The Miracle of the Smiths

god the title of this thread annoys the shit out of me

The Miracle of the Smiths
The Miracle of the Smiths
The Miracle of the Smiths
The Miracle of the Smiths
The Miracle of the Smiths
The Miracle of the Smiths
The Miracle of the Smiths

gaaaahhh must kill

and i like the smiths btw

The Miracle of the Smiths: The Indie Tribute Album to the Smiths - ft. Belle & Sebastian, Sufjan Stevens, Beirut, Jens Lekman, the Magnetic Fields, Andrew Bird, of Montreal, Bon Iver & many more!

like, can't you just picture that shit??? (sorry lol)

Ease up on the caffeine.

More like The Miracle of Morrissey's Continued Popularity.

Ease up on the caffeine.

had a double iced coffee w/ extra espresso shot this morn :(

I'm quite grateful for this effort, as well as the Joy Division one, but honestly my ears can't hear any sonic improvement. The really rare live/alt versions are fun but not critical. Still, it's a good excuse to listen to it all again.

"William" up, look look it's the italian how soon!!

I do hear some improvements in the introductions. Once the full band gets going there isn't much difference though.

FYI:
http://www.morrissey-solo.com/content/141-Troy-Tate-sessions-straight-from-master-posted-on-smithstorrents.co.uk
http://www.smithstorrents.co.uk/forum/viewtopic.php?p=18955

http://smithsrecycle.blogspot.com/

lots of new updates and such.

Did something get removed? Those last two posts are a month old.

they weren't published when i checked the site a week or two ago..

I think pisces was just bumping bcz it's been four months since anyone noted new posts. I have seen those posts before.

http://cdn.pitchfork.com/media/smiths_1.jpg

Anybody going to fork out for the Rhino box set of remastered albums and singles?

http://pitchfork.com/news/43343-massive-smiths-box-set-on-the-way/

if they're the same remasters as the recycle ones then i'd consider it, otherwise no way

reissue repackage repackage...

hoping they please the press in Belgium too.

http://laughingsquid.com/lost-1992-press-video-for-the-smiths/

did they stop updating the blog in light of the official remasters coming out?

http://smithsrecycle.blogspot.com/

Comments in the last post say no.

j marr on the radio just this very minute talking about the remasters. they've gone back to the master tapes and redone them (some needed baking but apparently they sound good). he also made it obvious he's not a fan of the loudness war and there won't be any of that.

sounds promising.

Let's just hope the rest of the key members involved aren't fans of the loudness war either. Sadly Morrissey will probably someone crank everything to the red just out of spite.

Morrissey is not involved in the remasters at all.

Didn't figure he would be, and thank god, was just being silly.

Is marr actually doing the remasters or just overseeing it? Because him actually doing them make me nervous

says that he "supervised" the remastering, so he's probably got a team of pros handling it.
Marr said of the reissues, which will be released on both CD and 12" vinyl, "I'm very happy that the remastered versions of The Smiths albums are finally coming out. I wanted to get them sounding right and remove any processing so that they now sound as they did when they were originally made. I'm pleased with the results."

My hearing just isn't good enough to benefit from the improved sound. And how silly is it that they're including "Louder Than Bombs" AND "World Won't Listen"?? So much overlap. Why not include a new disc of stuff that HASN'T been compiled?

Extra track and a tacky badge, indeed.

yeah that is odd. the smiths recycle thing has been fun for all the random edits/remixes/alternates. some of them are not the most amazing thing musically, but they're cool to hear.

only realised last night that these are already out (and reasonable at £30 for 8 cds). no pigs over battersea for the smiths reissues...

on Spotify too (all 106 tracks!).

Really? Where? I couldn't find it.

Assuming that was a put-on

Shakespears Sister posted to smithsrecycle

a put-on? heavens no! Smiths Complete box right here (only available in UK maybe?)
http://open.spotify.com/album/30g571JKoxs8AnsgAViV2J

interestingly that's the whole 106 track super collector box too, not just the 8 album CD set, because Jeane is on there. although Wonderful Woman isn't. hm. anyway it's gratis.

looks like it's UK only boooooo

first post: Never thought about Alan Bennett and Moz being kindred. (I mostly know A.B. from a handful of his films and TV plays.)

The Smiths box drops in mid-October in the states.

October 18th to be exact

brilliant pics here: http://www.superdeluxeedition.com/picture-gallery/exclusive-the-smiths-complete-box-set-the-first-pictures/
never seen such attention to detail on a remasters set; the multi-format box version going so far as to reproduce the original sleeve stickers that came on the initial pressings:

http://www.superdeluxeedition.com/wp-content/gallery/smiths-complete/wwl.jpg

http://www.superdeluxeedition.com/wp-content/gallery/smiths-complete/hoh.jpg

even the steve hoffman forum has given them a thumbs up. shame there's no 'extras' and some of the B sides are missing but hey.

i don't understand the basis for the new smiths box-set. hasn't every shred of their material been released; is there any real reason for a new box-set?

Really? Oh. It's for money. They are releasing a box set to make money.

I'm happy they're doing it because the cds sound like ass when compared to original vinyl.

...whilst they still can. everything will be 0s and 1s in the cloud soon.

have just ordered the cds. 3rd time for some of them (and the last).

no different to The Beatles set really. the same in fact; shitty quality 80s CDs weren't cutting it any more. the CD box set is only £30 too, which for a fancy package of 8 CDs seems very reasonable indeed.

a put-on? heavens no! Smiths Complete box right here (only available in UK maybe?)
Yeah, most of it is grayed out over here except "Jeane" and a few others.

it's a right pain in the arse this whole US/UK Spotify divide hoo ha.

Really? Oh. It's for money. They are releasing a box set to make money.

wow, you don't say? people do things for money. that's a fucking brilliant notion.

I'm happy they're doing it because the cds sound like ass when compared to original vinyl.

this makes sense. as much as i loved the smiths, tho, i can't imagine wanting the new set (unless there's worthwhile unreleased material on it).

wow, you don't say? people do things for money. that's a fucking brilliant notion.
You asked.