THE SMITHS What Difference Does It Make? (Rare 1984 UK Rough Trade in-store promotional poster featuring sleeve cover star Terence Stamp which was later withdrawn. Measuring 23½" x 11½" with release text & band logo, this copy has been foldedand shows some light fold lines and a little wear but nothing too excessive and no rips. tears or pinholes. This fantastic poster was never available to purchase commercially and would make a worthy addition to any Smiths collection, priced advantageously) more...
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THE SMITHS What Difference Does It Make? (1984 UK 3-track 12" single with A1/B1 matrices, also including Back To The Old House & These Things Take Time, housed in the Terence Stamp picture sleeve without 'The Smiths' lettering on the front & with the lyrics on reverse. The sleeve shows a few edge creases and some light paper scuffing but the vinyl is Excellent to Near Mint RTT146) more...
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THE SMITHS What Difference Does It Make? (1984 UK 3-track 12" single, also featuring Back To The Old House & These Things Take Time, Terence Stamp picture sleeve without 'The Smiths' lettering on the front & with lyrics on reverse. The sleeveshows minimal light wear & the vinyl is Excellent with the odd faint paper hairline not affecting play RTT146) more...
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THE SMITHS What Difference Does It Make? (1984 UK 3-track 12" single, also featuring Back To The Old House & These Things Take Time, Terence Stamp picture sleeve without 'The Smiths' lettering on the front & with lyrics on reverse. The cover is graded Very Good, with some minor general wear and has a tear on the back at the opening, whilst the vinyl remains Excellent with only very light signs of play RTT146) more...
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THE SMITHS What Difference Does It Make? (1984 UK 3-track 12" single, also featuring Back To The Old House & These Things Take Time, glossy 'Terence Stamp' picture sleeve with 'The Smiths' logo on the front. Both sleeve and vinyl display only very light signs of wear and play. RTT146) more...
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THE SMITHS What Difference Does It Make? (Rare 1984 UK original Rough Trade 60" x 40" large in-store promotional poster for the single featuring a great image of TERENCE STAMP, which was later withdrawn, with release text & band logo. This fantastic poster was never available to purchase commercially & would look incredible as pride of place on your wall) more...
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THE SMITHS What Difference Does It Make? (Original 1984 UK first issue 7" vinyl single with an intact four prong centre, also including Back To The Old House, withdrawn glossy thin card picture sleeve featuring the Terence Stamp artwork. Both the sleeve & vinyl remain in a 'near as new' condition RT146) more...
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THE SMITHS What Difference Does It Make? (Original 1984 UK first issue 7" vinyl single with intact four-prong centre, also including Back To The Old House in withdrawn Terence Stamp image picture sleeve. The vinyl and sleeve are in near mint condition. This copy also includes a 2-page press release RT146) more...
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THE SMITHS What Difference Does It Make? (1984 UK first issue 7" vinyl single with intact four-prong centre, also including the full band version of the non-album track Back To The Old House, withdrawn glossy picture sleeve featuring the Terence Stamp image which was replaced with an image of Morrissey. The sleeve has some light edgewear, whilst the vinyl appears barely played RT146) more...
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THE SMITHS What Difference Does It Make? (Rare 1984 UK Rough Trade white label test pressing for the classic 7" vinyl single, with an intact four-prong centre, also includes Back To The Old House. The plain label has an 'A' stamped with the artist name and title hand written in red. The vinyl remains excellent with only a few light cosmetic surface marks, and includes an original double sided press release RT146) more...
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THE SMITHS What She Said (On Sire US 16-trk promo CD compilation) more...
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THE SMITHS What She Said (Superb and incredibly rare 1985 UK Rough Trade original metal 'mother' stamper for the B-side of the Shakespeare's Sister 12" release and featuring What She Said and Stretch Out And Wait RTT181. Quite probably one of the few left in existence as these were normally destroyed once the production run was complete. One of the ultimate gems of any Smiths collection!!)***See More info below for further details on 'Stampers'*** more...
