Morrissey Bootleg CDs

This list is provided to help you make an educated decision when it comes to buying a bootleg CD. This list is by no means complete. I'll add new entries as I buy them or as people send me reviews.

Always, try to listen to a bootleg before you buy it.

Be sure to check other pages on the MozWeb especially The Arcane Old Wardrobe for more info on bootlegs.
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Key

Title / Label(CD number)
Place(s) / Date(S) / Quality
Notes:

Quality Ratings

I tried to keep it simple.
If I've heard it with my own ears I rated it as follows:
SB+ good soundboard (a really nice job)
SB  okay soundboard (nice but needs better mixing)
SB- poor soundboard (listenable but something went wrong somewhere)
AR+ good audience recording (not much crowd noise)
AR   okay audience recording (bearable though distracting crowd noise)
AR- poor audience recording (too much crowd noise)

If I've got a review from someone else I use
AR? reviewed elsewhere as audience recording
SB? reviewed elsewhere as soundboard recording

If I've never heard it I use
???

..all over Battersea some hope and some despair... / /
Battersea Power Station, London, England / December 10th, 1997 / AR?
Notes: This one was sent in by a reader. S/he noted it was a "CD-R (Compact Disk Recordable). Good Audience Recording? Good Show." Any more info would be appreciated.

  1. Introduction
  2. Do Your Best And Don't Worry
  3. Boy Racer
  4. Billy Bud
  5. Reader Meets Author
  6. Paint A Vulgar Picture
  7. Alma Matters
  8. Ambitious Outsiders
  9. Speedway
  10. Trouble Loves Me
  11. Spring Heeled Jim
  12. Now My Heart Is Full
  13. Roy's Keen
  14. Satan Rejected My Soul
  15. Shoplifters Of The World Unite
Angelic Upstart / CFC006 /
Various / Various / SB

Notes: Those CFC people really do a nice job on these. These TV appearances sound much better than most.
Tracks: * denotes Stereo

  1. Wayward Sisters (the intro music from shows)*
  2. My Love Life (Top of The Pops)*
  3. We Hate It When Our Friends Become Successful (Top of The Pops)*
  4. The More You Ignore Me, The Closer I Get (Top of The Pops)*
  5. King Leer (Steve Vizard Show)
  6. You're The One For Me Fatty (Tonight Show)
  7. Certain People I Know (Tonight Show)
  8. Glamorous Glue (Saturday Night Live)*
  9. Suedehead (Saturday Night Live)*
  10. Sing Your Life (Tonight Show)
  11. There's A Place In Hell For Me And My Friends (Tonight Show)
  12. We Hate It When Our Friends Become Successful (Late Show)*
  13. You're The One For Me Fatty (Late Show)*
  14. I've Changed My Plea To Guilty (Jonathan Ross)*
  15. Certain People I Know (Jools Holland)*
  16. Suedehead (Jools Holland)*
  17. Sing Your Life (ABC In Concert)*
  18. Mute Witness (ABC In Concert)*
  19. Will Never Marry (ABC In Concert)*
Beautiful Liar / Boston /
July 7, 1991 / AR?

Notes: Can't say I know much about this one.

Digital Excitation / KTS 058 /
Hammersmith Odeon, London / October 4, 1991 / SB

Notes: This Hammersmith show finds itself on several CD boots. This CD is similar to His Master's Voice and has smoother song transitions than King Lear. Unfortunately this is not the complete show.

  1. November Spawned A Monster/Pregnant For The Last Time
  2. Alsatian Cousin
  3. Interesting Drug
  4. Mute Witness
  5. My Love Life
  6. Piccadilly Palare
  7. Driving Your Girlfriend Home
  8. Every Day Is Like Sunday
  9. Sing Your Life
  10. The Loop
  11. Suedehead
  12. I've Changed My Plea To Guilty
  13. Cosmic Dancer
  14. Disappointed
  15. King Lear
  16. Our Frank
  17. Angel Angel We Go Down
  18. Asian Rut
Dreams I'll Never See / /
Leysin / July 9, 1992 / AR-

Notes: Another mislabelled bootleg CD. The recording is rather poor. However it was the first live disc of 1992.

