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To celebrate its 20th Anniversary, on 27th September, EMI will release through the resurrected 1960s Major Minor label, with Morrissey’s full cooperation, a remastered Special Edition of Bona Drag.
Originally released to much acclaim in October 1990, Bona Drag perfectly captures Morrissey’s effortless transition in becoming a solo artist. It brings together his exceptional first seven singles, four of which went Top 10: his triumphant Top 5 debut, „Suedehead“; the anthemic, apocalyptic lament to wet seaside towns, „Everyday Is Like Sunday“; „The Last Of The Famous International Playboys“; and „Interesting Drug“. The Top 20s „Ouija Board, Ouija Board“, „November Spawned A Monster“, and „Piccadilly Palare“ and a selection of high quality b-sides from the singles complete the album.
The compilation has now been remastered and overseen by Morrissey, and is updated with the addition of six previously unreleased and much coveted songs from the era:
– „Happy Lovers At Last United“
(Outtake from „Sunday“ sessions)
– „Lifeguard On Duty“
(Outtake from Viva Hate sessions)
– „Please Help The Cause Against Loneliness“ (demo)
(Outtake from Viva Hate, previously covered by Sandie Shaw)
– „Oh Phoney“
(Outtake from Bona Drag sessions)
– „The Bed Took Fire“ (early version of „At Amber“)
– „Let The Right One Slip In“ (alternate long mix)
Directing the artwork for the reissue, Morrissey has chosen to return the cover art – taken from the „November“ video – back to its natural colour, so his shirt is black. In addition, he has also decided to update the back and inner artwork with a selection of favourite, hand-picked and rarely-seen photos.
The LP version will be a double heavyweight 180g vinyl, housed in a wide-spine sleeve with a pull-out poster. The CD will be housed in a gatefold, card sleeve with an eight-page booklet, which will contain the aforementioned photos.
Major Minor Records was started by Radio Caroline manager Phil Solomon.Bona drag will be the first release on the label since 1970. Its truly eclectic roster of artists and singles releases makes it a perfect home for Morrissey. These include such esteemed and high-watermark pop classics as:
David McWilliams – Days Of Pearly Spencer
Jane Birkin and Serge Gainsbourg – Je t’aime… moi non plus
Them – Gloria
Tommy James and The Shondells – I Think We’re Alone Now & Mony Mony
Taste – Blister On The Moon
July – My Clown
Frazer Hines – Who’s Dr. Who?,
Malcolm Roberts – May I Have The Next Dream With You
Isley Brothers – It’s Your Thing,
Karen Young – Nobody’s Child
The Dubliners – Seven Drunken Nights
There will be more Morrissey news to come in the next month.
Bona Drag tracklisting (running order subject to change):
1. Piccadilly Palare
2. Interesting Drug
3. November Spawned A Monster
4. Will Never Marry
5. Such A Little Thing Makes Such A Big Difference
6. The Last Of The Famous International Playboys
7. Ouija Board, Ouija Board
8. Hairdresser On Fire
9. Everyday Is Like Sunday
10. He Knows I’d Love To See Him
11. Yes, I Am Blind
12. Lucky Lisp
13. Suedehead
14. Disappointed
15. Happy Lovers At Last United (Previously unreleased)
16. Lifeguard On Duty (Previously unreleased)
17. Please Help The Cause Against Loneliness (Previously unreleased)
18. Oh Phoney (Previously unreleased)
19. The Bed Took Fire (Previously unreleased)
20. Let The Right One Slip In (Alternate long mix, previously unreleased)
There will be more Morrissey news to come in the next month.
mehr news: was- bona drag album tour? haha, ne spässle gemacht..neuigkeiten über die autobiographie? (wovon ja ein kleiner teil bereits veröffentlicht wurde( paar seiten früher link dazu gepostet.diese geister episode.
oder die bestätigung des gerüchts das er ein album aufnimmt?
hat nichts mit der tty meldung zu tun
aber wollte ich nochmal erwähnen:
hier die youtube ausschnitte aus klassentreffen der kürzlich lief
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e0KqiI3Pxms&feature=player_embedded
a TV movie called ‚Klassentreffen‘ on German ARD channel The story is about a class reunion 15 years after their final exam (1987/88) with the typical breaking up of old wounds, conflicts and tensions, may be a little bit too apparent.
However in the center of the story there was a school band playing a cover version of ‚Ask‘ on this special evening, (actually like 3-5 times cause they play some scenes out of the individual subjective view of the individual characters)
there were also ‚Bigmouth‘ and ‚There is a Light‘ played as background music in two scenes.
there is a light that never goes out was played when the issue was brought up about a girl ,a former classmate and gf of one of the characters(frank gierings former gf) who died at a car crash after the graduation. which rings a bill in terms of the lyrics but only she passed away.
the two band leaders seemed to be big Smiths fans, especially the one who was left behind in that small town saying that he didn’t want to listen to ‚Strangeways‘ when it was released (he didn’t even listen to it before the Viva Hate album) to protract the moment where he would have to realize that it was The Smiths‘ final album and they had broke up forever.
they also play oasis wonderwall
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