THE SMITHS "The Queen Is Dead" 1986 UK 1st PRESS *MINT

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THE SMITHS "The Queen Is Dead" 1986 UK 1st PRESS *MINT w/INNER SLEEVE, UNPLAYED COPY, A1/B1 STUNNING AUDIO

THE SMITHS
The Queen Is Dead

ORIGINAL UK ROUGH TRADE (ROUGH 96), FIRST PRESSING (June 1986) OF THE SMITHS' PHENOMENAL "The Queen Is Dead" LP, ARGUABLY THEIR FINEST ALBUM - IN STUNNING UNPLAYED CONDITION
THIS IS MY OWN PERSONAL SECOND COPY SO I CAN GUARANTEE ITS UNPLAYED STATUS

FIRST PRESS MATRIX: ROUGH 96 A1 (etched "FEAR OF MANCHESTER") / ROUGH 96 B1 (etched "THEM WAS ROTTEN DAYS")
THE LP IS HOUSED IN THE ORIGINAL ISSUE GATEFOLD SLEEVE with INTERNALLY PRINTED LYRICS AND COMES COMPLETE WITH THE ORIGINAL GLOSSY PICTURE INNER SLEEVE
A SUPERB UNPLAYED, MINT FIRST PRESS COPY OF AN ABSOLUTELY TREMENDOUS LP AND A FINER ONE WOULD BE PRETTY HARD TO FIND INDEED

The Queen Is Dead is the Smiths' great leap forward, taking the band to new musical and lyrical heights. Opening with the storming title track, The Queen Is Dead is a harder-rocking record than anything the Smiths had attempted before, but that's only on a relative scale -- although the backbeat is more pronounced, the group certainly doesn't rock in a conventional sense. Instead, Johnny Marr has created a dense web of guitars, alternating from the minor-key rush of "Bigmouth Strikes Again" and the faux rockabilly of "Vicar in a Tutu" to the bouncy acoustic pop of "Cemetry Gates" and "The Boy With the Thorn in His Side," as well as the lovely melancholy of "I Know It's Over" and "There Is a Light That Never Goes Out." And the rich musical bed provides Morrissey with the support for his finest set of lyrics which deliver a devastating set of clever, witty satires of British social mores, intellectualism, class, and even himself. He also crafts some of his finest, most affecting songs, particularly in the wistful "The Boy With the Thorn in His Side" and the epic "There Is a Light That Never Goes Out," two masterpieces that provide the foundation for a remarkable album

Track Listing:
Side 1: The Queen Is Dead / Frankly Mr Shankly / I Know It's Over / Never Had No One Ever / Cemetry Gates
Side 2: Bigmouth Strikes Again / The Boy With The Thorn In His Side / Vicar In A Tutu / There Is A Light That Never Goes Out / Some Girls Are Bigger Than Others

LABELS: MINT - CLEAN and BRIGHT with NO wear, NO writing and NO spindle marks
VINYL Visual: MINT - The vinyl has a DEEP, LIKE-NEW, GLOSSY SHEEN and is UNMARKED
VINYL Audio: THIS IS MY OWN PERSONAL SECOND COPY AND IT IS UNPLAYED - I HAVE HOWEVER PLAY-GRADED IT FOR LISTING (AS USUAL). The audio is SUPERB - CRYSTAL CLEAR, VERY SHARP and VERY STRONG. There are NO scratches, NO jumps, NO sticks and NO clicks or pops. The sound quality is STUNNING with NO groove-wear and NO distortion. Graded as MINT for audio - A BETTER UK FIRST PRESSING YOU WILL NOT FIND
SLEEVE: The cover is also in BEAUTIFUL, MINT(-) condition - CLEAN, BRIGHT and FRESH and only down-graded slightly because of an indentation mark on the front cover only visible when angled to the light
INNER SLEEVE: Never actually housed the vinyl - which is in a separate inner sleeve - (I ALWAYS REMOVE THE VINYL FROM ITS INNER WHEN I GET IT HOME) - so it is in MINT condition with NO marks, NO wear and NO splits

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