  1. suedehead
  2. sister, i'm a poet
  3. the loop
  4. you're the one for me, fatty
  5. the girl the least likely to
  6. alsatian cousin
  7. seasick, yet still docked
  8. such a little thing.../my insatiable one
  9. every day is like sunday
  10. interesting drug
  11. national front disco
  12. november spawned a monster
  13. Piccadily Palare
  14. the last of the famous international playboys
  15. we hate it when our friends become successful
  16. disappointed
Famous When Dead /
Arco Arena, Sacremento California / October 14, 1992 / SB?

Notes: Sirimal Mukerjee describes this one as "it's pretty good, the sound is alright, I mean you can hear a slight bit of crowd interference, but otherwise, it's good. It's not as good sounding as 'welcome to the west end', but it's decent. On the cover is him at Griffith Observatory, Hollywood, the scene from James Dean's knife fight in Rebel Without a Cause, January 1994." .

  1. i know it's gonna happen some day
  2. you're gonna need someone on your side
  3. tomorrow
  4. glamorous glue
  5. suedehead
  6. he knows i'd love to see him
  7. we'll let you know
  8. you're the one for me fatty
  9. the loop
  10. certain people i know
  11. sister i'm a poet
  12. alsatian cousin
  13. such a little thing...
  14. the girl least likely to
  15. jack the ripper
  16. seasick yet still docked
  17. we hate it when ...
  18. november spawns a monster
Guilt By Implication / Primadonna (pd115) /
various / various / various

Notes: Tracks 1- 16 are a fair audience recording in Newcastle, England February 17, 1995. Tracks 17 and 18 are from The Tonight Show on August 9, 1992. Track 19 is from Saturday Night Live November 14, 1992.

  1. Billy Budd
  2. Have a go merchant
  3. Spring Heeled Jim
  4. Your the one for me fatty
  5. the more you ignore me...
  6. London
  7. We'll let you know
  8. Jack the ripper
  9. why don't you find out for yourself
  10. national front disco
  11. moonriver
  12. Hold on to your friends
  13. Boxers
  14. Now my heart is full
  15. speedway
  16. shoplifters...
  17. You're the one for me fatty
  18. Certain People I know
  19. Galmorous Glue
Happy Xmas / /
Astoria Theatre, London / December 20th, 1992 / ???

  1. You're The One For Me, Fatty
  2. Certain People I Know
  3. Glamorous Glue
  4. Tomorrow
  5. November Spawned A Monster
  6. National Front Disco
  7. Seasick Yet Still Docked
  8. Jack The Ripper
  9. Alsatian Cousin
  10. Sister I Am A Poet
  11. The Loop
  12. Such A Little Thing Makes Such A Big Difference
  13. I Know Its Gonna Happen Some Day
  14. You're Gonna Need Someone On Your Side
  15. We'll Let You Know
  16. He Knows I'd Love To See Him
  17. We Hate It When Our Friends Become Successful
  18. The Last Of The Famous International Playboys
Higher Education / Kiss The Stone (KTS023) /
Utrecht, Holland / July 1, 1991 / SB+

Notes: This was my first solo Morrissey bootleg CD. It's a good sounding recording and a nice concert. "Cosmic Dancer" and "Disappointed" made it to the "Pregnant for the Last Time" single.

