MORRISSEY 12" TEST PRESSING:"OUR FRANK"1990.NEAR MINT CONDITION-VERY RARE ITEM
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ATTENTION MORRISSEY/SMITHS COLLECTORS!HERE'S A FANTASTIC AND VERY RARE ITEM FOR ANY MORRISSEY COLLECTOR!
A GENUINE 1990 EMI PRESSED HMV WHITE LABEL TEST PRESSING 3 TRACK 12" SINGLE"OUR FRANK". THE "B" SIDE HAS TWO TRACKS:
"JOURNALISTS WHO LIE" and "TONY THE PONY".
THE DISC HAS NO WRITING ON THE LABELS BUT THE OUTER PAPER COVER HAS THE "A"SIDE TITLE AND CATALOGUE+MATRIX NUMBER AND DATE IN BIRO PEN.THE DATE IS 12-12-90.
THE RECORD ENTERED THE UK CHART JUST OVER TWO MONTHS LATER ON THE 23RD FEBRUARY 1991 AND USUALLY MORRISSEY SINGLES WOULD CHART IN THE FIRST WEEK OF ISSUE,PROMO COPIES USUALLY SENT OUT TWO WEEKS BEFORE RELEASE AND AS SUCH THE DATE ON THIS TEST PRESSING COVER SHOWS THAT THIS WAS THE EARLIEST PRESSING POSSIBLE BEFORE PRODUCTION BEGAN AT THE FACTORY,USUALLY TEST PRESSINGS MADE IN A TINY QUANTITY FOR MANAGEMENT,TESTING AT THE FACTORY AND A FEW VERY IMPORTANT DJs AND REVIEWERS WITH HARDLY ANY SURVIVING OR BEING ABLE TO BE OWNED BY FANS AND COLLECTORS UNTIL NOW! I WOULD ESTIMATE NO MORE THAN A FEW DOZEN COPIES MADE>>50-100 ABSOLUTE MAXIMUM. EITHER WAY IT'S A MEGA-RARE ITEM ESPECIALLY IN THIS TIP TOP IMMACULATE CONDITION WITH NO SURFACE MARKS EVEN IN STRONG LIGHT-QUITE POSSIBLY ONLY PLAYED A COUPLE OF TIMES!!!!!!!! I STRUGGLED TO HEAR ANY SURFACE NOISE!MATRIXES:12 POP 1265 A-1-1- AND THE DEAD WAX TEXT:"FREE REG FREE ROB"ON THE"A"SIDE. THE"B"SIDE MATRIX:12 POP 1265 B-1-1-AND THE DEAD WAX TEXT:"DRUNKER QUICKER".
THE COMMERCIAL ISSUE HAD A DIFFERENT CATALOGUE NUMBER NOT POP 1265 BUT POP 1625 AND SO THIS MISTAKE ON THE TEST PRESSING WAS NO DOUBT CORRECTED AND REPRESSED ON THE COMMERCIAL PRESSINGS. I DON'T HAVE A COMMERCIAL COPY TO COMPARE SO DO CHECK YOURS IF YOU HAVE ONE.
THE PREVIOUS OWNER WAS A SMITHS/MORRISSEY FANATIC AND WENT TO GREAT LENGTHS TO OBTAIN THIS FABULOUS ITEM SO DON'T LET THIS OPPORTUNITY PASS YOU BY! GREAT INVESTMENT!MY REALISTIC STARTING PRICE OF £25 WOULD BE SNAPPED UP AT MOST RECORD COLLECTORS SHOPS OR AT RECORD FAIRS!
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