but want it untampethered with so voted for Arse, would like to see if there are any unreleased songs from then, which i doubt. if he did do vauxhall, would like a live CD of Boxers tour with it.

I want them all! Woohooo!

I can't wait for the Bona Drag 40th Anniversary Deluxe Edition!

With extra live tracks and an actual Morrissey DNA sample to clone your very own Pope of Mope!

Obviously none
I do not have the money to waste on "remastered" stuff that I already bought 20 years ago.
Really - who wastes their money on this

I like the album cause Iwas there when Morrissey
toured it, my first gig after hte emptyness that
left when the Smiths split, and never seen them live, so this was special, the songs sounded more rock,basicly by the bandmemebers background

Some songs should be untouched or just remaster, polish then,like 'end of the family line' but
most of them should be more guitarish,like it sounded live like 'mute witness' there is a place'

Most of the folks here find it the most leastlikable, I never understood that, but it
would be great to remaster some of the songs

memories never fade, but maybe remaster some songs and I definately am aware more people will
adore it

could do with a remaster. some brilliant guitar parts could be clearer in the mix.

don't gimme no more!

Is it too early to ask for a re-issue of Swords?

Everything really should be remastered to sound louder. We have the technology.

"The Smiths" was perfect...is perfect. Super gated drums...no aweful duplicated tracking...just a 4 piece band.

But he should re-record the whole album, or if he doesn't, it needs a live CD from that era, the KROQ ep sounds amazing, but the actual album is pretty limp wristed.

Most people don't know what mastering really is. It would make a vast improvement on The Smiths debut and Hatful of Hollow. The rest would be subtle differences. I would love to hear these 2 albums cleaned up and brightened. The rest of the higher budget albums wouldn't change that much. A remixing of Kill Uncle would be very nice though.

Is someone gonna call me a stupid cunt who should kill himself because of my opinion?
I'm scared of this sight sometimes.

Mike Row Penis

Deluxe editions of the albums will be very nice. I'm sure we'd all love to have the extra artwork, liner notes and unreleased tracks. Mastering has received a bad rep in recent years due to the whole loudness mess. There was an interesting thread posted in the forums a while back which discussed this very topic.

http://forums.morrissey-solo.com/showthread.php?p=1349769

seriously? OK, the smiths remasters have not been released on CD, but they were all remastered by johnny marr and released on vinyl (and accompanying 320 kbps download) in 2009.

all four albums, alongside 'the sound of the smiths' compilation and 7" and CD singles box sets.

remastered...by johnny marr...released.

and no, i don't care if you don't have a turntable. all the vinyl formats included high-quality downloads of every track. would CD's be nice? sure. but if people are really so desperate for remasters, they're already out there.

oh, and like someone else said, it seems like most people have no idea what remastering actually is...especially the guy who wants "kill uncle" remixed with additional guitars.

keep up, people.

The Smiths are throwing millions away by not having all of their albums on itunes. They need to get this done and I think it will happen next year with the "25 years" of the Queen is Dead. By being on itunes it will open a door to a new audience. Right now only 'Sound of the Smiths' is on itunes. Every single and every album needs to be there!!

The 4 Smiths studio albums (CD only)
The Smiths singles from Panic onwards
Hatful Of Hollow
Louder Than Bombs
How Soon Is Now? (Italian version)
Miserable Lie (Peel version)
The first 4 Morrissey studio albums
My Early Burglary Years
The Best Of Morrissey
The HMV/Parlaphone/Singles '88-'95
You Must Please Remember

i say any album but i'm a fan of his unreleased stuff that i would love to hear on an official album insead of having to search for bootlegs
in example;
im playing easy to get
trash
why don't you find out for yourself(studio electric version)

the re-issue of 'maladjuted' was a dissapointment but i still got it since i'm a fan of the original, 'bona drag' re-issue was great especially with the addition of ' please help the cause' and 'lifegaurd on duty'
so it really all depends

as for smiths albums the sound of the smiths comp should suffice but good extras could have been;
click track/fast one(although the rights for the song my cause a lawsuit or something)
frankly mr shankly (horn version which sound way better than studio version)
there is a light sound check instrumental (available on bootleg and is the prettiest instrumenal 'marr only' track)
latest flame

enolugh ranting this is just my 2 cents

Improved sound quality, potential for extra / newly released tracks, and increased public attention (if only for a moment) on a Smiths or Morrissey album. And the downsides to this are what exactly?

