THE SMITHS THE QUEEN IS DEAD OZ ROUGH TRADE MORRISSEY JOHNNY MARR ANDY ROURKE 86

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 ‎– The Queen is Dead

VERY RARE ORIGINAL AUSTRALIA VINYL LP RELEASE, 1986 IN ORIGINAL COVER & INNER PRINTED CARD SLEEVE - WITH LYRICS. ALL IN OUTER PLASTIC SLEEVE SINCE NEW.

COVER ART FEATURES FRENCH ACTOR ALAIN DELON IN THE 1964 FILM L'INSOUMIS (THE UNVANQUISHED).

NEW MUSICAL EXPRESS (NME) MAGAZINE, IN ITS 2013 LIST, NAMED 'THE QUEEN IS DEAD' AS THE GREATEST ALBUM OF ALL TIME.

TRACKLIST

A1The Queen Is Dead (Take Me Back To Dear Old Blighty) (Medley)6:23A2Frankly, Mr. Shankly2:17A3I Know It's Over5:48A4Never Had No One Ever3:36A5Cemetry Gates2:39B1Bigmouth Strikes Again3:12B2The Boy With The Thorn In His Side3:15B3Vicar In A Tutu2:21B4There Is A Light That Never Goes Out4:02B5Some Girls Are Bigger Than Others3:14 Companies, etc. Manufactured By –  Distributed By –  Credits Arranged By [Strings] –  Bass –  Drums –  Engineer –  Guitar –  Layout –  Music By –  Orchestra –  Photography By [Group] –  Producer – ,  Sleeve –  Voice –  Words By –  Notes Recorded in England, Winter 1985

Cicely Courtneidge recording courtesy of Thorn EMI Elstree Studios Ltd
Cover Star: Alain Delon photos © 1965 Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Inc.

All tracks published by Warner Bros. except "Take Me Back To Dear Old Blighty" Warner Bros,/Control
℗ 1986 Rough Trade Records, Ltd./Sound recording made by Rough Trade Records, Ltd. - first published ℗ in U.K. 1986.
Made and distributed under license by CBS Productions Pty. Ltd.
All tracks © 1986 Warner Bros. Music Limited.

"Some Girls Are Bigger Than Others"
This track fades in like on all other releases but then stays at the same volume unlike most other pressings where the track fades quickly again before coming back.
This version is only available on some Australian pressings.
MATRIXES  Runout (Side 1 Hand-Etched):  ∆ MX 217359 RTRANZ 013-1 Runout (Side 2 Hand-Etched):  ∆ MX 217360 RTRANZ 013-2


CONDITION (SEE PICS.)

RECORD  NEAR MINT, ALMOST LIKE NEW

LABELS  NEAR MINT,  NO VISIBLE SPINDLE MARKS, ALMOST LIKE NEW

COVER  VERY GOOD+ to EXCELLENT, VERY MINOR CREASE TOP R/H CNR., FRONT;  SOME VERY MINOR SMALL CREASES AT SPINE;  EXTREMELY MINOR PART OUTER RING IMPRESSION (NOT WEAR);  EXTREMELY MINOR BOTTOM CNR. WEAR;  SMALL AREA BARELY VISIBLE STICKER RESIDUE ON BACK

INNER CARD SLEEVE  VERY GOOD+,  SOME MINOR FOXING SPOTS FRONT & BACK;  VERY MINOR OUTER RING IMPRESSION (NOT WEAR), BACK;  FEW VERY MINOR CREASES, BACK

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