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THE SMITHS William, It Was Really Nothing (1984 UK 7" single with four prong centre, also including Please Please Please Let Me Get What I Want, green tinted 'man on bed' picture sleeve. The sleeve is Excellent with a corner crease and light shelfwear & the vinyl is in Excellent condition & appears barely played RT166) more...
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THE SMITHS William, It Was Really Nothing (1984 UK vinyl 7" single with an intact four prong centre, also including Please Please Please Let Me Get What I Want, picture sleeve. The sleeve shows minimal wear whilst the vinyl shows only the lightest signs of play RT166) more...
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THE SMITHS William It Was Really Nothing (1987 UK second issue 3-track 12" vinyl single with the 'The Impotence Of Ernest' and 'ROMANTIC AND SQUARE is hip n' aware' matrices in the run-out groove, also including How Soon Is Now? and Please Please Please Let Me Get What I Want, Billie Whitelaw image picture sleeve with light blue die-cut inner RTT166) more...
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THE SMITHS William It Was Really Nothing (Very scarce 1987 UK Rough Trade 7" vinyl single with intact four prong centre, also including How Soon Is Now. The song is popularly believed to have been written by Morrissey about his friend Billy Mackenzie, lead singer of The Associates, with whom he was rumoured to be romantically linked. Housed in a mauve tinted picture sleeve featuring Billie Whitelaw as Lottie from the 1968 movie 'Charlie Bubbles', directed by Albert Finney. This issuehas now become increasingly hard to find and is much rarer than the original issue. Apart from some light wear, the sleeve remains in a really nice condition and the vinyl looks barely played RT166) more...
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THE SMITHS William It Was Really Nothing (Sealed 1987 UK rare second issue 3-track 12" vinyl single with the alternative Billie Whitelaw image picture sleeve, also including How Soon Is Now? and Please Please Please Let Me Get What I Want, Apart from the start of a titlesplit at the top, this example is sealed with a vintage shop price sticker attached to the sleeve under the shrink! RTT166) more...
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THE SMITHS/VARIOUS William, It Was Really Nothing (Included on the scarce 1988 UK 12-track vinyl compilation LP 'Melody Maker - State Of Independents', also featuring recordings by Wire, Fields Of The Nephilim, The Shamen, Wedding Present andThePrimitives, picture sleeve TT041) more...
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THE SMITHS William It Was Really Nothing (Rare 1984 UK 2-track Rough Trade red label custom stickered promotional 7" vinyl single with intact push-out centre, also includes Please Please Please Let Me Get What I Want and housed in a die-cut papersleeve. The vinyl is in superb 'near mint' condition, scarcely seen on this hard to find rarity, a must for any collection! RT166) more...
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THE SMITHS William It Was Really Nothing (1984 UK 3-track 12" vinyl single with A1/B2 matrices & 'The Impotence Of Ernest' & 'Romantic And Square Is Hip And Aware' in the run-out grooves, also including How Soon Is Now? & Please Please PleaseLet Me Get What I Want, green tinted 'man on bed' picture sleeve. The sleeve shows minimal shelfwear with mild ringwear on the reverse whilst the vinyl appears barely played RTT166)1 more...
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THE SMITHS William, It Was Really Nothing (1988 UK Rough Trade 3-track CD single which also How Soon Is Now? and Please, Please, Please, Let Me Get What I Want. Housed in a thin jewel case with picture sleeve insert which shows Colin Campbellin a still from the 1964 film 'The Leather Boys' RTT166CD) more...
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THE SMITHS William It Was Really Nothing (Ultra Rare set of TWO 10" metal-based lacquer reference test pressing acetates for the 2008 Rhino UK limited edition 7" single release [originally RT166]. Cut into 10" discs, one acetate features both A & B sides [including Please Let Me Get What I Wanted] and the other acetate features the B side only. Each of the acetates has the handwritten matrix number in the centre of the disc. They are housed in a 12" 'Heathmans Mastering' card sleevewith custom studio labels on the front printed with the title, record company and pressing date of '21/9/2008'. One of the ultimate gems of any Smiths collection) more...
