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THE SMITHS - PLAYLIST (320kbs-m4a/135mb/59mins)
BBC Radio 6 Music broadcast: 27th January 2026
Cultural critic & novelist Michael Bracewell presents a personal Smiths playlist. His Smiths-inspired novella will be published later this year.
The Smiths - Hand In Glove [Rhino]
The Smiths - Back To The Old House (Radio 1 Session, 14 Sept 1983)
The Smiths - This Charming Man [Rhino]
The Smiths - Rusholme Ruffians [Rough Trade]
The Smiths - Miserable Lie [Rough Trade]
The Smiths - Jeane [Rough Trade]
The Smiths - What Difference Does It Make? [Rhino]
The Smiths - Ask [Rhino]
The Smiths - Shoplifters Of The World Unite [Rhino]
The Smiths - The Hand That Rocks The Cradle [Rough Trade]
The Smiths - What She Said [Rough Trade]
The Smiths - I Know It's Over [Rough Trade]
The Smiths - Heaven Knows I'm Miserable Now [Rhino]
The Smiths - There Is A Light That Never Goes Out [Rhino]
The Smiths - Some Girls Are Bigger Than Others [Rough Trade]
THE SMITHS - AT THE BBC (320kbs-m4a/272mb/1hr58mins)
BBC Radio 6 Music broadcast: 27th January 2026
Johnny Marr and Mike Joyce guesting and presenting on 6 Music. Featuring highlights from Johnny Marr's Artist In Residence series in 2023 and Mike Joyce presenting on the station sitting in for Guy Garvey in 2018.
Sister Sledge - Lost In Music [Cotillion]
Paul Davidson - Midnight Rider [Tropical]
Ren Harvieu - Through The Night [Island]
Bobby Hebb - Love, Love, Love {Hip-O Select]
Radiohead - There, There [XL Recordings]
Eddie Floyd - Big Bird [Warner]
Ultravox - Slow Motion [Island]
Gina X Performance - No G.D.M. [LTM Recordings]
John Barry - Theme From The Persuaders! [CBS]
Ennio Morricone - Vamos A Matar Compañeros [EMI]
Desmond Dekker - It Mek [Pyramid]
The Murder City Devils - Every Day I Rise [Murder City Devils]
Mina - Se Telefonando [Ri-Fi]
Hamilton Bohannon - Disco Stomp [Brunswick]
Alternative TV - Action Time Vision [Cherry Red]
The Smiths - How Soon Is Now [Rough Trade]
The Smiths - I Started Something I Couldn't Finish [Rough Trade]
Jimi Hendrix - Lover Man [Legacy Recordings]
The Meters - What 'Cha Say [Warner]
John Bramwell - From The Shore [AllPoints]
Simple Kid - Seretonin [Country Gentleman Recordings]
Magazine - You Never Knew Me [Virgin]
Siouxsie & The Banshees - Into The Light [Polydor]
Harlem Spirit - Dem A Sus [CSS]
The Last Shadow Puppets - Aviation [Domino Recording Co]
Squeeze - Innocence In Paradise [Love]
Steve Mason - A Lot Of Love [Double Six]
THE SMITHS - IN SESSION (320kns-m4a/138mb/60mins)
BBC Radio 6 Music broadcast: 27th January 2026
The Smiths in session for John Peel on Radio One.
