I bought "Suedehead" on all formats (7", 12", CD and cassette single) on the day of release, but for various reasons listened only to the cassette for the first few weeks. I wondered why "Hairdresser on Fire" didn't include the song's title in its lyrics, but then again, neither did "Suedehead"...
... which, funnily enough, omits his first ever cancelled solo date(s). His show at Dundee's Caird Hall on 15th May 1991 was cut short due to illness, and his Glasgow show scheduled for the next night was pulled completely. This was his first solo tour, and I was there - a great night at...
That'll be Morrissey's old house, Beech Mount, on Bowdon Road in Altrincham, as seen on Google Maps:
https://goo.gl/maps/1ehZ7
He hasn't lived there for twenty years or so, of course. The house was used to film an episode of Sherlock Holmes starring Jeremy Brett.
This may or may not be the answer ... but in the late 70s or early 80s in the UK there was one of those multipart magazines ("first issue with free binder!") about the supernatural, and one issue had a free flexidisc containing some of this material. I clearly remember listening to it over and...
I doubt Morrissey makes much, if any, money from singles, as they sell so few copies that I imagine Sanctuary must be losing money on them - a loss leader for the album, in effect. Which is probably why Morrissey is so angry when a single enters the charts at number 14 and disappears from the...
Slightly off-topic, but I met Boz Boorer coming out of one those stores once, back in about 1991! He stopped and talked for ages, and signed the Moz bootleg cassette I had just bought at Camden Market. Nice guy!
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