The Smiths Debut Multi Coloured German Promo Rough Trade 25, 468/500, 1984
€
727
$
845
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I bought this record in 2002 and played it about 4-5 times (I own this record as a regular German Rough Trade 25 pressing as well.)
Catalogue no. RTD 25 - Rough Trade Germany This truly 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 in the appearance of the pressing on multicoloured vinyl with red, green and purple tones radiating from the centre; the result of a technically-difficult manufacturing process from which no two of these LPs are identical. The 2014 edition of the Record Collector Smiths 'Top 100' article, in which this appeared at Number 10, 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 standard 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 in particular style. This has appeared in the Top 10 of each of the Record Collector 'Top 100 Rarities' articles over the years from 1992 up to the present year, and has rapidly accumulated in estimated value over that time which is a testimony to the soaring value of such pressings as the demand for Smiths and Morrissey rarities continues to accelerate as copies are bought up and stored away by collectors. This one is numbered 468 on the central white label which also carries the track listing and catalogue information.
I will ship with UPS tracked and fully insured. (Auch innerhalb Deutschlands.) Be assured that the very greatest of care will be taken when packing this record - it is obviously almost impossible to replace. Hence the postage cost.