At the very least it gives all you little b*tches out there an opportunity to quote "Paint A Vulgar Picture" and feel like you're clever. See, everyone wins. Seriously, what's not to like?

I'm ok with the reissues as long as there are new or rare tracks being included. I think it's a good way to reintroduce the albums to newer fans who are unfamiliar with them. I would love to see the queen is dead included with some unreleased tracks and a new sleeve.

The irony with the recent 'Bona Drag' remaster is that it didn't really need remastering. The original master was fine, so the difference has been pretty minor. What really needs remastering is 'Ringleader of the Tormentors'. It may be a recent release, but the mastering is awful. The dynamic range is so crushed abd brickwalled that listening to it on anything other than a crappy MP3 player is painful. The volume needs to be seriously reduced and the dynamics let back in. The fact that a recent Morrissey album sounds worse than the original issue of 'Viva Hate' is appalling.

i can't see why anybody would not want unreleased tracks by the mozzer.just received "november the second" on the "everyday" re-issue and it's well worth it.
looking forward to buying the "bona drag" re-issue soon just because of the new songs..

Can you imagine a Morrissey sanctioned re-issue of the 'Queen is Dead'? Remastered so that the tracks cross-fade into one another, the title track is now the extended version, 'Frankly Mr Shankly' is the horn version, and 'Vicar in a Tutu' has had the second verse removed. Oh, and the cover is now pink.

The original Smiths/Moz CDs are no sonic wonders, but you never know what they're going to do with modern mastering technology.

I think the lads that have done the new Bona Drag ( who are the same ones who did Years of Refusal and Southpaw redux) should be given the keys to Morrissey"s AND the Smiths vault. All of those sound fabulous and loud at the same time.
The Greatest Hits and Ringleaders mastering is pure shite.

yeah get rid of the silly organ/keyboard...

yeah and hire that ex-depeche mode guy

yeah..yeah...yeah....OH YEeeaaahhhHH

The overall sound has been compressed to a rather acute degree, which reduces the separation, clarity and dynamics of the individual instruments and vocal. This gives even the gentler songs a rather harsh sound which endears itself more to present-day chart music with absolutely no dynamic and mixing sense rather than the gentle and crafted recordings that composed Bona Drag.

But what really f**king got to me was the revisionist edit of the highlight song for me, 'Ouija Board, Ouija Board'.

A year or so ago, I saw a link on the forum to an ad for The Queen is Dead on a Japanese super disc. I ordered it and the sound is incredible. I'm not sure, but does that mean it was remastered? I'd love to hear the rest of The Smiths/Moz songs in that format. I'm not very tech savy so . . . I may be missing something, but I think it sounds incredible- you can almost hear the pick on the stings!

After Quarry I was *over the moon* to hear Tony Visconti was going to produce Ringleaders. As you all know, Visconti has produced T.Rex, Bowie, Sparks, Adam Ant, etc. I was very very excited about this project.
But once I heard the album I thougth WTF! The whole album sounds muddy, dull and way too guitar-heavy. There are no sonic nuances or "layers" whatsoever. Ringleaders sounds like a demo-tape by an unknown american Grunge band. The only high-light is "Life is a Pigsty", the rest of the album sounds like a middle-of-the-road Stereophonics doing a half-hearted sound check.

I wouldn't mind a Deluxe version of Arse'n'all. Preferably with some "unseen" photos from THAT photo session.....

Just do the whole loty again, because let's face it, they're all shite...