Oxford, England 1985-03-18 (The Smiths concert)

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The Smiths Live Concert
Tour Meat_Is_Murder_Tour
Date 18 March, 1985
Venue Apollo
Location Oxford, England
Opening Act


Set List [1]



Live Recordings

Unofficial Recordings

This concert was recorded and broadcast by the BBC on 9 May, 1985.[2] A very famous FM-sourced bootleg recording of this show is in circulation known commonly under the title Same Day Again. While that recording is excellent and is soundboard-derived, a good quality audience recording also exist of the same show, with several songs played at this concert that were edited out for the FM broadcast from which the more common version of the bootleg originated. The songs missing from the FM broadcast are I Want the One I Can't Have, Rusholme Ruffians, and Handsome Devil. Additionally, the FM version edits out approximate one minute from How Soon Is Now.

The tracklist and description below refers to the more commonly circulated aforementioned FM broadcast recording.

Source: Soundboard
Grade: A (excellent)

01. William, It Was Really Nothing
02. Nowhere Fast
03. What She Said
04. Hand In Glove
05. How Soon Is Now
06. Stretch Out and Wait
07. That Joke Isn't Funny Anymore
08. Shakespeare's Sister
09. The Headmaster Ritual
10. Still Ill
11. Meat Is Murder
12. Miserable Lie
13. Barbarism Begins At Home
14. You've Got Everything Now

References And Notes

  1. Set List provided by Passions Just Like Mine
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