The Smiths - Still Charming (12-Inch Vinyl Test Pressing)

The Smiths - Still Charming (12-Inch Vinyl Test Pressing)

'Test pressings', often known as white label pressings, are copies produced from the masters by the pressing plants in tiny quantities of between ten and thirty copies. These test discs are then sent to the artists and record companies for approval before the main manufacturing is commenced.

These discs are very rare and much sought after by collectors as these are the working copies intended for the artists and label executives to check that the vinyl mastering process is true to the master tapes. The discs were not created for retail sale as part of a manufacturing run – they are genuine test pressings used at work in the industry.

The Smiths - Still Charming (12-Inch Vinyl Test Pressing)

Captured here The Smiths in Madrid, 18th May 1985 promoting their newly released album Meat Is Murder. Featuring the classic tracks: Heaven Knows I'm Miserable Now, Hand In Glove, How Soon Is Now and more!

Track Listing:

Side 1

1. William, It Was Really Nothing
2. How Soon Is Now
3. The One I Can't Have
4. What She Said
5. Handsome Devil
6. That Joke Isn't Funny Anymore
7. Shakespeare's Sister

Side 2

1. Hand In Glove
2. Still Ill
3. Meat Is Murder
4. Heaven Knows I'm Miserable Now
5. This Charming Man
6. You've Got Everything Now

Label: Stylus Groove

Release Date: 15/11/2024