A collection of The Smiths' singles, rarities and suchlike, entitled 'The Sound Of The Smiths' is to be released in November, which sounds like the ideal Christmas present for me, actually. Morrissey apparently came up with the name, and Johnny Marr has supervised the remastering of the LP, which will be available as one of two versions: a one disc version containing singles and songs originally intended to be singles, and a two disc version, the second disc of which will feature rare B-sides and live recordings. Both will also be available as a download. I think I'd like the version with the extra disc, by the way.
Here's your tracklisting:
Disc One:
Hand In Glove
This Charming Man
What Difference Does It Make? (John Peel Session)
Still Ill
Heaven Knows I'm Miserable Now
William, It Was Really Nothing
How Soon Is Now? (12-inch vinyl version)
Nowhere Fast
Shakespeare's Sister
Barbarism Begins At Home (seven-inch vinyl version)
That Joke Isn't Funny Anymore
The Headmaster Ritual
The Boy With The Thorn In His Side
Bigmouth Strikes Again
There Is A Light That Never Goes Out
Panic
Ask
You Just Haven't Earned It Yet, Baby'
Shoplifters of the World Unite
Sheila Take a Bow
Girlfriend in a Coma
I Started Something I Couldn't Finish
Last Night I Dreamt That Somebody Loved Me
Disc Two:
Jeane
Handsome Devil (Live)
This Charming Man (New York Vocal)
Wonderful Woman
Back To The Old House
These Things Take Time
Girl Afraid
Please, Please, Please Let Me Get What I Want
Stretch Out And Wait
Oscillate Wildly
Meat Is Murder (Live)
Asleep
Money Changes Everything
The Queen Is Dead
Vicar In A Tutu
Cemetry Gates
Half A Person
Sweet And Tender Hooligan
Pretty Girls Make Graves (Troy Tate Demo)
Stop me If You Think You've Heard This One Before
What's The World? (Live)
London (Live)