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Note: The term 'unofficial' is used here instead of 'bootleg' because some of these were sold in legitimate record shops. They are marked as 'unofficial' because they were not sanctioned by the record label or Morrissey/the Smiths.
unofficial interview twelve inches
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 | This picture disc 12" features an interview taken from Australian radio (conducted in London, perhaps for London radio originally) from around the period of the release of the "Meat Is Murder" album. (Baktabak, BAK2013). |
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This picture disc 12" released by Red Door features a telephone interview by Bob Pearce. The interview is incorrectly labelled as being from 1981. This is occasionally seen slipped inside a "Tell Tales" sleeve. |
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 | This is a reissue of the Bob Pearce interview mentioned above, with different pictures on the disc. (MM1207) |
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 | "Casual" is an interview 12" available on blue (displayed here) or orange vinyl (Baktabak, BAK6015). Scroll down for the same interview made available on different formats: on a quadruple 7" set (bakpak1018) and on cassette (MBAK6015). |
 | This interview 12" features both Morrissey and Marr. It is numbered ZUFG009. |
unofficial interview seven inches
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 | This is an untitled interview 7" which contains the same material as the Red Door picture disc above (with interview by Bob Pearce). |
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 | This is the same as above, but instead of being picture discs, the records are on white vinyl and the same photos are printed onto the labels. |
 | This interview 7" was given away with issue 3 of Spiral Scratch magazine from December 1988. This is the same interview as the "Morrissey Talks" disc (further down), but includes additional material. (SCRATCH 3). |
 | Gold vinyl 7" featuring an interview from late 1983 or very early 1984 (catalog number SMITHS1). |
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  | "Morrissey talks" is a numbered interview picture disc 7" featuring an interview done by a group of fanzine reporters and published in the NME (Cross Talk, CT04). Some copies have been seen on green, red, clear and black vinyl (the latter has a white label). |
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 | This is a set of four 7"s in a display sleeve. The interview is the same as the "Casual" 12" (see above), but it is split over the eight sides of these four 7"s. (Bakpak1018). |
unofficial interview cassettes
 | This is titled "Casual". It is a cassette edition of the 12" and quadruple 7" set described above. (MBAK6015) |
unofficial interview compact discs
 | From The Conversation Disc Series, this was the first ever interview cd for Morrissey or the Smiths. It features a 20-minute interview with Morrissey done by an American lady in London from early 1984 and the full 45-minute interview from Earsay from July 1984 (1988, ABCD017). |
 | This is a cd reissue of the above interview 12" (numbered BAK2013) featuring an interview given to Australian radio (Baktabak, CBAK4025). Some copies were paired with the 1995 "Ask" cd-single reissue. |
 | This is a cd titled "Ask Me, Ask Me, Ask Me", featuring what is assumed to be the CKLN (Canada) radio interview from December 1983. The cd has flower holograms on the side containing the music (Holoview, 3D008). |
 | This cd titled "The Smiths, The Interview / Johnny Marr in Conversation" features an interview with Johnny Marr from early 1987. (1998, Speek014). |
 | A Morrissey/Smiths interview cd titled "Conversationalist" was sold at the April 1998 Morrissey convention in Los Angeles. It comprises two Morrissey interviews, one from 9th February 1990 and the other from the summer of 1998, as well as another of Andy Rourke and Mike Joyce from 21 February 1997. Each of these interviews were done by Richard Blade at KROQ radio station in Los Angeles. |
 | "Maximum Morrissey and the Smiths". This interview cd released in 2004 includes a biography, interviews and a mini-poster. (ABCD179) |
 | "Morrissey The Lowdown". This double cd set released in 2008 includes the "Maximum Morrissey and the Smiths" cd mentioned above and a second cd of various previously heard interviews. (Sexy Intellectual SXYCD020) |
 | This DVD released in 2004 charts Morrissey's early solo career through interviews of people who have worked with him between the Smiths and Th'Lads, like Stephen Street or Vini Reilly. It includes no music or interview from Morrissey himself. (UK PAL-region 0: Chrome Dreams CVIS373 / USA NTSC-region 0: MVD ??) |
 | This 90-minute documentary DVD released in 2006 covers the story of The Smiths. It features musical performances, videos, television appearances, interviews with the band, and expert comments and reviews. It includes contributions from Stephen Street, John Porter, Kenny Jones, Craig Gannon, Mark Simpson, Paul Morley, Nigel Williamson, Jake Kennedy, John Robb, Tony Wilson, Grant Showbiz, David Jensen amongst others. (UK PAL-region 0: Chrome Dreams/MVD SIDVD504) |
 | This DVD released in March 2007 features three interviews with Morrissey and Johnny Marr conducted during the Smiths days. The first is the full 43-minute Earsay interview of Morrissey from 1984. The second is a 21-minute interview of Johnny Marr conducted in Bath during the recording of the album "Strangeways Here We Come". The third interview is a 31-minute one with Morrissey, on the eve of the release of "Strangeways Here We Come". The latter two interviews had originally been distributed on video under the title "In Conversation" to promote the latter album. (UK PAL-region 0: MVD ?? / USA NTSC-region 0: MVD ??) |