THE SMITHS - THE QUEEN IS DEAD (ROUGH 96) - 1ST UK PRESSING - A1/B1 - NEAR MINT

	£		80
	$		106

Description

Ongoing sale of selected items from my personal collection of vinyl and CDs, the vast majority of which have been owned by me from new and have been safely stored in a smoke-free home. I try to describe each item as accurately as possible (vinyl will normally be play-tested) and therefore don't routinely accept returns - but I'm happy to offer a no quibble refund in the unlikely event that significant defects are found which were not called out in the listing.     
Any questions please ask. Thanks for looking!      
This item....

• 1st UK pressing of The Smiths classic 3rd album 
• Label / catalogue number - Rough Trade ROUGH 96
• Matrices - A1 FEAR OF MANCHESTER / B2 THEM WAS ROTTEN DAYS
• Gatefold sleeve, printed inner and hype sticker
• Please see my full listing for more lovely albums by The Smiths 

Condition notes.... 

• I haven't listened to this one for a while having replaced on CD some time ago, but I can't see any marks on the vinyl and from memory there are no audible flaws. (I'll update the listing if I get time to play-test).
• Owned from new and I added a polyliner to the inner from the point of purchase to minimise the development of hairlines   
• Both labels are nice and clean with no writing or other marks
• I rarely use 'mint' but don't see any flaws on the outer sleeve
• The printed inner is very close to mint, having just a bit of light creasing on one corner
• The hype sticker is unmarked and still firmly attached to the sleeve   

Postage notes.... 

• Records will be dispatched in a high quality custom mailer with additional cardboard within the package 
• Unless the item is new and still sealed I'll remove the record from both the outer sleeve and any printed inner in order to prevent seam splits in transit  
• UK - I'll combine postage if buying more than one item - please wait for invoice
• Rest of the world - Please note that I only sell overseas via ebay's Global Shipping Programme, which sets postages rates and does not appear to include the facility to combine p&p costs for multiple purchases. Please don't bid if you're not prepared to accept GSP costs or process - thanks 
• And I'm not currently shipping to Belarus, Ukraine or the Russian Federation

Thanks for looking!

On 06-Mar-25 at 17:54:33 GMT, seller added the following information:

I've now play-tested this item end to end and it sounds superb throughout - I didn't detect any pops, clicks or crackle

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