THE SMITHS Panic (Monster-rare 1986 UK Rough Trade hand set preliminary artwork design concept for the 7" and 12" vinyl single, what makes this item just that extra bit special is that it lists the much maligned Twinkle cover 'Golden Lights' as the additional track on the 12" and not the 'Draize Train', making this a possibly unique Smiths artefact! It's presented on high quality line board withhand annotated tracing paper overlay and frontleaf and colour bar charts and measuring a hu more...
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THE SMITHS The Queen Is Dead Cassette Artwork (Stunning 1986 UK unfolded uncut card printer proof for the original Rough Trade cassette album, front and reverse sleeve with registration and proofing bars. Measuring 9" X 10" [with each album imagemeasuring 9" x 4"], there is just some slight wear to bottom edge. Also included is an original, unplayed copy of the Dolby system 'chromdioxid' cassette album, this is the dark green edition with green paper labels, peach case and is 'new ol more...
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THE SMITHS Rank: Proof artwork for CD & Cassette (Super rare 1988 UK unfolded uncut paper printer proof artwork for both the original ROUGH TRADE issue Cassette and Compact Disc. Measuring 25" x 18" this item is of particular note in that theartwork for the Rank Cassette and Compact Disc differs from the finished release; here the middle image is bright yellow instead of light brown. Also included is an unfolded five-panel cassette inlay for the finished release in Mint condition. 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' bandname 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 traci 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 (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 The Queen Is Dead (Very rare 1986 US Rough Trade/Sire Records label 14" x 22" green tinted poster with a pink top & bottom border. The top border measures 7½" wide with 'The Smiths' & 'The Queen Is Dead' green text above THE classicimage of the band standing outside the Salford Lads Club (does it get any more Smiths than that?), record label text & logos, year and promo text along the bottom. This poster has a half inch tear along one side, sounds terrible, but is barely 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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THE SMITHS What Difference Does It Make? (Very rare 1984 UK production printers proof fragile paper artwork sheet for the 12" single, measuring 25" x 15" with with registration, colour and proofing bars visible. What makes this piece of vintage Smiths artwork unique is not just that the band name credit on the front panel is missing [1st issues were like this] but more importantly the appearance on the reverse panel of the Rough Trade logo that resembles the Capitol Records logo! Earl more...
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THE SMITHS How Soon Is Now (Very rare 1985 UK Rough Trade hand set preliminary artwork design for the 'How Soon Is Now' promotional poster, presented on high quality line board with hand annotated tracing paper overlay and frontleaf, measuring10" x 15". Great Smiths collectable that shows the working design concept for what would become the promo poster sent out to retail stores, neat detail runs along the top that states 'del to R. Trade Wed 23.1.85'! The item is in stunning condi 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 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 Nine Smiths Reissue Cassettes (A complete set of NINE UK cassette tapes reissued for their four studio albums plus the live album 'Rank' and the compilation releases: Hatful Of Hollow, The World Won't Listen and Best I & II. All nine tapes display their individual catalogue numbers [SMITHS1C - SMITHS9C] on the side and come housed in the clear casing with original fold-out picture sleeve inlays) more...
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THE SMITHS That Joke Isn't Funny Anymore. (Extremely rare 1985 original Rough Trade promotional poster to promote the single. This superb iconic piece of 'musical art' measures 23" x 11" with reproduced 'Soldiers Helmet' artwork from the 'MeatIsMurder' album sleeve featuring the cover star culled from Emile de Antonio's 1969 In The Year Of The Pig image. Morrissey replaced the words 'Make War Not Love' with 'Meat Is Murder' on the soldier's helmet to stunning effect!!. Also includ more...
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THE SMITHS The Queen Is Dead (2008 Japanese exclusive limited edition 10-track SHM-CD [Super High Material CD - playable on all CD players] album, originally released in 1986, sealed picture sleeve with Japanese/English lyric booklet + obistrip)
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THE SMITHS Shoplifters Of The World Unite (Very rare 1987 UK uncut thick card printer proof artwork for the 12" vinyl front and reverse sleeve with colour bar, written annontations and measuring 25" x 14". Superb Smiths collectable obtained from a former industry employee that includes the following hand-written text above the title, "Moz sez it's a winner, except....", the exception being the inclusion of extra guitarist Craig Gannon's name being on the sleeve! A little bit of Smiths more...
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THE SMITHS William It Was Really Nothing (Stunning and very rare 1984 UK withdrawn RED uncut artwork proof for the 7" vinyl single front and reverse sleeve. Whilst the tracklisting for the band's fifth single was already confirmed [William, Please, Please, Please & How Soon Is Now, were all demoed by Marr in one feverish weekend of recording apparently!], this early artwork proof is in RED, completely different to the green and lilac finished sleeves. Hand annotations alongt more...
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THE SMITHS The Queen Is Dead (A super rare 1986 UK original Rough Trade 23" x 11" unfolded promotional poster for the album release. As seminal album images go this has to be one of the best, featuring the now iconic image of Morrissey's 'cover star' Alain Delon in the Frenech noir classic 'The Unvanquished'. Also includes band logo and title printed in green text across the top, and format information (and 16th June 1986 release date too!) printed along the bottom. A stunning post more...
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THE SMITHS Meat Is Murder (Rare 1987 Japanese 10-track vinyl LP, the groups second studio album originally released in 1985, including the bonus recording How Soon Is Now?, which was not on the original UK release, complete with Japanese & English lyric inserts, picture sleeve & 'The Smiths Final Collection' obi-strip. The sleeve & obi display minimal wear whilst the vinyl shows very little evidence of play, a fantastic example VIP-4216) more...
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THE SMITHS The Queen Is Dead (Rare 1986 UK Rough Trade 10-track vinyl LP with picture inner and gatefold picture sleeve autographed by Morrissey in gold pen across the bottom - Just a handful of these were signed to be sold in record stores on the day of release! The sleeve shows some light wear along the spine and some wear to the reverse but nothing excessive, the vinyl does display some hairlines/scuffs but this is most probably immaterial as this little beauty is just be **Complete With Certificate Of Authenticity**
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