The Smiths LP 1st promo Germany multicoloured vinyl very rare w/promo flyer
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THE SMITHS - THE SMITHS ROUGH TRADE RTD 25 – No. 000044
GERMAN MULTI COLOURED PROMO LP - # 44
WITH ORIGINAL PROMO SHEET „Rough Trade Deutschland“
This is one oft the extremly rare promo LP which came out with the original promo sheet.
„Im Februar `84 erscheint das Debüt-Album der SMITHS (incl. der Single „what Differnce Does It Make“). Zehn neue Songs, die neue Version von „Hand In Glove“ einmal mitgerechnet. Unprätentiöser Titel der LP: THE SMITHS“
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This magnificent German promo vinyl limited edition of The Smiths' debut album is considered by some to be the ultimate acquisition for a Smiths collector, owing to the sheer beauty of the pressing on multicoloured vinyl with red, green, orange and purple tones radiating from the centre; the result of a technically-difficult manufacturing process from which no two of the LPs are identical. The Record Collector Smiths 'Top 100' article, in which this appeared at Number 8, suggests that this promotional-only version of The Smiths' first LP in Germany is "the most beautiful" of all of the original stylish German Rough Trade pressings of The Smiths releases on coloured vinyl, and it would be difficult to disagree. Although the commercial German pressing of The Smiths' first LP looked much like that of any other country, this special run of only 500 individually-numbered multicoloured 'marbled' vinyl pressings were produced to promote this release with particular panache. Opinions regarding its placing in the ranking of Smiths collectables differ and while listed at Number 8 in the aforementioned article of 2005, it was listed as high as Number 2 in the earlier 1992 version of the article. Indeed, in that time the estimated value of the record had risen from 100.00, in 1992, to 350.00 in 2005, which is a testimony to the accumulating value of such pressings as the demand for Smiths and Morrissey rarities continues to increase as copies are bought up by collectors. This one is number 44 on the central white label which also carries the track listing and catalogue information. This is a genuinely rare and special item for a Smiths collector, which continues to be a pleasure to own long after it is acquired. A must have !
WHITE LABELLED VINYL IN GREAT CONDITION. TRACK LISTING IDENTICAL TO NORMAL VERSION. CAME OUT WITHOUT SLEEVE
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