The Morrissey interview that í think you are referring to is by Ashley Heath, for "
i-D " magazine, in May 2004, titled "You and I, This Land is Ours", and it is one of the Last Great Ones. And possibly the stories untold around it are even greater...
This is the excerpt you are thinking of ~
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Excerpted from here ~
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Apologies for not being able to find a better copy of this great interview on-line. But it's late and í'm smashed. Kinda sad. This was the best that í could find, around these parts ~
https://www.morrissey-solo.com/thre...h-have-not-been-online-yet.95305/post-1074337
Seemingly, it had been agreed that he was to be the Cover Star that month. But was dropped at the last minute for an undisclosed reason.
This was to be the Cover Shot, by the very fine photographer Alasdair McLellan ~
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A piccy that could be argued to be more emblematic than any that graced his LP sleeves...
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