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While preparing for the interview for my current job I searched the internet for Edge Hill College. In amongst the information useful for the interview was a review of The Smiths playing at Edge Hill on Friday 18 November 1983. This was a couple of weeks after the release of their second single “This Charming Man”. The record was slowly climbing the charts and a week later they appeared on Top of the Pops for the first time. The set was a good mix of their early singles and tracks off their debut LP which was released in spring 1984.
- Handsome Devil
- Still Ill
- This Charming Man
- Pretty Girls Make Graves
- This Night Has Opened My Eyes
- What Difference Does It Make?
- Wonderful Woman
- Hand In Glove
- Reel Around The Fountain
- Miserable Lie
- encores
- You’ve Got Everything Now
- This Charming Man
According to Simon Goddard in his “The Smiths – Songs that saved your life”, this was the last time that Wonderful Woman – one of the b sides of This Charming Man 12 inch– was played live. Another literary mention of the gig appears in Stuart Maconie’s “Cider with Roadies”. Both books warmly recommended.