The Smiths First-Ever 1982 Recording Surfaces Online

For die-hard The Smiths fans, it's been known that an early 1982 recording of the band covering a song by The Cookies exists somewhere. Though rough snippets of it have been circulating, never has the entire song been shared online, until now: the band's first-ever recorded session has surfaced in full.The recording is Johnny Marr and Morrisey's take on "I Want a Boy for My Birthday" by The Cookies. It was uploaded on YouTube by Dale Hibbert, a recording engineer who played the bass for The Smit...