Sold Date: March 5, 2023
Start Date: February 26, 2023
Final Price: £34.00 (GBP)
Bid Count: 26
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The Smiths - 'Hatful Of Hollow' 

Rough Trade - ROUGH 76 - UK 1984

Vinyl/Sleeve: EX/EX

Matrix: (a) ROUGH 76 A1  THE IMPOTENCE OF EARNEST

             (b) ROUGH.76.B3  Ian (Eire)

Vinyl: Excellent  

This record has been machine cleaned and play checked. Audio is excellent with three light tics during track one on side two, and occasionally there's a touch of surface noise. The playing surface is great with no obvious marks or scratches

Sleeve: Excellent  

The glossy gatefold sleeve is in nice condition with very little edge wear, but has a corner bump on the bottom right that has caused a tiny tear in the surface (see pic). This comes with it's printed inner sleeve which is also in excellent condition with no seam splits.  

Side One:  William, It Was Really Nothing / What Difference Does It Really Make? / These Things Take Time / This Charming Man / How Soon Is Now? / Handsome Devil / Hand In Glove / Still Ill         

Side Two:  Heaven Knows I'm Miserable Now / This Night Has Opened My Eyes / You've Got Everything Now / Accept Yourself / Girl Afraid / Back To The Old House / Reel Around The Fountain / Please Please Please Let Me Get What I Want       

Combined postage offered to UK destinations ONLY. I'll send an invoice if you've bought more than one record.

NON-UK shipping - NO COMBINED POSTAGE - International shipping is with eBay's Global Shipping Program (GSP) and combined postage is not available. It may appear expensive, and delivery may take a few extra days, but I'm sorry, it's the only international shipping option I offer.

A few words on Vinyl Grades.........

My vinyl grades are pretty much in line with those commonly used here on eBay and other specialist vinyl sites. The descriptions I provide are of equal significance as they will include any details I would consider useful to know when deciding whether to purchase a vinyl record. I normally examine a record’s playing surface in more than one daylight condition, this is because the lighting at different times of day tend to reveal details that might not be noticeable at other times of day. For example, bright angled morning light shining through a window will reveal a multitude of fine lines and dust that are often superficial, and these can distract from significant surface imperfections which might be more noticeable later in the day. Sleeve grades shouldn't really require an explanation, needless to say, the photos and descriptions should speak for themselves.    

Mint (M) : Never played, and the only way you can be fairly confident that it hasn’t been played, is if the record is still sealed (and that’s not foolproof).

Near Mint (NM) : A record that shows hardly any evidence of being played – both in appearance and sound quality.

Excellent (EX) : A record that may have minor surface marks and/or minimal surface noise or tics.

Very Good + (VG+) : The record will be close to excellent but may have some distinct marks or hairlines that may even be feelable - but not to excess. Sound quality may be slightly impaired with light surface noise/crackle or tics.

Very Good (VG) : The record will have several marks or scratches, and/or sound quality that isn’t that great

Good+ (G+) : This will be a record that has many surface marks or scratches and poor sound quality. I wouldn’t normally sell anything that would grade below this (ie ‘good’ or ‘acceptable’). Anything below this grade would probably have skips and I rarely sell records that have skips.