Out And Wait (live Oxford 85)

Matrix: A-OURSOULS OURSOULS OURSOULS.

cover star: Viv Nicholson © The Yorkshire Post

"Viv takes up paintin again as a consolation after Keith's death"

art co-ordination by Jo Slee
layout by Caryn Gough

sleeve by Troy Hip

The Headmaster Ritual
1984 rough trade RT 215CD

1. The Headmaster Ritual
2. Nowhere Fast
3. Stretch Out and Wait
4. Meat is Murder

track one produced by the Smiths
engineered by Stephen Street
tracks two, three and four engineered by Stephen Street
recorded live in Oxford 1985
mixed by Stephen Street

cover star Sandie Shaw, photograph © Rex Features

layout Mat Maitland

There Is A Light That Never Goes Out CD1
1986 warner music YZ0003CD1

1. There Is A Light That Never Goes Out
2. Hand In Glove (live)
3. Some Girls Are Bigger Than Others (live)
4. Money Changes Everything

tracks two and three recorded by Grant Showbiz at Brixton Academy, Dec 1986

songs written by Morrissey and Marr except track four written by Johnny Marr produced by John Porter

cover star Sandie Shaw, photograph © Rex Features

layout Mat Maitland

There Is A Light That Never Goes Out CD2
1986 warner music YZ0003CD2

1. There Is A Light That Never Goes Out
2. Hand In Glove
3. I Don't Owe You Anything
4. Jeane

tracks two, three, and four features Sandie Shaw
produced by John Porter
engineered by Bob Porter
track one produced by Johnny Marr and Morrissey

songs written by Morrissey and Marr

cover star Yootha Joyce (1927-1980) Thames Television

layout by Caryn Gough

sleeve by morrissey

Ask
1986 warner music YZ0004CD

1. Ask
2. Cemetry Gates
3. Golden Lights

track one mixed by Steve Lillywhite
special thanks to John Porter
additional voice by Kirsty Maccoll
all songs recorded in London 1986

all songs written by Morrissey and Marr except track two by Twinkle

cover star Sandie Shaw, photograph © Rex Features

layout Mat Maitland

There Is A Light That Never Goes Out CD1
1986 warner music YZ0003CD1

1. There Is A Light That Never Goes Out
2. Hand In Glove (live)
3. Some Girls Are Bigger Than Others (live)
4. Money Changes Everything

tracks two and three recorded by Grant Showbiz at Brixton Academy, Dec 1986

songs written by Morrissey and Marr except track four written by Johnny Marr produced by John Porter

cover star Sandie Shaw, photograph © Rex Features

layout Mat Maitland

There Is A Light That Never Goes Out CD2
1986 warner music YZ0003CD2

1. There Is A Light That Never Goes Out
2. Hand In Glove
3. I Don't Owe You Anything
4. Jeane

tracks two, three, and four features Sandie Shaw
produced by John Porter
engineered by Bob Porter
track one produced by Johnny Marr and Morrissey

songs written by Morrissey and Marr

photos of Cornelius Carr by James O'Brien

layout by Heather Laurie

sleeve by whores in retirement

Sweet and Tender Hooligan
1995 reprise records 9 43525-2

1. Sweet And Tender Hooligan
2. I Keep Mine Hidden
3. Work Is A Four-Letter Word
4. What's The World?

track one produced by John Porter, engineered by David Dade
track two produced by Grant Showbiz
track three produced by Showbiz, remixed by Stephen Street
track four recorded by Showbiz in Glasgow, September 1985

all songs written by Morrissey and Marr except track three by G.Woolfenden and D.Black and track four by J.Glennie/P.Gilbertson/G.Whelan/T.Booth

The Peel Session
1988 strange fruit DEI8302-2

1. What Difference Does It Make?
2. Miserable Lie
3. Reel Around The Fountain
4. Handsome Devil

produced by Roger Pusey
S.M.: Nick Gomm
recorded on the 18th May 1983
first transmission on 31st May 1983

The EP was reissued in the UK in 1994 with different cover art

cover star Murray Head © 1966 Wein Traub Entertainments

layout by Caryn Gough
art co-ordination by Jo Slee

sleeve by morrissey

Stop Me
1987 line records LICD 9.00440J

1. Stop Me If You Think You've Heard This One Before
2. Work Is A Four Letter Word
3. Girlfriend In A Coma
4. I Keep Mine Hidden

track one and three produced by Marr, Morrissey, and Street, assistant engineer Steve Williams, recorded at the Wool Hall in Bath during spring 1987
track two proudced by Grant Showbiz, mixed by Street, recorded in London,
track four produced by Showbiz, mixed by Street, engineered by Step Parikan, recorded in London, string arrangements by Marr

all songs written by Morrissey and Marr except track two by Woolfenden and Black

cover star Murray Head © 1966 Wein Traub Entertainments

layout by Caryn Gough
art co-ordination by Jo Slee

sleeve by morrissey

Stop Me
1990 victor VICP-2007

1. Stop Me If You Think You've Heard This One Before
2. Pretty Girls Make Graves
3. Some Girls Are Bigger Than Others
4. Girlfriend in a Coma
5. Work Is A Four Letter Word
6. I Keep Mine Hidden
7. Sheila Take A Bow
8. Is It Really Strange?
9. Sweet And Tender Hooligan

track one and four produced by Marr, Morrissey, and Street, assistant engineer Steve Williams, recorded at the Wool Hall in Bath during spring 1987
track two produced by Troy Tate
track three produced by Marr, Street and Morrissey, recorded by Grant Showbiz at Brixton Academy Dec 1986
track five proudced by Grant Showbiz, mixed by Street, recorded in London,
track six produced by Showbiz, mixed by Street, engineered by Step Parikan, recorded in London, string arrangements by Marr
track seven, eight and nine recorded at Good Earth, London Jan 1987

all songs written by Morrissey and Marr except track five by Woolfenden and Black

The Smiths - Limited Edition Interview Picture Disc
19-- baktabak CBAK 4025

1. interview

the talking picture series of albums, compact discs and singles collections contain rare and spontaneous interviews with the stars. these interviews are exclusive to batabak records and in many cases have been heard by no-one other than the interviewer prior to the release in this series.
[ or so claims the cd back.... ]