Bootlegs

Information

What follows is a compendium of known Morrissey and Smiths concert bootlegs. This list is by no means complete, and additional entries are not only encouraged but needed.

In addition to venue and date of performance, full tracklists will be provided. Moments of note are also listed as well; for example, if a particular concert contains a one-time only performance of a song (i.e., Come Back To Camden at the London Palladium in August of 2011), or if the concert was of particular historical significance in Morrissey's career (i.e. the 1992 Madstock concert or the 2004 MEN birthday show.) Where available, known CD art will be provided as well.

Additionally, a subjective letter-grade regarding sound quality will be offered.

Letter grades are as follows:

A: Excellent

B: Very Good

C: Good

D: Poor/listenable

F: Very poor/for completists only

The Smiths

The Electric Ballroom

London, England
December 19, 1983
Source: Audience
Grade: C

Note

This show is of note because it featured a work-in-progress version of Barbarism Begins At Home, performed over a year before the album version was released, and featuring noticeably different/additional lyrics.

1. Hand In Glove

2. Still Ill

3. Barbarism Begins At Home

4. This Night Has Opened My Eyes

5. Pretty Girls Make Graves

6. You've Got Everything Now

7. What Difference Does It Make?

8. Miserable Lie

9. This Charming Man

10. Back To The Old House

11. Reel Around The Fountain

12. Handsome Devil

13. Accept Yourself

14. This Charming Man (again)

The Old Grey Whistle Test

Derby, England
December 7, 1983
Source: Audience
Grade: C

1. Handsome Devil

2. Still Ill

3. This Charming Man

4. Pretty Girls Make Graves

5. Reel Around The Fountain

6. What Difference Does It Make?

7. Miserable Lie

8. This Night Has Opened My Eyes

9. You've Got Everything Now

10. These Things Take Time

11. Hand In Glove

Hammersmith Palais

London, England March 12, 1984
Source: Audience
Grade: B

This show is notable for the appearance of Sandie Shaw doing lead vocals on I Don't Owe You Anything.

1. Miserable Lie

2. Heaven Knows I'm Miserable Now

3. This Charming Man

4. Girl Afraid

5. Pretty Girls Make Graves

6. Still Ill

7. This Night Has Opened My Eyes

8. Barbarism Begins At Home

9. Back To The Old House

10. What Difference Does It Make?

11. I Don't Owe You Anything

12. Reel Around The Fountain

13. Hand in Glove

14. You've Got Everything Now

15. Handsome Devil

16. These Things Take Time

Meervart, Amsterdam

April 21, 1984
Source: Soundboard/radio broadcast
Grade: B (vocals are a bit low in the mix)

1. Hand In Glove

2. Heaven Knows I'm Miserable Now

3. Girl Afraid

4. This Charming Man

5. Pretty Girls Make Graves

6. Still Ill

7. Barbarism Begins At Home

8. This Night Has Opened My Eyes

9. Miserable Lie

10. You've Got Everything Now

11. Handsome Devil

12. What Difference Does It Make?

13. These Things Take Time

14. This Charming Man

El Dorado Club

Paris, France
May 9, 1984
Source: Audience
Grade: B

1. Hand In Glove

2. Heaven Knows I'm Miserable Now

3. Girl Afraid

4. This Charming Man

5. Barbarism Begins At Home

6. This Night Has Opened My Eyes

7. Still Ill

8. You've Got Everything Now

9. Handsome Devil

10. Miserable Lie

11. These Things Take Time

12. What Difference Does It Make?

13. Barbarism Begins At Home (again)

Provinssirock Festival

Seinajoki, Tornavansaari, Finland
June 3, 1984
Source: Audience
Grade: C

This performance captures the slightly different early arrangement of Nowhere Fast, featuring a minor breakdown during the "such a sad sound/sad thing" section of the chorus.

1. Hand In Glove

2. Nowhere Fast

3. William, It Was Really Nothing

4. Heaven Knows I'm Miserable Now

5. This Charming Man

6. This Night Has Opened My Eyes

7. Still Ill

8. I Don't Owe You Anything

9. Barbarism Begins At Home

10. Miserable Lie

11. You've Got Everything Now

12. Handsome Devil

13. Jeane

14. What Difference Does It Make?

15. These Things Take Time

Market Hall, Carlisle

June 12, 1984
Source: Audience
Grade: D

1. Nowhere Fast

2. Girl Afraid

3. Handsome Devil

4. This Charming Man

5. William, It Was Really Nothing

6. Heaven Knows I'm Miserable Now

7. Still Ill

8. I Don't Owe You Anything

9. Jeane

10. Barbarism Begins At Home

11. Hand In Glove

12. What Difference Does It Make?

13. You've Got Everything Now

14. Pretty Girls Make Graves

15. Miserable Lie

16. These Things Take Time

Glasgow Barrowlands

Glasgow, Scotland
September 25, 1985
Source: Audience
Grade: B

Note

This is the show from which the James cover was pulled to be used as a B-side on the posthumous WEA single release of "Sweet And Tender Hooligan".

1. Shakespeare's Sister

2. I Want The One I Can't Have

3. What She Said

4. What's The World

5. Nowhere Fast

6. The Boy With The Thorn In His Side

7. Frankly, Mr. Shankly

8. Bigmouth Strikes Again

9. That Joke Isn't Funny Anymore

10. Stretch Out And Wait

11. Still Ill

12. Rusholme Ruffians

13. Heaven Knows I'm Miserable Now

14. Meat Is Murder

15. This Charming Man

16. Hand In Glove

17. William, It Was Really Nothing

18. Miserable Lie

Manchester Palace

Manchester, England
March 31, 1985
Source: Audience
Grade: C

01. What She Said

02. Hand In Glove

03. How Soon Is Now?

04. Stretch Out And Wait

05. That Joke Isn't Funny Anymore

06. Shakespeare's Sister

07. Rusholme Ruffians

08. The Headmaster Ritual

09. Still Ill

10. Meat is Murder

11. Heaven Knows I'm Miserable Now

12. Handsome Devil

13. Miserable Lie

14. You've Got Everything Now