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"Hatful of Hollow by the Great Ones. It’s funny really, because it’s not a proper Smiths album in many ways, it’s all the sessions and everything, but I think a lot of people realise it’s the best version of ‘Reel Around The Fountain’, the best version of ‘Heaven Knows I’m Miserable Now’, there’s so many variations and I think every best version is on that album. ‘William It Was Really Nothing’ is two minutes long, but it packs such a punch. ‘Still Ill’, ‘You’ve Got Everything Now’, the bleakness of the cover, the grey and blue, it sums up the time. I can remember every lyric off it. The level of artistry on that record is staggering. To think that half the time they were in a shitty studio in the BBC with an engineer who didn’t know what they’re fucking doing. Johnny Marr must have been so on it. Right from the start. I know it’s predictable to pick a Smiths album but they’re just such a massive part of my youth. That’s what I’ve realised - there’s records you always go back to. It bothers me a bit, because I should be picking different records, but there you go."

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Please 44 (Culprit 1 Remix) - Paul Hartnoll (remix, featuring Robert Smith) (with Paul Hartnoll) by DJ Ferret / Various Artists

Perchance To Dream: Perchance To Dream: Love Is My Reason (with Marilyn Hill Smith (Soprano Vocal)) by Marilyn Hill Smith

King's Rhapsody: King's Rhapsody: Fly Home, Little Heart (with Marilyn Hill Smith (Soprano Vocal)) by Marilyn Hill Smith

Keep The Home Fires Burning: Keep The Home Fires Burning (with Marilyn Hill Smith (Soprano Vocal)) by Marilyn Hill Smith

Careless Rapture: Careless Rapture: Music In May (with Marilyn Hill Smith (Soprano Vocal)) by Marilyn Hill Smith

King's Rhapsody: King's Rhapsody: A Violin Began To Play (with Marilyn Hill Smith (Soprano Vocal)) by Marilyn Hill Smith

Dancing Years: The Dancing Years: My Dearest Dear (with Marilyn Hill Smith (Soprano Vocal)) by Marilyn Hill Smith

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May 4, 2020

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