THE SMITHS DEBUT VINYL LP ORIGINAL UK ROUGH TRADE RARE A1 B2 MORRISSEY MARR EX
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Description
Nice condition copy of this classic. Original Rough Trade vinyl is the best way to hear The Smiths' material. Don't pay those ridiculous international shipping prices when you can get a copy from the US with cheap shipping. Comes with both a MoFi inner sleeve as well as the original inner.
This is a early copy (very first press, in fact) that comes with rare label variation with "Capitol" Rough Trade logo before RT had copyright problems with Capitol.
Condition:
Sleeve:
VG+: When I bought this record, it came with the original shrink wrap. Unfortunately when I removed the shrink it left some residue on the back of the cover (it's not sticky it just looks like it is). Some creasing. A small rub at the top edge. No seam splits. A hint of ring wear. Still, a nice sleeve.
Record (Play-Graded On a Technics Turntanble with an AT440Mla cartridge):
Excellent: Has light crackling on the first track since it's quiet. Otherwise, it sounds very clean and clear, plays perfectly with only some light crackling between tracks. Light spindle marks. Light surface scuffs. No warps. I'm a conservative grader -- you will never receive a bogus NM from me.
This record has been stored vertically in a plastic outer sleeve and has been kept in safe environments.
Will be shipped in an professional record mailer and put in a polyurethane outer sleeve. The record will be stored outside of the sleeve to prevent seam splits.
Here is some info about the record I sent to an interested customer when he/she asked me about the pressing history and the records condition:
"Ok. You can trust me on this one. I'm a Smiths fanatic. Here's how their first album was made:
Early 1984 pressing (THIS COPY) - Comes with a "pushed down" label (do you see the circle in the label? that's what I'm talking about.) Comes with a regular paper inner sleeve. Comes with the "Capitol" Rough Trade logo. This was Rough Trade's original logo, but Capitol Records found out and claimed that it was too similar to Capitol's logo, so RT had to change it to the "capitol letter" logo. Another example of this is found in the pressings of the "This Charming Man" 12" single. Early copies come without the band name on the cover, with the "Capitol" Rough Trade logo, and the record was cut by "timtom". Later copies come with the band name on the cover, "capitol letter" logo, and was cut by George Peckham.
Mid 1984 pressing - Comes with a "pushed down" label with "capitol letter" logo. Comes with a regular paper inner sleeve.
Late 1984 - Comes with a flat label (the label has a bluish grey color instead of the tan). Comes with the "capitol letter" logo. Comes with a hard card inner sleeve (like the rest of their LPs).
Hope that helped.
Thanks for looking."
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"This is not a mint, unplayed copy, nor is it a final upgrader. There are some surface marks as evidence of the paper sleeve. No scratches. No needle markings that I could find. The record is shiny but doesn't have that unplayed brilliance.
If you have a VPI cleaning machine, it could use a cleaning on that since I'm not too fond of my DIY vacuum setup.
I played this record on good equipment while I had it. I brushed it off with a carbon fiber brush with each play. I put it in a MFSL inner sleeve. I cannot speak of the previous owner(s) of this record, since I bought this used.
Overall, it's a nice copy to have. I believe play testing is the most important, and I can tell you that the only real problem with the playback is that it has some crackling during "Reel Around the Fountain" that does not overpower the music -- it's not constant either; it just comes and goes. The rest sounds clean with no intrusions except for between tracks where you can hear light crackling. For example, in the very begging "Suffer Little Children" where Joyce is tapping his drum sticks together, there is no surface noise. I'm telling you that because it's the quietest section of music during playback, and it sounds like new.
Don't worry I'm as anal as record collectors come. As long as you don't NEED to have an untouched, perfect record, I would suggest taking interest in this record, especially since other eBayers will just tell you it's NM just to get attention and more bids. The only reason why I don't offer returns is because the buyer could send back the record unproperly, thus decreasing it's value."
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