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posted by davidt
on Wednesday July 11 2001, @09:00AM
Russholme Ruffian sends the following from Q magazine:Morrissey may have received gracious letters from thespians Alain Delon and Billie Whitelaw consenting to the use of their images on, respectively, 'The Queen Is Dead' and the re-issued 'William, It Was Really Nothing' single, but others weren't so amenable. Terence Stamp's demand that his photograph should be removed from 'What Difference Does It Make?' in 1984 was just the beginning: Albert Finney declined to be on the cover of 'Heaven Knows I'm Miserable Now', George Best turned down 'The Boy With The Thorn In His Side' and Harvey Keitel missed the chance to be on 'Strangeways Here We Come'. Morrissey himself chose not to use alcoholic teacher Laurence Olivier caning Terence Stamp's hand from the 1962 movie Term Of Trial, while Kenneth Williams and Charles Hawtrey dressed as women from 1959's Carry On Constable was voluntarily exorcised as lacking in finesse. "The whole Stamp-Finney attitude was so petty," said Morrissey in 1984. "I love those people, regardless of what they say, regardless of how disinterested they can get. I'll try to understand it and I'll still love them. It is quite tragic, really."
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The special effort which must have gone into making and producing these records shows amazing talent. The records were wonderful artistic creations fully checked for spelling, with clear typeface and style - both image and font.
The change from The Smiths over to Morrissey as his solo career emerged from the ashes of The Smiths merely enforced a change to a different cover star, a slightly voyeuristic Morrissey. Morrissey appeared on these covers with modified hair styles or bare chests. I'm sure you are
all aware. A slightly odd approach but a clear winner with his female fan-base. A well produced product especially compared to HMV's stable of artists.
The recent release of a Smiths best-of-CD without any form of creative input from Morrissey or Marr appears to have been an odd decision. The typo errors merely add to the dispair when inspecting the finish product.
Record companies always have, and always will, do things like this for a quick buck. It must be extremely annoying.
Hazard