Troy Tate

Troy Tate

Relevance

Morrissey via Autobiography says of him:

"Production is in the hands of Troy Tate, who comes from Yorkshire and who has been appointed producer by Rough Trade. Mysteriously, we don’t object because we all quite like Troy, but his presence indicates a lack of concentration on our part, because we don’t actually know him, and this unfortunately reveals itself in the rash rumble coming from the speakers. It is not Troy’s fault, but recording does not go well, and we all feel that we must have another shot at it in view of the goggle-eyed interest from the weekly music papers. Geoff agrees that the LP must be right and must be improved upon from the Troy sessions. We do not, in fact, know anyone at all who could or should produce the Smiths’ first album."

Producer

• Jeane
• These Things Take Time
• Wonderful Woman
• You've Got Everything Now

Discogs Information

Profile

Guitarist, vocalist and producer from Liverpool (UK). In 1981 he joined The Teardrop Explodes; two years later he left them. He auditioned successfully and toured with Fashion in 1982 but left before any studio recordings took place. He was also a member of The Turquoise Swimming Pools together with David Balfe and Hugh Jones.

External Links

• https://www.discogs.com/artist/255856-Troy-Tate
• https://troytate.webs.com/
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Troy_Tate

Wikipedia Information

Troy Tate is an English musician and record producer who was a member of several bands including the Teardrop Explodes and Fashion as well as working as a solo artist, for which he is best known for the single "Love Is ..."

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Troy_Tate

Troy was responsible for:

The Troy Tate Sessions

14 tracks were recorded of which 13 were for inclusion on the debut album.

Accept Yourself was released as a B-side to This Charming Man. Jeane was released as a B-side to This Charming Man. Pretty Girls Make Graves was released as a B-side to Last Night I Dreamt That Somebody Loved Me. Reel Around the Fountain was included in a collectors edition of Complete in 2011.

Three leaks of these recordings has occurred.

The third leak included an unheard version of Accept Yourself that is believed to originate from John Porter reworking the original Troy Tate recordings.

First Leak (aka Core or TATE1)

1. Reel Around The Fountain
2. You've Got Everything Now
3. Miserable Lie
4. Pretty Girls Make Graves (officially released version)
5. Hand In Glove
6. What Difference Does It Make?
7. I Don't Owe You Anything
8. Suffer Little Children
9. Jeane (single version)
10. Wonderful Woman
11. These Things Take Time
12. Handsome Devil

Second Leak (aka Late Mixes or TATE2)

1. Reel Around The Fountain
2. You've Got Everything Now
3. Miserable Lie
4. Pretty Girls Make Graves (officially released version)
5. Accept Yourself
6. The Hand That Rocks The Cradle
7. Hand In Glove
8. What Difference Does It Make?
9. I Don't Owe You Anything
10. Suffer Little Children
11. Jeane (single version)
12. Wonderful Woman
13. Handsome Devil

Third Leak (aka Demos)

1. What Difference Does It Make?
2. Jeane

References And Notes

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