List of Morrissey's missing rarities

According to several well known sources, here's the list of missing (for the general public) rarities. The tracks marked with a * are 100% in possession of a limited circles of collectors, the rest, according to sources, are known (or highly supposed) to exist.

I take this opportunity to say thank you to all the generous friends who have given us the wonders of the last days. Uncleskinny, "Michael Bone", Mr. Reynolds, Irregular Regular & Famouswhendead, You have all my gratitude and appreciation.

List of Morrissey's Missing Rarities:

Viva Hate Era:
Suedehead (Peel session 1988)
Margaret On The Guillotine (Peel session 1988)
Ordinary Boys, Ordinary Girls (Peel session 1988)
Little Man What Now (acoustic)*
Hairdresser On Fire (early version)*
Bengali In Platforms (Ivor Perry version)
I Don't Want Us To Finish

Bona Drag Era:
November Spawned A Monster (studio outtake)
Ouija Board, Ouija Board (studio outtake)
Yes I Am Blind (demo)
Get Off The Stage (alternate)*
Such A Little Thing Makes Such A Big Difference (electric demo)*
Last Of The Famous International Playboys (early version)
Girl Least Likely To (demo)

Kill Uncle Era:
Sing Your Life (studio outtake)
Driving Your Girlfriend Home (alternate mix)
King Leer (electric mix)
Our Frank (demo)
Mute Witness (demo)
Pregnant For The Last Time (early version)
The Loop (studio outtake)
That's Entertainment (studio outtake)
I've Changed My Plea To Guilty (early mix)
The Loop (cello version)
Kill Uncle

Your Arsenal Era:
We Hate It When Our Friends Become Successful (early version)
We'll Let You Know (studio outtake)
You're The One For Me, Fatty (early version)
Certain People I Know (alternate mix)
There Speaks A True Friend (full length version)*
Jack The Ripper (Allen Toussaint version)
Tomorrow (alternate version)
Glamorous Glue (studio outtake)
The National Front Disco (studio outtake)

Vauxhall And I Era:
The More You Ignore Me, The Closer I Get (alternate mix)*
Honey You Know Where To Find Me (Alain Whyte version)*
Sharp Bend, Fast Car, Goodbye
Stay As You Are

Southpaw Grammar Era:
Reader Meet Author (acoustic studio outtake)*
You Should Have Been Nice To Me (vocal miraval demo)*
Best Friend On The Payroll (acoustic miraval studio outtake)*
Dagenham Dave (acoustic miraval studio outtake)*
The Boy Racer (vocal miraval demo)*
You Must Please Remember (acoustic miraval studio outtake)*
The Operation (early version)
Do Your Best And Don't Worry (alternate mix)
Southpaw (instrumental miraval demo)*
Honey You Know Where To Find Me (instrumental miraval demo - full version)*
The Teachers Are Afraid Of The Pupils (vocal demo - full version)*

Maladjusted Era:
Alma Matters (early mix)
Trouble Loves Me (studio outtake)
Ambitious Outsiders (studio outtake)
Satan Rejected My Soul (studio outtake)*
Hanratty
No One Can Hold A Candle To You (early version)
I'm Not Worth Hitting
I Know Who I Love
The Leeches Go On Removing
Nightmare

You Are The Quarry Era:
Good Looking Man About Town (early version)
Home Is A Question Mark
I'm Playing Easy To Get (studio version)
Noise Is The Best Revenge (studio version)

Ringleader Of The Tormentors Era:
You Have Killed Me (studio outtake)
I Will See You In Far Off Places (early mix)
The Youngest Was The Most Loved (studio outtake)
Life Is A Pigsty (alternate mix)
In The Future When All's Well (studio outtake)
At Last I Am Born (alternate)
Action Man

Years Of Refusal Era:
That's How People Grow Up (original version)
Black Cloud (monitor mix)
Mama Lay Softly On The Riverbed (studio outtake)
All You Need Is Me (alternate version)
I'm OK By Myself (studio outtake)
My Dearest Love (studio outtake)
I'm Looking Forward To Going Back
I Was Bully Do Not Forget Me
The Longer I Live
When I Was Young
Teresa,Teresa

World Peace Is None Of Your Business Era:
Action Is My Middle Name (studio version)
People Are The Same Everywhere (studio version)
The Kid's A Looker (studio version)
One Of Our Own (French mix)
Scandinavia (French mix)
Art-Hounds (French mix)
 
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Thanks for this. Never realised there was so much stuff out there, yet to be heard.
 
