THE SMITHS Shoplifters Of The World Unite (Rare 1987 UK 12" Test Pressing for the single, with unannotated pinky white labels. Also features 'London' & 'Half A Person'. The A-side has the cryptic message 'Alf Ramsey's Revenge' etched into therun-off & the record comes housed in a plain white sleeve with a printed sticker attached listing the artist, title & catalogue number. The vinyl is Excellent with a number of light paper hairlines not affecting play RTT195) more...
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THE SMITHS Sheila Take A Bow (Rare 1987 UK 12" Test Pressing for the single, with plain white labels annotated with the artist, title & catalogue number one side. Also features Is It Really So Strange? & Sweet & Tender Hooligan with the cryptic message 'COOK BERNARD MATTHEWS' in the A-side run-out. The A-side appears Very Good with a number of faint hairlines & the B-side is Excellent with minimal sign of play RTT196) more...
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THE SMITHS The World Won't Listen (Rare 1987 UK Rough Trade 16-track white label test pressing vinyl LP with artist / title / catalogue number stickered label, housed in the commercial glossy picture sleeve. Despite some noticeable edge & cornercreasing to the sleeve, the vinyl itself appears in barely played condition ROUGH101) more...
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THE SMITHS The World Won't Listen (Rare 1987 UK 16-track white label test-pressing LP which includes That Joke Isn't Funny Anymore & Shoplifters Of The World Unite ROUGH101) more...
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THE SMITHS Panic (Very rare 1986 UK 12" Test Pressing for the single with hand annotated plain beige/white labels. Also features Vicar In A Tutu & The Draize Train. The etched run-out groove features another classic Morrissey pun: 'I Dreamt About Stew Last Night'! The vinyl has a number of light paper hairline scuffs which have little to no effect on play RTT193) more...
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THE SMITHS Shakespeare's Sister (1985 UK Rough Trade 3-track white label 12" vinyl test pressing with 'Home Is Where The Art Is' in the run-out groove, also including What She Said and Stretch Out And Wait, plain white sleeve. The vinyl showsafew light hairlines with little or no impact on play and is in Excellent condition - a fantastic example! RTT181) more...
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THE SMITHS Hatful of Hollow (Rare 1986 UK 16-track white label vinyl LP test pressing with A1/B1 hand scratched matrix numbers, comes in the first press gatefold picture sleeve. The sleeve has a drill hole near the opening edge and shows some very minor wear, whilst the all important vinyl shows only light evidence of play ROUGH76) more...
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THE SMITHS The Smiths (Rare 1984 UK Rough Trade 10-track white label test-pressing of the landmark classic debut vinyl LP with 'ROUGH 61 A1/B1' hand etched in the runout groove. Nestled within a commercial release picture sleeve, the vinyl showsjust a handful of very light hairlines & surface scuffs and is otherwise in Excellent condition ROUGH61) more...
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THE SMITHS Rank (Rare 1988 UK 14-track Test Pressing LP, with plain white labels annotated both sides with the track listing, with 'Peepholism' etched into the Side One runout groove. The vinyl shows light cosmetic blemishes and the odd hairline with little impact on play and is in Excellent condition ROUGH126) more...
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THE SMITHS Ask (Rare 1986 UK 3-track white label vinyl 12" test pressing with the A1-U / B-1U matrices and 'Are You Loathesome Tonight?' & 'Tomb It May Concern' messages in the run-out grooves, also includes a version of Twinkle's '60s hit Golden Lights plus Cemetry Gates, housed in the commercially released Yootha Joyce picture sleeve RTT194) more...
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THE SMITHS That Joke Isn't Funny Anymore (1985 UK 5-track white label vinyl 12" test pressing in the commercially released picture sleeve with 'available soon' hype sticker. The plain white paper labels obviously show no track details althoughwe can confirm it plays the five tracks of the commercial issue with the message 'Oursouls Oursouls Oursouls' in the A-side run-out groove! RTT186) more...
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THE SMITHS Strangeways, Here We Come (Rare 1987 UK Rough Trade 10-track white label vinyl LP test pressing with A2/B2 matrices & 'Guy Fawkes Was A Genius' etched into the run-out grooves, including Girlfriend In A Coma, I Started Something I Couldn't Finish and Stop Me If You Think You've Heard This One Before; within a plain paper sleeve with just 'Smiths' written on the front. The vinyl remains in excellent condition with only light signs of play ROUGH106) more...
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THE SMITHS The Boy With The Thorn In His Side (Rare 1985 UK 12" Test Pressing for the single, with plain purple labels annotated with the artist name one side. Also features Rubber Ring & Asleep. The etched run-out grooves bear the cryptic messages 'Arty Bloody Farty/ 'Is That Clever..JM'. The vinyl grades EX/EX- with a number of light paper hairline scuffs not affecting play RTT191) more...
