ONE SONG BY THE SMITHS....A SERIES FOR SATURDAYS (Part 44)

There can't be many bands brave enough, or perhaps more realistically - confident enough - to take a live recording from what is only their third live show and place it on the b-side of the debut single:-mp3 : The Smiths - Handsome Devil (live, Manchester Hacienda, February 1983)The fact that it is such a stunning bit of music means it is well worthy of such a move, but the really bizarre thing is that the band never actually got round to recording and releasing a bona fide studio version on any...

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