Yeoman's work - thank you. Many listed here I have never heard of before. I made some notes/additions below.

According to several well known sources, here's the list of missing (for the general public) rarities.
I take this opportunity to say thank you to all the generous friends who have given us the wonders of the last days. Uncleskinny, "Michael Bone", Mr. Reynolds, You have all my gratitude and appreciation.

List of Morrissey's Missing Rarities:

Viva Hate Era:
Suedehead (Peel session 1988)
Margaret On The Guillotine (Peel session 1988)
Ordinary Boys, Ordinary Girls (Peel session 1988)
Little Man What Now (acoustic)
Hairdresser On Fire (early version)
Bengali In Platforms (Ivor Perry version) Hasn't Street suggested this session was erased? It was by all accounts a total failure.
I Don't Want Us To Finish

Bona Drag Era:
November Spawned A Monster (studio outtake)
Ouija Board, Ouija Board (studio outtake)
Yes I Am Blind (demo)
Get Off The Stage (alternate)
Such A Little Thing Makes Such A Big Difference (electric demo)
Last Of The Famous International Playboys (early version)
Girl Least Likely To (demo)

Kill Uncle Era:
Sing Your Life (studio outtake)
Driving Your Girlfriend Home (alternate mix)
King Leer (electric mix)
Our Frank (demo)
Mute Witness (demo)
Pregnant For The Last Time (early version)
The Loop (studio outtake)
That's Entertainment (studio outtake)
I've Changed My Plea To Guilty (early mix)
The Loop (cello version)
Kill Uncle

Your Arsenal Era:
We Hate It When Our Friends Become Successful (early version)
We'll Let You Know (studio outtake)
You're The One For Me, Fatty (early version)
Certain People I Know (alternate mix)
There Speaks A True Friend (full length version)
Seasick Yet Still Docked (acoustic alternate)
Jack The Ripper (Allen Toussaint version) This was supposedly left incomplete, too - possibly without a vocal
Tomorrow (alternate version)
Glamorous Glue (studio outtake)
The National Front Disco (studio outtake)

Vauxhall And I Era:
The More You Ignore Me, The Closer I Get (alternate mix)
Black-Eyed Susan (alternate)
Used To Be A Sweet Boy (orchestral)
Swallow On My Neck (acoustic)
Sharp Bend, Fast Car, Goodbye
Stay As You Are (Backing Track)
Honey You Know Where To Find Me (Backing Track for Different Version of the Song; Music By Whyte)

Southpaw Grammar Era:
Reader Meet Author (vocal demo) With the exception perhaps of You Should Have Been Nice to Me, the items marked "vocal demo" are apparently the versions that have been leaked this week - plus Reader Meet Author, which leaked back in 2006
You Should Have Been Nice To Me (demo)
Best Friend On The Payroll (vocal demo)
Dagenham Dave (vocal demo)
Boy Racer (vocal demo)
You Must Please Remember (vocal demo)
The Operation (early version)
Do Your Best And Don't Worry (alternate mix)

Maladjusted Era:
Alma Matters (early mix)
Trouble Loves Me (studio outtake)
Ambitious Outsiders (studio outtake)
Satan Rejected My Soul (studio outtake)
Hanratty
No One Can Hold A Candle To You (early version)
I'm Not Worth Hitting
I Know Who I Love
The Leeches Go On Removing
Nightmare

You Are The Quarry Era:
Good Looking Man About Town (early version)
Home Is A Question Mark
I'm Playing Easy To Get (studio version)
Noise Is The Best Revenge (studio version)

Ringleader Of The Tormentors Era:
You Have Killed Me (studio outtake)
I Will See You In Far Off Places (early mix)
The Youngest Was The Most Loved (studio outtake)
Life Is A Pigsty (alternate mix)
In The Future When All's Well (studio outtake)
At Last I Am Born (alternate)
Action Man

