Quite an interesting take on the reaction video, as this guy uses some music software to analyse the mix. No idea how accurate his assumptions are, (I don't think even Street and Marr can remember/agree exactly what they did at the time) but interesting to hear it pulled apart.
An update on the John Peel auction:
Catalogue listings of 200 lots now online - an interesting & eclectic mix of items.
A few Smiths bits worth mentioning too.
4 February, 1983, unlabelled TDK cassette tape in plastic case, with typed letter introducing the band and tracklist, signed in black ink The Smiths with contact details for Glad Hips Music, letter 8in x 11 1/2in (20.5cm x 29cm)
www.bonhams.com
Est: £500 - £700
Peel's The Smiths: A 'Gold' Disc Award For The Album Hatful Of Hollow:
1984, the 12" disc presented to John Peel for sales of more than 100,000 copies of the album 'Hatful Of Hollow', framed and glazed, 16in x 20in (40.5cm x 51cm)
www.bonhams.com
Est: £400 - £600
The Smiths: An Autographed Copy Of The Single What Difference Does It Make?/Back To The Old House/These Things Take Time:
The Smiths live at the Nottingham Royal Centre on 21st Oct 1986, playing How Soon Is Now and Still Ill
Concert Filmed by Soundsville International. This is taken from my master Video8 tape.
Memories from the night
My Parents were in the process of moving to Lincoln in 86, and they were renting a flat while they looked for a house. It just so happened that they were away that week, and as Lincoln is not far from Nottingham, we decided to borrow their flat for the night. We drove up from London in our trusty VW Camper van in the afternoon. Picking up a pizza as we drove through Lincoln, we found the flat and had some tea (that's an evening meal for all you non Brits ... although we may have had a cup of tea with it).
Nottingham is about 40 miles from Lincoln. We didn't leave the flat until early evening, so time was quite tight as we entered the city. It has a ring road round the city centre, which wasn't easy to navigate. We could see the...
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