Johnny Marr’s “Silly Star File” from Jackie magazine, 6th October, 1984.
Short interview with Sandie Shaw about her collaboration with The Smiths, plus lyrics to “Hand in glove”, from No. 1, 5th May 1984.
News article about the controversy over ‘Suffer little children’ and the ‘Heaven knows I’m miserable now’ single, from Melody Maker, 15 September 1984.
Short news article about The Smiths’ collaboration with Sandie Shaw from Smash Hits, January 1984. Lovely photo! :)
Pin-up and mini fashion feature from Record Mirror, 7 January 1984.
Johnny Marr fills out a ‘A-Z’ list for teen mag Jackie, 4th of August 1984. ‘M’ is for Morrissey, of course!
Early Johnny Marr interview (possibly his first solo one?) from the 25th of February, 1984 issue of Sounds.
Short article about a fan who was given the chance to meet The Smiths as part of Jackie magazine’s “Dream come true” feature, 1st September 1984. Lucky girl!
‘It’s a record that begs for no comment whatsoever. It simply pleads for silence.’
‘I’d gladly drown them, whoever they are.’
‘It’s the kind of record that makes me feel a sense of hopelessness with the Human Race…and Girlschool in particular.’
A very snarky-but-hilarious review/”rubbishing” of the week’s singles by Morrissey for Record Mirror.
Review of “Hatful of hollow”, by Adrian Thrills for the NME, 17 November 1984.
Read from scans here, or from transcript at Forever Ill.