Morrissey "Viva Hate" Original UK Vinyl LP Album 1988 1st Press CSD 3787 Smiths
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Description
This is the original UK 1988 vinyl release of the brilliant debut album "Viva Hate" by Morrissey.
The record is in excellent condition. There are a few scuffs and creases to the outer sleeve but overall it's in good shape for a record of this age. Please refer to images for detail and just let me know if you have any questions or would like to see further pics.
I'm gutted to be selling it but I need to offload some of my more valuable records as I'm saving with my partner for a deposit on a house.
Can post outside UK too - please message me with your location for rates.
Track listing
No. Title Length 1. "Alsatian Cousin" 3:13 2. "Little Man, What Now?" 1:48 3. "Everyday Is Like Sunday" 3:32 4. "Bengali in Platforms" 3:55 5. "Angel, Angel Down We Go Together" 1:40 6. "Late Night, Maudlin Street" 7:40 7. "Suedehead" 3:56 8. "Break Up the Family" 3:55 9. "The Ordinary Boys" 3:10 10. "I Don't Mind If You Forget Me" 3:17 11. "Dial-a-Cliché" 2:28 12. "Margaret on the Guillotine" 3:42Background
Although credited to Morrissey and producer Stephen Street, every song on the album bar Suedehead was composed by Morrissey and The Durutti Column guitarist Vini Reilly, who had been drafted into the sessions by Street. [1] Viva Hatewas originally going to be called Education in Reverse (some LPs in Australia and New Zealand were released with this title). The album was recorded between October and December 1987.[2]
Release
Viva Hate was released on 14 March 1988 by record label HMV.
There was some controversy caused by the track "Margaret on the Guillotine", which described the death of prime minister Margaret Thatcher as a "wonderful dream".[3]
The American release included the track "Hairdresser on Fire", which had been released in the UK as a B-side to "Suedehead", as track 9. This same track was released on a 7" single that was sold with the album in Japan.
It was certified Gold by the RIAA on 16 November 1993.
In 1997, EMI, in celebration of their 100th anniversary, released a remastered special edition of this album in the UK. It features different cover art and a different booklet (it has a photograph of a billboard for Beethoven Was Deaf and drops the lyrics) as well as eight bonus tracks – only one of which was contemporaneous with the album. "Hairdresser on Fire" does not appear on this version.
A newly remastered, special edition of Viva Hate, supervised by Stephen Street, was released on 2 April 2012. This edition controversially omits, along with the name of Vini Reilly, one of the original album's tracks, "The Ordinary Boys", and includes the session outtake "Treat Me Like a Human Being". Also, the extended fadeout of "Late Night, Maudlin Street" has been changed. Stephen Street has said that he felt these changes were a mistake but that the track selection was changed at Morrissey's insistence.[2] "Hairdresser on Fire", again, is also not included on this edition. Additionally, the typeface font on the front cover has been changed.
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