The Smiths This Charming Man (Manchester) Rough Trade UK RTT 136 12" N/MINT
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May 27, 2018
Sold Date
May 20, 2018
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You are bidding on Classic ARTIST RARE
The Smiths This Charming Man (Manchester) Rough Trade - UK - RTT 136 - 12" Single
UK 45 Rare Original UK 12"
- First pressing without band's name "The Smiths" on the cover, Capitol Records parody logo for Rough Trade on both labels and back sleeve, and timtom/CBS mastering on the B-side, identifiable from a wide dead-wax area.
1983 Glad Hips Music
All words reproduced courtesy Glad Hips Music Limited ©1983
the initial UK release of both the 12” (this) and the 7” featured an alternate Rough Trade logo that was a parody of the classic Capitol Records logo, with a capitol dome over “Rough” in bold cursive over “TRADE” typeset. The logo on the back of the sleeve added an oval ring (also a Capitol hallmark). Morrissey is said to have objected to its use, so the offending logos on the labels were first covered with stickers on both 7” and 12” versions, before altered labels and jackets were printed without the dome. Capitol Records does not appear to have objected to the parody of its trademark, so Rough Trade used the remaining “withdrawn” dome-logo sleeves throughout 1983-84 (especially for export copies), and as a result various combinations of labels and sleeves are common. For Discogs listings please explain with the listing if the sleeve and labels do not match.
- Matrix / Runout (Side A, hand-etched): RTT 136 A1 WILL NATURE MAKE A MAN OF ME YET?
- Matrix / Runout (Side B, hand-etched): RTT 136 B1 timtom cbs
- Matrix / Runout (Side B, stamped): ?
- Label:Rough Trade
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