RE-UPLOAD: The Smiths - De Meervaart, Amsterdam, The Netherlands - 21.04.1984 (Flac)

AKA I Stole And Then I Lied

Excellent sounding bootleg., taken from a 2009 FM rebroadcast.


TRACKLIST:

01. Hand In Glove
02. Heaven Knows I'm Miserable Now
03. Girl Afraid
04. This Charming Man
05. Barbarism Begins At Home
06. This Night Has Opened My Eyes
07. Miserable Lie
08. Still Ill
09. I Don't Owe You Anything
10. What Difference Does It Make
11. Handsome Devil
12. You Got Everything Now
13. These Things Take Time

Bonus Tracks from  Bristol 24.02.1984:

14. This Charming Man
15. Pretty Girls Make Graves
16. Reel Around The Fountain

Music For Misfits: The Story of Indie - Episode 2 - "The Alternative 80s" (MKV)

Thanks to dfb0308 for posting this excellent rip in TTD.

Broadcast on BBC4 HD, 9th October 2015

"The story of British indie over three musically diverse episodes. Much more than a genre of music, it is a spirit, an attitude and an ethos.

Episode 2 explores a time when the independent labels transformed from cottage industries into real businesses that could compete with the majors. It examines the evolution of 'indie' - a guitar-based genre of music with its own sound, fashion and culture. Independent record labels provided a platform for some of Britain's most groundbreaking artists at this time, including the Jesus and Mary Chain and the Smiths, who would burst onto the scene in 1983 staging a mainstream intervention and starting a small revolution.
...
The programme concludes in the late 80s with the Madchester scene, as alternative music crossed over into the mainstream chart. This breakthrough was inspired by a merging of indie rock and the burgeoning acid house culture, and it was led by a new crop of bands such as the Stone Roses and Happy Mondays."
(bbc.co.uk)

Lineage:
BBC4 HD satellite broadcast -> Ross HDR-8130USB -> external hard drive (.ts file) -> VideoReDo TVSuite v4 (editing) -> MKVmerge -> .mkv
(direct stream capture, no re-encoding)

Technical info:
Video: 1920x1080i 25fps 16:9 H.264 (average bitrate = 5.5 Mbps)
Audio: 48000Hz 192kbps stereo AC3
Duration: 00:58:26
Size: 2.42Gb

Includes subtitles track.

Lineage for subtitles:
BBC4 satellite broadcast -> Fortec Star Zeta PVR -> firewire out (.tp0 file) -> ProjectX -> .srt

THE SMITHS - BBC various unreleased tracks 1984 -1987 + "The Tube" 10.04.1987 (Flac)

Thanks to the original uploader on Dime.

THE SMITHS - 1984 -1987 - BBC various unreleased tracks + "The Tube" 1987-04-10 [FM/TV masters]

The Smiths  -  [Track 01]
John Peel session #3
BBC Maida Vale Studio 5
London, England, U.K.
Recorded 1st August 1984
First broadcast 9th August 1984
http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio1/johnpeel/sessions/1980s/1984/Aug01thesmiths/
All the other songs from this session were included on the official "Last Night I Dreamt That Somebody Loved Me" 1987 CD single.

The Smiths  -  [Tracks 02 - 03]
John Peel session #4
BBC Maida Vale Studio 4
London, England, U.K.
Recorded 2nd December 1986
First broadcast 17th December 1986
http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio1/johnpeel/sessions/1980s/1986/Dec02thesmiths/
The other 2 songs from this session were apparently included on the official "Louder Than Bombs" compilation album.

The Smiths  -  [Tracks 04 - 06]
Kilburn National Ballroom
London, England, U.K.
23rd October 1986
BBC Radio 1/2 FM "In Concert" broadcast
Note that, on the official "Rank" LP version of this BBC mobile recording studio capture, the songs 04 - 06 were omitted, whereas 2 other songs were NOT broadcast during the BBC's "In Concert" programme show, namely "Is It Really So Strange?" (track 08 on "Rank") and "Still Ill" (track 13 on "Rank").

