To celebrate its 20th Anniversary, on 27th September, EMI will release through the resurrected 1960s Major Minor label, with Morrissey's full cooperation, a remastered Special Edition of Bona Drag.

Originally released to much acclaim in October 1990, Bona Drag perfectly captures Morrissey's effortless transition in becoming a solo artist. It brings together his exceptional first seven singles, four of which went Top 10: his triumphant Top 5 debut, "Suedehead"; the anthemic, apocalyptic lament to wet seaside towns, "Everyday Is Like Sunday"; "The Last Of The Famous International Playboys"; and "Interesting Drug". The Top 20s "Ouija Board, Ouija Board", "November Spawned A Monster", and "Piccadilly Palare" and a selection of high quality b-sides from the singles complete the album.

The compilation has now been remastered and overseen by Morrissey, and is updated with the addition of six previously unreleased and much coveted songs from the era:

- "Happy Lovers At Last United"
(Outtake from "Sunday" sessions)

- "Lifeguard On Duty"
(Outtake from Viva Hate sessions)

- "Please Help The Cause Against Loneliness" (demo)
(Outtake from Viva Hate, previously covered by Sandie Shaw)

- "Oh Phoney"
(Outtake from Bona Drag sessions)

- "The Bed Took Fire" (early version of "At Amber")

- "Let The Right One Slip In" (alternate long mix)

Directing the artwork for the reissue, Morrissey has chosen to return the cover art - taken from the "November" video - back to its natural colour, so his shirt is black.

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In addition, he has also decided to update the back and inner artwork with a selection of favourite, hand-picked and rarely-seen photos.

The LP version will be a double heavyweight 180g vinyl, housed in a wide-spine sleeve with a pull-out poster. The CD will be housed in a gatefold, card sleeve with an eight-page booklet, which will contain the aforementioned photos.

Bona Drag tracklisting (running order subject to change):

1. Piccadilly Palare
2. Interesting Drug
3. November Spawned A Monster
4. Will Never Marry
5. Such A Little Thing Makes Such A Big Difference
6. The Last Of The Famous International Playboys
7. Ouija Board, Ouija Board
8. Hairdresser On Fire
9. Everyday Is Like Sunday
10. He Knows I'd Love To See Him
11. Yes, I Am Blind
12. Lucky Lisp
13. Suedehead
14. Disappointed
15. Happy Lovers At Last United (Previously unreleased)
16. Lifeguard On Duty (Previously unreleased)
17. Please Help The Cause Against Loneliness (Previously unreleased)
18. Oh Phoney (Previously unreleased)
19. The Bed Took Fire (Previously unreleased)

20. Let The Right One Slip In (Alternate long mix, previously unreleased)

*There will be more Morrissey news to come in the next month.

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wow, that´s amazing! I´m really looking forward to that one.
The Southpaw Grammar & Maladjusted re-releases last year were great.

Good news, yes

cool...been meaning to pick this and Kill Uncle up for a while as my cassettes are burnt out.

Following the announcement last month of the 20th anniversary Special Edition of Bona Drag, to launch the album the week before EMI will release through the resurrected 1960s Major Minor label, with Morrissey's full cooperation, a special edition of his timeless 'Everyday Is Like Sunday' single.

In keeping with the song's pop classicism, it will be made available on two vinyl 7-inch singles – the first with an orange Major Minor label and a rare Morrissey photo on the cover; the second with a red, black and white MM label and range bag - as well as an E-CD and digital download, with all formats featuring previously unreleased songs, including the alternate version of 'November Spawned A Monster', 'November The Second' (E-CD), and an incredibly rare TOTPs performance of 'Everyday Is Like Sunday', which is unavailable anywhere, including YouTube.

All of this has been remastered and overseen by Morrissey himself.

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Formats:

- 7-inch single no. 1
A. Everyday Is Like Sunday
B. Trash (live at Pacific Amphitheatre, Costa Mesa, CA, 1991) (previously unreleased)

- 7-inch single no. 2
A. Everyday Is Like Sunday
B. Everyday Is Like Sunday (live at the Hollywood Bowl, June 8, 2007)
(previously unreleased)

- E-CD single
1. Everyday Is Like Sunday
2. November The Second (previously unreleased)

E-CD section:
Everyday Is Like Sunday (original promotional video)
Everyday Is Like Sunday (on Top Of The Pops, 9th June, 1988) (previously unreleased)

- Digital Download
1. Everyday Is Like Sunday
2. November The Second (previously unreleased)
3. Everyday Is Like Sunday (live at the Hollywood Bowl, June 8, 2007) (previously unreleased)

Following the single's release, on 4th October a remastered 20th Anniversary Special Edition of Bona Drag will be released, with six previously unreleased and much coveted songs from the era

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[Edited 8/25/10 14:25pm]

The new "BONA DRAG" cover- shirt returned to it's original colour, blank background and gothic font- lovely!

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Rumour has it that Viva Hate, Your Arsenal, Vauxhall & I and Kill Uncle are all getting the deluxe 2 CD remaster treatment next year...with the complete Wolverhampton show (first ever solo gig!) as an extra disc on the Viva Hate remaster- yummy!