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The Smiths – The Queen Is Dead (Rare Studio Cuts Color!)
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Title: The Smiths – The Queen Is Dead Sessions
Year/Genre: 1985, Post-Punk
Condition: New, repackaged at Power Plant
Cultural Facts:
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Mid-era “studio leak” culture: rough takes circulated through cassette trading and grey-market pressings, long before official archive releases.
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The band’s internal stress was already public—press feuds, touring strain, and money-control arguments feeding a collapse narrative in real time.
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“Sessions” titles like this often stitch multiple sources; different runs can swap takes, dates, and edits while keeping the same story on the sleeve.
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