The Smiths story if an oft told one by now. But as it says in the title here, it's an enduring one. In many ways, the independent band of the Eighties, their legacy is undeniable. A sister-in-law who understands my tastes bought this for me for Christmas and I'm making my way through it now, 25 pages a day.
Tony Fletcher, a workmanlike rather than flashy writer lays down his modus vivendi in the introduction, documenting the crucial meeting of Marr and Morrissey that afternoon in May 1982 at Morrissey's mother's house at 384 King's Road. A legendary moment, just as everything connected with the Smith's story came to be legendary. Marr, heading straight to Morrissey's record collection once invited upstairs choosing a Marvelettes record, and choosing crucially the B rather than the A Side.
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