THE SMITHS SAME 1st Press ROUGH TRADE TEST PRESS NrMINT

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THE SMITHS - THE SMITHS. 1st ALBUM TEST PRESS With Press Release Sheet From Rough Trade STEREO 1984 INDIE MASTERPIECE.

MINT COPY OF A NIGH ON IMPOSSIBLE TO FIND ROUGH TRADE PRE RELEASE PROMO TEST PRESS OF THIS CLASSIC ALBUM.

I'VE PLAYED THIS WONDERFUL ALBUM AND THE SOUND IS BRIGHT NO DISTORTION, 

The vinyl is bright, looking MINT and plays excellent+ , the cover is Nr MINT. It has a small of age discolour but its a plain white card sleeve the Original with this record.

The Smiths seif titled album is their debut album and was released on February 20, 1984. The album reached number two on the UK Album chart staying on the chart for 33 weeks. The album was well received by the critics as well as the public, and it established The Smiths as a prominent band in the 1980s music scene in the United Kingdom.

This is a one off chance to own a piece of Music History! There would have only 20-25 Test press copies most of which will be In Major Collections. And just how many are in this condition and have there Press Release Sheet maybe less than 5. This is THAT RARE!!!!    

The Smiths signed with independent record label Rough Trade  and began preparations to record their first album in mid 1983. Due to the suggestion of Rough Trade head Geoff Travis, the band selected Troy Tate (former guitarist of The Teardrop Explodes) as producer for sessions at Elephant studios in Wapping. During the following month the group recorded 14 songs. Later Porter offered to rerecord the album himself. Despite praising the work with Tate only a week prior to the press by stating "we've done everything exactly right and it'll show", Smiths singer Morrisey accepted (as did Travis), while guitarist Johnny Marr hesitantly agreed.

The Smiths began work with Porter in September 1983. Due to tour commitments, the band had to make the record in a piecemeal fashion. Recording started at London's Matrix Studios, with the majority of the work undertaken during a week's stay at Pluto, just outside Manchester. A final overdub sessions was performed at Eden Studios in London that November. After listening to a finished mix of the album the following month, Morrissey told Porter and Travis that the album "wasn't good enough". However, the singer said that due to the album's cost of 6,000 pounds, "[they said] it has to be released, there's no going back".

The sleeve for The Smiths was designed by Morrissey. It features American actor Joe Dallesandro in a cropped still from Andy Warhol's 1968 Film Flesh. The photograph of Morrissey on the original card inner sleeve was taken at an early London concert by Romi Mori who would subsequently play bass guitar for the Gun Club.

In January before the Albums release Rough Trade released a single - What Difference Does it Make, it reached number 12 in the UK Singles Chart, which helped their debut Album reach # 2 on the UK Album Chart.

This Album is critically acclaimed as one of the all time greats, and certainly one of the top 20 1980's Albums a modern classic.

 All songs written by Morrissey & Johnny Marr

  SIDE. 1                                                                     SIDE. 2

1. Reel Around the Fountain – 5:58                       1. Still III. 3.23
2. You've Got Everything Now – 3:59                    2. Hand in Glove. 3.25 
3. Miserable Lie – 4:29                                             3. What Difference Does it Make?3.51
4. Pretty Girls Make Graves – 3:42                         4. I Don't Owe You Anything. 4.05
5. The Hand That Rocks the Cradle – 4:38             5. Suffer Little Children. 5.28

MATRIX # SIDE I ROUGH 61 A1 

MATRIX # SIDE 2 ROUGH 61 B1

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