THE SMITHS MEAT IS MURDER 1985 LP SIRE 25269-1 First US Release MORRISSEY RARE  
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This is the first US release of The Smiths Meat Is Murder. "How Soon Is Now" was not on the original Rough Trade UK release, but was added to the US release although the track doesn't appear on the US back cover and the track and lyrics to not appear on the US printed inner sleeve. The record is clean and shiny with a few light marks, but otherwise is in great shape. The jacket has minor corner bumps and ring wear on the back, but is also in great shape. The printed inner sleeve has some tape on one two sides and a small split on the other, but is also in pretty decent shape (see photos). Grading is visual only.

Track listing

All lyrics written by Morrissey; all music composed by Johnny Marr

No.TitleLength1."The Headmaster Ritual"4:522."Rusholme Ruffians"4:203."I Want the One I Can't Have"3:144."What She Said"2:425."That Joke Isn't Funny Anymore"4:596."Nowhere Fast"2:377."Well I Wonder"4:008."Barbarism Begins At Home"6:579."Meat Is Murder"6:06

Notes

After the relative production disappointment of the band's 1984 debut album The Smiths, singer Morrissey and guitarist Johnny Marr produced the album themselves, assisted only by engineer Stephen Street. They had first met Street on the session for "Heaven Knows I'm Miserable Now" and requested his contact number. Officially, the record's production is credited to "The Smiths", with Andy Rourke and Mike Joyce allowed say about their instruments' sound-levels in the mixing.
Outer jacket and printed inner sleeve omit "How Soon Is Now?" (B1).
Recorded at Amazon Studios, Liverpool and Ridge Farm, Surrey.
Mixed at Island Studios, London, Winter 1984.Includes printed inner sleeve with lyrics.Cover star culled from Emile de Antonio's "In the Year of the Pig." The album's sleeve uses a 1967 photograph of Marine Cpl. Michael Wynn in the Vietnam War, though with the wording on his helmet changed from "Make War Not Love" to "Meat Is Murder". The original image was used for de Antonio's 1968 documentary "In The Year Of The Pig".


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