The SmithsThe Queen Is Dead

Label:

Rough Trade – 70444

Format:

Vinyl , LP, Album , Gatefold

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Released:

Genre:

Rock

Style:

Indie Rock

Tracklist

A1 The Queen Is Dead (Take Me Back To Dear Old Blighty (Medley))
Written-By ["Take Me Back To Dear Old Blighty"]Fred Godfrey
6:23
A2 Frankly, Mr. Shankly
EngineerJohn Porter
2:17
A3 I Know It's Over 5:48
A4 Never Had No One Ever 3:36
A5 Cemetry Gates 2:39
B1 Bigmouth Strikes Again
Backing VocalsAnn Coates
3:12
B2 The Boy With The Thorn In His Side 3:15
B3 Vicar In A Tutu 2:21
B4 There Is A LIght That Never Goes Out 4:02
B5 Some Girls Are Bigger Than Others 3:14

Companies, etc.

  • Distributed ByVirgin S.A.
  • Phonographic Copyright ℗Rough Trade Records Ltd.
  • Copyright ©Warner Bros. Music Ltd.
  • Printed ByMontreuil Offset
  • Pressed ByPathé Marconi EMI, Chatou – 353328
  • Pressed ByPathé Marconi EMI, Chatou – 353329
  • Mastered AtDyam

Credits

  • BassAndy Rourke
  • DrumsMike Joyce
  • EngineerStephen Street
  • Guitar, Harmonium, Arranged By [Strings]Johnny Marr
  • Lacquer Cut ByY.D.*
  • LayoutCaryn Gough
  • Lead Vocals, SleeveMorrissey
  • ModelAlain Delon
  • Music ByJohnny Marr
  • OrchestraThe Hated Salford Ensemble
  • Photography BySteve Wright*
  • ProducerMorrissey
  • Words ByMorrissey

Notes

Gatefold Sleeve, with lyrics and band pictures.

Take Me Back To Dear Old Blighty
© B.Feldman/EMI Music.
Cicely Courtneidge recording courtesy of Thorn EMI Elstree Studios Ltd.
Recorded in England, Winter 1985.
Cover star Alain Delon photos © 1965 Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Inc.

There is another edition made in by Sonopress for french market The Smiths - The Queen Is Dead

Barcode and Other Identifiers

  • Barcode: 3 268440 704446
  • Matrix / Runout (Side A runout, stamped. 'Y.D.' is hand-etched): 70444 A 1 Y.D. M6 353328 2
  • Matrix / Runout (Side B runout, stamped. 'Y.D.' is hand-etched): 70444 B 1 Y.D. M6 353329 2
  • Rights Society: SACEM SDRM SACD SGDL
  • Price Code: PM 262

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Title (Format) Label Cat# Country Year
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The Queen Is Dead (LP, Album, Gatefold) Rough Trade MD 7961 Benelux 1986
The Queen Is Dead (LP, Album, ARC Pressing) Rough Trade 1-25426, 9 25426-1 US 1986
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The Queen Is Dead (LP, Album, Gatefold, Pink Spine Lettering) Rough Trade 92 54261 Canada 1986
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The Queen Is Dead (LP, Album, EMI Records Pressing, Gatefold) Rough Trade ROUGH 96 UK 1986
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The Queen Is Dead (LP, Album, Gatefold) Rough Trade 610.7082, 39.003 Brazil 1986

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