Someone made a Smiths vinyl bootleg called Unreleased Demos & Instrumentals. Someone else made a rip of the (pretty illuminating, great) 16-track collection that features, among other things, a couple of previously unreleased Johnny Marr instrumentals (one heavier than the other). Hardcore fans may note it also includes the version of “There Is A Light That Never Goes Out” with a final refrain of “there is a light in your eyes and it never goes out” as well as the version of “Death Of A Disco Dancer” with “the improvised ‘whistled solo’ as mentioned in Simon Goddard’s The Smiths – Songs That Saved Your Life.” (I nabbed those specifics from morrissey-solo.com, which is also the place that led us to the collection itself.) Take a listen to a handful of Unreleased Demos & Instrumentals before eyeballing the tracklist.

“There Is A Light That Never Goes Out (Take One)”



“Death Of A Disco Dancer (Monitor Mix)”



“Ask (Pre-Remix Version)”



“Girlfriend In A Coma (Monitor Mix)”



“Untitled Two” (Marr Instrumental)



You’ll find streams of everything at metallicblauauto’s YouTube page. You’ll find downloads of everything if you do a little searching around. This is everything:

01 “The Hand That Rocks The Cradle”

02 “Reel Around The Fountain”

03 “Rusholme Ruffians”

04 “The Queen Is Dead”

05 “Sheila Take A Bow”

06 “This Night Has Opened My Eyes”

07 “Untitled One” (Marr Instrumental)

08 “Ask”

09 “There Is A Light That Never Goes Out”

10 “Is It Really So Strange?”

11 “Frankly, Mr. Shankly”

12 “Shoplifters Of The World Unite (Reprise)”

13 “Girlfriend In A Coma”

14 “Death Of A Disco Dancer”

15 “Paint A Vulgar Picture”

16 “Untitled Two” (Marr Instrumental)