Morrissey vs The Pixies

Unofficially of course. One about to release a monstrosity of a back catalogue at prices a million miles away from a fire sale, the other determined to adhere to his very own self-fulfilling prophecy of 'Paint A Vulgar Picture' lyrics.

Morrissey's new box set of solo 7" singles, soon to be issued by EMI/Parlaphone (the bastards etc etc) has been condemned by none other than Morrissey himself. Perhaps not for the noble reasons espoused on 'PAVP' however. It appears that the infinitely re-packaged one objects to this release on the basis that he'll gain nothing from it. Bless.

"Morrissey would like it to be known that he has not been consulted by EMI/HMV/Parlophone with regards to two forthcoming boxed sets of Morrissey singles. Morrissey does not approve such releases and would ask people not to bother buying them. Morrissey receives no royalty payments from EMI for any back catalogue, and has not received a royalty from EMI since 1992. Morrissey also does not approve of, and was not consulted on, the Rhino box of Smiths CDs, or the Warner releases of Smiths LPs on 180 gramme vinyl. Morrissey last received a royalty payment from Warners ten years ago, and, once again, he would ask people not to bother buying the reissued LPs or CDs."

Die-hard fans are, not surprisingly, advised to give this reissue a wide berth. So whilst The Pixies tour, ostensibly to encourage you to buy the same old product repackaged as a giant penis and retitled 'Minotaur', Morrissey encourages you, the consumer, to ignore his old 7" charms and relegate this one to the bargain bin. Pop stars eh? Who to believe?