CD: THE SMITHS THE QUEEN IS DEAD Deluxe 3 x CD & DVD Edition New & Sealed

New & Sealed

UK Box Set

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Widely considered to be both The Smiths’ finest work and one of the greatest albums ever made, ‘The Queen Is Dead’ has cast a significant influence over subsequent generations since it was first released in the summer of 1986. Now Warner Bros. Records can confirm details of a newly mastered and expanded version of the album that will be released on 20th October.

The album features several of the band’s finest moments including the title track and ‘There Is A Light That Never Goes Out’, as well as the iconic singles ‘The Boy With The Thorn In His Side’ and ‘Bigmouth Strikes Again’.

"You cannot continue to record and simply hope that your audience will approve, or that average critics will approve, or that radio will approve,” says Morrissey. “You progress only when you wonder if an abnormally scientific genius would approve – and this is the leap The Smiths took with The Queen Is Dead."

Johnny Marr adds, “The Queen Is Dead was epic to make and epic to live.”

The Deluxe 3CD / 1 DVD Box set – housed in a lift off lid box with a stapled 12pg booklet

CD 1 -features the 2017 master of the album

CD 2 - features additional recordings; demos, b-sides and alternative versions. Tracks 1-7 and 9 are previously unreleased. Track 8 was released on 7” for Record Store Day. Tracks 10 and 11 are 2017 masters of b-sides from ‘The Boy With The Thorn In His Side’. Tracks 12 and 13 are 2017 masters of b-sides from ‘Bigmouth Strikes Again’

CD3 - features ‘Live In Boston’ album recorded at the Great Woods Center For The Performing Arts on 5th August 1986

DVD - features the 2017 master of album in 96kHz / 24-bit PCM stereo and ‘The Queen Is Dead – A Film By Derek Jarman’.

Disc: 1

The Queen Is Dead

Frankly, Mr. Shankly

I Know It's Over

Never Had No One Ever

Cemetry Gates

Bigmouth Strikes Again

The Boy With the Thorn in His Side

Vicar in a Tutu

There Is a Light That Never Goes Out

Some Girls Are Bigger Than Others

Disc: 2

The Queen Is Dead (Full Version)

Frankly, Mr. Shankly

I Know It's Over

Never Had No One Ever

Cemetry Gates

Bigmouth Strikes Again

Some Girls Are Bigger Than Others

The Boy With the Thorn in His Side

There Is a Light That Never Goes Out (Take 1)

Rubber Ring (B-side)

Asleep (B-side)

Money Changes Everything (B-side)

Unloveable (B-side)

Disc: 3

How Soon Is Now?

Hand in Glove

I Want the One I Can't Have

Never Had No One Ever

Stretch Out and Wait

The Boy With the Thorn in His Side

Cemetry Gates

Rubber Ring/What She Said/Rubber Ring

Is It Really So Strange?

There Is a Light That Never Goes Out

That Joke Isn't Funny Anymore

The Queen Is Dead

I Know It's Over

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