The Smiths, How Soon is Now? (Maxi-Single), 1984 on Sire

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 […]

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