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THE SMITHS featuring MORRISSEY THE SELF-TITLED FIRST ALBUM THE SMITHS ORIGINAL SPANISH PRESSING - ORIGINAL 1983 ROUGH TRADE SPAIN STEREO LP 43070-L
ORIGINAL SPANISH PRESSING
PERSONALLY AUTOGRAPHED BY ALL FOUR SMITHS MEMBERS MORRISSEY INCLUDED PLEASE SEE THE MAGNIFIED DETAIL OF THEIR SIGNATURES, SHOWN ABOVE
ORIGINAL GREY SPANISH ROUGH TRADE LABEL
INCLUDES SPANISH-ONLY INSERT/LYRICS SHEET ON AMERICAN AND UK RELEASES, THIS WAS A CUSTOM INNER SLEEVE
THIS IS THE ORIGINAL, AUTHENTIC, FIRST SPANISH PRESSING THIS IS NOT A REISSUE, AN IMPORT, OR A COUNTERFEIT PRESSING.
ORIGINAL, THIN CARDBOARD COVER NO THICK CARDBOARD COVERS WERE EVER PRODUCED FOR THIS TITLE
ORIGINAL GLOSSY, LIGHTLY LAMINATED COVER
FAIRLY THICK VINYL PRESSING On the scale from 1 to 10 1 being the least thick, and 10 being the thickest , we assess the thickness of the vinyl as 6.
MATRIX NUMBER IN TRAIL-OFF VINYL DEAD WAX ENDS WITH -A1/B1 . ON SOME LABELS, SUFFIX 1 DENOTES THE VERY FIRST, ORIGINAL PRESSING
PLEASE SEE THE IMAGE OF THE COVER, LABEL OR BOTH, SHOWN BELOW
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Arriving in an era dominated by synth pop and gloomy post-punk, the Smiths eponymous debut was the bracing beginning of a new era. On the surface, the Smiths sound wasn t radically different from traditional British guitar pop -- Johnny Marr s ringing, layered guitars were catchy and melodic -- but it was actually an astonishing subversion of the form, turning the structure inside out. Very few of the songs followed conventional verse-chorus structure, yet they were quite melodic within their own right. Marr s inventive songwriting was made all the more original and innovative by Morrissey s crooning and lyrics. Writing about unconventional topics, from homosexuality Hand in Glove to child molestation and murder, Morrissey had a distinctively ironic, witty, and literate viewpoint whose strangeness was accentuated by his off-kilter voice, which would move from a croon to a yelp in a matter of seconds. While the production of The Smiths is a little pristine, the songs are vital and alive, developing a new, unique voice within pop music. Though the Smiths continued to improve over the course of their career, their debut remains startling and exciting.
EXCERPT FROM AN ONLINE REVIEW BY STEPHEN THOMAS ERLEWINE, ALL MUSIC GUIDE /ALLMUSIC.COM/
Reflecting the historical importance of this album, as well as its popular and critical acclaim, The Rolling Stones Magazine selected this album as on of the top-200 Rock albums of all time in their recent global poll.
CONDITION:
THE RECORD
IMPORTANT NOTE: unless otherwise noted, ALL records are graded visually, and NOT play-graded we grade records under the strong, diffuse room light or discrete sunlight
a WE GRADE THE VINYL AS EXCELLENT. This is one of those albums that are somewhat difficult to grade. It is somewhere between VG and NEAR MINT, just a notch below NEAR MINT. A few light abrasions ARE visible, but they are extremely shallow, superficial and only moderately visually distracting nothing significant .For the most part, the vinyl looks impeccable without any MAJOR visual flaws or imperfections. Much of the original luster is intact, and the vinyl shines and sparkles almost like new.
b The album comes with the original insert/lyrics sheet
c The record is pressed on a RELATIVELY thick, inflexible vinyl. This is NOT a thin, flimsy dynaflex type , vinyl, but not the thickest, most rigid vinyl, either.
d Of course, this is a full-bodied ANALOG recording, and not an inferior, digital recording
THE COVER
THE COVER IS NICE --- ABOUT VERY GOOD VG .
The following flaws or imperfections are noted on the cover:
- Cover has a visible wrinkle crease in one of the corners and a smaller one in another
- Cover has a few tiny wrinkles along the seams
- Cover has two corners slightly dinged nothing significant
- Cover has JUST A HINT of ring wear nothing significant On the scale from 1 to 10 1 being the least, and 10 being the most severe , we assess the severity of ring wear as 1.
- The cover has a few tiny scratch marks on the front side nothing significant
NO OTHER VISIBLE FLAWS OR IMPERFECTIONS ON THE COVER
