The Smiths "Hatful Of Hollow" Rough Trade 76 A1/B1 UK 1st gate-fold+inner 1984
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The Smiths ? "Hatful Of Hollow" Rough Trade ?ROUGH 76 UK 1st press
Compilation Vinyl, LP. This first issue UK pressing is distinguished by a gate-fold sleeve with a Garrod & Lofthouse credit on back cover. This LP has a sticker on the front which states 16 tracks, Maximum R.R.P. £3.99 and "ROUGH 76" in small text at the top.
The vinyl appears to have been lightly played and is in great condition. It played through beautifully on my elderly stereo - no hop, stick or jump. The LP is housed in its original printed inner sleeve, which shows minimal signs of wear, and which is also in great shape - no rips or writing. The Garrod & Lofthouse gate-fold sleeve also shows minimal signs of wear and is also in excellent condition, again with no rips or writing. The spine is intact and legible. Matrix / Runout Side 1 : ROUGH 76 A1 THE IMPOTENCE OF ERNEST < Matrix / Runout Side 2 : ROUGH · 76 · B1 Ian (EIRE) <
"Hatful of Hollow" is a compilation album by the Smiths, originally released on 12 November 1984 by the band's British record company Rough Trade, the album reached No. 7 on the UK Albums Chart and stayed on the chart for 46 weeks. It was released on 9 November 1993 by their American label Sire Records, which had initially declined to release the album. Sire instead released "Louder Than Bombs" in the US in 1987—which contains several of the same tracks as "Hatful of Hollow"—as well as "The World Won't Listen".
It features BBC Radio 1 studio recordings and two contemporary singles with their B-sides. In 2000, Q magazine placed "Hatful of Hollow" at number 44 in its list of the 100 Greatest British Albums Ever.
The sleeve for "Hatful of Hollow" features a cropped photograph of the otherwise unknown Fabrice Colette taken by Gilles Decroix. The original sleeve, pictured above, included a tattoo of a Cocteau drawing on Colette's left shoulder, which he had had done in June 1983 because he idolised Cocteau. The photograph is taken from a July 1983 special edition of the French newspaper Libération. Additionally, the original cover had a large sky-blue frame with the legends "The Smiths" and "Hatful of Hollow" above and underneath the picture. All editions after 1987 however feature the cropped version with the text superimposed.
The album consists mainly of songs recorded over several BBC Radio 1 sessions in 1983. When first broadcast, these radio sessions mainly featured songs which were otherwise unavailable—all were subsequently re-recorded for singles or for the following year's debut album. "This Night Has Opened My Eyes" was recorded in the studio in June 1984, but the only version ever released was the September Peel session.
"THE IMPOTENCE OF ERNEST" is etched on Side A, beginning with "William it Was Really Nothing". As well as being a pun on The Importance of Being Earnest, it is an allusion to the impotence that Ernest Hemingway suffered in his final years. "Ian (EIRE)", etched on Side B, refers to Johnny Marr's younger brother.
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