  1. Mute Witness
  2. Will Never Marry
  3. Pregnant For The Last Time
  4. Everyday Is Like Sunday
  5. Cosmic Dancer
  6. Disappointed
  7. Our Frank
  8. That's Entertainment
  9. I've Changed My Plea To Guilty
  10. Piccadilly Palare
  11. Sing Your Life
  12. King Lear/Asian Rut
  13. Last Of The Famous International Playboys
  14. November Spawned A Monster
His Master's Voice / DTB /
Hammersmith Odeon, London and San Francisco / October 4, 1991 and October 31, 1991 / SB and AR+

Notes: Features 3 AR+ tracks including an early "We Hate It" and the rare "Pashernate Love." The Hammersmith show is mixed better than King Lear. This is the complete show but the order is changed. I'd recommend this one of all the Hammersmith CDs.
Tracks: 1-3 San Francisco, 4-22 Hammersmith.

  1. Piccadilly Palare
  2. We Hate It When Our Friends Become Successful
  3. Pashernate Love
  4. The Last Of The Famous Playboys
  5. Sister I'm A Poet
  6. King Leer
  7. Our Frank
  8. Angel Angel Down We Go Together
  9. Asian Rut
  10. November Spawned A Monster
  11. Pregnant For The Last Time
  12. Alsatian Cousin
  13. Interesting Drug
  14. Mute Witness
  15. My Love Life
  16. Driving Your Girlfriend Home
  17. Everyday Is Like Sunday
  18. Sing Your Life
  19. The Loop
  20. Suedehead
  21. I've Changed My Plea To Guilty
  22. Disappointed
Home Is Where The Heart Is/
/ /

Notes: I am lacking a lot of info on this one!

  1. The Last of the Famous International Playboys
  2. Sister I'm A Poet
  3. November Spawned A Monster
  4. Pregnant For the Last Time
  5. Alsatian Cousin
  6. Interesting Drug
  7. Mute Witness
  8. My Love Life
  9. Piccadilly Palare
  10. Driving Your Girlfriend Home
  11. Everday Is Like Sunday
  12. Sing Your Life
  13. The Loop
  14. Suedehead
  15. I've Changed My Plea To Guilty
  16. Disappointed
  17. King Leer
  18. Our Frank
  19. Angel, Angel, Down we go Together
  20. Asian Rut
I'm A Poet / Flashback (01.93.0199) /
Colorado and Saturday Night Live / October 1 and October 1992 / SB+

Notes: I love this one because of the crisp recording with little crowd noise. I highly recommend it. But watch out for the other CD with the same name!
Tracks: 1-15 Colorado, 16-17 Saturday Night Live.

  1. Girl Least Likely To
  2. November Spawned A Monster
  3. Certain People I Know
  4. Sister I'm A Poet
  5. Such A Little Thing/My Insatiable One
  6. Tomorrow
  7. We'll Let You Know
  8. Suedehead
  9. He Know's I'd Love To See Him
  10. You're The One For Me Fatty
  11. Seasick, Yet Still Docked
  12. Alsatian Cousin
  13. We Hate It When Our Friends Become Successful
  14. Everyday Is Like Sunday
  15. The National Front Disco
  16. Glamorous Glue
  17. Suedehead
I'm A Poet /
Paris / December 22, 1992 / AR?

Notes: Complete show featured on "Beethoven was Deaf."

In Person / CFC028 /
Europe / 1995

Notes: Jo Cosgriff noted that this is the same concert that was on the video "Introducing Morrissey." "Black-eyed susan" is the cut as on "Sunny" but not as clear. Track 18 was recorded "live in Scotland, February 1995" and the first 17 were recorded live in England, February 1995.

  1. Jerusalem intro
  2. Billy Budd
  3. Have-a-go Merchant
  4. Spring-Heeled Jim
  5. You're the One for me Fatty
  6. The More you Ignore me, the Closer I Get
  7. Whatever Happens, I Love You
  8. We'll Let you Know
  9. Jack the Ripper
  10. Why Don't you Find Out For Yourself
  11. National Front Disco
  12. Moon River
  13. Hold Onto Your Friends
  14. Boxers
  15. Now my Heart is Full
  16. Speedway
  17. Shoplifters of the World Unite
  18. Used to be a Sweetboy
  19. Black-eyed Susan (studio cut)
King Lear / Lear Sound? /
Hammersmith Odeon, London / October 4, 1991 / SB

Notes: The recording level is a little too loud on this one. Some of the song transitions are bad - probably recorded off the radio. Also, it's not the complete show.

