The Smiths Girlfriend In A Coma Mispress 7" Morrissey
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The Smiths - 'Girlfriend In A Coma' Mispress Green Sleeve 7" - 1987
Catalogue No. RT 197 - Rough Trade Records
The 7" sleeve for the UK single release of 'Girlfriend In A Coma' was, of course, intended to be grey and the 12" green; though, for reasons unknown, a very small number of the 7"s were printed with the green sleeves and a few 12"s with grey sleeves. This is not an auction for one of the 7"s which is mostly grey but has just a small strip of green along the top or bottom edge; this is a fully mispressed sleeve which is entirely green and black (as can be seen in the photos). Neither is this an auction for the Australian sleeve 7" which has had the UK 7" record put inside it to imitate the mispress (since the Australian 7"s were intentionally pressed in green but had a different catalogue number on the CBS label). In short, this is the genuine full mispress 7" which is, without a doubt, very difficult to come by. My own experience has been that this 7" version is far far harder to get hold of than the 12" grey sleeve mispress, though the reader will wish to make up their own mind on this point. I have included a photo of this mispress 7" alongside both the standard 7" and 12" versions (this auction is for the one in the middle of course!). The condition is very collectable (see below) and the record is the original first pressing with the matrix numbers ('RT 197 A1' etc) etched into the run-out groove rather than machine-stamped as you see on later copies; this suggests that only the very first few must have been mispressed with the green sleeve before the mistake was later corrected. This is a superb original collectable and one of those items which is somehow more pleasing to own than most; the 7" sleeve just looks so much better in green than grey!The sleeve is in excellent condition since there are no rips, tears, writing or seam splits, with just some mild corner wear and no significant creases anywhere. It is not graded higher because there is some visible 'ringwear' on the reverse, where the record inside has caused a faint circular ring mark (which seems to look worse than it is in the photo due to being highlighted by the camera flash); though the record has been stored outside of its sleeve since being in my possession to avoid further wear. The vinyl and labels are also in excellent condition, with some moderate thin line surface marks on the vinyl in several places. This has not been swapped for a copy of the vinyl in newer condition since I believe in keeping the original record and sleeve together, and it is the very early pressing with etched matrix numbers as mentioned above. Please see the accompanying photos; note that the Ebay ID lettering is just on the pictures and not the item itself.
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