By Savbomb:
Here are versions of the radio sessions that are available in good quality but have not been given an
official release. I've run them all through my patented Bob Harris elimination software, so that your
enjoyment isn't spoiled by breathing, superfast fade-outs etc. Might not be for everyone, since it
involves some processing (I've even gone as far as reverb) and there is some lossy content (the whole
of London and a few seconds of Half A Person, where I have used a webrip recently done by David A).
Missing from this are Wonderful Woman and I Don't Owe You Anything, recorded for Jensen and Peel
respectively in 1983, because the versions in circulation are poorer quality.
Reel Around The Fountain was, supposedly, not broadcast at the time of recording because of a story in the Sun about the Smiths being paedophiles. However, you may also like to listen out for some discordant guitar. Just saying.
1. Reel Around The Fountain (6’ 02)
Recorded for the David Jensen Show, 25 August 1983. Broadcast 13 February 1994.
Source: Smiths At The Beeb
2. Pretty Girls Make Graves (3’ 34)
Recorded for the David Jensen Show, 25 August 1983. Broadcast 5 September 1983.
Source: Smiths At The Beeb
3. How Soon Is Now? (6’ 31)
Recorded for the John Peel Show, 1 August 1984. Broadcast 9 August 1984.
Source: Smiths At The Beeb, Reeling Around The Fountain bootleg
4. London (2’ 10)
Recorded for the John Peel Show, 2 December 1986. Broadcast 17 December 1986.
Source: BBC website
5. Half A Person (3’ 33)
Recorded for the John Peel Show, 2 December 1986. Broadcast 17 December 1986.
Source: Smiths At The Beeb, BBC website
Produced by John Porter.