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I Started Something I Couldn't Finish 1987 UK Pressing (RT 198)

I Started Something I Couldn't Finish by The Smiths

Artist
The Smiths
Title
I Started Something I Couldn't Finish
Label
  • Rough Trade RT 198
Country
UK
Released
November 6, 1987
Format
7", 45 RPM, Single
Format notes
EMI Pressing, Push-Out Centre
Barcode
5 014644 101981, 5014644101981

Runout and matrix codes

Etched or stamped in the dead wax between the last track and the label. If yours match, you have this pressing.

  • RT 198 A-1U-1- | - 5 "MURDER AT THE WOOL HALL" (X) STARRING SHERIDAN WHITESIDESide A runout, variant 1
  • RT 198 B-1U-1- | - 2 YOU ARE BELIEVING, YOU DO NOT WANT TO SLEEPSide B runout, variant 1
  • RT 198 A-1U-1- 1 - 1 "MURDER AT THE WOOL HALL" (X) STARRING SHERIDAN WHITESIDESide A runout, variant 2
  • RT 198 B-1U-1- 1 - 1 YOU ARE BELIEVING, YOU DO NOT WANT TO SLEEPSide B runout, variant 2
  • RT 198 A-1U-1-1-0 "MURDER AT THE WOOL HALL" (X) STARRING SHERIDAN WHITESIDESide A runout, variant 3
  • RT 198 B-1U-1-1-7 YOU ARE BELIEVING, YOU DO NOT WANT TO SLEEPSide B runout, variant 3
  • RT 198 A-1U-1- 1 - 11 "MURDER AT THE WOOL HALL" (X) STARRING SHERIDAN WHITESIDESide A runout, variant 4
  • RT 198 B-1U-1- | - 10 YOU ARE BELIEVING, YOU DO NOT WANT TO SLEEPSide B runout, variant 4
  • RT 198 A-1U-1- | ⇀ 10 "MURDER AT THE WOOL HALL" (X) STARRING SHERIDAN WHITESIDESide A runout, variant 5
  • RT 198 B-1U-1- | · 4 YOU ARE BELIEVING, YOU DO NOT WANT TO SLEEPSide B runout, variant 5
All 12 pressings of I Started Something I Couldn't Finish