The Smiths  -  [Tracks 07 - 08]
Tyne Tees Tv Studios,
Quayside, Newcastle, England, U.K.
10th April 1987
"The Tube" Channel 4 U.K. TV broadcast (UHF mono audio)

Morrissey (speaking) - [Track 09]
Interviewed by Richard Skinner
BBC Radio 1 FM broadcast
Date unknown exactly, probably sometime in the summer of 1984


Lineage :-

Track 01 :- BBC Radio 1 FM -> Roof Aerial -> Pioneer TX-710 Tuner -> Pioneer CT-300 Cassette Deck (record) -> TDK-SA90 (Type II) cassette tape

Tracks 02 - 06 :- BBC Radio 1 FM -> Roof Aerial -> Marantz ST151L Tuner -> Aiwa ADF770 3-Head Cassette Deck (record) -> TDK-SA (Type II) cassette tape

Tracks 07 - 08 :- Channel 4 UK UHF (FM) TV audio -> Roof Aerial -> Marantz ST151L Tuner -> Aiwa ADF770 3-Head Cassette Deck (record) -> TDK-SA (Type II) cassette tape

Track 09 : lineage unknown (source tape = Type I cassette probably)

Conversion to FLAC :-

Original cassette tape -> Aiwa ADF770 3-Head Cassette Deck (play) -> SB Extigy soundcard -> CoolEdit Pro 2.1 -> WAV -> Archived CD-R -> EAC -> WAV -> TLH -> FLAC 8 + .ffp


TrackList :-

01 - How Soon Is Now ?  (Peel session 1984)
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02 - Half A Person  (Peel session 1986)
03 - London  (Peel session 1986)
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04 - There Is A Light That Never Goes Out  (BBC In Concert 1986)
05 - Frankly Mr Shankly  (BBC In Concert 1986)
06 - How Soon Is Now ?  (BBC In Concert 1986)
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07 - Sheila Take A Bow  (The Tube 1987)
08 - Shoplifters Of The World Unite  (The Tube 1987)
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09 - Morrissey interviewed by Richard Skinner (1984 possibly)

Total length = 40 minutes approx.

TSmiFMT.rar

The Smiths - Not Like Any Other Love - Documentary (DVD)

Uploaded to MWP by Other 13th May 2013.

It's 30 years since Manchester four-piece The Smiths changed the face of British pop with their
debut single Hand In Glove. In this half-hour Culture Show special, fellow Mancunian and lifelong
fan Tim Samuels sets out to find out why The Smiths have such a special place in the hearts of a generation of Brits.

The Smiths were only around for five years in the mid-eighties, but to this day the sentiment their
music evokes is strong. Samuels pays visits to a variety of dedicated fans including fashion designer Wayne Hemingway, poet Simon Armitage, Labour MP Kerry McCarthy and Oasis songwriter Noel Gallagher to analyse the look,  the lyrics, the issues and the riffs that made The Smiths Britain's first, and arguably best ever, indie rock band.

Menu and chapters
30 min
Broadcast BBC2 12th May 2013

Lineage:Sky+box Hard Drive-->DVD Recorder-->DVD-->YOU

MPEG2
Menu: Yes Basic
Chapters: Yes

Format: PAL 16:9 720x576
Pics 25.000 /Frames  25.000 / Fields 50.000
Audio AC3  0xbd[0x80]:48000Hz  256 kb/s tot , stereo (2/0) 
Number of Discs:1
Disc Type: DVD5



Not Like Any Other

The Smiths - The Pablo Cuckoo Tape - 1983 Rehearsal (Flac)

Thanks to the man from Hojo for sharing this one on dime.

Master cassette>DAT>Wavelab>FLAC

Original Info File:

Here's one that you haven't heard before...

In May 1983 (exact date unkown), while preparing to record their first album, The Smiths ran through a selection of songs at a rehearsal in a room in manager Joe Moss' jeans warehouse. The tape was recorded for Troy Tate, in order to give him something to work with before going into the studio. It's pretty rough but considering it was only recorded on cassette with a stereo mic pointing into the room, the quality isn't too bad. Morrissey's vocals are a bit distorted - maybe singing too close to the mic or maybe the cassette mic was too close to the PA - but everything else is surprisingly clear. There is some tape flutter at various points.

I was lent the master cassette by a source close to the band who made the recording - let's call him Pablo Cuckoo - in 1997, with a view to trying to put it out as a semi official release, as it was recorded before the band had signed to Rough Trade, so technically he had the rights to the recording. But a combination of the poor sound quality and threats from Warner Bros, meant that the idea was shelved. The master cassette was transferred to DAT at that time but the DAT copy disappeared shortly afterwards. To my surprise it resurfaced a few weeks ago while I was going through some boxes of old tapes. The quality is a lot better than I'd remembered too!

I've done a little work on the overall sound but only on the EQ, no compression has been applied. There is a possibility that some noise reduction was done when it was first transferred to DAT as you would expect more tape hiss, but I can't be sure.

Anyway, it's a good listen and must be one of the earliest recordings of the band, certainly in a non concert setting. Sadly there isn't much between song chat, which could have been interesting...

Enjoy the tape and please circulate freely but don't charge for it!

