THIS IS THE 1992 UK/EUROPEAN ORIGINAL PRESSING on BLANCO Y NEGRO Records [Manufactured in Germany]. The SINGLE COVER is in VG+ condition: normal wear and without any major deterioration, BUT light discolouration/wear on/near corners, surface sticker mark on front (top left), mild creases on edges, surface scratch on bottom spine (centre), top and left spine fully readable; please for details see photos (with and without flashlight). Vinyl is in EX condition and plays wonderfully.

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THE JESUS AND MARY CHAIN

Like the Velvet Underground, their most obvious influence, the chart success of the Jesus and Mary Chain was virtually nonexistent, but their artistic impact was incalculable; quite simply, the Scottish group made the world safe for white noise, orchestrating a sound dense in squalling feedback that served as an inspiration to everyone from My Bloody Valentine to Dinosaur Jr.

"HONEY'S DEAD"

tracklist

Side A: REVERENCE - TEENAGE LUST - FAR GONE AND OUT

ALMOST GOLD - SUGAR RAY - TUMBLEDOWN

Side B: CATCHFIRE - GOOD FOR MY SOUL - ROLLERCOASTER

I CAN'T GET ENOUGH - SUNDOWN - FREQUENCY

MADE in GERMANY for UK/EUROPEAN MARKET   ORIGINAL PRESSING

SINGLE COVER

Barcode: (text) 0 9031-76554-1 3

Label Code: LC 4281

Other (Price Code): Ⓤ

Other (Price Code): FRANCE: WE 391

Other (Embossed Warner logo on rear sleeve): W

LABEL: BLANCO Y NEGRO - BLACK LABEL - WHITE TEXT

Catalog on cover: BYN26  9031-76554-1

Catalog on labels: BYN26  9031-76554-1

Matrix / Runout (Side A, Stamped): WMME Alsdorf 903 176554-1-A2  (Etched): 2

Matrix / Runout (Side B, Stamped): WMME Alsdorf 903 176554-1-B  (Etched): 5

On labels: 3-line rim text reads "Tous droits...............prohibited"

Made in Germany

GEMA/BIEM

Produced by William Reid/Jim Reid

Written by Reid/Reid

Engineered & Mixed.......

Published by.........Ltd

On Back Cover: Tracklist + Credits

 *℗ 1990 Warner Music UK Ltd

℗ 1992 Warner Music UK Ltd  © 1992 Warner Music UK Ltd

Made in Germany by W Warner Manufacturing Europe

W (embossed, bottom right corner)

RECORD EX but (please, read above description)

SLEEVE VG+ but (please, see pictures and read above description)

Again working with Alan Moulder but now also using a live drummer on most tracks -- namely Monti from Curve, one of the Mary Chain's many descendants -- the Reids came back strong with Honey's Dead, on balance a more consistent and satisfying record than Automatic. There's a sense of greater creativity with the arrangements, while the balance between blasting static rampage and precise, almost clinical delivery is the finest yet, making the album as a whole the best straight-through listen since Psychocandy. Monti's drumming finally replaces Bobby Gillespie's properly; he's a much more talented musician than the Primal Scream overlord, using the warped funk hits familiar from Curve's work to the Mary Chain's advantage. Even the drum machine-driven cuts work better than before, especially the brilliant, coruscating opener, "Reverence." Burning with some of the best nails-on-chalkboard feedback the band had yet recorded, combined with a whipsmart sharp breakbeat, all it took was the finishing touch of Jim Reid's sneering lines like "I wanna die like Jesus Christ" to make it another stone-cold classic single from the band. Other winners include "Sugar Ray," with beats and melody so immediate and addictive the track was actually used for a beer commercial, of all things, and the steady slap and crunch of "Good for My Soul." If there's a danger in Honey's Dead, it's that the near bottomless pit of reworked melodies and lyrics had almost reached its end -- even the final track, "Frequency," combines both "Reverence" itself with the Modern Lovers' "Roadrunner" -- which made the stylistic shift on Stoned & Dethroned a logical follow-up. William and Jim Reid split all the vocals almost evenly, the former especially shining on the nearly gentle "Almost Gold," the closest the record comes to a sweet ballad...(AllMusic)