Oh and on the source of the leak? In the early 2000s Rhino put together tentative reissues of VH, BD, KU, YA, V&I and SG with bonus material. Every album was to feature about 5-6 bonus tracks from the same era. These bonus songs were unreleased titles or alternate studio takes. I was lucky enough to be sent internal review copies of each of these tentative albums. The projects never reached completion because Morrissey, understandably, was more interested in his new material (YATQ) than old material.
I know I wasn't the only person who received copies. I think someone else in the same situation as me is responsible for the leak because of the way the songs are presented on the bootleg. For example "Happy Lovers United" is credited as being from the Bona Drag sessions, and the song was tagged on the Bona Drag project cd. The fact that "Please Help The Cause..." matches the version I have on the Viva Hate cd instead of any version that have already leaked or any other alternate versions that are still out there unleaked adds weight to this theory. This only thing that doesn't seem to work along is that the version of Oh Phoney is different to the one tagged onto Bona Drag.
So the bootlegger found a way to make a few dollars/pounds off Morrissey fans by leaking the songs via a bootleg LP instead of just putting them on the internet. I suspect they might try again with some of the other material, which is good for the Morrissey community, but not very honourable in my opinion. If you are going to betray the trust that was put in you, don't make it worse by making money on music they was given to you for free.
Stephane
