How I came to acquire The Smiths Rough Trade Discography

HOW I CAME TO ACQUIRE
THE SMITHS ROUGH TRADE DISCOGRAPHY

So then, how did I come, in 1990, to have in my possession a full Rough Trade Discography covering the entire back catalogue of The Smiths, provided to me by no less a luminary figure than the legend that is Geoff Travis?

Well, back when I was an ambitious teen, I’d decided that I wanted to write a book about my most favourite band in the whole world, and I was determined that accuracy would be key. So, this is where good old Geoff came in.

My copy of The Smiths Discography from Geoff Travis and Envelope

Back page of discography with post-it note from Geoff

As well as Mr T, I also wrote to Mike Joyce, London Weekend Television, the BBC, Channel 4, EMI and John Peel, all of whom responded in some fashion or other.

Needless to say, I dillied and dallied for far too long, and a couple of years down the line the seminal, not to mention infamous “Morrissey and Marr – The Severed Alliance” by Johnny Rogan was published. No way could I compete with that fantastic behemoth of a beast, so I knocked my idea on the head! Besides which, it was now 1992, and a move to Manchester as well as a new chapter at University were on the horizon, and exciting times ahead beckoned….

Angie J Cooke nee Lewis

Manchester, 19/10/2016

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