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THE SMITHS William It Was Really Nothing (Stunning 1987 UK Rough Trade unfolded uncut card printer proof for the 7" vinyl front and reverse sleeve with colour, registration and proofing bars. The front sleeve is the Mauve tinted picture sleeve featuring Billie Whitelaw as Lottie from the 1968 movie 'Charlie Bubbles, measuring 20" x 14" this is a great piece of artwork that would look stunning framed. With most pieces destroyed it is likely that this is one of only a smallhandful left in existence - Fab!!) more...
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THE SMITHS William It Was Really Nothing (Stunning 1988 UK unfolded uncut printer paper proof for the rare ROUGH TRADE CD single front and reverse sleeve with proofing & registration bars. Measuring 13" x 6" this is a great piece of artwork thatwould look stunning framed. There is some light creasing however this is unlikely to be visible when framed and with most pieces destroyed after release it is likely that this is one of only a handful still left in existence!) more...
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THE SMITHS William It Was Really Nothing (Stunning 1987 UK ROUGH TRADE unfolded uncut fragile printer proof artwork for the 12" vinyl front & reverse sleeve with proofing bars, featuring annotations/alteration notes from the designer. The front sleeve is the incredible picture sleeve featuring Billie Whitelaw as Lottie from the 1968 movie 'Charlie Bubbles, measuring 25" x 13" this is a great piece of artwork that would look stunning framed. This was a 'Works in progress' artworkproof with partially tinted colouring & was used to confirm layout and text. This is most likely a 'one off'!) more...
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THE SMITHS William It Was Really Nothing (2008 issue UK strictly limited edition 2-track 7" vinyl single [originally issued as RT166]; and includes the b-side recording 'Please Please Please Let Me Get What I Want', picture sleeve)**Strictly Limited to 3000 Copies ONLY** more...
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THE SMITHS William it Was Really Nothing (Very rare 1984 UK Rough Trade hand set preliminary artwork design concept for the 12" vinyl single. Incredible [and early] example of Smiths artwork, the keen eyed might spot that the 'The Smiths' band name text was amended slightly on the official release, making this just that extra bit special [as if 100% genuine original Rough Trade/Jo Slee Smiths artwork wasn't special enough!]. Presented on high quality line board with hand annotated tracing paper overlay and frontleaf, colour bar charts and measuring a huge 30" x 20½"! This incredibly rare item is in superb condition and is just begging to take pride of place in your Smiths collection!) more...
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THE SMITHS William It Was Really Nothing (Very scarce 1987 issue UK Rough Trade 2-track solid centre 7" vinyl single backed with How Soon Is Now. The song is popularly believed to have been written by Morrissey about his friend Billy Mackenzie, lead singer ofThe Associates, with whom he was rumoured to be romantically linked. Housed in a mauve tinted picture sleeve featuring Billie Whitelaw as Lottie from the 1968 movie 'Charlie Bubbles', directed by Albert Finney. The sleeve has a small stickermark in the top right corner, but the vinyl is in near mint condition. This issue has now become increasingly hard to find and much rarer than the original issue RT166). more...
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THE SMITHS William It Was Really Nothing (1984 UK 3-track 12" single with the A1/B2 matrices & 'The Impotence Of Ernest' & 'Romantic And Square Is Hip And Aware' in the run-out grooves, also including How Soon Is Now? & Please Please Please Let Me Get What I Want, green tinted 'man on bed' picture sleeve. The sleeve & the vinyl remain in Excellent condition RTT166) more...
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THE SMITHS William It Was Really Nothing (Rare 1984 German 3-track 12" maxi-single pressed on Purple Marbled Vinyl, also including Please Please Please Let Me Get What I Want and the groundbreaking, ethereal How Soon Is Now?. The green tinted picture sleeve with the 'Platte in mehrfarbigem Vinyl' printed circular flash, has light signs of shelfwear with a couple of seam splits to the edges but the vinyl itself appears barely played. Undoubtedlythe rarest and best looking of all the coloured vinyl singles INT125.219) more...
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