  1. November Spawned A Monster
  2. Pregnant For The Last Time (not listed)
  3. Alsatian Cousin
  4. Interesting Drug/Mute Witness
  5. My Love Life
  6. Piccadilly Palare
  7. Driving Your Girlfriend Home
  8. Everyday Is Like Sunday
  9. Sing Your Life
  10. The Loop
  11. Suedehead
  12. I've Changed My Plea To Guilty
  13. Disappointed
  14. King Lear
  15. Our Frank
  16. Angel Angel Down We Go Together
  17. Asian Rut
Legalized Theft /
various / various / SB?
 
  1. Take Me Back To Dear Old Blighty - Goldfrey, Scott & Mills
  2. Sorrow Will Come
  3. I Know It's Gonna Happen Someday - David Bowie
  4. Dagenham Dave (Live at Wembley Arena 1995)
  5. What She Said - Youth Brigade
  6. BBC Interview 1996
  7. Cosmic Dancer (Live)
  8. That's Entertainment
  9. Handsome Devil (BBC Radio One Session)
  10. I Know Very Well How I Got My Note Wrong
  11. London (Live in London)
  12. Moon River (7" Version)
  13. I Keep Mine Hidden
  14. Angel, Angel, Down We Go Together (Live in Dallas)
  15. Oh Well I'll Never Learn
  16. Billy Budd (Live in London)
  17. Everyday Is Like Sunday - The Pretenders
  18. Please Help The Cause Against Loneliness - Sandie Shaw
  19. Sunny (Live at the BBC 1996)
Live 91 /
Hamburg / May 6, 1991 / ???

Notes: I heard it has an exciting version of "Cosmic Dancer."

London '91 /
London / July 20, 1991 / AR?
 
  1. Interesting Drug
  2. Last Of The Famous International Playboys
  3. Piccadilly Palare
  4. Trash
  5. Sing Your Life
  6. King Leer
  7. Asian Rut
  8. Pregnant For The Last Time
  9. Mute Witness
  10. Everyday Is Like Sunday
  11. November Spawned A Monster
  12. Will Never Marry
  13. There's A Place In Hell For Me And My Friends
  14. That's Entertainment
  15. Our Frank
  16. Suedehead
  17. Angel, Angel, Down We Go Together
  18. Yes, I Am Blind
  19. Disappointed
Love To See Him! / Dead Dog Records (SE 417) /
Orlando, Florida / 1992 / SB-

Notes: First, the sleeve is so not Morrissey. Second, it claims to be a radio broadcast. Someone must have been holding a little tape recorder near a radio for this one. It sounds horrible! Avoid it.

  1. Intro
  2. You're Gonna Need Someone On Your Side
  3. Glamorous Glue
  4. November Spawned A Monster
  5. Girl Least Likely To
  6. We'll Let You Know
  7. You're The One For Me, Fatty
  8. Alsatian Cousin
  9. The Loop
  10. Certain People I Know
  11. Sister, I'm A Poet
  12. Seasick, Yet Still Docked
  13. Such A Little Thing/I Know It's Gonna Happen Someday
  14. He Knows I'd Love To See Him
  15. We Hate It When Our Friends Become Successful
  16. Suedehead
  17. Jack The Ripper
  18. Tomorrow
New York, New York /
Roseland and Orlando / 11/25/92 and 1992 / AR

Notes: Can't say I know much more than tracks 14-16 are Orlando, while the rest are at Roseland

  1. The Loop
  2. The National Front Disco
  3. November Spawned a Monster
  4. We Hate It When Our Friends Become Successful
  5. You're the One for me, Fatty
  6. Suedehead
  7. Glamorous Glue
  8. We'll Let You Know
  9. Such A Little Thing Makes Such A Big Difference/ I Know It's Gonna Happen Someday
  10. Alsatian Cousin
  11. Certain People I Know
  12. The Last of the Famous International Playboys
  13. Let the Right One In
  14. Jack the Ripper
  15. He Knows I'd Love to See Him
  16. Girls Least Likely To
Piccadilly Palace / (ABCD 2686) /
New York / July 31, 1991 / ???
Notes: Can't say I know anything about this one.

