THE SMITHS 'MEAT IS MURDER' LP UK ROUGH TRADE 1985 PICTURE INNER FIRST PRESSING
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Aug 30, 2026 Sold Date
Aug 20, 2026 Start Date
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FROM 1985 ON THE UK ROUGH TRADE RECORD LABEL COMES THIS STUNNING LP BY THE SMITHS ENTITLED "MEAT IS MURDER" (ROUGH 81)
STEREO. FIRST PRESSING. 
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

  • Distributed By – The Cartel
  • Phonographic Copyright ℗ – Rough Trade Records Ltd.
  • Copyright © – Warner Bros. Music Ltd.
  • Pressed By – MPO
  • Recorded At – Amazon Studios
  • Recorded At – Ridge Farm Studios
  • Mixed At – Island Studios
  • Bass Guitar – Andy Rourke
  • Drums – Mike Joyce
  • Engineer – Stephen Street
  • Guitar, Piano – Johnny Marr
  • Layout – Caryn Gough
  • Mastered By – Tim Young
  • Producer – The Smiths
  • Sleeve – Morrissey
  • Voice – Morrissey
  • Written-By, Music By – Johnny Marr
  • Written-By, Words By – Morrissey
This pressing is the MPO Pressing as per MPO found in the runouts.
Runouts are etched.

℗ 1985 Rough trade Records Ltd.
© 1985 Warner Bros. Music Ltd.
Recorded at Amazon Studios, Liverpool and Ridge Farm, Surrey.
Mixed at Island Studios, London, Winter 1984.
Comes with printed innersleeve with lyrics.
Cover star culled from Emile de Antonio's 'In The Year Of The Pig' (1969) used by permission.
Sleeve layout by Caryn Gough at Ai.

Differs From:
Meat Is Murder was pressed by CBS Pressing Plant, Aston Clinton.
This release was pressed by MPO. Sort by Default Group by type Alphabetical (A–Z) Reverse alphabetical (Z–A)
  • Label Code: LC 5661
  • Pressing Plant ID: MPO
  • Matrix / Runout (Side A runout, variant 1): ROUGH 81 A2x Illness As Art MPO
  • Matrix / Runout (Side B runout, variant 1): ROUGH 81 B2x Doing The WythenshaweWaltz MPO


HOUSED IN A STRIKING COLOUR PICTURE SLEEVE. 


SLEEVE IN CLEAN AND EXCELLENT CONDITION WITH LIGHT STORAGE MARKS 

RECORD IN NEAR MINT CONDITION WITH CLEAN LABELS AND A LOVELY SHEEN
  • WITH PICTURE INNER SLEEVE. A NICE COPY
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