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New Smiths Book: THE SMITHS - Songs That Saved Your Life
(REVISED & EXPANDED EDITION)
By Simon Goddard
Published 30 September 2004 by Reynolds & Hearn, rrp £14.99
ISBN - 1903111846
Formed in Manchester in 1982, The Smiths’ brief but brilliant career lasted just five years. Nonetheless, the music they left behind - from the perfect pop of ‘This Charming Man’ to their masterpiece The Queen Is Dead - distinguished them as one of the greatest British guitar groups of all time.
The critically acclaimed The Smiths: Songs That Saved Your Life reveals the stories behind every track (including unreleased out-takes) and catalogues all the group’s UK television, radio and concert appearances.
First published in 2002, The Smiths: Songs That Saved Your Life was the first book to properly chronicle the band's studio career in full, lifting the lid on previously unknown recordings such as the ‘lost’ Morrissey/Marr original ‘Matter Of Opinion’.
This brand new revised and expanded edition includes:
- Exclusive and extensive new commentary from founding member/guitarist Johnny Marr
- More new and updated interviews with producers John Porter and Stephen Street, ‘Fifth Smith’ Craig Gannon and original bassist Dale Hibbert
- An extended epilogue tracing the aftermath of the band’s split, the making of Morrissey’s solo debut Viva Hate and his attempt to reform The Smiths for the 1988 ‘farewell concert’ in Wolverhampton
- Details of more recently discovered alternate takes including the previously unpublished story of the Amanda Malone single
- New appendix detailing cover stars and explaining run-out groove messages
- New author introduction
What they said about the first edition of The Smiths: Songs That Saved Your Life…
‘A mighty achievement’ - Time Out
‘Exhaustive and deliciously meticulous’ - Mojo
‘Goddard illuminates the creative process with rare enthusiasm… this book succeeds in rescuing the music from the myth’ - Uncut
‘[Goddard] goes through the lyrics with a metal comb, teasing away at the nits of influence and autobiography, the mess of emotions, longing and meaning… he also shows you the wonderful chaos at the centre of the band and its maladjusted frontman’ - Andrew O’Hagan in The London Review Of Books
‘A milestone in The Smiths’ history… aside from the records there is nothing else you need on this subject’ - Record Collector
‘Undoubtedly Simon Goddard has created a masterpiece... If you're a Smiths fan and you haven't bought this book yet, I have to ask, what are you waiting for?’ - MorrisseyTour.com
www.morrisseytour.com
(REVISED & EXPANDED EDITION)
By Simon Goddard
Published 30 September 2004 by Reynolds & Hearn, rrp £14.99
ISBN - 1903111846
Formed in Manchester in 1982, The Smiths’ brief but brilliant career lasted just five years. Nonetheless, the music they left behind - from the perfect pop of ‘This Charming Man’ to their masterpiece The Queen Is Dead - distinguished them as one of the greatest British guitar groups of all time.
The critically acclaimed The Smiths: Songs That Saved Your Life reveals the stories behind every track (including unreleased out-takes) and catalogues all the group’s UK television, radio and concert appearances.
First published in 2002, The Smiths: Songs That Saved Your Life was the first book to properly chronicle the band's studio career in full, lifting the lid on previously unknown recordings such as the ‘lost’ Morrissey/Marr original ‘Matter Of Opinion’.
This brand new revised and expanded edition includes:
- Exclusive and extensive new commentary from founding member/guitarist Johnny Marr
- More new and updated interviews with producers John Porter and Stephen Street, ‘Fifth Smith’ Craig Gannon and original bassist Dale Hibbert
- An extended epilogue tracing the aftermath of the band’s split, the making of Morrissey’s solo debut Viva Hate and his attempt to reform The Smiths for the 1988 ‘farewell concert’ in Wolverhampton
- Details of more recently discovered alternate takes including the previously unpublished story of the Amanda Malone single
- New appendix detailing cover stars and explaining run-out groove messages
- New author introduction
What they said about the first edition of The Smiths: Songs That Saved Your Life…
‘A mighty achievement’ - Time Out
‘Exhaustive and deliciously meticulous’ - Mojo
‘Goddard illuminates the creative process with rare enthusiasm… this book succeeds in rescuing the music from the myth’ - Uncut
‘[Goddard] goes through the lyrics with a metal comb, teasing away at the nits of influence and autobiography, the mess of emotions, longing and meaning… he also shows you the wonderful chaos at the centre of the band and its maladjusted frontman’ - Andrew O’Hagan in The London Review Of Books
‘A milestone in The Smiths’ history… aside from the records there is nothing else you need on this subject’ - Record Collector
‘Undoubtedly Simon Goddard has created a masterpiece... If you're a Smiths fan and you haven't bought this book yet, I have to ask, what are you waiting for?’ - MorrisseyTour.com
www.morrisseytour.com
