The Smiths – Louder Than Bombs
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Rough Trade – 9 25569-1 |
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Country: |
US |
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Genre: |
Rock |
Style: |
Indie Rock |
Tracklist
| A1 | Is It Really So Strange? | 3:02 | |
| A2 | Sheila Take A Bow | 2:41 | |
| A3 | Shoplifters Of The World Unite | 2:57 | |
| A4 | Sweet And Tender Hooligan | 3:33 | |
| A5 | Half A Person | 3:35 | |
| A6 | London | 2:06 | |
| B1 | Panic | 2:17 | |
| B2 | Girl Afraid | 2:48 | |
| B3 | Shakespeare's Sister | 2:08 | |
| B4 | William, It Was Really Nothing | 2:10 | |
| B5 | You Just Haven't Earned It Yet, Baby | 3:21 | |
| B6 | Heaven Knows I'm Miserable Now | 3:34 | |
| C1 | Ask | 3:15 | |
| C2 | Golden Lights | 2:38 | |
| C3 | Oscillate Wildly | 3:26 | |
| C4 | These Things Take Time | 2:21 | |
| C5 | Rubber Ring | 3:46 | |
| C6 | Back To The Old House | 3:04 | |
| D1 | Hand In Glove | 3:10 | |
| D2 | Stretch Out And Wait | 2:37 | |
| D3 | Please Please Please Let Me Get What I Want | 1:50 | |
| D4 | This Night Has Opened My Eyes | 3:40 | |
| D5 | Unloveable | 3:55 | |
| D6 | Asleep | 4:16 |
Companies, etc.
- Copyright © – Sire Records Company
- Phonographic Copyright ℗ – Sire Records Company
- Phonographic Copyright ℗ – BBC
- Licensed From – Rough Trade Records
- Marketed By – Warner Bros. Records Inc.
- Pressed By – Specialty Records Corporation
Credits
- Bass Guitar – Andy Rourke
- Coordinator [Art Co-ordination] – Jo Slee
- Drums, Cello – Mike Joyce
- Guitar [Additional] – Craig Gannon (tracks: A5, A6, B1, B5, C1)
- Guitar, Music By, Piano, Mandolin, Harmonica, Harmonium – Johnny Marr
- Harmonica [Vamp, Uncredited] – Johnny Marr (tracks: C1)
- Layout – Caryn Gough
- Management – Ken Friedman (2)
- Model [Cover Star] – Shelagh Delaney
- Producer – The Smiths (tracks: B3, C3, D1, D2)
- Sleeve – Morrissey
- Voice, Words By – Morrissey
Notes
Specialty pressing derived from "E A S T" embossed on sides B & D inner pressing ring and by the [SRC Logo] stamped in runouts. Remaining runouts are etched.
Label variant with 'SIRE™' (rather than 'SIRE®' or 'SIRE')
Tracks A1 & A4 were produced for The BBC Radio 1 John Peel Show.
Recorded in England from April 1983-November 1986.
Cover Star: Shelagh Delaney, reprinted from the Saturday Evening Post.
Released under licence [sic] from Rough Trade Records, England.
Includes brown printed paper inner sleeves with the following on one corner of each: "©1987 SIRE RECORD COMPANY MADE IN U.S.A. 9 25569-1".
Regarding the "vamp" credit, Marr has stated "On 'Ask'... I'm also vamping on a 'G' harmonica through a Urei Boom Box".
Label variant with 'SIRE™' (rather than 'SIRE®' or 'SIRE')
Tracks A1 & A4 were produced for The BBC Radio 1 John Peel Show.
Recorded in England from April 1983-November 1986.
Cover Star: Shelagh Delaney, reprinted from the Saturday Evening Post.
Released under licence [sic] from Rough Trade Records, England.
Includes brown printed paper inner sleeves with the following on one corner of each: "©1987 SIRE RECORD COMPANY MADE IN U.S.A. 9 25569-1".
Regarding the "vamp" credit, Marr has stated "On 'Ask'... I'm also vamping on a 'G' harmonica through a Urei Boom Box".
Barcode and Other Identifiers
- Barcode (Text): 0 7599-25569-1
- Barcode (Scanned): 075992556910
- Pressing Plant ID (All sides runout, stamped): SRC Logo
- Pressing Plant ID (B side, D side around spindle hole): E A S T
- Matrix / Runout (Variant 1: A side runout): 1 25569 A SR6 1-1 [SRC Logo]
- Matrix / Runout (Variant 1: B side runout): 1 25569 B SR5 1-3 [SRC Logo]
- Matrix / Runout (Variant 1: C side runout): 1 25569 C SR5 1-1 [SRC Logo]
- Matrix / Runout (Variant 1: D side runout): 1-25569-D SR5 1-1 [SRC Logo]
- Matrix / Runout (Variant 2: A side runout): 1 25569 A SR6 1-1 1-3 [SRC Logo]
- Matrix / Runout (Variant 2: B side runout): 1 25569 B SR5 1 [SRC Logo]
- Matrix / Runout (Variant 2: C side runout): 1 25569 C SR5 1-3 [SRC Logo]
- Matrix / Runout (Variant 2: D side runout): 1-25569-D SR5 1-1 [SRC Logo]
Other Versions (5 of 94)
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Louder Than Bombs (Cassette, Compilation, AR) | Rough Trade | 9 25569-4, 4-25569 | US | 1987 | ||
| Louder Than Bombs (2×LP, Compilation, Stereo, Specialty Pressing) | Rough Trade | 1-25569, 9 25569-1 | US | 1987 | |||
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Recently Edited
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Louder Than Bombs (2×LP, Compilation, Gatefold) | Rough Trade | 92 55691 | Canada | 1987 | ||
| Louder Than Bombs (CD, Compilation, DADC) | Rough Trade | 9 25569-2 | US | 1987 | |||
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Recently Edited
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Louder Than Bombs (CD, Compilation) | Sire | CD 25569 | Canada | 1987 |
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Reviews
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Edited 10 months agoBought this recently, has a gold promotional stamp on the front of cover Can anyone confirm this.
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Not a big audiophile LP, a lot of these songs were recorded in small and inexpensive studios and a few are live BBC radio tracks. The pressing shines and sounds wonderfully authentic. To me this is an essential record, every song is a gem.
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I haven't listened to any other pressings of this release, and maybe I'm just used to the digital remaster, but this pressing sounds particularly thin and tinny to my ears.
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