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THE SMITHS Last Night I Dreamt That Somebody Loved Me (Rare 1986 UK 3-track white label vinyl 12" test pressing with the A1-U / B-1U matrices and 'The Return Of The Submissive Society [X]' and 'The Bizarre Oriental Vibrating Palm Death [X]' both 'Starring Sheridan Whiteside' etched in the run-out grooves, also includes live versions of Rusholme Ruffians and Nowhere Fast recorded for BBC Radio One's John Peel programme in 1984, housed in the commercially released Billy Fury picture more...
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THE SMITHS Panic (Rare 1986 UK Rough Trade 3-track cream label vinyl test pressing 12", also includes Vicar In A Tutu and The Draize Train, with matrix endings 1U-1-1 on both sides, indicating this is the very first pressing. Side two has the cryptic message 'I Dreamt About Stew Last Night' etched into the run-out groove, commercial bar-coded picture sleeve RTT193) more...
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THE SMITHS Sheila Take A Bow (Rare UK Rough Trade 3-track pink label 12" vinyl test pressing featuring Is It Really So Strange and Sweet And Tender Hooligan. With typewritten artist/title sticker on the label, side one also has the cryptic message 'Cook Bernard Matthews' etched into the run-outgroove - a reference to the famous Norfolk turkey farmer! RTT196) more...
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THE SMITHS Strangeways.. (French Echantillon LP test pressing, rare) more...
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THE SMITHS That Joke Isn't Funny Anymore (Mayking 7" test pressing) more...
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THE SMITHS Louder Than Bombs (Very rare 1987 US issue double LP Speciality Records vinyl test pressing set with company titled labels and hand written technical specifications. After nearly 20 yeras it is unlikely that there are very many copiesleft in existence - great collectable item!) more...
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THE SMITHS Still Ill (UK green label 7" test pressing for DJ 7", R-DJ-61) more...
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THE SMITHS Ask (Rare UK 1986 original Rough Trade 3-track white label 12 test-pressing with matrix endings 1U-1-1, indicating the very first pressing. The cryptic messages etched into the run-out grooves read, 'Are You Loathesome Tonight?' and 'Tomb It May Concern'. RTT194) more...
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THE SMITHS Rank (1988 UK 14-track promo white label test pressing LP, gatefold picture sleeve with picture insert ROUGH126) more...
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THE SMITHS Girlfriend In a Coma (Rare 1987 UK 12" Test Pressing for the single, with plain white labels annotated with just the artist & title one side. The etched run-out grooves bear the cryptic messages 'Everybody Is A Flasher At Heart' & 'And Never More Shall Be So'. The vinyl grades Good with a number of hairlines & scuffs & no feelable scratches, making for an ideal collection filler RTT197) more...
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THE SMITHS Meat Is Murder Live EP (Rare UK MayKing Records Ltd custom label 7" test pressing for this unissued single, features live versions from Oxford of Meat Is Murder, Nowhere Fast and Stretch Out And Wait, label dated 18 April 1985 - a legendary rarity from Manchester's finest, up there with Reel Around The Fountain and the negative sleeve for Hand In Glove, RT186) more...
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THE SMITHS Ask (1986 UK 3-track promo white label 12" test pressing featuring Cemetry Gates & Golden Lights, regular picture sleeve + in-store promo poster RTT194) more...
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THE SMITHS Meat Is Murder Live EP (Very Rare 1985 UK promo-only 5-track white label test pressing 12" for the famous WITHDRAWN EP - all tracks were recorded live at The Apollo, Oxford in March 1985 but this issue/ tracklisting was scrapped by Rough Trade after the test pressing stage and replaced with the 'That Joke Isn't Funny Anymore' release using the same catalogue number RTT186 - possibly the rarest Smiths collectable of them all, please see more info.... more...
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THE SMITHS How Soon Is Now Original (Rare 1985 1st issue Rough Trade UK 7" white label test pressing backed with Well I Wonder. A superb 20 year old classic and a hard to find test pressing) more...
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THE SMITHS Reel Around The Fountain (Rare-beyond-belief 1983 UK Test Pressing vinyl 7" for the aborted second single, limited to just 25 copies. It was recorded as part of the 'Troy Tate' produced sessions that were subsequently ditched, with this single being replaced by This Charming Man. This green label test press still retains the same catalogue number. Easily one of the rarest Smiths collectables going & on many want lists, if you must own it we recommend buying straight *** The Holy Grail for Smiths Collectors *** more...
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THE SMITHS Meat Is Murder Live EP White Label 7" (Rare plain label UK 7" test pressing for this unissued and WITHDRAWN single which pre- dates the 'Mayking' pressing, features live versions from Oxford of Meat Is Murder, Nowhere Fast and Stretch Out And Wait. Pressed in the UK as opposed to the Mayking pressing which was made by the French based company MPO. Only a handful were made of this unique and 100% genuine rarity) more...
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THE SMITHS How Soon Is Now Metal Disc (ULTRA RARE UK 12" one sided metal test pressing manufactured as a verification disc to determine that the mix and pressing were correct before vinyl test pressings or the actual release were manufactured.This is the only copy in existence making it one of the ultimate Smiths collectables, die-cut pinnacle generic sleeve) more...
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