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UPDATE July 14:

Posted by DavidA:

Here's the BBC Sounds Page.

I put it here, for those that can't access the BBC page.
https://junk.kissmyshades.co.uk/the-rise-and-fall-of-the-smiths-complete.mp3

First impressions? Two and a half hours! This is definitely more than just an audio version of the the old Rise and Fall TV documentary. Lots of detail.

Episodes provided by Famous when dead:

1. It’s Time The Tale Were Told
The extraordinary story of The Smiths begins with one quiet Manchester dreamer. (15 mins)

2. Hand in Glove
One sunny day in Manchester, a knock on a door changed everything. (16 mins)

3. You’ve Got Everything Now
Top of the Pops, packed venues, and a nation falling in thrall to The Smiths. (19 mins)

4. This Night Has Opened My Eyes
Rock and roll...

A BBC radio program supposedly tracking the story of the Smiths will be aired on July 13. The BBC has warned that it is critical in nature towards Morrissey.

Morrissey was not invited to take part in this timeworn story - which has seen at least five identical documentaries wherein Marr grabs center stage as the unchanging face of discord … and Bigmarr Strikes Again. The souring of the Smiths dream unravels once again through Marr’s mechanical paces, which are by now totally predictable plot development. The outcome is never in doubt - Marr angel; Morrissey executioner. Forty years on, Marr cannot do anything with his life but look back. The truth is always ignored. The tired lie that I left a note on Andy Rourke’s car saying ‘you are fired’ lives on with sly determination. Yes, I imagine there was a note, and yes, I imagine my name was scribbled across it mischievously - by someone unknown to the BBC. But I hadn’t hired Andy Rourke and I would have no place nor right to...

Kerching Kerching b/w Isle of Dogs

FORTHCOMING 7-INCH VINYL (SEPTEMBER)

Following a 13-hour drive from Hamburg (Morrissey will not fly), Morrissey is now in
Norway. His concert is on Saturday night at Lillestrom Spektrum, a few inches outside
of Oslo.

Johnny Marr is to auction almost 100 of his guitars, including the ones he played on The Smiths' This Charming Man and the Billie Eilish song No Time To Die.

The sale also includes a 1960 Cherry Red Gibson ES-355, given to Marr by music mogul Seymour Stein as an incentive for The Smiths to sign to his label, Sire Records.

The first song Smith played on it was the classic indie anthem Heaven Knows I'm Miserable Now.

Speaking to the BBC, Marr said he was letting go of his guitars because, "I didn't like the idea of my studio space becoming a museum".

He received his first guitar - "a little wooden toy thing, bought in a haberdashery shop in Manchester" - when he was just four years old.

He went on to form The Smiths with Morrissey in 1982, defining an entire era of indie music with his intricate, chiming tones - rooted in British pop, while stubbornly avoiding cliché.

Since the group disbanded in 1987, he has become a serial collaborator, working with everyone from The...