MORRISSEY Your Arsenal 1992 UK HMV 1st PRESS MINT-

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MORRISSEY Your Arsenal 1992 UK HMV 1st PRESS MINT-

w/INNER - THE FINEST SOUNDING COPY I'VE HEARD

MORRISSEY
Your Arsenal

UK HMV (CSD 3790) FIRST PRESSING (July 1992) OF MORRISSEY'S "Your Arsenal"
STUNNING COPY - POSSIBLY NEVER BEEN PLAYED (prior to my play-check) AND DELIVERING THE FINEST SOUND I'VE HEARD FOR THIS OFT TROUBLESOME PRESSING

ISSUED WITH THE ORIGINAL 'RETRO' HIS MASTERS VOICE LABELS
MATRIX: CSD 3790 A-03-01-1 / CSD 3790 B-1-1- 2
THE RECORD IS HOUSED IN THE ORIGINAL SINGLE GLOSSY SLEEVE
COMPLETE WITH THE ORIGINAL PICTURE INNER SLEEVE (a photo of "The Respectable Gangster" Charlie Richardson, circa 1962)

Morrissey bounced back from the lacklustre Kill Uncle with the terrific Your Arsenal.
A dynamic, invigorating fusion of glam rock and rockabilly, Your Arsenal rocks harder than any other record Morrissey ever made.
Guitarist Alain Whyte's riffs swagger with a self-absorbed arrogance, and producer Mick Ronson gives the music a tough, stylish sheen -- it may be a break from Morrissey's jangle pop, but the music is sharper than at has been since the Smiths, and so is Morrissey's pen.
Running through his trademark litany of emotional, social, and personal observations, Morrissey is viciously clever and occasionally moving and the songs -- whether it's the rush of "You're Gonna Need Someone on Your Side," the menacing "We'll Let You Know," the spare rockabilly bop of "Certain People I Know," the gospel-tinged "I Know It's Gonna Happen Someday," or "Tomorrow" -- are uniformly excellent, forming the core of Morrissey's finest solo record and his best work since The Queen Is Dead

Side 1: YOU'RE GONNA NEED SOMEONE ON YOUR SIDE / GLAMOROUS GLUE / WE'LL LET YOU KNOW / THE NATIONAL FRONT DISCO / CERTAIN PEOPLE I KNOW
Side 2: WE HATE IT WHEN OUR FRIENDS BECOME SUCCESSFUL / YOU'RE THE ONE FOR ME, FATTY / SEASICK, YET STILL DOCKED / I KNOW IT'S GONNA HAPPEN SOMEDAY / TOMORROW

LABELS: MINT
Clean, factory-fresh and unmarked labels - no spindle traces or any signs of play
VINYL Visual: MINT-
Both vinyl surfaces shine like new and apart from a little age-related 'misting' on the rim of Side Two (of no audio consequence) the surfaces are unmarked
VINYL Audio: MINT-
In keeping with its possibly unplayed status my play-check at loud volume found practically nothing to fault - just the odd light tick (impossibly minor and non-intrusive) but no other issues of any kind (and I have never known a copy of this record to deliver pristine audio - even though it's pressed by EMI) - they really don't get better than this - fantastic copy
SLEEVE: NEAR MINT
The sleeve is in fabulous condition - the finest I have seen - no wear to speak of - just some light shop creases to the spine
INNER SLEEVE: MINT-
Again, like-new - no splits, bumps or creases

POST & PACKING:
A PROTECTIVE POLY SLEEVE, NEW INNER SLEEVE WITH NEW ANTI-STATIC LINER, QUALITY BOX (NOT ENVELOPE) MAILER AND AMPLE STIFFENERS ARE ALWAYS USED TO ENSURE THAT YOUR RECORD ARRIVES SAFELY
UK: 1st Class: £4.50 (recorded delivery)
EUROPE: Airmail: £13.00 (International Signed For delivery)
INTERNATIONAL: Airmail: £17.00 (International Signed For delivery)
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