bought a single yet i buy the albums.

I have all the singles often the B'sides are better than album tracks. If you don't have the singles your missing some of Morrissey best songs!!

in all formats? If so count me in!

I have them all thanks this invention called "Music Downloads". Thanks to the illegal downloading craze that has resulted in legal downloading.

Just finished my set. I think I have all songs ever released (Smiths & Moz), and all on official CDs. It took a while, and a lot of money - I count 302 different songs/versions. Now I'll go and get me anorak to shelter under before the inevitable "you sad bastard" posts rain in.

Sk./Peter

some of moz's b-sides are wonderful

I have all the songs, but only the Quarry and double box-set singles. For me it's really just the songs that matter. Why bother collecting loads of singles that you're not going to play?

I have all the singles from the Maladjusted era on. Several years ago I got the pre-Maladjusted b-sides from a great website called "Frankly Vulgar," which sadly is no longer with us. For this reason I have never purchased the box set single collections that are for sale. I have also read that the packaging for these box sets is rather shoddy. Can anyone confirm or verify this?

singles in cds for morrissey, and in 12" vinyls for the smiths. it is worth having the actual singles than the box sets or burned songs.

Single's are shit, why would you buy them? I buy albums not singles, they are just a hassle to play.

But I now have all the songs on my iriver. I "stole" them from the internet. How evil am I?

Not very, I'm sure Moz would approve. I've heard he has bootlegs galore.

I've got singles boxes 1 and 2 and most of the releases off u r the quarry as well as alma matters and dagengam dave but really it would be good if they made a third box with the remaining singles in. However, as they are on RCA/Island/Sanctuary I suppose this would be impossible to do.

From -ill never learn
to~Teenage dad
only missing the IHFJ single
even have those bona drag -non released songs
(wise choice)

MARKMUSTB1

I was recently sent a record player by a very nice young man from Belfast, and so I plan to start collecting Smiths and Moz stuff on vinyl. But I don't have many of the singles on cd either, on account of being a pauper for the for the last three years. But times will change.
So, if anyone can tell me where to get good bootlegs or second hand copies ... either cd, tape or vinyl, I'd be very grateful.

I have most of them, but I'm happiuly missing some of the singles that have no new tracks on them or only live b-sides.

get em all on vinyl 7" or 12" well not the last 5 on 12", vinyl more of a collector thing, better than cd's, and still selling well, the vinyl harder to get are satan, alma, sold less at the time, but still worth picking up.

Being a BIG Smiths fan when 'Viva Hate' was released, definately helped me get all of the Moz domestic and Import singles. In the late 80's I was working at Strawberries records and tapes to which introduced me to how and why you make friends with the record label reps. The free Morrissey promotional items was better than getting my paycheck at that time. And also having two of the BIGGEST Smiths/Morrissey friends that worked at Tower records in Boston was also an added bonus in the Moz/Smiths collecting department. When one of them became the head Import CD buyer for Tower, all kinds of Moz singles of all formats were being delivered to that location in Boston. My other friend was the manager on the rock floor at Tower and that was another great connection to help my Moz/Smiths singles collection grOW. And every 4 to 5 months, the three of us would wait in a bit of 'nervous excitement' for every new Morrissey song that was being released. At that time, Morrissey was very popular but you never had to spend more than five or ten dollars for any of his new singles compared to what you would have to spend nowadays. You could pick up "Pregnant" or "We Hate It" in all the different formats such as 7", 12" and CD all for under $10.00 or $15.00, And, you could do it all in the same day. When I look at my CD collection nowadays, at least 4 to 5 rows on my wall racks are all Moz. The only bad side to buying a lot of the singles early on was that they released them again later on. I bought some of the same cd singles/songs three and four times just to add a new one to my collection. It sounds cRaZy but, it felt as though I was buying a new Moz release even though the songs were the same and the cover was different. ***I promised myself I would not say the words "Reissue" or "Re-package" in this post. But, I guess I just broke my own promise!*** And even though buying the newest cd single releases is still fun, especially when hearing the un-released B-Sides. But nothing compares to the excitement of the release of the earlier ones from the late 80's into the early 90's. To me, when you could get the new Morrissey on 7", 12" and CD Single all in the same day for under $10.00 to $15.00 well, how could you not make your Morrissey singles collection complete?

The only one I don't have is "The Loop" which was free with a French magazine. Always goes for a fortune on Ebay so I'll live without it! Has anyone got it?

now that idiot O'Gravy has moved in I've got loads of singles, he's a mentalist (he gets at least two of every format). When he pops his clogs I'll have an ebay field day

Could anyone - maybe our awesome statistician Johan de Witt - come up with the complete list of Morrissey singles please? I reckon some of us have much lost ground to make up!

I had to vote No, as I had the only 8 singles that I had stolen (all my CD's were stolen).

I'm from the US, so the first single I purchased was "Irish Blood English Heart." I was very pleased with the song and the three B-Sides, so I also bought "First of the Gang to Die," but I found that it was inferior to IBEH. If all of Morrissey's singles had the quality B-Sides of IBEH, I'd own every one.

My Mozzer/Smiths material fluctuates I'm afraid, because I get regular periods where I'm hard up (boo hoo) and Morrissey and the Smiths always sell. Hopefully my collection will be replenised at some point.

firstodie

I have them all and agree that all the B sides and extra tracks are worth having.
I mean "Lost" is just a wondrous song and you could open a whole new thread on them!

I have the box sets, plus all the Quarry singles, and all of the Maladjusted ones, plus Dagenham Dave.

I can't believe songs as wonderful as The Edges are no longer Parallel, Now I Am A Was and A Swallow on my Neck are consigned to old singles that a lot of people will never own. Moz really does know how to shoot himself in the foot...

Jessica xx

For me, Sunny -- coupled with A Swallow on my Neck and Black-eyed Susan -- is the perfect single. Simply put: A MUST!

Here in the states is IHFJ
the slum mums - and an other song?
is it or they good?

i've got the complete collection, all 7/12 ", every album including the box sets and a very good selection of booties, whites and rarities.... smiths and moz all in mint condition! god knows what will happen to them when i taste the ground, suppose my kids (if they arrive) will make a killing at auction and i'll be forever turning in my grave!! not to worry though, i've at least another 30 -40 years left in me.

...who say downloading songs is "wrong" or unjust or whathaveyou...have you ever thought that many of Moz's singles (ie the Malajusted singles) are impossible to find - especially in the U.S.? And even if you do find them (internet/ebay), you're asked to pay a handsome fortune to get them from some whacked out music shop in a dingy corner of England somewhere. Is THAT fair or right?

Now, me, I didn't illegally download the b-sides that I was in search of. I had someone who had those tracks I needed to complete my Moz collection 'burn' them onto a CD for me. I suppose that is awful, too, isn't it? I mean, that's illegal, too, if you want to be technical. And how many among you can say you've never made your friend a mix tape on cassette?

So, then "zip up your mouth."

But, I love you all anyhow.

-MK-

Does anyone on here have the "That's Entertainment" promo single? The one with the band sitting on stairs and Moz is in blue?Talk about extremely rare.

I have them all... on CDS as well as on vinyl...

my shelves are all breaking under the weight of the albums. I showed my collection to a (Moz un-initiated) neighbor recently and all he could say is "that bastard is prolific."

I think I have everything (most singles ive got 2 copies), bootlegs, 12 inches, cd singles. My niece will have them eventually when I go.