Cover Stars of The Smiths Trivia Quiz

Answer: This Charming Man

The 7 inch B-side single featured the lyrics from the 'Reel Around The Fountain', 'Slap Me On The Patio'. This song was due to be the A-side but was replaced by 'This Charming Man'

Answer: What Difference Does It Make?

Stamp had his face grinning from a picture taken for the 1965 film 'The Collector' directed by William Wyler. A number of weeks had passed after the record was released before Stamp instigated a replacement sleeve to avoid legal action, a comical pose of Morrissey in the same pose from 'The Collector' with a glass of milk. Only when Sandie Shaw apologised on behalf of The Smiths, did Stamp agree that the picture could remain as long as his permission was asked in future.

Answer: Truman Capote

Morrissey later recorded 'Moon River' on the B-side to his 1994 single 'Hold on to your friends', 'Moon River' was written by Henry Mancini for the film 'Breakfast at Tiffany's'.
Capote died in August 1984 and the photographer was Cecil Beaton.

Answer: Bigmouth Strikes Again

Morrissey wrote a book called 'James Dean Is Not Dead', citing that "What he did on film didn't stir me much". Years later Morrissey admitted that he found Dean "purely a physical obsession". Morrissey however decided to travel to Dean's hometown of Fairmount, Indiana to film his first solo video Suedehead (1988)claiming that it was a "very, very moving" experience.

Answer: Shoplifters Of The World Unite

The problem with this single was that Morrisey decided to "copy" the pose Elvis had made in 1954. He later stated that he had "overdone the Max Factor" and "looked like a ponce".
On the back of the sleeve the band made a dedication to their former manager Ruth Polsky who was tragically killed when she was run over by a taxi in 1986.

Answer: Last Night I Dreamt That Somebody Loved Me

Fury was seen as the British Elvis. Born in Liverpool as Ronald Wycherley, he later became a singer of pop ballads. Fury was not a well man and was hampered by heart problems since a young age. Morrissey stated once that Fury was "Entirely doomed and I find that quite affectionate", "He was persistently unhappy but had a string of hit records. He always wanted to make very emotionally over-blown ballads but he found himself in the midst of that popular arena. He despised almost every aspect of the music industry and was very, very ill from an early age, Billy's singles are totally treasurable"

~Quotes taken from "Landscapes of the mind" (Robson, 1994)~

Answer: Meat Is Murder

There were four repeated images of an unknown soldier from Emile de Antonio's 1968 Vietnam documentary 'In The Year Of The Pig'. The image was doctored.

Answer: The World Won't Listen

The pictures were taken in 1981 for Vollmer's book 'Rock'n'Roll Times: The Style and Spirit of the Early Beatles and Their First Fans' which documented scenes from Hamburg and Paris between 1961 and 64.
The back sleeve had four teenage girls that were seen as the band members from left to right, the girls were supposedly representing Joyce, Rourke, Marr and Morrissey.

Answer: Rank

Actress Alexandra Bastedo was best known for her role in the drama 'The Champions', with the picture taken from John D Green's best selling 1967 photo book 'Birds of Britain'.

Answer: Harvey Keitel

The album in question had Richard Davalos on the set of the 1955 James Dean movie 'East of Eden' on the album sleeve. This came about after Morrissey had watched the film and wanted to write to Davalos and congratulate him on his wonderful acting. Keital was asked by the bands label if he would allow his picture taken from the 1967 film 'Who's that Knocking On My Door'. Keital refused stating he had "never heard of them" and Davalos was hastily chosen to fill the space.