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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.