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Parlophone Records To Reissue Morrissey's 'The Last Of The Famous International Playboys'
Tuesday, 05 February 2013 Written by Elliott Batte
Parlophone Records To Reissue Morrissey's 'The Last Of The Famous International Playboys'

Parlophone Records have announced the latest additions to their long list of Morrissey re-releases, a limited edition 7-inch picture disc of the classic Morrissey single ‘The Last of the Famous International Playboys’ and a remastered version of his second album ‘Kill Uncle’.

Originally released in 1989, ‘The Last of the Famous International Playboys’ was Morrissey’s third single and charted at #6 in the UK. The song tackles the media glamorisation of, and public hypocrisy regarding, crime - in particular, the sensationalism of how mass-murderers are always automatically awarded the media fame they crave.

It will be available on 7” picture disc single, CD single and digital download from April 8th. All three formats are backed with new songs: ‘People are the Same everywhere (BBC live version)’, ‘Action is my Middle Name (BBC live version)’ and ‘The Kid’s a Looker (BBC live version)’, all of which were recorded exclusively for Janice Long Show on Radio 2, on 15th June 2011.

In addition, on the same day, a remastered version of ‘Kill Uncle’ will be released. This new version of ‘Kill Uncle’ has a reordered tracklisting and, with the addition of the songs ‘Pashernate Love’ and ‘East West’ (a Herman’s Hermits cover), as well the ‘live in studio’ version of ‘There’s a Place In Hell For Me and My Friends’, the album has a revitalised quality, which accentuates some of its more subtle, experimental qualities and nuances; in particular, some of the more unusual musical styles which Morrissey explored for the first time. Upon on its release in the UK, the album charted at #8, and in the US, at #52.
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