Moon Cat wrote: If they do count (Peel Sessions), this is a bit of a cliche, but the Hatful of Hollow versions of songs from the first Smiths album have much more bite and fizz than the somewhat dreary album proper versions, especially if you'd heard the HFOH ones first, as I did.
The same applies to the Only Ones' Peel sessions. Best studio recordings they made buy some distance. "Miles from Nowhere" in particular blows the album version out of the water.
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