This is big news in my world. Soundsville Paul, hitherto off-radar, has surfaced and seeded a cassette of the Troy Tate sessions taken straight from the master.
It's a big upgrade on anything I've heard before.
Troy Tate Recordings Complete - smithstorrents.co.uk.
...I'm sure most people here know the background of this, but just in case...
The Smiths recorded demos at Decibel Studios and Drone Studios in 1982, then signed to Rough Trade then recorded a couple of singles in Strawberry Studios. For the first album, Rough Trade hired Troy Tate to produce and recorded the album in Elephant Studios. Despite completing the album the band weren't happy with the sound and re-recorded the whole album again in London with John Porter producing.
A few official tracks of that first Troy Tate album have been released, but most of it hasn't. On bootlegs, various mixes of these sessions have been released. It's never been clear what was due to be officially released. Stephane explains it much better than I could on PassionsJustLikeMine.
Soundsville Paul found an old cassette that he took from the masters a long time ago. It's a big improvement in sound quality and includes a couple of different versions.
FLAC version here.
MP3 version here. I've made them iTunes friendly.
It's a big upgrade on anything I've heard before.
Troy Tate Recordings Complete - smithstorrents.co.uk.
...I'm sure most people here know the background of this, but just in case...
The Smiths recorded demos at Decibel Studios and Drone Studios in 1982, then signed to Rough Trade then recorded a couple of singles in Strawberry Studios. For the first album, Rough Trade hired Troy Tate to produce and recorded the album in Elephant Studios. Despite completing the album the band weren't happy with the sound and re-recorded the whole album again in London with John Porter producing.
A few official tracks of that first Troy Tate album have been released, but most of it hasn't. On bootlegs, various mixes of these sessions have been released. It's never been clear what was due to be officially released. Stephane explains it much better than I could on PassionsJustLikeMine.
Soundsville Paul found an old cassette that he took from the masters a long time ago. It's a big improvement in sound quality and includes a couple of different versions.
FLAC version here.
MP3 version here. I've made them iTunes friendly.
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