The Smiths – The Queen Is Dead (2017 Deluxe Reissue)

One of the most significant releases in indie rock, and The Smiths magnum opus ‘The Queen Is Dead’ will be reissued on the 20th of October 2017 as a deluxe boxset including unreleased demos, b-sides and a previously unreleased live recording.

CD1 – Original Album 2017 Remaster

1. ‘The Queen Is Dead’
2. ‘Frankly, Mr. Shankly’
3. ‘I Know It’s Over’
4. ‘Never Had No One Ever’
5. ‘Cemetry Gates’
6. ‘Bigmouth Strikes Again’
7. ‘The Boy With The Thorn In His Side’
8. ‘Vicar In A Tutu’
9. ‘There Is A Light That Never Goes Out’
10. ‘Some Girls Are Bigger Than Others’

CD2 – Bonus Tracks

1. ‘The Queen Is Dead’ (Full Version)
2. ‘Frankly, Mr. Shankly’ (Demo)’
3. ‘I Know It’s Over’ (Demo)
4. ‘Never Had No One Ever’ (Demo)
5. ‘Cemetry Gates’ (Demo)
6. ‘Bigmouth Strikes Again’ (Demo)
7. ‘Some Girls Are Bigger Than Others’ (Demo)
8. ‘The Boy With The Thorn In His Side’ (Demo Mix)
9. ‘There Is A Light That Never Goes Out’ (Take 1)
10. ‘Rubber Ring’ (B-side)
11. ‘Asleep’ (B-side)
12. ‘Money Changes Everything’ (B-side)
13. ‘Unloveable’ (B-side)

CD3 – Live In Boston, previously unreleased

1. ‘How Soon Is Now?’
2. ‘Hand In Glove’
3. ‘I Want The One I Can’t Have’
4. ‘Never Had No One Ever’
5. ‘Stretch Out And Wait’
6. ‘The Boy With The Thorn In His Side’
7. ‘Cemetry Gates’
8. ‘Rubber Ring / What She Said / Rubber Ring’
9. ‘Is It Really So Strange?’
10. ‘There Is A Light That Never Goes Out’
11. ‘That Joke Isn’t Funny Anymore’
12. ‘The Queen Is Dead’
13. ‘I Know It’s Over’

DVD

1. ‘The Queen Is Dead’ on 96khz / 24-bit pcm stereo.
2. ‘The Queen Is Dead – A film by Derek Jarman’.

5LP Boxset

1. LP 1 – Original album: 2017 master
2. LP 2 & 3 – Additional recordings
3. LP 4 & 5 – ‘Live In Boston’ – Previously unreleased