Name: This is Morrissey
Brand: Morrissey

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0190295626136

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Housed in a standard single CD jewel case, with a four page booklet and brand new liner notes by author Fiona Dodwell. 12 Tracks.

Format Music GB

Limited edition

Release date

2018-07-06

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Supplier GB

Warner Music Group

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Artist

Morrissey

Genre GB

Alternative / Modern

Label GB

Parlophone

British singer and songwriter Morrissey, born on May 22, 1959 in Manchester, UK, is best known as the former lead singer and co-founder of The Smiths. Starting his music career in the late 1970s with punk bands, he later formed The Tee Shirts and collaborated briefly with Billy Duffy. In 1982, Morrissey and Johnny Marr came together to form The Smiths, where he remained until his departure in late 1987. He then embarked on a successful solo career starting from 1988.

Prior to his musical journey, Morrissey had worked at the Inland Revenue.

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Multinational label.
Label Code: [b]LC 0299 / LC 00299[/b]
[b]Please note, many Parlophone issues also carry an EMI logo. This is not a label and EMI should not be added as a label, it instead indicates that Parlophone was part of the EMI Group.[/b]

Parlophone is an anglicization of the German [l=Parlophon] label, registered as a trademark in 1902 by Max Straus and Heinrich Zuntz of [b]Salon Kinematograph Co. GmbH[/b], later merged into [l=Carl Lindström A.-G.]. The first Parlophon records are pressed in 1910. 

By 1923, Parlophone proper appears in London administered by English Lindström branch known as [l311921],  Parlophon records were pressed in London and sold locally. By 1926 extended operations extended to press for export in Australia (#cat A) until the australian factory [l=Parlophone Co. Ltd.] was created somewhere the next year. These companies were subsequently taken over by [l97841] in 1927, following its acquisition of [l275192] in 1926, thus becoming a constituent part of [l293204] (EMI) when that company merged with [l253617] in 1931.

The label largely operated as a Jazz and Novelty label until manager, [a=George Martin], signed the [a=The Beatles] in 1962. As a result of its subsequent success and profile, the label was earmarked for phasing out in 1973 in favour of [l=EMI] (the label), however the parlophone imprint continued to be used by registered trademark owner [l=EMI Records Ltd.] and affiliated companies.

In September 2012 following the acquisition of [l1330982]'s US and Asian interests by [l=Universal Music Group], Parlophone and the former EMI Records Ltd. were merged as the [l806790] (PLG Holdco Ltd.) and spun off to be sold. 

They were sold to [l=Warner Music Group] in March 2013.
The Parlophone label is now owned by [l=Parlophone Records Ltd.], the re-named EMI Records Ltd., itself a subsidiary of [l=Warner Music International].

The Beatles were not part of the Parlophone Label Group and their catalogue was acquired by [l=Universal].

[b]This label contains releases on multinational markets. Do NOT create imprints for different countries. Cover that information on new releases with the country field and with notes about the release (releasing company, ℗&© note, mechanical rights etc.).[/b]

Morrissey is never one to do things the accustomed way, instead throughout his career he’s carved a niche in the musical landscape which only he can occupy. And his decision to curate a brand new compilation at very short notice ahead of his tour dates, with new liner notes and a few surprises in the tracklisting, shouldn’t come as a shock to anyone. So here it is, This Is Morrissey. A collection of studio classics, live tracks and the alternative Mael mix of the ever-popular Suedehead, all chosen by the man himself. “The album is so full of life, and worthy questions, and great choruses, and quite playful.”

CD - Housed in a standard single CD jewel case, with a four page booklet and brand new liner notes by author Fiona Dodwell. 12 Tracks.

LP - 140 Gram, 13 Track Vinyl Edition, with the additional track Angel, Angel, Down We Go Together, complete with identical liner notes only this time written in French, another of Morrissey’s little curio’s.

This is Morrissey

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