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<em>Southpaw Grammar</em> reissue sleeve, details from designer Anthony Lui

posted by davidt on Monday April 06 2009, @12:00PM
Kewpie sends the link (via Morrissey reddit), originally posted by joe frady in the forums (original post):

Morrissey: Southpaw Grammar reissue - No Allegiances

Excerpt:

Morrissey had wanted to use the Jake Walters shots of him wearing his smalls in the empty pool for the cover but we managed to talk him out of it, citing the need to differentiate this from the Greatest Hits releases. Morrissey agreed and dug out a series taken by Linder Sterling in El Paso with some fantastic shots of him in a denim jacket and Wayfarers… and a couple of shots of him looking like Will Young which we binned.

The new liner notes, Morrissey’s own Southpaw Grammar diaries, give an insight into the recording process, the tensions between the band and a candid take (for Morrissey) about what Southpaw Grammar means to him. As such, the text was given priority, with Morrissey insisting on increasing the type size larger… larger… larger… stop.
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  • looking forward to reading the liner notes, and hearing the unreleased tracks. the package looks great too, maybe the slickest-looking moz release since beethoven, which was always something of a favourite of mine.

    when exactly is this coming out again?
    mywar -- Monday April 06 2009, @12:53PM (#327122)
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  • Can someone explain what "smalls" are?

    I'm assuming swimming trunks, but who know.
    eugenius -- Monday April 06 2009, @12:59PM (#327123)
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    I'm almost sure you can do better than that.
    • Re:UK Slang? by Anonymous (Score:0) Monday April 06 2009, @01:39PM
  • I posted about the similarities between young Moz and Will Young before - if there was to be a biopic of Moz they could do worse than hire Will Young

    GC
    Glasgowchivas -- Monday April 06 2009, @01:19PM (#327126)
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    Ah...I recognise the gentleman. It's the .......entertainer isn't it?
    • Re:Will Young by Faloola Chong (Score:1) Monday April 06 2009, @04:46PM
  • I've never heard that before? Does anyone know what that's about?

    The lineup was Alain, Boz, Johnny Bridgewood, and Spencer. Same band as before (minus Spencer) and after through '07.
    Anonymous -- Monday April 06 2009, @05:23PM (#327141)
  • Were those Linder Sterling pics really taken in 1995? If not, then they have no business accompanying an album which was originally released in 1995.
    Anonymous -- Monday April 06 2009, @06:19PM (#327148)
  • Looks like we were right about the cover art. Still, it's a crap re-issue. He just wants to get the sales numbers over 100,000 for each of his albums.

    thetexasbloke

    Anonymous -- Monday April 06 2009, @06:26PM (#327150)
  • Sounds like a very personal release.

    I will snatch it from the shelves at Virgin Megastore before the doors close for good (in May). I will miss how good it feels to buy a new release from there.

    cheers,
    romeogirl -- Monday April 06 2009, @09:20PM (#327167)
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  • There are several other details about other Moz album art, including reasons for typography, individual icons, etc...

    Very interesting read, and I FINALLY found a decent quality version there of the Moz crest!!!
    Anonymous -- Monday April 06 2009, @10:42PM (#327175)
  • Nice of Moz to make up for missing the Culture Show interview by using a photo of Mark Kermode in the artwork!
    Anonymous -- Tuesday April 07 2009, @03:32AM (#327214)
  • So Moz was going to use the same photographs for the Southpaw remaster as he had for the All You Need Is Me single? Thats just cheap.

    Love the images that are going to be used instead though. And with Moz liner notes and extra songs this is an essential purchase.
    Strutting Rooster -- Tuesday April 07 2009, @05:18AM (#327216)
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    • Re:Artwork by Anonymous (Score:0) Tuesday April 07 2009, @11:26AM

    • Re:Artwork (Score:2, Informative)


      He wanted a different photo from a very similar photo shoot. It showed him standing in an empty pool, barechested, scruffy and unshaved.

      The one he finally went for is much better. I don't know what it is with that series of pool photos, but his head is always at a weird angle. His eyes also looked weird in the photo he originally wanted.

      Stephane
      Stephane -- Wednesday April 08 2009, @07:25AM (#327342)
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  • What a great album. So doom-laden. So masculine.
    Exciting to see where they've taken it.

    fuckingliberty -- Tuesday April 07 2009, @12:32PM (#327246)
    (User #22344 Info)
    romantic & square is hip & aware
  • Bla bla bla We all have been waiting months and months for this release!! When is it coming out?
    7thchrisbelmont -- Tuesday April 07 2009, @04:11PM (#327266)
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  • Being from I'm El Paso, I am THRILLED that my hometown now has a permanent link to the Moz catalogue!
    Anonymous -- Monday April 27 2009, @06:24AM (#328976)

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