The Smiths. Panic. un released proof sleeve with Hand Written Notes On Sleeve...

	£		165
	$		219

The Smiths.
"Panic"
Paper "Proof" Sleeve. U.K Issue RT 193
HAND WRITTEN BIRO NOTERS BY CARYN GOUGH THE DESIGNER OF THE SLEEVE ASKING FOR CHANGES IN COLOUR ON THE TEXT
Sleeves were issued by condor litho printers whom were Rough Trades Official printers of these proof sleeves.
Printed on gloss paper stock i.e. This is what you call the pre proof stage which is before the card proof stage. The paper measures  15" by 8" and shows the front and back of this iconic sleeve which features Richard Bradford, from the 1967 ATV series 'Man In A Suitcase', in which he played a dismissed CIA agent working for hire in London, living out of his suitcase..
This is an un released sleeve The differenced between the released cover are;
Smiths logo on the front of sleeve is in white the released cover was written in Blue. Where the credits are written there is an oval shaped sphere which is omitted from the released sleeve  plus the image of Richard Bradford is sharper and the colours brighter in contrast to the released sleeve. 
 I suppose you could look at the copies on ebay to see the differences. 
A true one of a kind!!!!
The condition of the sleeve is excellent as i have kept them in professional storage boxes in a cool,dark and damp free environment. Also an added bonus is all my items come from a smoke and pet free home. 
Up for auction is a proof sleeve for the above release for the sole purpose of seeing what the sleeve would look like aesthetically before they went to print. These mock sleeves were printed up for Jo Slee who was the art co-ordinator for Rough Trade Records. I came across these pieces of historic art around 1998 and was just bold over by the history of it all its not everyday you come across items like these and there so stunning to look at and hopefully my pictures will try to allay this to you.
I purchased these items from a person who i cannot name but they did work at Rough trade up and till they closed in the 1990's. These pieces of art pop history are genuine, not re-worked prints i can and will 100% guarantee this and anything else i will be selling.
Hopefully these items will appeal to you as much as they did to me over a decade ago and i think there's something here for every kind of enthusiast and every type of collector from the completest to the occasional collector but i must stress that these individual proofs are very rare and were not made in the 100's they were very limited mostly to only 6 or 7 of each and others that i own are less than that number as they were only made so that Caryn Gough,Jo Slee and Morrissey could view them to see if they had the finished product they all liked or to view alternate versions of sleeve. These are very rare items indeed and it's unusual to find any bands proof sleeves never mind The Smiths proof sleeves. Here's a chance to be the envy of the Smiths collecting world.


The Smiths recorded "Panic" at London's Livingston Studios in May 1986. It was the group's first recording sessions since they completed work on their third album The Queen Is Dead six months earlier. During the interim period, bassist Andy Rourke had been fired due to his heroin addiction. The band hired Craig Gannon to replace him, but after they rehired Rourke, guitarist Johnny Marr offered Gannon a position as second guitarist. The now five-piece band worked with producer John Porter at Livingston Studios; this was his first work with the group in two years. Porter added several layers of tracks by guitarists Marr and Gannon. Porter was concerned that the song was too short, so he copied the band's first take from 5 May and spliced a repetition of the first verse at the end to increase its length. The group was unimpressed and opted to leave the song as they originally structured it. Within weeks of release, an effigy of popular BBC Radio 1 DJ Dave Lee Travis was hung from the lamp posts of High Wycombe in response to the song's lyrics. It was removed by police within hours and no arrests were made.


The artwork proof sleeves will be posted flat  all carefully packaged to help prevent damage.
 All items and/or multiple items over the value of £20 will be sent recorded mail. Sorry no exceptions can be made as then we are all covered if things get damaged or lost GOD FORBID that would be tragic.
If i have missed something out that you need to know however large or small please email via ebay and i will get back to you as soon as i can with an answer.
Thanks to all who read this and good luck to you all in collecting and life.