The man from Hojo, 2013


01. You've Got Everything Now
02. Accept Yourself
03. What Difference Does It Make
04. Reel Around The Fountain
05. These Things Take Time
06. I Don't Owe You Anything
07. Hand In Glove
08. Handsome Devil
09. Miserable Lie

Paco tape

The Smiths - The South Bank Show 1987 (Documentary)

Thanks to tumanov for sharing this video.

Original Info File:

Copy from 1st generation VHS tape.

Media Info:
Video: MPG2 704x576 (4:3) 25.00fps
Audio: Dolby AC3 48000Hz stereo

Info from www.passionsjustlikemine.com

''Documentary including live footageand. The timing for this documentary couldn't have been better. It was prepared earlier in the year, but presented shortly after the split of the band. Contains interviews of Morrissey, Marr, Joyce and Rourke, as well as Linder, Shaun Duggan, Jo O'Keefe, John Peel, Nick Kent, Sandie Shaw and Viv Nicholson.''

The Smiths - Brixton Academy, London - 24.10.1986 (Flac)

Good sound, thanks to the original uploader.

Original Info file:

TDK D90 Tape>Denon DRM-400 Cassette Deck> Creative Soundblaster Recorder>Adobe Audition
>CD Wave Editor>Traders Little Helper>Flac Level 8

Side A
01.intro
02.The Queen Is Dead
03.Panic
04.I Want The One I Can't Have
05.Vicar In A Tutu
06.There Is A Light That Never Goes Out
07.Ask
08.His Latest Flame/Rusholme Ruffians
09.Shakespeare's Sister
10.Frankly, Mr. Shankly
11.The Boy With The Thorn In His Side
12.Rubber Ring/What She Said
13.Is It Really So Strange?

Side B
14.Cemetry Gates
15.London
16.Meat Is Murder
17.I Know It's Over
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18 The Draize Train
19.How Soon Is Now?
20.Still Ill
21.Bigmouth Strikes Again



October 1986 and Smithsmania was at it's peak I had the bug bad,travelling to Canada to see them in
Toronto in the summer being a stunning highlight. It seemed as though the band had been touring
almost non stop for 3 years and it is truly remarkable to look through the amount of shows they performed. So, on the one hand,the live act had been honed to a considerable degree, on the other, fatigue and tensions were creeping in, but there was no hint that a couple of months later the band would perform live for the last time at the very same venue and despite recording the last (and best) album "Strangeways Here We Come" the following year,well, the rest is history.

Had some issues with this tape,it is marked Mixing Desk, and could very well be,judging by the low audience noise, Side A was fine, just needed a very minor boost to the right channel but Side B was very uneven, with lots of hiss on Morrissey's vocal, particularly on "Cemetry Gates" so i have remixed it using more of the channel that had less hiss...

I know this circulates in a few different versions, a couple do not include "Cemetry Gates" on them
maybe because of the noise issue, a complete version was upped at smithstorrent many years ago
but, i do not know how this new transfer compares. eternal thanks to the original taper.

The Smiths - Demos and Instrumentals - Unreleased Studio Outtakes (Stereo Flac Version)

This gem surfaced recently and has been posted in a lot of forum and blogs. Even so, the room is quite happy to help spreading them, since it a great bootleg with some of the (until now) rarest stuff from the band.

Original info file:

Ripped from a first play of the original bootleg LP:
Rega P25 / RB300 / Super Elys -> Pro-Ject Phono Box SE Pre Amp -> Apogee Duet -> Mac

Original 2XLP transferred by SC and seeded to smithstorrents.co.uk

Remaster: FLAC files -> AA1.5 -> FLAC level 8, details below.

Thanks so much to SC for the original transfer and smithstorrents for...well...everything!

Levels balanced, volume adjusted and slight EQ by terrapinstation 2011-01-05

Another Porky Prime Cut From Terrapin Station!!!

01. The Hand That Rocks The Cradle (John Porter monitor mix)
02. Reel Around The Fountain (final Troy Tate version)
03. Rusholme Ruffians (Electric version July 84)
04. The Queen Is Dead (unreleased extended version)
05. Sheila Take A Bow (Porter version January 1987)
06. This Night Has Opened My Eyes (studio version June 84)
07. I Misses You (instrumental)
08. Ask (pre-remix version)
09. There Is A Light That Never Goes Out (take 1)
10. Is It Really So Strange (June 86 version)
11. Frankly Mr Shankly (Trumpet version november 85)
12. Shoplifters Of The World Unite (instrumental)
13. Girlfriend In A Coma (monitor mix)
14. Death Of A Disco Dancer (monitor mix)
15. Paint A Vulgar Picture (monitor mix March 87)
16. Heavy Track (instrumental)


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