THE SMITHS, STRANGEWAYS RARE GREEN TITLES 1ST PRESS EXC+ VINYL VG SLV, EX INNER
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WELCOME TO MY LATEST FEW LISTINGS THIS YEAR - I HAVE BEEN COLLECTING RECORDS SINCE 1969 AND HAVE OVER 3,000 ALBUMS AND 1,000 SINGLES, THE MAJORITY OF WHICH ARE ALL IN EXCELLENT CONDITION. I SOMETIMES LIST ON EBAY ANY DUPLICATE COPIES OR RECORDS I NO LONGER LISTEN TO. PLEASE NOTE MY 100% FEEDBACK, I OFFER DETAILED DESCRIPTIONS AND NUMEROUS PICTURES OF THE RECORD AND SLEEVE PLUS PLAYBACK CONDITION AFTER LISTENING AGAIN TO THE WHOLE ALBUM.
ALL MY RECORDS HAVE BEEN CLEANED AND PLACED IN NEW ANTI-STATIC INNER SLEEVES AND THE COVERS PLACED IN NEW POLYTHENE OUTER SLEEVES. ANY PURCHASES WILL BE SENT 2ND CLASS SIGNED FOR IN A WELL STIFFENED BOXED MAILER TO ENSURE THEY ARRIVE SAFELY WITHOUT ANY DAMAGE. PLEASE MESSAGE ME FIRST IF THERE ARE ANY ISSUES WITH YOUR PURCHASE AS I WILL TRY AND SORT OUT ANY PROBLEMS.
SORRY, UK SALES ONLY. PLEASE SEE MY OTHER LISTINGS, SOME MORE JOY DIVISION/SMITHS/BEATLES ORIGINAL RECORDS TO BE ADDED.
ANYWAY, HERE WE HAVE A SUPERB THE SMITHS, STRANGEWAYS HERE WE COME 1987 UK ORIGINAL FIRST PRESS VINYL WITH THE RARE GREEN EMBOSSED TITLES SLEEVE. VINYL IN EXCELLENT PLUS CONDITION WITH THE COVER IN VERY GOOD CONDITION, INNER SLEEVE IN EXCELLENT CODITION. A TOP AUDIO COPY :
FIRST PRESSING VINYL : LIGHTLY PLAYED WITH A LOVELY SHEEN, IN EXCELLENT PLUS CONDITION WITH NO OBVIOUS MARKS ON THE RECORD. JUST A TINY AMOUNT OF BACKGROUND CRACKLE ON THE MINERS RIOT INTRO TO SIDE 2. THE LABELS HAVE NO OBVIOUS SPINDLE MARKS SO LIGHTLY PLAYED. THE SOUND QUALITY IS SUPERB, I HAVE PLAYED THIS ALL THE WAY THROUGH AFTER CLEANING AND HEARD VIRTUALLY NO BACKGROUND CRACKLE. THIS SOUNDS SUPERB.
PLEASE NOTE THIS RARE SLEEVE WITH GREEN TITLES WAS A PRINTING ERROR, THE ORIGINAL PROOFS WERE WITH BROWN TITLES BUT SOME OF THESE GREEN TITLE SLEEVES GOT THROUGH QUALITY CONTROL. ONLY SELLING THIS ONE AS THE TITLES ARE MOSTLY GREEN BUT I HAVE ANOTHER COPY WHICH HAS TOTALLY GREEN TITLES.
SEE BELOW ON THE DISCOGS INFO, NO OTHER GREEN TITLE SLEEVES FOR SALE ON EBAY :
FIRST ISSUE EMBOSSED RARE GREEN TITLES SLEEVE : IN VERY GOOD CONDITION WITH JUST A FEW LIGHT EDGE CREASES, VIRTUALLY NO RINGWEAR. THE SPINE IS MOSTLY LEGIBLE BUT THERE IS A SPLIT CAUSED BY THE RECORD'S EDGE. PLEASE SEE THE NUMEROUS PICTURES.
LYRIC INNER SLEEVE : NO SPLITS ON THE EDGES AS USUAL WITH THIS INNER. EXCELLENT CONDITION, SUPERB.
A SUPERB AUDIO COPY, ONLY SELLING AS I HAVE OTHER FIRST PRESS COPIES.
PLEASE SEE THE NUMEROUS PICTURES.
FIRST PRESS MATRIX NUMBERS AS BELOW IN BOLD TYPE ON THE DISCOGS INFO :
I HAVE ALSO CLEANED THE RECORD AND PLACED IT IN A NEW POLYLINED INNER SLEEVE.
OVERALL A SUPERB TOP AUDIO COPY OF THIS ICONIC SMITHS ALBUM ORIGINAL FIRST PRESSING WITH THE RARE GREEN TITLES EMBOSSED TEXT, ONLY SELLING AS I HAVE ANOTHER COPY. SUCH A FANTASTIC RECORD.
GOOD LUCK IF YOU BID, UK SALES ONLY.
LOW STARTING PRICE. PLEASE NOTE THAT POSTAGE WITH BE BY ROYAL MAIL 2ND CLASS SIGNED FOR/TRACKABLE. THIS WILL BE SENT IN A WELL STIFFENED BOXED MAILER TO ENSURE IT REACHES THE BUYER SAFELY WITHOUT ANY DAMAGE.
FROM DISCOGS :
The Smiths – Strangeways, Here We Come
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Label: Rough Trade – ROUGH 106 Format: Vinyl, LP, Album, Green Titles Country: UK Released: 1987 Genre: Rock, Pop Style: Indie RockTracklist
A1 A Rush And A Push And The Land Is Ours 2:59 A2 I Started Something I Couldn't Finish 3:46 A3 Death Of A Disco Dancer 5:24 A4 Girlfriend In A Coma 2:02 A5 Stop Me If You Think You've Heard This One Before 3:31 B1 Last Night I Dreamt That Somebody Loved Me 5:04 B2 Unhappy Birthday 2:43 B3 Paint A Vulgar Picture 5:33 B4 Death At One's Elbow 1:59 B5 I Won't Share You 2:48Companies, etc.
- Distributed By – The Cartel
- Recorded At – The Wool Hall
- Copyright © – Warner Bros. Music Ltd.
- Phonographic Copyright ℗ – Rough Trade Records Ltd.
Credits
- Art Direction – Jo Slee
- Bass Guitar – Andy Rourke
- Drums – Mike Joyce
- Engineer [Assistant] – Steve Williams (6)
- Guitar, Piano, Arranged By [Strings, Saxophone], Music By – Johnny Marr
- Layout – Caryn Gough
- Mastered By – Tim Young
- Performer – Orchestrazia Ardwick
- Photography By – Steve Wright*
- Piano, Sleeve, Voice, Words By – Morrissey
- Producer – Johnny Marr, Morrissey, Stephen Street
- Written-By – Marr*, Morrissey
Notes
Released with ocean green tinted embossed titles on front sleeve.Barcode and Other Identifiers
- Label Code: LC 5661
- Barcode: 5 014644 301060
- Matrix / Runout (Side A, Runout, Etched): A6I M̶̷P̶̷O̶̷ ROUGH 106 A²✕ GUY FAWKES WAS A GENIUS
- Matrix / Runout (Side B, Runout, Etched): M̶̷P̶̷O̶̷ ⁹ ⁸⁷ ROUGH 106 B²✕
- Matrix / Runout (Side B, Runout, Stamped): TY1
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