THE SMITHS / MORRISSEY - GERMAN DEBUT LP PROMO RTD25
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Catalogue no. RTD 25 - Rough Trade Germany This magnificent German promo vinyl limited edition of The Smiths' debut album is considered by some to be the ultimate acquisition for a Smiths collector, owing to the sheer beauty of the pressing on multicoloured vinyl with red, green, orange and purple tones radiating from the centre; the result of a technically-difficult manufacturing process from which no two of the LPs are identical. The Record Collector Smiths 'Top 100' article, in which this appeared at Number 8, suggests that this promotional-only version of The Smiths' first LP in Germany is "the most beautiful" of all of the original stylish German Rough Trade pressings of The Smiths releases on coloured vinyl, and it would be difficult to disagree. Although the commercial German pressing of The Smiths' first LP looked much like that of any other country, this special run of only 500 individually-numbered multicoloured 'marbled' vinyl pressings were produced to promote this release with particular panache. Opinions regarding its placing in the ranking of Smiths collectables differ and while listed at Number 8 in the aforementioned article of 2005, it was listed as high as Number 2 in the earlier 1992 version of the article. This one is numbered 433 on the central white label which also carries the track listing and catalogue information. It was bought my myself some time ago from a record fair it is a genuine and original nature. This is a genuinely rare and special item for a Smiths collector, which continues to be a pleasure to own long after it is acquired. The vinyl and labels are in strong excellent condition, with just the faintest of minor 'hairline' surface marks which are only just visible if the record is held at a certain angle to the light. The record has probably been played very few times judging by the labels. The coloured vinyl looks very striking and is simply stunning when held to the light. The picture sleeve is the standard German first LP sleeve which was sent out with many of the copies of this promotional LP it is also in strong excellent condition and has some minor traces of wear around the edges (see picture). The original white paper inner sleeve is present and intact.happy bidding, worldwide please ask for postage
