Morrissey once sung “The More You Ignore Me, The Closer I Get,” but that hasn’t stopped him from asking fans to turn a blind eye to a recent spate of reissues. Two seven inch single box sets of Morrissey singles are set for release by EMI/Parlophone in November.

The singer left a message on the Morrissey fan site True.to.you.net, which reads:

Morrissey would like it to be known that he has not been consulted by EMI/HMV/Parlophone with regards to two forthcoming boxed sets of Morrissey singles. Morrissey does not approve such releases and would ask people not to bother buying them. Morrissey receives no royalty payments from EMI for any back catalogue, and has not received a royalty from EMI since 1992. Morrissey also does not approve of, and was not consulted on, the Rhino box of Smiths CDs, or the Warner releases of Smiths LPs on 180 gramme vinyl. Morrissey last received a royalty payment from Warners ten years ago, and, once again, he would ask people not to bother buying the reissued LPs or CDs.

Perhaps Morrissey didn’t receive the memo from the music industry that no one is making money from recorded music any more? The singles box sets date back to his solo debut “Suedehead” single from 1988, and conclude with the 1995 track “Sunny” from Southpaw Grammar.