Aren’t tracks 11 and 12 of NHS_Vauxhall identical?
My understanding is that version 2 of the alternate take of the song, which leaked considerably after the first version, was a rough, unmastered copy, whereas soon afterward a mastered, ready-for-release-on-a-reissue copy of Alt. Take, V. 2 leaked to the public. I have included both copies for completism, as well as the original, shorter alternate take.
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Just a quick nit-pick - should the live version of "What She Said" from the World Peace era be in Nothing Ever Dies because it's a Smiths cover?
No. They are different recordings.
Nothing Ever Dies is meant to be a collation of the best sounding recordings of Smiths covers by Morrissey's solo group(s.) That doesn't preclude a Smiths cover from being in
Never Heard Symphonies, which aims to be an assembly of Morrissey solo songs and recordings of disparate -and perhaps arbitrary- sources.
I do remember, though, that the Wireless 02 performance of
What She Said, which is the one in
NED, sounded great but had audio hiccups. Later, he started playing the song again on the
World Peace tour, a recording of which is in that album's edition of the
NHS. Now, I seem to remember finding a clean version of the Wireless '02
What She Said and replacing it in
NED. But if I am misremembering then yes, the recording in the
World Peace folder should replace it.