The SmithsMeat Is Murder

Label:

Rough Trade – 92 52691

Format:

Vinyl , LP, Album

Country:

Canada

Released:

Genre:

Rock

Style:

Indie Rock

Tracklist

A1 The Heaster 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 How Soon Is Now? 6:43
B2 Nowhere Fast 2:35
B3 Well I Wonder 4:00
B4 Barbarism Begins At Home 6:55
B5 Meat Is Murder 6:02

Companies, etc.

  • Record CompanySire Records, Inc.
  • Record CompanyWarner Communications
  • Manufactured ByWEA Music Of Canada, Ltd.
  • Manufactured ByWEA Musique Du Canada Ltée.
  • Distributed ByWEA Music Of Canada, Ltd.
  • Distributed ByWEA Musique Du Canada Ltée.
  • Phonographic Copyright ℗Sire Records Company
  • Copyright ©Sire Records Company
  • Copyright ©Morrissey / Marr Songs, Ltd.
  • Published ByWarner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp.
  • Published ByWarner Bros. Music Ltd.
  • Pressed ByQuality Records Limited
  • Recorded AtAmazon Studios
  • Recorded AtRidge Farm Studios
  • Mixed AtIsland Studios
  • Mastered AtCBS Studios, London

Credits

  • Bass Guitar [The Bass Guitar]Andy Rourke
  • Drums [The Drums]Mike Joyce
  • Engineer [Engineered By]Stephen Street
  • Guitar [Guitars], PianoJohnny Marr
  • Layout [Sleeve Layout By]Caryn Gough
  • Mastered ByTim Young
  • Music ByJohnny Marr
  • Photography ByEmile de Antonio
  • Producer [Produced By]The Smiths
  • SleeveMorrissey
  • VoiceMorrissey
  • Words ByMorrissey

Notes

A label variant: PPID 'Q' on the labels and "SIRE ®" up right of the Sire logo.

Similar Canadian pressings:
Meat Is Murder: no PPID 'Q' on the labels and "SIRE ®" below the Sire logo

Back cover and inner sleeve omit "How Soon Is Now?".

Includes a printed inner sleeve with lyrics, credits, thank yous, and a photo culled from Emile de Antonio's 'In The Year Of The Pig'.

[Back cover:]
Manufactured & Distributed by/Fabriqué et Distribué par WEA Music of Canada, Ltd./WEA Musique Du Canada Ltée. [...], a Warner Communications Company.
© 1985 Sire Records Company ℗ 1985 Sire Records Company.

[Labels:]
Sire Records Inc

[Inner sleeve:]
Recorded at Amazon Studios, Liverpool
and Ridge Farm, Surrey.
Mixed at Island Studios, London
Winter 1984

Cover Star culled from Emile de Antonio's 'In The Year Of The Pig' (1969) used by permission.
© 1985 Morrissey Marr Songs Ltd. All rights for the Western Hemisphere istered by Warner-Tamerlane Pub. Corp. BMI
All rights outside of the Western Hemisphere istered by Warner Bros. Music Ltd. reproduced by kind permission.
Mastered [...] at CBS.

Barcode and Other Identifiers

  • Barcode (Text): 0 7599-25269-1
  • Rights Society: BMI
  • Pressing Plant ID (Labels): Q
  • Pressing Plant ID (Runouts): Qu
  • Matrix / Runout (Side A runout, etched): 92-52691 A1 G. •1520• Qu
  • Matrix / Runout (Side B runout, etched): 92-52691 B1 MMM. Qu

Other Versions (5 of 192)

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Title (Format) Label Cat# Country Year
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Meat Is Murder (LP, Album, CBS) Rough Trade ROUGH 81 UK 1985
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Meat Is Murder (LP, Album, Stereo) Megadisc MD 7999 Netherlands 1985
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Meat Is Murder (LP, Album, Allied Pressing) Rough Trade 1-25269, 9 25269-1 US 1985
Meat Is Murder (LP, Album) Rough Trade TM/RT 81 Portugal 1985
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Meat Is Murder (LP, Album) Rough Trade 43 123 L, 43 1 23 Spain 1985

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Reviews

  • rhinosvinyl's avatar
    rhinosvinyl
    Edited 8 years ago
    Anyone else own the Canadian record club edition of this record? Can't see any trace of it on Discogs.
    For the most part it's the same as this version aside from a few changes, ie; catalogue #W1 25269, no barcode in the top left.

    source: http://www.ionsjustlikemine.com/disc/meatismurder-c.htm

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