This is a US pressing of the 12″ single, with a “Long Version” on the A-side and an edited shorter version on the B-Side, both of which are different than (or “different to” as they say in the UK) the UK 7″ single version.
One of my favorite Smiths songs of all time – that sound Marr gets on his guitar in the opening was a key touchstone of the 80s. I was happy to find this 12″ single version at Mystery Train in Gloucester MA. Love the cover photo, which feels like it could have been me and my mates in any basement in Richfield circa 1984. Though perhaps we were not quite so stylish.
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