Years Of Refusal Era:
That's How People Grow Up (original version)
Black Cloud (monitor mix)
Mama Lay Softly On The Riverbed (studio outtake)
All You Need Is Me (alternate version)
I'm OK By Myself (studio outtake)
My Dearest Love (studio outtake)
I'm Looking Forward To Going Back The last five are not complete, possibly without vocals; Finn fell ill before they were finished.
I Was Bully Do Not Forget Me
The Longer I Live
When I Was Young
Teresa,Teresa
 
I Don't Want Us To Finish
Kill Uncle
Sharp Bend, Fast Car, Goodbye
Hanratty
No One Can Hold A Candle To You (early version)
I'm Not Worth Hitting
I Know Who I Love
The Leeches Go On Removing
Nightmare
Home Is A Question Mark
I'm Playing Easy To Get (studio version)
Noise Is The Best Revenge (studio version)

Mr Reynolds, we need you!
 
Southpaw era:

The Teachers Are Afraid Of The Pupils - album version (11:15)
The Teachers Are Afraid Of The Pupils - vocal demo (13:16) - 5:35 edit shared by Mr Reynolds in Dec 2015

Reader Meet Author - album version (3:39)
Reader Meet Author - instrumental Miraval demo (3:45) - leaked in 2001/2002
Reader Meet Author - vocal Miraval demo (3:17) - leaked in 2006/2007
Reader Meet Author - acoustic Miraval studio outtake (2:50) not yet leaked

The Boy Racer - album version (4:45)
The Boy Racer - instrumental Miraval demo (5:10) - leaked in 2001/2002
The Boy Racer - vocal Miraval demo (3:54) - not yet leaked
The Boy Racer - acoustic Miraval studio outtake (3:39) - shared by uncleskinny in Dec 2015

The Operation - album version (6:52)

Dagenham Dave - album version (3:15)
Dagenham Dave - instrumental Miraval demo (3:06) - leaked in 2001/2002
Dagenham Dave - vocal Miraval demo (3:17) - shared by Michael Bone and Mr Reynolds in Dec 2015
Dagenham Dave - acoustic Miraval studio outtake (3:05) - not yet leaked

Do You Best And Don't Worry album version (4:05)

Best Friend On The Payroll - album version (3:48)
Best Friend On The Payroll - instrumental Miraval demo (3:27) - not yet leaked
Best Friend On The Payroll - vocal Miraval demo (3:41) - shared by Michael Bone in Dec 2015
Best Friend On The Payroll - acoustic Miraval studio outtake (3:13) - not yet leaked

Southpaw - album version (10:03)
Southpaw - instrumental Miraval demo (10:09) not yet leaked
Southpaw - acoustic Miraval studio outtake (8:58) - shared by uncleskinny in Dec 2015

Nobody Loves Us - single version (4:50)
Nobody Loves Us - instrumental Miraval demo (4:58) - leaked in 2001/2002
Nobody Loves Us - vocal Miraval demo (4:56) - shared by Mr Reynolds in Dec 2015
Nobody Loves Us - acoustic Miraval studio outtake (4:39) - shared by uncleskinny in Dec 2015

You Must Please Remember - single version (3:52)
You Must Please Remember - instrumental Miraval demo (4:15) - shared by famouswhendead in 2016
You Must Please Remember - vocal Miraval demo (4:22) - shared by Michael Bone and Mr Reynolds in Dec 2015
You Must Please Remember - acoustic Miraval studio outtake (3:34) - not yet leaked

Honey You Know Where To Find Me - reissued album version (2:55)
Honey You Know Where To Find Me - instrumental Miraval demo (3:20) - 2:40 edit leaked in 2001/2002
Honey You Know Where To Find Me - vocal Miraval demo (3:02) - leaked in 2006/2007

You Should Have Been Nice To Me - reissued album version (3:35)
You Should Have Been Nice To Me - vocal Miraval demo (3:40) - not yet leaked

