The Smiths Meat Is Murder Vinyl LP 1985 UK 1st Press Rough Trade ROUGH81 NM/VG+
  £   85
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Aug 5, 2026 Sold Date
Jul 5, 2026 Start Date
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Description

Own a definitive piece of indie rock history with this essential 1985 UK first pressing on Rough Trade Records (Catalog: ROUGH 81). This copy features the scarce and highly collectible ROUGH A2 / B2 matrix runouts complete with the legendary original first-run matrix etchings ("ILLNESS AS ART" / "DOING THE WYTHENSHAWE WALTZ"), offering the uncompressed, punchy original analog audio depth masterfully captured by Johnny Marr and Stephen Street. From Marr’s intricate jangle-guitar layers to Morrissey’s poignant lyrical delivery, this landmark album became the band's only studio record to peak at Number 1 on the UK charts and sounds unparalleled on heavy vintage wax.


Tracklist:


  • Side One: The Headmaster Ritual • Rusholme Ruffians • I Want The One I Can't Have • What She Said • That Joke Isn't Funny Anymore

  • Side Two: Nowhere Fast • Well I Wonder • Barbarism Begins At Home • Meat Is Murder


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