Save Us Morrissey: Through B-Sides and Non-Album Tracks

by Jared Morris, Brian Clymer

Updated 22.11.23, this new "2nd edition of Save Us Morrissey includes 16 new mini-essays covering the songs from 2021-2023. These songs were played live or were released on the internet. The E-book version has also been completely reformatted for easier navigation. These changes only affect the digital version of this book.The unofficial book is a chronological comprehensive collection of 230 essays on every officially released non-album Morrissey recording—plus all live b-sides and alt versions, spanning 1982-2020. It is a semi-biographical telling of the story of the songs, Morrissey, band members, co-writers and producers thru 478 sources, music theory, analytical review and commentary. It's told in a conversational AP style and includes information about live performances, cover versions, reissues, Record Store Day releases and digital only releases. The author said, "It's also not negative! So many fans are so critical but, I love Morrissey and his music. There's none of the snarkiness you find in most writings about Morrissey and his work. I also explore some of the biased press coverage in recent years which, with my broadcasting and newswriting career, I feel I have a unique take on." Several of the essays include every-fan mini-reviews by performance artist/humorist Brian Clymer. This book contains no lyrics or previously copyrighted materials. Jared Morris (Save Us Morrissey, The Bridge) has been a fan and collector of the Cure's music since he was 14-years-old and considered this book a labor of love. So Turn It Up is his sixth book. He is a lifelong musician, songwriter and music collector. He has played in his band Year of the Comet since 1997 and My Version of It since 2000. He has a degree in Communication and has spent twenty years as an on-air talent on commercial FM radio. He hosted "Talk Radio for the Rest Of Us'' on WGMD-FM and WXDE-FM from 2004-2016. He hosted the "JMX Rock Show" on the classic rock station WJKI-FM for six years as well as the morning show on Superhits WKHI. He's also worked for various other radio outfits including WDEL-AM and WDTS-AM. He has written for radio, television and print news. He won the Best of Delaware award in 2011 for Best Radio Personality and has been recognized by the Delaware Press Association and Talkers magazine. He owns and operates 10x Records where he releases music by Jared Morris and the Nice Price, Year of the Comet, My Version of It, Top Shaman, Doctor Goose, The Dollar Movies and many others. Morris has released or been featured on over 70 albums, compilations and EPs.

736 pages, Kindle Edition

First published January 1, 2020

Reviews

[Marcus · Rating 4 out of 5]

A lengthy deep dive into the non-album tracks and B-sides of Morrissey. Probably best saved for hardcore fans, Jared clearly made this a labour of love project, offering little criticism (apart from the production of Kill Uncle) and lots of praise.

It is rough and ready with a lot of typos, the kind of scrapbook approach Moz may have utilised for his own idols like James Dean or The New York Dolls.