The Smiths Recordings

The Smiths recordings in release order (this page 1985 - 1986)

click here to go to 1983 - 1984

click here to go to 1987 - 1988

click here to go to 1989 - present

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Many thanks to Flavio, without whom these pages would be a lot longer in the making.
See his full size The Smiths and Morrissey scans here:- Vulgar Picture

January 1985 Rough Trade RTT-171 Barbarism Begins At Home
12" single promo UK

 
 
Winter 1984/1985 Sire 7-29007 How Soon Is Now? (long) b/w How Soon Is Now? (edit)
7" promo single US
 
 
Winter 1984/1985 Sire 20284 How Soon Is Now? (long) b/w Girl Afraid // How Soon Is Now? (edit)
12" single US

 
 
1st February 1985 Rough Trade RT-176 How Soon Is Now? b/w Well I Wonder
7" single UK


The same single but the push-out centre version
 
 
1st February 1985 Rough Trade RTT-176 How Soon Is Now? b/w Well I Wonder // Oscillate Wildly
12" single UK

 
 
February 1985 Rough Trade RTD-020-D How Soon Is Now? b/w Well I Wonder // Oscillate Wildly
12" single Germany
 
 
1985 February Sire 92-90077 How Soon Is Now? b/w Shakespeare's Sister // The Headmaster Ritual
7" single Canada
 
 
11th February 1985 Rough Trade ROUGH-81 Meat Is Murder
12" album UK


 
 
February 1985 DVNA Products TC-ROUGH-81 Meat Is Murder
12" album Philippines
 
 
March 1985 Sire PRO-A-2333 The Headmaster Ritual (LP) b/w The Headmaster Ritual (edit)
12" single US
 
 
18th March 1985 Rough Trade RT-181 Shakespeare's Sister b/w What She Said
7" single
UK

 
 
18th March 1985 Rough Trade RTT-181 Shakespeare's Sister b/w What She Said // Stretch Out and Wait
12" single
UK

 
 
March 1985 Megadisc MD-5297 Shakespeares Sister b/w What She Said
7" single Holland

 
 
March 1985 Megadisc MD-125297/8 Shakespeares Sister b/w What She Said // Stretch Out and Wait
12" single Holland

 
 
March 1985 Nuevos Medios 41-136M Shakespeares Sister b/w What She Said // Stretch Out and Wait
12" single Spain

 
 
25th March 1985 Rough Trade X-1.3.25 Meat Is Murder
12" promo album Japan
 
 
25th March 1985 Tokuma 25RTL-3001 Meat Is Murder
12" album Japan
 
 
25th March 1985 Tokuma 32JC-108 Meat Is Murder
CD album Japan
 
 
March 1985 Virgin 70314 Meat Is Murder
12" album France

 
 
March 1985 Rough Trade RTD-28 Meat Is Murder
12" album Germany

 
 
March 1985 Megadisc MD-7999 Meat Is Murder
12" album Holland
 
 
March 1985 Rough Trade ROUGH-81 Meat Is Murder
12" album Italy
 
 
March 1985 CBS-Rough Trade RTRANZ-010 Meat Is Murder
12" album Australia
 
 
March 1985 Sire 1-25269 Meat Is Murder
12" album US

 
 
March 1985 Sire 25269 Meat Is Murder
12" album Canada
 
 
March 1985 BlueLax 10001-1 Meat Is Murder
12" album Argentina
 
 
March 1985 Rough Trade 610.7063 Meat Is Murder
12" album Brazil

 
 
March 1985 TransmediaTM-RT-81 Meat Is Murder
12" album Portugal


The coloured vinyl version
 
 
March 1985 CBS-Rough Trade ROUGH-81 Meat Is Murder
12" album Israel
 
 
April 1985 Rough Trade ROUGHCD-81 Meat Is Murder
CD album UK


 
 
April 1985 Rough Trade RTD-021 Barbarism Begins At Home b/w Shakespeare's Sister
7" single Germany
 
 
April 1985 Virgin VIN-45148 Barbarism Begins At Home b/w Shakespeare's Sister
7" single Italy

 
 
April 1985 Rough Trade RTD-021T Barbarism Begins At Home b/w Shakespeare's Sister
12" single Germany

 
 
5th July 1985 Rough Trade RT-186 That Joke Isn't Funny Anymore b/w Meat Is Murder (Live Oxford 18/3/1985)
7" single UK

