The Smiths - Meat Is Murder (LP, Album, CBS) (Near Mint (NM or M-)

Media Condition:  Near Mint (NM or M-)
Sleeve Condition: Near Mint (NM or M-)
Country:    UK  
Released:  Feb 1985
Genre:       Rock
Style:         Alternative Rock, Indie Rock

Comments:
A2 B1 matrix. Play tested in full both sides, glossy vinyl, clean labels and light spindle marks, looks barely played. Cover accurately graded, clean readable spine, original inner lyric liner, a solid copy not previously listed or picked over at fairs of this highly sought after seminal LP that will not disappoint. Posted tracked worldwide in professional mailer, buy with confidence from a trusted UK seller. see all our Smiths listings and save on postage.
 

Notes:

Recorded at Amazon Studios, Liverpool and Ridge Farm, Surrey. 
Mixed at Island Studios, London, Winter 1984.

Comes with a printed inner sleeve with lyrics.

Cover star culled from Emile de Antonio's 'In The Year Of The Pig' (1969) used by permission.

The runouts are etched except single digit mother stamper "A" (appears as Λ) in several variants; "4", "D", "1", "0" in variant 4; "B" in variant 5; and "C" in variant 7.

A1. The Headmaster Ritual 4:52
A2. Rusholme Ruffians 4:19
A3. I Want The One I Can't Have 3:13
A4. What She Said 2:40
A5. That Joke Isn't Funny Anymore 4:57
B1. Nowhere Fast 2:35
B2. Well I Wonder 4:00
B3. Barbarism Begins At Home 7:00
B4. Meat Is Murder 6:05

Barcode and Other Identifiers:

Label Code LC 5661
Matrix / Runout ROUGH 81 A1 ILLNESS AS ART
Matrix / Runout ROUGH 81 B1 DOING THE WYTHENSHAWE WALTZ
Matrix / Runout ROUGH 81 A2 ILLNESS AS ART
Matrix / Runout ROUGH 81 B1 DOING THE WYTHENSHAWE WALTZ
Matrix / Runout ROUGH 81 A2 ILLNESS AS ART
Matrix / Runout ROUGH 81 B2 DOING THE WYTHENSHAWE WALTZ
Matrix / Runout ROUGH. 81 A1 4 D ILLNESS AS ART
Matrix / Runout ROUGH. 81 B2 1 0 DOING THE WYTHENSHAW WALTZ A
Matrix / Runout ROUGH 81 A2 ILLNESS AS ART A
Matrix / Runout ROUGH 81 B1 DOING THE WYTHENSHAW WALTZ B
Matrix / Runout ROUGH. 81 A1 D ILLNESS AS ART
Matrix / Runout ROUGH. 81 B2 DOING THE WYTHENSHAW WALTZ A
Matrix / Runout ROUGH· 81 A2 ILLNESS AS ART A
Matrix / Runout ROUGH·81 B1 DOING THE WYTHENSHAW WALTZ A C

Mixed At Island Studios
Distributed By The Cartel
Recorded At Amazon Studios
Recorded At Ridge Farm Studios
Copyright (c) Warner Bros. Music Ltd.
Pressed By CBS Pressing Plant, Aston Clinton
Phonographic Copyright (p) Rough Trade Records Ltd.
Mastered At CBS

Indie

DMI MONT

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