Morrissey next month will reissue his 1988 debut Viva Hate in a new edition remastered by original producer Stephen Street and featuring a tweaked tracklist and modified artwork — and he’ll follow that a month later with a 10-inch single released for Record Store Day featuring a previously announced remix of “Suedehead” by Sparks.
According to an EMI news release posted at fansite True To You, the reissued Viva Hate will be released in the U.K. on March 26 on CD and 180-gram audiophile vinyl, both of which will feature gatefold sleeves — although the record will also include a pull-out poster. The album’s artwork, which had been changed for the EMI 100th anniversary edition in 1997, has been restored, but, as he did with 2010’s Bona Drag reissue, Moz has opted to change the typeface.
Unlike that ’97 reissue, the new edition of Viva Hate isn’t packed with bonus tracks, although the song “The Ordinary Boys” has been replaced by “Treat Me Like a Human Being,” a period outtake that first was released last year as a B-side to the “Glamorous Glue” single released to promote the Very Best of Morrissey compilation. The reissue features a written intro by Chrissie Hynde.
On April 23, EMI will release a 10-inch picture disc featuring “Suedehead” (Mael Mix), a remix by Ron and Russell Mael, better known as Sparks. It’s possible that the new “Suedehead” mix is the same as or simply a shortened version of the 6:36-long Sparks remix of the Viva Hate track that appeared on the Rhino Records remix compilation Future Retro, which was released in 2005 — and which you can hear in its entirety here.
The 10-inch will be backed by two previously unreleased BBC live tracks: “We’ll Let You Know” and “Now My Heart is Full,” recorded at London’s Theatre Royal in 1995.
Finally, according to a separate statement posted to True To You, Morrissey’s Far East tour also will include a pair of May concerts in Singapore and Jakarta, with additional shows expected to be added this week in the Philippines and Hawaii.
Morrissey tour dates:
SOUTH AMERICA
Feb. 24: Viña del Mar International Song Festival, Viña del Mar, Chile
Feb. 26: Movistar Arena, Santiago, Chile
Feb. 28: M Arena, Mendoza, Argentina
March 1: Orfeo Arena, Cordoba, Argentina
March 3: Metropolitano, Rosario, Argentina
March 4: Geba, Buenos Aires, Argentina
March 7: Chevrolet Hall, Belo Horizonte, Brazil (new venue)
March 9: Fundicao Progresso, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
March 11: Escapo das Americas, Sao Paulo, Brazil
March 14: Jockey Club, Lima, Peru
March 17: Metropol, Bogota, Colombia
ASIA
April 19: Zepp, Sendai, Japan
April 21: Club Citta, Kawasaki, Japan
April 23: Zepp, Tokyo, Japan
April 24: Zepp, Tokyo, Japan
April 26: Zepp, Fukuoka, Japan
April 27: Zepp, Hiroshima, Japan
May 2: Zepp, Nagoya, Japan
May 6: Ax Hall, Seoul, South Korea
May 8: Kallang Theatre, Singapore
May 10: Tennis Indoor Theater, Jakarta, Indonesia
PREVIOUSLY ON SLICING UP EYEBALLS:
- Morrissey scraps New Zealand concerts over ‘poor offers from local promoters’
- Morrissey announces spring tour of Japan — plus first-ever concert in South Korea
- Morrissey unveils full South American tour: Chile, Argentina, Brazil, Peru, Colombia
- Morrissey to tour Asia and New Zealand, release new Sparks remix of ‘Suedehead’
- Morrissey’s Top 10 favorite singles that feature Morrissey as lead vocalist
- Morrissey’s Top 10 albums by Morrissey and The Smiths
- ‘The Smiths — Complete’ box set: 8 albums on vinyl, CD; plus 25 7-inch singles, DVD
seriously… Morrissey is a reissue maniac!
how about just a super multi-disk deluxe/ultimate be done with it edition.
like the bona drag reissue, the new typeface is hideous. looks like something one of my freshmen graphic design students would do. thanks moz for ANOTHER reissue, but i think i’ll stick with my original CD and vinyl.
Can’t keep up. How about a super-deluxe version of Bona Drag that contains every odds and sods that weren’t available on an original album? A Bona Drag box set.
Changes only George Lucas could love…
I like the new artwork and typeface.
But why exchange 1 new song for an old one, why not just add it at the end as a bonus?
I heard a rumour Moz will be in Australia late May, early June for VIVID festival. Last year they brought us the Cure’s Reflections…
I don’t know why he keeps messing with perfection
I still want to know why I cannot by U.K. iTunes tracks! They have so much music I want. Is there a trick? I want to do the right thing and purchase. Help! cusimano127@yahoo.com, thanks.
YEAH, THE PHILIPPINES!!!