 
 
5th July 1985 Rough Trade RTT-186 That Joke Isn't Funny Anymore b/w Nowhere Fast // Stretch Out and Wait //
Shakespeare's Sister // Meat Is Murder
(Live Oxford 18/3/1985)
12" single UK

 
 
Spring or early Summer 1985 Virgin VG-2041-Z Barbarism Begins At Home // Well I Wonder b/w How Soon Is Now? //
Oscillate Wildly
12" single Greece
 
 
Summer 1985 Megadisc MD-7999 The Headmaster Rituel
7" single-sided single Holland
 
 
July or August 1985 WEA-Rough Trade RTT-186 That Joke Isn't Funny Anymore b/w Nowhere Fast // Stretch Out
and Wait // Shakespeare's Sister // Meat Is Murder
(Live Oxford 18/3/1985)
12" single Canada
 
 
27th August 1985 CBS-Rough Trade RTANZ-12008That Joke Isn't Funny Anymore // Nowhere Fast b/w Stretch Out
and Wait
// Shakespeare's Sister // Meat Is Murder (live Oxford 18th March 1985)
12" single Australia

 
 
August 1985 Megadisc MD-5290 The Headmaster Ritual b/w Oscillate Wildly
7" single Holland
 
 
August 1985 Megadisc MD-125295 The Headmaster Ritual b/w Nowhere Fast // Stretch Out and Wait //
Shakespeare's Sister // Meat Is Murder
(Live Oxford 18/3/1985)
12" single Holland

 
 
16th September 1985 Rough Trade RT-191 The Boy with the Thorn In His Side b/w Asleep
7" single UK

The same single but the solid centre version
 
 
16th September 1985 Rough Trade RTT-191 The Boy with the Thorn In His Side b/w Rubber Ring // Asleep
12" single UK

 
 
16th September 1985 Virgin 80208 The Boy with the Thorn In His Side b/w Rubber Ring // Asleep
12" single France
 
 
16th September 1985 Megadisc MD-5294 The Boy with the Thorn In His Side b/w Asleep
7" single Holland
 
 
16th September 1985 Megadisc MD-125294 The Boy with the Thorn In His Side b/w Rubber Ring // Asleep
12" single Holland

 
 
16th September 1985 Rough Trade RTANZ-012 The Boy with the Thorn In His Side b/w Asleep
7" promo single
Australia
 
 
17th September 1985 Rough Trade RTANZ-012 The Boy with the Thorn In His Side b/w Asleep
7" single
Australia
 
 
17th September 1985 WEA 608-7000 The Boy with the Thorn In His Side b/w Rubber Ring // Asleep
12" single
Brazil
 
 
17th September 1985 Sire 9-20392 The Boy with the Thorn In His Side b/w Rubber Ring // Asleep
12" single
US
 
 
17th September 1985 Sire 92-03920 The Boy with the Thorn In His Side b/w Rubber Ring // Asleep
12" single
Canada
 
 
September 1985 Nuevos Medios 41-159M The Boy with the Thorn In His Side b/w Rubber Ring // Asleep
12" single
Spain

 
 
September 1985 TransMedia RT-191 The Boy with the Thorn In His Side b/w Asleep
7" single
Portugal

 
 
September 1985 Tokuma 15-RTL-3009 The Boy with the Thorn In His Side b/w Rubber Ring // Asleep
12" single
Japan
 
 
 
 
March 1986 WEA BIZZ Still Ill
6" flexi Brazil
 
 
22nd May 1986 Rough Trade RT-192 Bigmouth Strikes Again b/w Money Changes Everything
7" single UK

 
 
22nd May 1986 Rough Trade RTT-192 Bigmouth Strikes Again b/w Money Changes Everything // Unloveable
12" single UK

 
 
22nd May 1986 Megadisc MD-125286 Bigmouth Strikes Again b/w Money Changes Everything // Unloveable
12" single Holland
 
 
June 1986 Sire PRO-A-2571 There Is a Light That Never Goes Out
12" promo single US
 
 
16th June 1986 Rough Trade ROUGH-96 The Queen Is Dead
12" album UK

 
 
16th June 1986 Rough Trade ROUGH-CD96 The Queen Is Dead
CD album UK (French printing)


 
 
