Morrissey Central "Rhino" (June 8, 2024)

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MESSAGES FROM MORRISSEY

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Rhino's promotion (using the press release) repeated here.
Would be nice if they mentioned who remastered it at Abbey Road.
Image above from June 2, 2006 @ "Rock am Ring".
Regards,
FWD.

 

[The Alchemist]

It was out of print for years and the vinyl mark-up is high. Despite the atrocious artwork, its a worthy release.

Yeah, it's okay by me.

 

[DaveJCarr]

Those ticket prices are eye-popping

 

[Deleted member 32244]

If not for the nonsensical new cover and artwork I would have already pre-ordered this. Imagine The Rolling Stones re-releasing "Get Your Ya-Ya's Out" with photos from the "Steel Wheels" tour as the cover? "BWD" had classic Morrissey artwork from a time of his peak sense of the aesthetic. A sense clearly now dulled beyond recognition. At least I can still treasure my cd from 1993.

 

[The Wild Turkey]

Rhino is owned by Warner Bros and Warner Bros
also owns Sire records.
This reissues got the Sire logo on it.
Maybe this reissue is a sign that Moz might be
back with Sire.

 

[The Alchemist]

Rhino is owned by Warner Bros and Warner Bros
also owns Sire records.
This reissues got the Sire logo on it.
Maybe this reissue is a sign that Moz might be
back with Sire.

 

[ACTON]

So they're saying that Morrissey deliberately and not accidentally picked the cover 'artwork' for Beethoven. And not only picked a photo from decades later but somehow managed to pick a somnambulist snapshot? Why why why why why?

 

[Vesper Nocturne]

It’s such a SUPER DUPER GREAT photo! Plus i love a little bit of my Morrissey in flux, lol!

 

[DaveJCarr]

So they're saying that Morrissey deliberately and not accidentally picked the cover 'artwork' for Beethoven. And not only picked a photo from decades later but somehow managed to pick a somnambulist snapshot? Why why why why why?

Because he wants to. Ever since The Maladjusted reissue in 2009, and maybe even before, he has been a very merry revisionist of his own image and work. Maladjusted omits Papa Jack – and maybe another song – and I don't know that the cover art on the reissue – nice as it is – is actually correct to 1997. I thought it was a later 2000's image used in the reissue.

Kill Uncle's reissue image is at least an image from that era, but the photo shopping is pretty bad. And "there is a place in hell "is the live version from KRQ- not the original haunting piano version

Viva Hate omits "ordinary boys" and so on so forth. I would not be surprised if this release contains similar revisionism in terms of the tracklist


I think it does a disservice to his long and varied perseverance to retcon his own history and image. The Morrissey of Beethoven had a very different aesthetic and sound than the burgeoning crooner pictured on the cover of the upcoming reissue. It's okay to acknowledge that and indeed celebrate it, without necessarily projecting that the past is always better, the present and future doesn't have the same potential for greatness

It's nice that he's happy about this release I'm glad folks are excited. I hope that it's successful. And the shows are great I. I will continue to find decisions very odd – and the reality of celebrating live release of an album featuring a completely different band, with none of the co-writer present s is perhaps the biggest head scratcher of all


Obviously it's his artistic prerogative to do whatever he wants with these releases but I love the original artwork – capturing as it does the artist as he was in an era, with that band line up.

 

[ZOOM FROM GLOOM]

It’s such a SUPER DUPER GREAT photo! Plus i love a little bit of my Morrissey in flux, lol!

yep, it’s a nice one, I don’t remember seeing it before.

 

[Vesper Nocturne]

yep, it’s a nice one, I don’t remember seeing it before.

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I was still thinking about that one in the yellow shirt when i typed this above but realized as i was typing that my comment also perfectly applies to this one too

The other photo in the yellow shirt had Consternation Mozzy for me and this one has Levitation Mozzy! Why choose, when I can have both! Lol!

Also, apprently the in flux-ness of both them is just my kind of in flux! Who knew!

 

[ZOOM FROM GLOOM]

I was still thinking about that one in the yellow shirt when i typed this above but realized as i was typing that my comment also perfectly applies to this one too

The other photo in the yellow shirt had Consternation Mozzy for me and this one has Levitation Mozzy! Why choose, when I can have both! Lol!

Also, apprently the in flux-ness of both them is just my kind of in flux! Who knew!

‘Levitation Mozzy!’ Lol

 

[Anonymous]

I would not be surprised if this release contains similar revisionism in terms of the tracklist

I have been wondering if he'll edit out the few minutes of noise at the end of 'National Front Disco'. Personally I love it, but with all the band being ancient history I can see how he might give it the snip.

 

[Vesper Nocturne]

‘Levitation Mozzy!’ Lol

Or Limbo Mozzy! They def all work for me!

 

[Vesper Nocturne]

Basically in 2025 i think we should make Morrissey a verb

 

[cameronk]

I own one of the original Europe CDs of Beethoven Was Deaf, and the old cover is miles better than the new one (and, also just makes sense due to the age difference??). I enjoy the original mix as well, so I wonder if this new remaster has anything to show for it... the show was recorded terrifically anyway

 

[Ryan]

The fact that we’re celebrating a decades-old live release with a picture from 2006 and not even a new or unheard live recording is pretty miserable. Just hope this gets out of his system quickly and we can move on to more exciting announcements.

 

[Gregor Samsa]

The fact that we’re celebrating a decades-old live release with a picture from 2006 and not even a new or unheard live recording is pretty miserable. Just hope this gets out of his system quickly and we can move on to more exciting announcements.

Now now. The children of this thread and these boards are over the moon.

 

[Thewlis]

I just wish he’d rerelease World Peace or Swords.
I miss those on Spotify almost daily.

 

[William Fisher]

I just wish he’d rerelease World Peace or Swords.
I miss those on Spotify almost daily.

Yes, it means the ultimate Morrissey playlist I’d like to make and share is never quite possible.

 

[Ryan]

Yes, it means the ultimate Morrissey playlist I’d like to make and share is never quite possible.

That’s the price we pay for the convenience of streaming. I used to have everything neatly ripped and categorised in their own folders, everything categorically tagged and arranged. Now I just go straight to Apple Music and miss out on a ton of b-sides and other things I otherwise would have listened to regularly.