Pillow Talk / Hurricane records (HURR015) /
various / various / AR?
Notes: Don't know much about this one.
Tracks: 1-17 from Charlottesville, VA. (11/20/92), 18-19 from Orlando, FL. (11/15/92), 20 from New York City, NY. (11/25/92)
  1. Interesting drug
  2. We hate it when our friends become successfull
  3. Sister I'm a poet
  4. Certain people I know
  5. November spawned a monster
  6. You're the one for me, fatty
  7. The loop
  8. We know I'd love to see him
  9. Such a little thing
  10. I know it's gonna happen someday
  11. Your gonna' need someone on your side
  12. Suedehead
  13. Alsatian cousin
  14. We'll let you know
  15. Glamourous glue
  16. The last of the famous international playboys
  17. National front disco
  18. Jack the ripper
  19. Tomorrow
  20. Let the right one in
Practising Troublemaker / Moss Records (MOZ2CD) /
various / various / SB? & AR?

Notes: This one seems to a popular recent CD.
Tracks: 1-7 FM Soundboard from Wembley Arena, London (11/17/95), 8-15 audience recording from Wembly Arena, London (11/14/95), 16 - 17 TV Soundboard from Later with Jools Holland (11/11/95).

  1. Do Your Best And Don't Worry
  2. Reader Meet Author
  3. Nobody Loves Us
  4. Dagenham Dave
  5. The Operation
  6. Hold Onto Your Friends
  7. The Teachers Are Afraid Of Their Pupils
  8. The Boy Racer
  9. Sunny (11/14/95)
  10. We'll Let You Know
  11. Spring-Heeled Jim
  12. Now My Heart Is Full (11/14/95)
  13. Billy Budd
  14. Speedway
  15. The National Front Disco
  16. The Boy Racer
  17. Sunny
Rush To Danger (rarities volume 1) / /
various / various / SB+

Notes: I've got an extended review here. Basically it's an excellent compilation of rare tracks.

  1. I Know Very Well How I Got My Name (studio version)
  2. King Leer (live from the steve wizard show 9 sep 91)
  3. Jack The Ripper (studio version)
  4. Sunny (live from later with jools holland 11 nov 95)
  5. Jeane (original version from troy tate sessions)
  6. Such A Little Thing Makes Such A Big Difference/ My Insatiable One (live from colorado 1 oct 92)
  7. Interlude (studio version)
  8. William It Was Really Nothing (live from john peel show 9 oct 84)
  9. You've Had Her (studio version)
  10. Wonderful Woman (original version from troy tate sessions)
  11. Used To Be A Sweet Boy (live from scotland feb 95)
  12. Some Girls Are Bigger Than Others (live from brixton academy dec 86)
  13. Interlude Instrumental (studio version)
  14. Interview Part 1 (era first smiths anniversary)
Sings His Life / Hand Made (HAM 017) /
Elysee, Paris / May 29, 1991 / SB-

Notes: Supposedly recorded from FM stereo broadcast, but sounds poor.

  1. Interesting Drug
  2. Mute Witness
  3. The Last of the Famous International Playboys
  4. November Spawed A Monster
  5. Will Never Marry
  6. Pregnant For the Last Time
  7. That's Entertainment
  8. I've Changed My Plea To Guilty
  9. Everyday Is Like Sunday
  10. Piccadilly Palare
  11. Suedehead
  12. Trash
  13. Cosmic Dancer
  14. Disappointed
Talent Borrows Genius Steals / Rough Grade 001C-B /
various / various / SB+

Notes: This CD is hopefully a first of several. This homepsun CD's tracks are taken from CD singles. These hard-to-find b-sides are collected here in a nice package. The CD is worth getting for Track 21 alone. Don't pass this one up.

