The Smiths - "Live in England" Album

[Marsadjusted]

I have found a Live Smiths album on Spotify. I can't seem to play it so I am going to assume it is not available in the UK, a friend in the US also tried to play it but it doesn't work for them either. It was from 2016 so my guess was that it was taken down from Spotify since then, it was found within a Smiths playlist. The track listing is the same as the Brazil bootleg with the same name. Does anyone know anything about it? The Smiths - Live in England

 

[Cauã]

Hi, i'm brazilian and I can listen this on spotify. It's just the show from Derby in 1983 with The Boy With the Thorn in His Side and Heaven Knows I'm Miserable Now (idk why this songs are here). Btw, sorry for poor english.

 

[Famous when dead]

I have found a Live Smiths album on Spotify. I can't seem to play it so I am going to assume it is not available in the UK, a friend in the US also tried to play it but it doesn't work for them either. It was from 2016 so my guess was that it was taken down from Spotify since then, it was found within a Smiths playlist. The track listing is the same as the Brazil bootleg with the same name. Does anyone know anything about it? The Smiths - Live in England

It is BBC Whistle Test concert @ Derby Assembly Rooms - December 6, 1983.
It is available in The Smiths drive archive.

1983 - Google Drive

1983

drive.google.com

Regards,
FWD.

Add:
I believe it was made by one of these companies who scraped Smiths Torrents and put out the FLACs as boots.
The extra tracks are tacked on to pad it out being a short (broadcast/SB) gig.

 

[Marsadjusted]

It is BBC Whistle Test concert @ Derby Assembly Rooms - December 6, 1983.
It is available in The Smiths drive archive.

1983 - Google Drive

1983

drive.google.com

Regards,
FWD.

Add:
I believe it was made by one of these companies who scraped Smiths Torrents and put out the FLACs as boots.
The extra tracks are tacked on to pad it out being a short (broadcast/SB) gig.

So you think it was an unofficial release then? It's strange that it was on the smiths official Spotify page.

 

[Marsadjusted]

Hi, i'm brazilian and I can listen this on spotify. It's just the show from Derby in 1983 with The Boy With the Thorn in His Side and Heaven Knows I'm Miserable Now (idk why this songs are here). Btw, sorry for poor english.

Thanks for letting me know
Are the two tracks that are added on at the end live recordings, perhaps from another date or are they just the studio versions?

 

[ZOOM FROM GLOOM]

@Marsadjusted maybe same show ? If ya wanna watch too ?

 

[Marsadjusted]

@Marsadjusted maybe same show ? If ya wanna watch too ?

Yes that is the same show, I have seen it many times before. Found it on a bootleg DVD in a charity shop once.

 

[ZOOM FROM GLOOM]

Yes that is the same show, I have seen it many times before. Found on a bootleg DVD in a charity shop.

Ha! good find. I had it on vhs long time ago, watched religiously with Hulmerist back to back. Lol.

 

[Marsadjusted]

Ha! good find. I had it on vhs long time ago, watched religiously with Hulmerist back to back. Lol.

I think that has got to be my best charity shop find. I was hoping that the same person would have donated their record collection but I couldn't find anything.

 

[Famous when dead]

So you think it was an unofficial release then? It's strange that it was on the smiths official Spotify page.

It's in the category of dodgy publisher.
They seldom give the correct credits and sources - they say things like 'radio show' to cover the fact it's a bootleg.
Examples of this sold & dispatched by Amazon - junk like this:

First Among Equals: Amazon.co.uk: CDs & Vinyl

First Among Equals: Amazon.co.uk: CDs & Vinyl

www.amazon.co.uk

The source is very likely in the Google Drive Archive (as too: the DVD vob file).
Regards,
FWD.

 

[Marsadjusted]

It's in the category of dodgy publisher.
They seldom give the correct credits and sources - they say things like 'radio show' to cover the fact it's a bootleg.
Examples of this sold & dispatched by Amazon - junk like this:

First Among Equals: Amazon.co.uk: CDs & Vinyl

First Among Equals: Amazon.co.uk: CDs & Vinyl

www.amazon.co.uk

The source is very likely in the Google Drive Archive (as too: the DVD vob file).
Regards,
FWD.

Unfortunately I own that "junk" on CD, payed way too much for it. Rookie mistake.

 

[Famous when dead]

Unfortunately I own that "junk" on CD, payed way too much for it. Rookie mistake.

It's annoying as the sources they are using have been shared for years. Not seen one live vinyl or CD product that is a genuine authorised product that brings any form of new take or recording.
Regards,
FWD.

 

[Crisstti]

Hi, i'm brazilian and I can listen this on spotify. It's just the show from Derby in 1983 with The Boy With the Thorn in His Side and Heaven Knows I'm Miserable Now (idk why this songs are here). Btw, sorry for poor english.

I can listen to it too in Chile.

Wonder if these kinds of things (and stuff like the CD FWD liked to) pay royalties to the artists, I imagine they do?