The Smiths: annunciata una ristampa di “The Queen Is Dead”

Il prossimo 20 ottobre uscirà una re-issue di "The Queen Is Dead", l'iconico e celebrato album degli Smiths uscito nel 1986. L'annuncio, comparso sui profili social della band, arriva sulla scia delle ristampe in vinile della title track, rilasciate lo scorso 16 giugno, e delle proteste di Morrissey, leader della band, che l'anno scorso aveva criticato duramente la Warner per non aver celebrato adeguatamente il trentennale dell'uscita di "The Queen Is Dead".

La versione deluxe della ristampa comprenderà le dieci tracce originali rimasterizzate, un secondo disco di demo e b-sides (anch'esse rimasterizzate) e un terzo album live, finora del tutto inedito, registrato a Boston nel 1986: le rispettive tracklist sono riportate in calce alla news. La riedizione deluxe include, inoltre, il DVD del cortometraggio, intitolato proprio "The Queen Is Dead", girato da Derek Jarman.

Disc 1
1. The Queen is Dead (2017 Master)
2. Frankly, Mr. Shankly (2017 Master)
3 I know it’s Over (2017 Master)
4 Never Had No One Ever (2017 Master)
5 Cemetery Gates (2017 Master)
6 Bigmouth Strikes Again (2017 Master)
7 The Boy With the Thorn in His Side (2017 Master)
8 Vicar in a Tutu (2017 Master)
9 There is a Light That Never Goes Out (2017 Master)
10 Some Girls Are Bigger Than Others (2017 Master)

Disc 2
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 Cemetery 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 (Single B-Side) [2017 Master]
11 Asleep (Single B-Side) [2017 Master]
12 Money Changes Everything (Single B-Side) [2017 Master]
13 Unloveable (Single B-Side) [2017 Master]

Disc 3 — Live in Boston
1 How Soon Is Now?
2 Hand In Glove
3 I Want The One I Cant 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