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Reissue, Repackage, Repackage: The Smiths first 10 UK singles to be reissued by Rhino Records

10.29.08 | No Comments | Posted by E.J. Friedman

Once again, at long last, its time to re-evaluate the songs of The Smiths. Rhino Records is releasing a compilation entitled The Sound Of The Smiths: The Very Best o the Smiths(2 CD Deluxe Edition) and, to coincide with this release, they’re re-issuing the first 10 UK singles by The Smiths. The vinyl 7″ will be released two at a time each week between November 10th and December 8th, culminating in the release of The Smiths Singles Box, a boxed set of these singles (plus bonus material) on 8 December 2008. More information and an alternate mix of a B-side after the jump.


The full singles schedule is as follows:

Released: November 10th 2008

1. Hand in Glove (3:17) b/w: Handsome Devil (Live) (2:53)
2. This Charming Man (2:41) b/w: Jeane (3:02)*

*MP3 provided here is not the same mix that appears on the single. This rare mix is from The Troy Tate Sessions

Released: November 17th 2008

3. What Difference Does It Make ? (3:51) b/w: Back To The Old House (3:04)
4. Heaven Knows I’m Miserable Now (3:34) b/w: Suffer Little Children (5:27)

Released: November 24th 2008

5. William, It Was Really Nothing (2:10) b/w: Please, Please, Please Let Me Get
What I Want (1:50)
6. How Soon Is Now? (3:41) b/w: Well I Wonder (4:00)

Released: December 1st 2008

7. Shakespeare’s Sister (2:08) b/w: What She Said (3:08)
8. That Joke Isn’t Funny Anymore (4:58) b/w: Meat Is Murder (Live) (5:34)

Released: December 8th 2008

9. The Boy With The Thorn In His Side (3:15) b/w: Asleep (4:10)
10. Bigmouth Strikes Again (3:12) b/w: Money Changes Everything (4:40)

Exclusive To The Singles’ Box

Still Ill (3:20) b/w You’ve Got Everything Now (4:29)
Originally scheduled as the fourth single
Issued as DJ “A” Label promo R61DJ, Feb ’84.

The Headmaster Ritual (4:51) ** b/w Oscillate Wildly (3:26)
Originally issued as Megadisc MD5295 (Holland), Jul.’85.

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