The Smiths - William, It Was Really Nothing (Radio 1 John Peel Session, 1 Aug 1984)
The Smiths - What Difference Does It Make? ((Radio 1 John Peel Session, 18 May 1983)
The Smiths - This Charming Man (Radio 1 John Peel Session, 14 Sep 1983)
The Smiths - Handsome Devil (Radio 1 John Peel Session, 18 May 1983)
The Smiths - How Soon Is Now (John Peel Session, 1 Aug 1984)
The Smiths - Still Ill (Radio 1 John Peel Session, 14 Sep 1983)
The Smiths - Reel Around The Fountain (Radio 1 John Peel Session, 18 May 1983)
The Smiths - Back To The Old House (Radio 1 John Peel Session, 14 Sept 1983)
The Smiths - Nowhere Fast (Radio 1 John Peel Session, 1 Aug 1984)
The Smiths - Miserable Lie (Radio 1 John Peel Session, 18 May 1983)
The Smiths - The Night Has Opened My Eyes (Radio 1 John Peel Session, 14 Sept 1983)
The Smiths - Is It Really So Strange? (Radio 1 John Peel Session, 2 Dec 1986)
The Smiths - London (Radio 1 John Peel Session, 2 Dec 1986)
The Smiths - Half A Person (Radio 1 John Peel Session, 2 Dec 1986)
The Smiths - Sweet And Tender Hooligan (Radio 1 John Peel Session, 2 Dec 1986)
The Smiths - Rusholme Ruffians (Radio 1 John Peel Session, 1 Aug 1984)
The Smiths - The Draize Train (Radio 1 John Peel Session, 2 Dec 1986)
THE SMITHS - LIVE (320kbs-m4a/137mb/60mins)
BBC Radio 6 Music broadcast: 27th January 2026
The Smiths recorded live in concert at the Kilburn National in 1986.
The Smiths - Cemetary Gates
The Smiths - His Latest Flame / Rushholme Ruffians
The Smiths - The Draize Train
The Smiths - How Soon Is Now
The Smiths - The Headmaster Ritual
The Smiths - Meat Is Murder
The Smiths - The Boy With The Thorn In His Side
The Smiths - William It Was Really Nothing
The Smiths - I Know It's Over
The Smiths - There Is A Light That Never Goes Out
The Smiths - Nowhere Fast
The Smiths - Panic
The Smiths - The Queen Is Dead
The Smiths - Bigmouth Strikes Again
MY TOP TEN: MORRISSEY (320kbs-m4a/69mb/30mins)
BBC Radio 6 Music broadcast: 3rd October 2017
In a programme first broadcast in 1984, when he was the lead singer of the Smiths, Morrissey talks to Andy Peebles about his life and work and picks ten favourite records. Repeated to coincide with Morrissey's appearance on 6 Music Live.
The Tams - Be Young, Be Foolish, Be Happy [ABC]
Billy Fury - I Will [Sound Waves]
Timi Yuro - Insult To Injury [RPM]
John Leyton - Johnny Remember Me [EMI]
Françoise Hardy - All Over The World [Pye]
Sandie Shaw - You've Not Changed
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Rita Pavone - Heart [RCA]
The Marvelettes - Paper Boy [Tamla]
Sandy Posey - I Take It Back [MGM]
Klaus Nomi - Death [RCA]
THE SMITHS AT THE BEEB (320kbs-m4a/136mb/59mins)
BBC Radio 6 Music broadcast: 3rd October 2017
Bob Harris tells the story of the live session recordings the Smiths made for the BBC. Repeated to coincide with Morrissey's appearance on 6 Music Live at Maida Vale.
The Smiths - William, It Was Really Nothing [WEA]
The Smiths - What Difference Does It Make [WEA]
The Smiths - Handsome Devil [Rough Trade]
The Smiths - These Things Take Time [Rough Trade]
The Smiths - Pretty Girls Make Graves [WEA]
The Smiths - Reel Around The Fountain [WEA]
The Smiths - This Charming Man [EMI]
The Smiths - Back To The Old House [Rough Trade]
The Smiths - Nowhere Fast [Warner]
The Smiths - How Soon Is Now [Rhino]
The Smiths - Half A Person [Virgin]
The Smiths - Is It Really So Strange? [Rough Trade]
BBC Radio 4 broadcast: 17th November 2012
In the summer of 1987 Britain's best loved indie band abruptly came to end when guitarist Johnny Marr sensationally quit. The Morrissey/Marr partnership that had produced such a wealth of finely crafted pop tunes was over, just weeks after the group finished recording their fourth album, "Strangeways, Here We Come." Since then, all four band members have separately pronounced the LP as their best work. Bass player Andy Rourke and drummer Mike Joyce also claim that, at the time, they were blissfully unaware of any conflict. So what happened?
In this final part of the Swansong series, Stuart Maconie examines the circumstances surrounding the final recording by The Smiths, revealing the reasons behind one of the most famous breakups in British pop history. With new interviews from Mike Joyce, Andy Rourke and producer Stephen Street and contributions from music journalist Sian Pattenden and Morrissey biographer Simon Goddard.
