THE SMITHS "Strangeways" incredible rarity AUTOGRAPHED RARE GREEN SLEEVE orig LP
£
250
$
298
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I'VE COLLECTED THE SMITHS FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS AGO, AND HAVE TRADED THEIR RARITIES OFTEN OVER THE YEARS, THIS ONE IS A REAL WRENCH TO GET GO AS EVEN WITHOUT IT BEING SIGNED THIS HAS SUDDENLY BECOME A MAJOR RARITY BY THE BAND.
IT'S THE MISPRESSED GREEN TEXT VERSION OF THE CLASSIC FINAL LP "STRANGEWAYS HERE WE COME" ON ROUGH TRADE (ROUGH106) WHICH ESCAPED WITH GREEN TEXT IN VERY LOW NUMBERS. THIS REACHES A TIDY SUM ON IT'S OWN AS ANY DETECTIVE WORK ON HERE WILL INDICATE.
WHAT REALLY TOPS THIS OFF THOUGH IS THAT IT'S SIGNED -AND SIGNED AT A TIME- WHEN THE BAND WERE HARDLY TOGETHER AT ALL, TOWARDS THE TAIL END OF THEIR CAREER TOGETHER. THIS WAS OBTAINED BY AN EX GIRLFRIEND WHO WORKED FREELANCE IN PRESS FOR BOTH ROUGH TRADE AND MUTE, AND WAS OBTAINED OVER 2 SEPARATE OCCASIONS, BUT TO GET ALL 4 WAS TOUGH AND TIME CONSUMING.
CONDITION WISE IT'S IN VG SHAPE, I THINK THE PRICE I HAVE PUT IT AT IS VERY FAIR BUT HAVE STILL INCLUDED THE OFFERS OPTION. A LOVELY ITEM AND I CAN DO THIS FOR **free** SIGNED FOR POSTAGE ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD INCLUSIVE WITH PAYPAL BEST PLEASE. THANKS FOR LOOKING....