Children In Pieces has yet to appear on songwriting databases. I checked BMI and Warner-Chappell, still no listing. It might be an oversight, but do they need to be registered before release? I've been waiting for too long to hear Children In Pieces, I can wait another week.

Peter

I find it really stupid that the single would be pushed back for a week for whatever reason...especially if the reason is the lack of airplay and publicity for the single.

Does Decca think that anyone who would actually care about purchasing a Morrissey single wouldn't have already known about the release whether it's been promoted well or not? I think most people know that casual fans are nowhere near the majority that make up Morrissey's fanbase...98% of the people who would buy the single have already pre-ordered it or are waiting to pick it up upon release. Morrissey isn't going to get his cherished "#1 single" slot...deal with it Decca. Delaying the single is a waste of time that will not effect the sales in a positive way at all...

If anything, Decca has dropped the ball already. Sanctuary had their act together for the most part...they made sure Morrissey's singles and albums were released a day later in North America after their initial release in England, they released concert CD's and DVD's, they provided digital downloads of every album and B-side, and they made sure to keep Morrissey in the spotlight amongst his fans with numerous press releases.

Decca doesn't know how to cater to the fanbase of an artist with the stature of Morrissey.

* Decca was fool enough to release Morrissey's "Greatest Hits" in North America a month after it's European release...and they didn't even inform the fans of the proper release date until most people had already bought it as an import! A lot of people don't like having to order singles and albums from overseas...and to force them to either do so or go without is insulting.

* Decca didn't want to spend the money to license any of the other solo Morrissey or Smiths songs he played during the Hollywood Bowl concert that was included as a bonus disc of the "Greatest Hits"...I don't know how many people REALLY wanted to own live versions of "I Will See You In Far Off Places" and "I Just Want To See The Boy Happy" (and the over-released live versions of "Irish Blood, English Heart" and "First Of The Gang To Die") but I believe I can safely say the numbers were few.

* Decca is too cheap to even release the Hollywood Bowl concert on DVD...it can no longer be assumed that anyone OTHER than Morrissey owns the rights to the footage of the concert...the credits on the "Greatest Hits" CD proves that much. Not to mention, the entire video for "That's How People Grow Up" was footage from the Hollywood Bowl concert. It is like they are "testing the waters" to see how well Morrissey sells and if he sells well then they'll release everything they can...which is absurd...because he's Morrissey. You don't "test the waters" with Morrissey. Anything he puts out will sell and you'll make a profit from it. Period.

* Decca can't even keep Morrissey's "official" website or his "official" Myspace account up to date. How many concerts and festivals have been announced that Morrissey will be performing at? About six or seven so far...how many does his website list? One. It is almost like once they created the shell for his website, they left it unfinished and didn't even bother to go back and add anything to it! There is supposedly a Morrissey "blog" on there that has said "coming soon" since the site was launched. There are no updated pictures on the site. Why aren't the single sleeves under the pictures section? And the Morrissey "timeline" on the site will probably never see the light of day!

* How many months has this "Special Morrissey Release" been advertised online? Too many! Decca should not make the fans wait like this...if you weren't going to release it or release it soon, then you shouldn't have bothered advertising it and getting people's hopes up for nothing.

* Decca has not leaked any information or written any press release about the new album at all. When "Quarry" and "Ringleader" were this close to release we already knew PLENTY about them. Hell, we don't even have a name for the album yet!

In summation, Decca sucks and

The single is being released in Germany today, that's right so far. However, on amazon.de it states that it cannot be delivered although the release date is today. Pretty embarassing, isn't it?

I pretty much agree with the things written about Decca. I'd like to add that everything Decca has done so far was to raise prices for the albums (The Greatest Hits bla cost 19 Euros (about 14 pounds and 29 Dollars) in Germany - and that's not even the Special Edition (which cost 22 Euros)) and moreover to ask Morrissey-devotees to spend more money on the singles in order to win some hideous chart-war (cf. the new "homepage" with its ridiculous url "www.itsmorrisseysworld.com"). Alright, now Mozzer grows old and perhaps more quiet after all. Perhaps he even does not care that much about the rules of the industry. But I think that's a reason to get angry. After all, didn't he write songs called "Paint A Vulgar Picture" or "Get Off The Stage". Right now they seem to resemble self fulfilling prophecies.

Svengali

that is a bank holiday, do they still get released on that day?

I have a feeling this is their way of cancelling the release. First they postpone it then cancel it. I hope not but since it's received little attention then I wouldn't doubt it.

THPGU sold poorly...maybe they are having second thoughts? All you need is me will also be a poor seller because fans already have it. All physical singles are selling very badly these days, it's the downloads that count. Record companies should drop the idea of releasing 3 different versions of a single and just put out one with 2/3 new songs - like they did in the '80s and '90s.

My favourite record store in Hamburg today showed me the packing list from the record company:

Morrissey - All you need is me - CD Single - Ordered: 5 Delivered: 0

No other relevant store in Hamburg received anything.

who knows when it'll be officially released in the US, but in the meantime, I've gone ahead and started requesting it on Indie 103.1 FM in LA (common peoples, let's do it! Call!). Once it's released anywhere, they'll hopefully have acquired it by then. They were very, very supportive with airplay for That's How People Grow Up. It's gonna be so awesome to hear a classically tongue-in-cheek (erh...his arse'n'all, y'know) Moz song on the air!

Anyone else find it funny how the single has been "pushed back a week" on HMV, Amazon, and Recordstore.co.uk but on the eve of the "release date" neither True-To-You or any of the Decca run Morrissey sites have bothered to mention any change whatsoever?

http://www.nme.com/news/this-week-releases/36576 Its got moz on it

i love people like you. so very brave. why dont you give us your name so i can arrange to meet up and you can try your luck with me. i'm not a Jew but i am about to marry one.

come on, make my day

That snogging session with Lynne would make anyone straight.
Anyone still have the pictures that Garry posted?
thank you kindly