{"product_id":"morrissey-beethoven-was-deaf-2024-remaster","title":"Morrissey - Beethoven Was Deaf (2024 Remaster)","description":"\u003cp\u003eRecorded at the height of the Your Arsenal era, Beethoven Was Deaf captures Morrissey and his rockabilly-tinged band at full throttle, newly remastered for this 2024 vinyl edition.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eReleased in 1993, the live album was drawn from two shows at the end of 1992, one at the Astoria in London and one at the Zénith in Paris, even though the original sleeve credited Paris alone. Morrissey was riding high after Your Arsenal, and his band of Alain Whyte and Boz Boorer on guitars, Gary Day on bass and Spencer Cobrin on drums gave the songs a tougher, swaggering edge than the studio versions ever had.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe setlist draws entirely on his solo catalogue, with not a Smiths song in sight. November Spawned a Monster gets a muscular, dramatic reading, and The National Front Disco stretches out into a six-minute storm of guitars and crowd noise. Suedehead gets a rousing outing, and We Hate It When Our Friends Become Successful closes the set with a sneer and a grin, the sound of a frontman enjoying every second of the attention.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith sixteen tracks and a band firing on all cylinders, this is Morrissey live at his most combative and charismatic, and the remaster gives it fresh bite.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Alliance Entertainment","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57326709080369,"sku":"5054197997785","price":29.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0704\/2026\/7313\/files\/Morrissey-Beethoven_Was_Deaf_2024_Remaster.jpg?v=1793876061","url":"https:\/\/vinyl.com\/products\/morrissey-beethoven-was-deaf-2024-remaster","provider":"Vinyl.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}