Laughing Anne (although arguably this is a demo for another untitled song) - instrumental Miraval demo (3:21) - leaked in 2001/2002

Untitled #1 - instrumental Miraval demo (4:35) - leaked in 2001/2002

Untitled #2 - instrumental Miraval demo (2:55) - leaked in 2001/2002
 
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Irregular Regular, i think, Nobody Loves Us - acoustic Miraval studio outtake (4:39) - not yet leaked, is already released: it was the first leak, witch is different of Nobody Loves Us (Original Take) (Rare Rough Takes) from Mr Reynolds
https://www.sendspace.com/file/g9qykl
 
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Southpaw era:

The Teachers Are Afraid Of The Pupils - album version (11:15)
The Teachers Are Afraid Of The Pupils - vocal demo (13:16) - 5:35 edit shared by Mr Reynolds in Dec 2015

Reader Meet Author - album version (3:39)
Reader Meet Author - instrumental Miraval demo (3:45) - leaked in 2001/2002
Reader Meet Author - vocal Miraval demo (3:17) - leaked in 2006/2007
Reader Meet Author - acoustic Miraval studio outtake (2:50) not yet leaked

The Boy Racer - album version (4:45)
The Boy Racer - instrumental Miraval demo (5:10) - leaked in 2001/2002
The Boy Racer - vocal Miraval demo (3:54) - not yet leaked
The Boy Racer - acoustic Miraval studio outtake (3:39) - shared by uncleskinny in Dec 2015

The Operation - album version (6:52)

Dagenham Dave - album version (3:15)
Dagenham Dave - instrumental Miraval demo (3:06) - leaked in 2001/2002
Dagenham Dave - vocal Miraval demo (3:17) - shared by Michael Bone and Mr Reynolds in Dec 2015
Dagenham Dave - acoustic Miraval studio outtake (3:05) - not yet leaked

Do You Best And Don't Worry album version (4:05)

Best Friend On The Payroll - album version (3:48)
Best Friend On The Payroll - instrumental Miraval demo (3:27) - not yet leaked
Best Friend On The Payroll - vocal Miraval demo (3:41) - shared by Michael Bone in Dec 2015
Best Friend On The Payroll - acoustic Miraval studio outtake (3:13) - not yet leaked

Southpaw - album version (10:03)
Southpaw - instrumental Miraval demo (10:09) not yet leaked
Southpaw - acoustic Miraval studio outtake (8:58) - shared by uncleskinny in Dec 2015

Nobody Loves Us - single version (4:50)
Nobody Loves Us - instrumental Miraval demo (4:58) - leaked in 2001/2002
Nobody Loves Us - vocal Miraval demo (4:56) - shared by Mr Reynolds in Dec 2015
Nobody Loves Us - acoustic Miraval studio outtake (4:39) - shared by uncleskinny in Dec 2015

You Must Please Remember - single version (3:52)
You Must Please Remember - instrumental Miraval demo (4:15) - shared by famouswhendead in 2016
You Must Please Remember - vocal Miraval demo (4:22) - shared by Michael Bone and Mr Reynolds in Dec 2015
You Must Please Remember - acoustic Miraval studio outtake (3:34) - not yet leaked

Honey You Know Where To Find Me - reissued album version (2:55)
Honey You Know Where To Find Me - instrumental Miraval demo (3:20) - 2:40 edit leaked in 2001/2002
Honey You Know Where To Find Me - vocal Miraval demo (3:02) - leaked in 2006/2007

You Should Have Been Nice To Me - reissued album version (3:35)
You Should Have Been Nice To Me - vocal Miraval demo (3:40) - not yet leaked

Laughing Anne (although arguably this is a demo for another untitled song) - instrumental Miraval demo (3:21) - leaked in 2001/2002

Untitled #1 - instrumental Miraval demo (4:35) - leaked in 2001/2002

Untitled #2 - instrumental Miraval demo (2:55) - leaked in 2001/2002


you are right. i've revisited the original post. thank you very much!
 
If somebody could please upload the 'Reader Meets Author' and 'Honey You Know Where to Find Me' takes from the Miraval sessions that would be great.
 
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