THE SMITHS? – This Charming Man UK 12" ROUGH TRADE RTT 136 ROUGH TRADE Stickers
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The Smiths ?– This Charming Man Label: Rough Trade ?– RTT 136 Format: Vinyl, 12", 45 RPM, Single, Stickered Country: UK Released: Oct 1983 Genre: Rock Style: Indie Rock Tracklist A1 This Charming Man (Manchester) 2:43 A2 This Charming Man (London) 2:30 B1 Accept Yourself 3:53 B2 Wonderful Woman 3:04 Companies, etc. Mastered At – CBS Studios, London Distributed By – The Cartel Credits Bass Guitar – Andy Rourke Drums – Mike Joyce Executive-Producer – Geoff Travis Guitar, Harmonica – Johnny Marr Mastered By – timtom* Music By – Johnny Marr Other [Cover Star] – Jean Marais Producer – John Porter Voice – Morrissey Words By – Morrissey Notes First pressing without band's name "The Smiths" on the cover, but with stickers covering the alternate Rough Trade logo on the labels. 1983 Glad Hips Music All words reproduced courtesy Glad Hips Music Limited ©1983
The initial UK release of both the 12” 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 (this), 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 Capitol Records does not appear to have objected to the parody of its trademark, so Rough Trade used the remaining “withdrawn” dome-logo sleeves throughout 1983-84 (especially for export copies), and as a result various combinations of labels and sleeves are common.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.
(1) Timtom mastering both sides (wide dead wax on B-side), dome logo appears on labels and sleeve (The Smiths - This Charming Man) (2: this version) as (1) but with round stickers covering the logo on the labels; sleeve logo unknown. (3) New/altered labels and sleeves printed, showing the cursive Rough Trade logo only, without the domes. Timtom mastering both sides, as above. (The Smiths - This Charming Man) (4) B-side remastered by Porky for improved sound (the dead wax is very narrow), using the remaining dome-logo labels and sleeves. (The Smiths - This Charming Man) (5) New sleeves and labels: Band-name added to front, back cover with domed logo in oval, unchanged from version #1. New labels with the conventional Rough Trade logo and publishing credit changed from Glad Hips Music to Warner Bros. Music. Same Porky B-side mastering as (4). (The Smiths - This Charming Man)
A somewhat simplified version of these classifications appears at passionsjustlikemine.com Barcode and Other Identifiers 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
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