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*Orders come with exclusive The Queen is Dead tote bags and slipmats*

Widely considered to be both The Smiths'€™ finest work and one of the greatest albums ever made, The Queen is Dead has cast a significant influence over subsequent generations since it was first released in the summer of 1986. The record features several of the band'€™s finest moments, from the classic singles Bigmouth Strikes Again, There is a Light That Never Goes Out and The Boy With a Thorn in His Side to legendary fan favourites such as I Know It'€™s Over, Cemetary Gates and the title track. This reissue represents the first time that The Smiths'€™ back catalogue has been revisited in such a way.

This deluxe 5LP box set features a brand new 2017 master of the album as a single sleeve LP along with two gatefold-LPs worth of bonus material. The first collects a wealth of demos, B-sides and alternative versions, while the second features Live in Boston, a performance recorded at the Great Woods Center For The Performing Arts on 5 August 1986. All come housed in a lift-off lid box.

Box set.

5LP.

180g vinyl.

Tracklist:

LP 1:

1. The Queen Is Dead

2. Frankly, Mr. Shankly

3. I Know It's Over

4. Never Had No One Ever

5. Cemetry Gates

6. Bigmouth Strikes Again

7. The Boy With the Thorn In His Side

8. Vicar In a Tutu

9. There Is a Light That Never Goes Out

10. Some Girls Are Bigger Than Others

LP 2:

1. The Queen Is Dead (full version)

2. Frankly, Mr. Shankly (demo)

3. I Know It's Over (demo)

4. Never Had No One Ever (demo)

5. Cemetry Gates (demo)

6. Bigmouth Strikes Again (demo)

LP 3:

1. Some Girls Are Bigger Than Others (demo)

2. The Boy With The Thorn In His Side (demo mix)

3. There Is A Light That Never Goes Out (take 1)

4. Rubber Ring (b-side)

5. Asleep (b-side)

6. Money Changes Everything (b-side)

7. Unloveable (b-side)

LP 4:

1. How Soon Is Now?

2. Hand In Glove

3. I Want The One I Can't Have

4. Never Had No One Ever

5. Stretch Out And Wait)

6. The Boy With The Thorn In His Side

7. Cemetry Gates

8. Rubber Ring/What She Said/Rubber Ring

LP 5:

1. Is It Really So Strange?

2. There Is A Light That Never Goes Out

3. That Joke Isn't Funny Anymore

4. The Queen Is Dead

5. I Know It's Over

Barcode: 0190295785628

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