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William, It Was Really Nothing - Withdrawn

THE SMITHS William, It Was Really Nothing (Withdrawn 1984 Italian mispress 12" vinyl single, also featuring How Soon Is Now? & Please Please Please Let Me Get What I Want. Note: the version of How Soon found here is a unique 6:47 mix unavailable anywhere else in the world & never released on CD. The story goes, Rough Trade sent the incorrect master for the b-side How Soon Is Now? to Virgin in Italy. This collector's item featured at No. 9 in Record Collector's '100 Greatest Smiths Rarities' [June 2005, issue 311]. According to the magazine, the mistake was not discovered until copies were delivered to the stores, with a rough estimate of just 100 known copies to have escaped into the hands of collectors before it was swiftly withdrawn. Complete with the Italian picture sleeve with a bullet-hole promo stamp in the corner, see 'more info' for details of this highly prized The Smiths rarity... VINX71)

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Product Availability Currently Unavailable - You can request the next copy of this item
Release Year 1984 - 40 years ago
Condition Unless stated otherwise in the description above, all items are in at least excellent condition - so please read our descriptions carefully. We try to sell items as close to Mint condition as possible, and many will indeed be close to brand new and/or unplayed. Others may be 'used' - and all will meet our strict grading and are 100% guaranteed.
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Format 12" vinyl single (12 inch record / Maxi-single)
Record Label Rough Trade
Complete Stock List Go to The Smiths or visit our The Smiths collectors store
Product Catalogue No VINX71
Music Genre 80's Pop, Indie
Country Comes from Italy Comes from 'Italy'
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Tracklisting & More Information

Picture Sleeve :-

The cover depicts the standard European design of the green tinted 'man on bed' image. The 'VINX 71' catalogue number is unique & the credit printed at the bottom of the back cover reads: 'Virgin Dischi SRL Milano - Distribuzione Dischi Ricordi Spa'. There is a 'Campione Gratuito' bullet-hole promo stamp in the bottom left corner.

The sleeve is manufactured from light paper stock. There is some ring wear & a thin, barely noticeable, 3" hairline split at the bottom. A lovely example, the cover remains firmly intact & with both panels still clear as daylight. There is no writing of any kind.

Labels & Dead Wax :-

The labels are light green with dark green text & the red Italian label stamper is clearly visible on side one. There are some spindle marks on the b-side label, with no blemishes to the print. The matrices in the run-offs are hand scratched & read:

Side One: 'VINX 71 - 1'
Side Two: 'VINX 71 - 2'

Vinyl :-

The vinyl has been professionally cleaned on a top of the line Matrix machine. It has been play tested & we can confirm that this is indeed an entirely different mix of How Soon Is Now.
The vinyl plays beautifully & grades Excellent. Visually, there are some faint paper hairline scuffs, none of which affect play, & a little light cosmetic wear only natural with an Italian pressing. A really, REALLY, nice find. We flew all the way to Australia to secure this monster rarity from a private collection & have never seen one of these in the flesh before. We are unlikely to ever again....

Unique "How Soon Is Now?" Mispress :-

The version of this song is only available here. The mix is subtly different [bass, drums] & begins to sound completey different towards the end, where out of nowhere Morrissey's additional vocal harmonies appear. A delight to hear, the music comes to an abrupt close with Morrissey saying "OK?". The music then fades back in. This version is still largely unknown to even our veteran Smiths buyers in the office!

Highly recommended & one of a kind for any hardcore Smiths completist.

12" RECORD/MAXI SINGLE  
Recording Artist The Smiths
Product Title William, It Was Really Nothing - Withdrawn
Product Information The Smiths William, It Was Really Nothing - Withdrawn Italy 12" vinyl single (12 inch record / Maxi-single).
Language All tracks are sung in English, unless otherwise stated in our description.
Additional info Deleted - A deleted or out-of-print item is one that is no longer manufactured. However, we stock thousands of out-of-print formats and we specialise in tracking down out-of-print, deleted and hard-to-find releases.
Artists Related To Bim, Boz Boorer, Freak Party, James Maker, Johnny Marr, Morrissey, Sea Fever, Snake River Conspiracy, Stex, The Cradle, The Hoax, The One Three, Vinny Peculiar
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