16th June 1986 Rough Trade ROUGH-CD96 The Queen Is Dead
CD album UK (Japanese printing)

 
 
16th June 1986 WEA 91896-1 The Queen Is Dead
10" album Europe
 
 
16th June 1986 WEA 91896-2 The Queen Is Dead
CD album Europe


 
 
16th June 1986 Dureco-Indisc_MD-7961 The Queen Is Dead
12" album Holland
 
 
16th June 1986 Virgin 70444 The Queen Is Dead
12" album France

 
 
16th June 1986 Virgin 30259 The Queen Is Dead
CD album France
 
 
16th June 1986 Rough Trade RTD-36 The Queen Is Dead
12" album Germany

 
 
16th June 1986 Nuevos Medios 43-197L The Queen Is Dead
12" album Spain

 
 
16th June 1986 TransMedia ROUGH-96 The Queen Is Dead
12" album Portugal


Here's the coloured vinyl version
 
 
June 1986 TonPress SX-T-153 The Queen Is Dead
12" album Poland
 
 
23rd June 1986 Tokuma 32JC-162 The Queen Is Dead
CD album Japan
 
 
23rd June 1986 Tokuma 25RTL-3015 The Queen Is Dead
12" album Japan


 
 
23rd June 1986 Sire 1-25426 The Queen Is Dead
12" album US


 
 
23rd June 1986 Sire 92-54261 The Queen Is Dead
12" album Canada
 
 
23rd June 1986 WEA-RoughTrade 610.7082 The Queen Is Dead
12" album Brazil

 
 
23rd June 1986 Rough Trade-CBS RTRANZ-013 The Queen Is Dead
12" album Australia

 
 
June 1986 Rough Trade-CBS ROUGH-96 The Queen Is Dead
12" album Israel

 
 
21st July 1986 Rough Trade RT-193 Panic b/w Vicar In a Tutu
7" single UK

 
 
21st July 1986 Rough Trade RTT-193 Panic b/w Vicar In a Tutu // The Draize Train
12" single UK


 
 
21st July 1986 Teldec 6.14684-AC Panic b/w Vicar In a Tutu
7" single Germany
 
 
21st July 1986 Teldec 6.20648-AE Panic b/w There Is a Light That Never Goes Out // The Queen Is Dead
12" single Germany
Below are the red and blue variants of the label
front
side1
 
 
July 1986 Megadisc MD-5285 Panic b/w Vicar In a Tutu
7" single Holland


 
 
July 1986 Megadisc MD-125285 Panic b/w Vicar In a Tutu // The Draize Train
12" single Holland

 
 
August 1986 Virgin VG-2071Z Bigmouth Strikes Again // Panic b/w The Draize Train // Money Changes Everything //
Unloveable

12" single Greece
 
 
August or September 1986 CBS-Rough Trade RTANZ-017 Panic b/w Vicar In a Tutu
7" single Australia
 
 
15th September 1986 Sire 20544 Panic b/w Vicar In a Tutu // The Draize Train
12" single US
 
 
Autumn 1986 Teldec 6-20628-AE Some Girls Are Bigger Than Others b/w The Draize Train
7" single Germany
 
 
Autumn 1986 Teldec 6-20628-AE Some Girls Are Bigger Than Others b/w Frankly Mr. Shankly // The Draize Train
12" single Germany
 
 
Autumn 1986 Teldec 16-20504 Some Girls Are Bigger Than Others b/w Frankly Mr. Shankly // The Draize Train
12" single Germany

 
 
October 1986 RoughTrade ROUGH-CD61 The Smiths
CD album UK

 
 
20th October 1986 Rough Trade RT-194 Ask b/w Cemetry Gates
7 " single UK

 
 
20th October 1986 Rough Trade RTT-194 Ask b/w Cemetry Gates // Golden Lights
12" single UK

 
 
20th October 1986 Megadisc MD-125282 Ask b/w Cemetry Gates // Golden Lights
12" single Holland

 
 
20th October 1986 Teldec 6.20676-AE Ask b/w Cemetry Gates // Golden Lights
12" single Germany

 
 
late October 1986 CGD_RGH-10707 Ask b/w Cemetry Gates
7" single Italy
 
 
late October 1986 Sire 0-20591 Ask b/w Cemetry Gates // Golden Lights
12" single US
 
 

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