THE SMITHS Louder Than Bombs (1987 US 24-track double LP, wonderful US only collection that compiled the best bits of UK releases Hatful of Hollow and The World Won't Listen alongside several tracks exclusive to this compilation, great Morrissey/Jo Slee designed gatefold picture sleeve with lyrics inside with Moz fave playwright Shelagh Delaney as the 'cover star' plus brown inners. The sleeve shows just a little fade to the spine and the vinyl has just a light cosmetic hairline on more...
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THE SMITHS Collection Of Thirteen Rough Trade Postcards (Superb collection of thirteen UK '80s Rough Trade promotional postcards, each measuring 4" x 6". Includes the rare 'This Charming Man' and 'Smiths debut album' postcards as well as assorted Morrisey & Marr images and also 'Heaven Knows', Strangeways', 'World Won't Listen & 'Shoplifters Of The World' cover-star images. Each postcard also includes release info and Rough Trade address on reverse - these remain unused and are in' more...
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THE SMITHS Last Night I Dreamt That Somebody Loved Me (A fantastic collection of FOUR 1987 UK paper printer proofs for different stages of the production process of the promotional poster for the Rough Trade 7" & 12" release. These copied black &white pages are 'works in process' of the outline drawings of Billy Fury who was the cover star used on the sleeve and are all prior to colourisation. The condition is as you would expect for a 'working item' with sellotape and markings used by the designers plus creasing and small tears on the non image paper - A true one off!!) more...
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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 (Rare 1984 UK Rough Trade in-store promotional poster featuring sleeve cover star Terence Stamp which was later withdrawn.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 ad more...
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THE SMITHS I Started Something I Couldn't Finish (Very rare 1987 UK Rough Trade hand set preliminary artwork design concept for the cassette single, presented on high quality line board with hand annotated tracing paper overlay and frontleaf,measuring 11" x 15", also features the original transparency sheet for the Avril Angers 'cover star' image. Wonderful work in progress that features original hand annotations detailing planned typeface, suggested 'flower' image [hand sketched] and more...
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THE SMITHS Meat Is Murder (Super rare 1985 UK Rough Trade hand set preliminary artwork design concept for the promotional poster, presented on high quality line board with hand annotated tracing paper overlay and frontleaf,measuring 11" x 17",features a hand traced sketch of the iconic Year Of The Pig 'cover star' image. Wonderful work in progress with original hand annotations detailing planned typeface, corrections and colour tone proposals. Although 32 years old this possibly a more...
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THE SMITHS Ask (Wow! Super rare 1986 UK Rough Trade hand set preliminary artwork design concept for the cassette single with Yootha Joyce cover star, presented on high quality line board with hand annotated tracing paper overlay, pantone colour chart and frontleaf, measuring 16" x 8". What makes this item unique is the inclusion of a proposed 'interview' style fourth track that was never actually issued in any shape or form; the intriguingly titled 'Morrissey Answers'! This incredible more...
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THE SMITHS Strangeways Here We Come (Rare 1987 UK set of 16 proof lyric sheets for the album. The lyrics on these A4 facsimile sheets were used as reference by Rough Trade, the set comes with a photo-copied typed note from Jo Slee to Caryn Gough dated 07.05.87 detailing planned sleeve production [it notes how the LP will now no longer feature cover star Harvey Keitel and will be a single pocket sleeve rather than gatefold!]. The typed lyrics have hand-annotated corrections and there a more...
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THE SMITHS Last Night I Dream That Somebody Loved Me (Mega Rare 1987 UK Rough Trade hand set preliminary artwork design concept for the 12" vinyl single. What makes this item so special is that the entire Billy Fury cover star image and text are all printed in blue, we can find no documentation regarding this proposed blue colour [finished sleeves were printed in yellow], making this a possibly unique Smiths artefact! It's presented on high more...
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THE SMITHS Strangeways Here We Come (Very rare 1987 UK Rough Trade hand set preliminary artwork design concept for the promotional poster, presented on high quality line board with hand annotated tracing paper overlay and frontleaf,measuring 13" x 20", superb hand traced sketch of the iconic Richard Davalos 'cover star' image plus band logo and album title. Wonderful work in progress with original hand annotations detailing planned typeface, corrections and colour tone proposals. T more...
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THE SMITHS Rank (Very rare 1988 UK Rough Trade hand set preliminary artwork concept for the Rank album promotional postcard, presented on high quality line board with hand annotated tracing paper overlay and frontleaf, measuring 18" x 9". Alsofeatures a copy of the postcard an oversized (8" x 6") proof of the reverse of the postcard, hand written format check list and a beautiful 10" x 8" high quality black & white photgraphic print of the cover star Alexandra Bastedo! It's a super more...
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THE SMITHS Hatful Of Hollow (Very rare 1984 UK Rough Trade hand set preliminary artwork design for the Hatful Of Hollow 'latest album' promotional poster, presented on high quality line board with hand annotated tracing paper overlay and frontleaf, measuring 11" x 15". What you have here is an incredible window into 'Smiths world' circa 1984, just as their star was in the ascendance (between the first and second albums), with hand annotations detailing planned typeface, highlighted se more...
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