Morrissey Central "SMITHS NOT OK" (September 11, 2024)

September 11, 2024

The proposed greatest hits album by The Smiths entitled Smiths Rule OK! has been blocked by J Marr. The album (above), and also the single Hand In Glove (below)

were planned for 2024 worldwide release by Warner Records along with a deluxe box release of The Smiths first album in order to commemorate its 40-year anniversary, and also a new 7-inch of This Charming Man. Warner approached Morrissey and Darren Evans to assemble artwork for all four releases, all of which were rejected and halted out of hand by J Marr.

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Media item:

• Stereogum: "Now Morrissey Says Johnny Marr Has Blocked A New Smiths Deluxe Reissue" - September 11, 2024

 

[dallow_bg]

Why, it almost looks as if cardboard cut-outs of Johnny, Andy & Mike have been added to a photo of Moz...

Mike's disembodied head is my fave part.

 

[Jut]

Don't care about a compilation but a 40th anniversary re-release box set would be amazing. Blocking that is dumb.

 

[Uncleskinny]

f***'s sake. How many versions of the Smith's Catalogue have we had? About 5 up to this point?

Good for Johnny blocking this, and we can all see Morrissey's motivation here £££££££

 

[Anonymous]

Can you imagine the state of the Smiths back catalogue if Morrissey had been able to do the revisionism he did on his own solo reissues? Thank God Johnny took charge for the 2011 remasters. They'd all have new crap covers and buggered around track-listings otherwise.

 

[Rufusindigo]

Why, it almost looks as if cardboard cut-outs of Johnny, Andy & Mike have been added to a photo of Moz...

Is it my imagination or is Morrissey MUCH LARGER than all the others in that artwork! I wonder why!

 

[SteveWS]

It's about time that Bryan Ferret staged an intervention.

 

[ACTON]

What a terrible title for a Smiths greatest hits. The cover photo is just about OK. Do we really need another Smiths compilation? I'd welcome a Hand In Glove 12" and This Charming Man 12" reissue followed by 12" reissues of every Smiths single, but at a reasonable price. The price of the recent Suede 7" reissues was obscene and I'm not buying into it.

 

[Mozzer1980]

Morrissey is like a little kid whose friends don't want to play with anymore. Then he cries and complains to everyone around him. So sad .

Btw , title and cover both are terrible

 

[TheSmiths_1985]

f***'s sake. How many versions of the Smith's Catalogue have we had? About 5 up to this point?

Good for Johnny blocking this, and we can all see Morrissey's motivation here £££££££

How many versions of this comment have we had from you??
What’s your motivation?

 

[Dorothy]

Mike's disembodied head is my fave part.

It does look disembodied Isn’t it an actual photo from Terence Smith in ‘85?

 

[TheSmiths_1985]

Terence Smith in ‘85?

 

[Gray Fruit]

Thank god for Johnny Marr! That Smiths Rule OK cover is just embarrassing. The original Hand In Glove cover is a classic.

 

[Famous when dead]

Previous Esteban and Evans cover work.
I believe he (Evans) deals with fonts and colouring.
FWD.

 

[Ashley_TakeABow]

Re-issue! Re-package! Re-evaluate the songs! Double pack with a photograph! Extra track! A tacky badge!

Oh me, oh my!!!!

 

[Lionsy]

I give it a month until the posts are just "Marr won't let me earn money "

 

[SteveWS]

Revised edition:

 

[Young And Alive]

The Smiths' songs are already out there.

Why would anyone think we need another greatest hits album?

Release your own unreleased solo material, Morrissey.

The Smiths is dead.

 

[TheSmiths_1985]

 

[Anonymous]

Morrissey is like a little kid whose friends don't want to play with anymore. Then he cries and complains to everyone around him. So sad .

Morrissey has burned all his bridges - what the hell did he expect?

After publishing that public letter slagging off Johnny, he has the gall to come crawling back to Marr a year later asking him for reissues and a reunion tour - does he not realise that actions have consequences? After that, it would not surprise me if Johnny ghosted him and automatically deleted/blocked anything Morrissey related that landed in his inbox.

 

[Ashley_TakeABow]

The Smiths' songs are already out there.

Why would anyone think we need another greatest hits album?

Release your own unreleased solo material, Morrissey.

The Smiths is dead.

I wish he would, there's so much of it.