MORRISSEY 12" UK TEST PRESSING:"OUIJA BOARD".1989.NEAR MINT+DATE STAMPED COVER

	£		261
	$		345

ATTENTION MORRISSEY/SMITHS COLLECTORS!HERE'S A FANTASTIC AND VERY RARE ITEM FOR ANY MORRISSEY COLLECTOR!

A GENUINE UK EMI PRESSED HMV WHITE LABEL TEST PRESSING 3 TRACK 12" SINGLE FROM 1989: "OUIJA BOARD".

THE "B" SIDE HAS TWO TRACKS:

"YES I AM BLIND" and "EAST WEST".

THE DISC HAS NO WRITING ON THE LABELS BUT THE OUTER PAPER COVER HAS THE "A"SIDE TITLE AND CATALOGUE+MATRIX NUMBER IN BIRO PEN+ A DATE FAINTLY RUBBER STAMPED:17 OCT 1989.

THE RECORD ENTERED THE UK CHART NEARLY A MONTH LATER 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 ONLY A COUPLE OF ULTRA FAINT COVER REMOVAL SURFACE MARKS IN VERY STRONG LIGHT.I STRUGGLED TO HEAR ANY SURFACE NOISE!MATRIXES:12 POP 1622+A-1U-1-1+THE DEAD WAX TEXT:"ART ANY ROAD"ON THE"A"SIDE. THE"B"SIDE MATRIX:12 POP 1622+B-1U-1-1. 

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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