Bonhams: "Live In Session" - Property From The John Peel Archive catalogue available (Smiths items listed) Auction due June 14, 2022

An update on the John Peel auction:
Catalogue listings of 200 lots now online - an interesting & eclectic mix of items.
A few Smiths bits worth mentioning too.

Their first tape to him (rather wonderful):

Bonhams : The Smiths An Original Demo Cassette From 'The Smiths' With Letter From The Band, 4 February, 1983,

4 February, 1983, unlabelled TDK cassette tape in plastic case, with typed letter introducing the band and tracklist, signed in black ink The Smiths with contact details for Glad Hips Music, letter 8in x 11 1/2in (20.5cm x 29cm)

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Est: £500 - £700

Peel's The Smiths: A 'Gold' Disc Award For The Album Hatful Of Hollow:

Bonhams : The Smiths A 'Gold' Disc Award For The Album Hatful Of Hollow, 1984,

1984, the 12" disc presented to John Peel for sales of more than 100,000 copies of the album 'Hatful Of Hollow', framed and glazed, 16in x 20in (40.5cm x 51cm)

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Est: £400 - £600

The Smiths: An Autographed Copy Of The Single What Difference Does It Make?/Back To The Old House/These Things Take Time:

Bonhams : The Smiths An Autographed Copy Of The Single What Difference Does It Make/Back To The Old House/These Things Take Time, 1984,

1984, 12inch, Rough Trade RTT 146, the back cover of the Terence Stamp picture sleeve signed and inscribed in blue ballpoint by Morrissey, Johnny Marr, Andy Rourke and Mike Joyce, with eleven-page Rough Trade press sheet, front cover with John Peel's artist name label

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Est: £1,000 - £1,500

The Smiths: A Test Pressing Of The Debut Single Hand In Glove/Handsome Devil:

Bonhams : The Smiths A Test Pressing Of The Debut Single Hand In Glove/Handsome Devil, 1979,

1979, Rough Trade RT 131, a double-sided 7inch disc, white labels with recording details in blue ink/black felt pen and catalogue number in red ballpoint, in plain die-cut sleeve with John Peel's handwritten track timing and band name in black felt-tip pen

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Est: £400 - £600

Bonhams : Live In Session Property From The John Peel Archive

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I suspect the demo tape will do much better than estimate - that's a real bit of history.
Auction takes place June 14, 2022.
"... sinfully handsome"
Regards,
FWD.

 

[Famous when dead]

Add:
The Smiths: A Test Pressing Of The Single Girlfriend In A Coma/Work Is A 4 Letter Word/I Keep Mine Hidden:

Bonhams : The Smiths A Test Pressing Of The Single Girlfriend In A Coma/Work Is A 4 Letter Word/I Keep Mine Hidden, 1987,

1987, 12inch, Rough Trade RTT 197, white label with John Peel's handwritten recording details in black felt-tip pen and blue ballpoint, together with a handwritten letter to Peel from Rough Trade label founder, Geoff Travis, in black ink on Rough Trade Records Limited A4 stationery, and a...

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Est: £4,000 - £6,000 (typo?).
FWD.

 

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‘…their first 45 released in three weeks time on the Miracle label.’



i assume a joke ?

 

[Ketchup]

GT: guilty of, not only "bloody awful poetry", but absolutely undecipherable handwriting.
Christ!

 

[Anonymous]

Really - seemed clear to me:

"Dear John Peel - I heard you were sad at Smiths news, this is a very sad day for me as well. I thought since we began with you we should mark this day by letting you be the first to hear what will be, not the last but perhaps the penultimate Smith's single in its present incarnation.
Thanks for all your massive support of everything the Smiths have done.
(Here's hoping to a reconciliation, if not to a shining future for both Morrissey & Johnny).

 

[Miracle what?]

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‘…their first 45 released in three weeks time on the Miracle label.’



i assume a joke ?

Yeah, I dunno. Very odd.

 

[The Wild Turkey]

Really wish ya woulda posted this yesterday FWD.
Just spent my money on one of Gena Rowlands brooches.

 

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Really wish ya woulda posted this yesterday FWD.
Just spent my money on one of Gena Rowlands brooches.

money well spent

 

[The Wild Turkey]

money well spent

Thanks Ket!
Got caught up in a heck of a biddin' war, but
I weren't about to lose it.

 

[A scanty bit of thing]

Smiths First Love
My Smiths and Only

 

[Erik]

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‘…their first 45 released in three weeks time on the Miracle label.’



i assume a joke ?

What do you see in HER??

 

[BookishBoy]

Oh boy, that tape and letter to John Peel are just amazing - I wish I had that kind of money!

 

[gordyboy9]

sinfully handsome,get that on a t-shirt.
can anyone decipher that letter above,handwriting even edward nygma would struggle to read.

 

[NealCassidy]

Just the 33% premium on top then

 

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What do you see in HER??

well no mystery there, just an early version of Wonderful Woman.

 

[Dirk Blaggard]

If I were M, I would be tempted to use this as further evidence that Smiths, were he and Johnny
The UK court decision was gross. The UK legal system is awful.
This quite clearly shows most people including his employers thought of Smiths as a Marr and M project
Also, it does support that Smiths were Johnny's band and he did go out and dust off M and help him out

 

[TheSmiths_1985]

If I were M, I would be tempted to use this as further evidence that Smiths, were he and Johnny
The UK court decision was gross. The UK legal system is awful.
This quite clearly shows most people including his employers thought of Smiths as a Marr and M project
Also, it does support that Smiths were Johnny's band and he did go out and dust off M and help him out

M? M. M.

 

[Erik]

well no mystery there, just an early version of Wonderful Woman.

Me tought it was What do ye see in Him

 

[j*e*t]

It seems that these items are being offered for auction by John Peel's family. Isn't it a bit shabby to sell the demo tapes if they are of historical importance in British music history, given that they were presumably sent by the Smiths to John Peel when he was being paid as a BBC radio presenter?

 

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M? M. M.

There’s only one M and it’s not Madonna.