Tape nerd here: Judging by the fact that the tape is in a 10.5 inch reel, the tape is most likely a rough mixdown of the tracks in stereo. No channel separation could be done on this tape with a machine as it simply isn't a multitrack tape (tape width for this one is most likely 1/4", typical...
This only makes this whole charade more and more annoying. Where was the rest of the USA leg? Neither BoT or WMTWD out and it's been a month since the "proposed" release of the first one...
Oh man, out of all the recent songs post-Quarry, this probably takes the cake for the worst. I can listen to 'The Truth About Ruth', but this? The record needle is getting pulled at that point
I got a copy of Bona Drag (both A-side and B-side) on reel-to-reel tape. While it is not THE master tape, which I'm assuming is held in Abbey Road or wherever else the original 1990s Morrissey tapes are located, it is a generational master copy from a pressing plant that used it to press records...
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