  1. Let The Right One In
  2. Nobody Loves Us
  3. East West
  4. A Swallow On My Neck
  5. I've Changed My Plea To Guilty
  6. That's Entertainment
  7. Pregnant For The Last Time
  8. Get Off The Stage
  9. Journalists Who Lie
  10. You've Had Her
  11. Black-Eyed Susan
  12. There Speaks A True Friend
  13. At Amber
  14. Jack The Ripper (Studio Version!)
  15. I Know Very Well How I Got My Name
  16. The Draize Train(Studio Version!)
  17. Interlude(extended version)
  18. I'd Love To
  19. Micheals Bones
  20. Oh Well I'll Never Learn
  21. I Know Very Well How I Got My Note Wrong (w/Vini)
That's New Entertainment / (91CD-0307) /
Budokan Tokyo / September 2, 1991 / AR?

Notes: A terrible audience recording.

  1. Angel Angel, Down We Go Together
  2. Interesting Drug
  3. Piccadilly Palare
  4. Trash (Mispelled as Trush on CD)
  5. Mute Witness
  6. The Last Of The Famous International Playboys
  7. Alsatian Cousin
  8. Sister I'm A Poet
  9. Asian Rut
  10. The Loop
  11. King Leer
  12. November Spawned A Monster
  13. Everyday Is Like Sunday
  14. That's Entertainment
  15. Cosmic Dancer
  16. Suedehead
  17. Our Frank
  18. Sing Your Life
  19. Disappointed
The Unreleased Singles B-side Collection 1986-1992 /
various / various / SB

Notes: This b-side compilation is handy for the fan unable to find all the singles.

  1. I know very well how i got my name
  2. Oh well, I'll never learn
  3. Michaels Bones
  4. Sweet and tender hooligan (live)
  5. Ouija Board
  6. East West
  7. The girl least likely to
  8. At amber
  9. Get off the stage
  10. Journalists who lie
  11. Tony the Pony
  12. Pregnant for the last time
  13. Skin Storm
  14. Cosmic Dancer (live)
  15. Disappointed (live)
  16. My love life
  17. I've changed my plea to guilty
  18. There's a place in hell for me and my friends (live)
  19. Suedehead (live)
  20. I've changed my plea to guilty (live)
  21. Alsation cousin (live)
  22. Pashernate love
  23. There Speaks a true friend
Wembley Arena 7/20/91 / Geaser /
Wembly Arena / July 20, 1991 / AR?

Notes: Last 2 tracks not listed on back of cd case, but they're on the cd.

  1. Interesting Drug
  2. Last of the Famous International Playboys
  3. Piccadilly Palare
  4. Trash
  5. Sing Your Life
  6. King Leer
  7. Asian Rut
  8. Pregnant for the Last Time
  9. Mute Witness
  10. Everyday is like Sunday
  11. November Spawned a Monster
  12. Will Never Marry
Welcome to the west end /
Drury Lane Theatre, London and Bristol / 2/26/95 and 2/16/95 / SB? and AR?
Notes: Tracks 1-10 Drury Lane (SB?) and 11-21 Bristol (AR?)
  1. billy budd
  2. spring-heeled jim
  3. boxers
  4. jack the ripper
  5. whatever happens, I love you
  6. why don't you find out for yourself
  7. the more you ignore me...
  8. nat'l front disco
  9. moon river
  10. now my heart is full
  11. billy budd
  12. have a go merchant
  13. london
  14. you're the one for me, fatty
  15. the more you ignore me...
  16. we'll let you know
  17. jack the ripper
  18. boxers
  19. now my heart is full
  20. speedway
  21. shoplifters of the world unite

Updated: 11/11/04 Contents Copyright (c) Scott Krajewski, 1999