[BT] Troy Tate Sessions - July 83 - (1cd) [FLAC]

The Smiths
The Troy Tate Sessions
Elephant Studios, Wapping, London, UK
July 1983

Source: Studio --> ??? --> Bootleg CD "The Hand That Rocks The Cradle"
Lineage: Silver CD --> CDex --> WAVs --> FLAC

D/L from Bootleg Archive Hub; cover art from TTD.

Tracks:
01 - Reel Around The Fountain
02 - You've Got Everything Now
03 - Miserable Lie
04 - These Things Take Time
05 - Wonderful Woman
06 - Handsome Devil
07 - Suffer Little Children
08 - Pretty Girls Make Graves
09 - Hand In Glove
10 - What Difference Does It Make?
11 - I Don't Owe You Anything
12 - Jeane


Source Notes:
These legendary tracks produced by Troy Tate were intended to make up the Smiths' debut (what we know know as the album "The Smiths"), most likely with the title "The Hand That Rocks The Cradle" (hence the bootleg title these were ripped from).

However, this first album never saw the light of day. John Porter was called into the studio to re-record these tracks, and it is Porter's work that comprises the Smiths' debut.

Quality is excellent. Some bootleg releases of these demos have the tracks at the wrong speed or pitch; this is not the case here. This is one of the better-sounding releases of these songs you'll find.