A full version of The Smiths' first-ever recording has surfaced online
19 December 2019, 15:24
| Written by
Cerys Kenneally
A full version of The Smiths' first-ever demo of The Cookies' "I Want A Boy For My Birthday" has appeared online.
According to NME, The demo was recorded in 1982 by Morrissey and Johnny Marr on Marr's TEAC tape recorder to give to early bassist Dale Hibbert to learn.
Prior to last weekend, only snippets of The Smiths' cover of The Cookies' "I Want A Boy For My Birthday" had been heard, but on Sunday (15 December) the full, three-minute version surfaced on YouTube.
Multiple reports claim the demo was uploaded by former bassist Hibbert.
Latest
- Pip Blom announce first independent release, Grip EP
- Real Estate announce compilation album, The Wee Small Hours: B-Sides and Other Detritus 2011-2025
- The Itch sign with Fiction/I OH YOU and launch double single, "The Influencer" and "Co-Conspirator"
- GRÓA announce new album, Drop P and share double single, "ugh" / "beauty tips"
- salute shares Hudson Mohawke remix of "saving flowers" featuring Rina Sawayama
- Hotline TNT reveal new album preview, “Candle”
- Sufjan Stevens unveils previously unheard "Death With Dignity (Demo)"
Get the Best Fit take on the week in music direct to your inbox every Friday
Read next
News
Listen
“Self Soothing” is Ailsa Tully’s quietly liberating comeback
BIG WETT embraces the femme with a defiant machismo on "NO REGRETS"
Indie-folk artist Eden J Howells crafts a vulnerable ode to love with their single “aphrodite”
Danish experimental artist GB creates an intriguing portrait in his latest dreamy guitar-pop track “Fiction Memory”
8485’s “G.I.R.L.” is an early aughts anthem for the chronically online
Le Charme’s “Garden (I Know You Want Me, You Want More)” is a postcard etched, but never sent
Reviews
Car Seat Headrest
The Scholars
30 Apr 2025
Model/Actriz
Pirouette
30 Apr 2025
Samantha Crain
Gumshoe
30 Apr 2025
Prima Queen
The Prize
25 Apr 2025
