SMITHS Louder Than Bombs 1987 US SIRE 2 LP MORRISSEY

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NEXT - A COUPLE MORE WEEKS WORTH OF VARIOUS COLLECTABLE VINYL LPs AND 12" EPs!  This is the ORIGINAL 1987 SIRE RECORDS U.S. 2 LP SET titled 'Louder Than Bombs' from Morrissey and Johnny Marr's great dark UK power popsters The Smiths.  It is Sire Records U.S. catalog number 9 25569-1.  The Smiths on this LP are: Johnny Marr-guitars, piano / Morrissey-vocals / Mike Joyce-drums /Andy Rourke-bass.  Here is what the Wikipedia online encyclopedia has to say about the 'Louder Than Bombs' album: "Louder Than Bombs is a compilation album by The Smiths. It was released as a double album in March 1987 by their American record company, Sire Records. Its highest chart position was number 63. Popular demand prompted their British record company, Rough Trade, to issue the album domestically as well. Upon its release in the UK in May 1987, it reached number 38 on the British charts. In 2003, the album was ranked number 365 on Rolling Stone magazine's list of the 500 greatest albums of all time. The album was certified Gold by the RIAA in 1990."  "The album was released as the American counterpart to their recent British compilation The World Won't Listen and consisted of all singles and nearly all B-sides that had not at that point been available in the States, either on single or album, with a few other tracks added. The title is borrowed from a line in Elizabeth Smart's extended prose poem "By Grand Central Station I Sat Down and Wept". The album was intended to substitute for both The World Won't Listen and their 1984 compilation Hatful of Hollow as these had not been released in the United States. This is why the non-single track "This Night Has Opened My Eyes" from Hatful of Hollow was included. (Single A-sides "This Charming Man" and "How Soon Is Now?" had already been released in the U.S. as bonus cuts on the LPs The Smiths and Meat Is Murder, respectively.) As with The World Won't Listen, this compilation includes the scrapped single "You Just Haven't Earned It Yet, Baby" (passed over in favour of "Shoplifters of the World Unite"), albeit in a different mix. Because the album offered many B-sides (and the "Sheila Take a Bow" single) that had never been collected onto an album before, 'Louder Than Bombs' became very popular on import with fans in the UK. To avoid high import prices being paid, The Smiths' domestic record company, Rough Trade, decided to release the compilation as well, provoking cries of outrage by fans who only two months previously had shelled out for the slimmer UK counterpart. The blow was somewhat softened by the fact that the double album retailed at single album price."   Tracks:  Is It Really So Strange?, Sheila Take A Bow, Shoplifters Of The World Unite, Sweet And Tender Hooligan, Half A Person, London, Panic, Girl Afraid, Shakespeare's Sister, William It Was Really Nothing, You Just Haven't Earned It Yet Baby, Heaven Knows I'm Miserable Now, Ask, Golden Lights, Oscillate Wildly, These Things Take Time, Rubber Ring, Back To The Old House, Hand In Glove, Stretch Out And Wait, Please Please Please Let Me Get What I Want, This Night Has Opened My Eyes, Unloveable, Asleep.  Condition of both records is a real nice VG++/NM- with each record having just a couple of light and small visible surface marks which only show up under strong light, cannot be felt, and do not affect play.  Condition of cover is a mid VG+ with a few small wrinkles,  a little contact and ring wear, and a little wear along the edges and on the corners, cover has no splits, tears, stickers, or writing.  This set would be a choice essential addition to any Smiths or 1980s UK dark power pop record collection! Winning bidder pays $3.00 media mail postage or actual priority mail postage within the U.S. I WILL SHIP WORLDWIDE - Uninsured first class international airmail postage to the UK or anyplace in Europe is $18.00 - Please e-mail me for postage rates to other areas outside the U.S. WINNING BIDDER PLEASE DO NOT SEND CASH - IT PROBABLY WILL NOT GET HERE! I will give an immediate refund (less shipping) upon return of the set if winning bidder is dissatisfied for any reason. Good luck!