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The Queen Is Dead by The Smiths, album cover

First-year pressing

The Queen Is Dead 1986 UK Pressing (ROUGH 96)

The Queen Is Dead by The Smiths

Artist
The Smiths
Title
The Queen Is Dead
Label
  • Rough Trade ROUGH 96
Country
UK
Released
June 16, 1986
Format
LP, Album
Format notes
EMI Records Pressing, Gatefold

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.

  • ROUGH 96 A-1U-1-1- FEAR OF MANCHESTERStamped runout side A, variant 1
  • ROUGH 96 B-1U-1-1- THEM WAS ROTTEN DAYSStamped runout side B, variant 1
  • ROUGH 96 A-1U-1-1- x1 FEAR OF MANCHESTERStamped runout side A, variant 2
  • ROUGH 96 B-2U-1- 1-x1 THEM WAS ROTTEN DAYSStamped runout side B, variant 2
  • ROUGH 96 A-2U-1-1 ·7 FEAR OF MANCHESTERStamped runout side A, variant 3
  • ROUGH 96 B-1U-1-1 ⇀THEM WAS ROTTEN DAYSStamped runout side B, variant 3
  • ROUGH 96 A-1U-1-2- FEAR OF MANCHESTERStamped runout side A, variant 4
  • ROUGH 96 B-2U-1- 1-x1 THEM WAS ROTTEN DAYSStamped runout side B, variant 4
  • ROUGH 96 A-1U-1-4 - 2 FEAR OF MANCHESTERStamped runout side A, variant 5
  • ROUGH 96 B-1U-1-2 - x4 THEM WAS ROTTEN DAYSStamped runout side B, variant 5
  • ROUGH 96 A-2U-1- 1 x1 FEAR OF MANCHESTERStamped runout side A, variant 6
  • ROUGH 96 B-2U-1- 1 - x1 THEM WAS ROTTEN DAYSStamped runout side B, variant 6
  • ROUGH 96 A-1U-1-1 ⇀ x FEAR OF MANCHESTERStamped runout side A, variant 7
  • ROUGH 96 B-2U-1-1 ⇀ x1 THEM WAS ROTTEN DAYSStamped runout side B, variant 7
  • ROUGH 96 A-1U-1- 1 ⇀ 1 FEAR OF MANCHESTERStamped runout side A, variant 8
  • ROUGH 96 B-1U-1-1 ⇀ x1 THEM WAS ROTTEN DAYSStamped runout side B, variant 8

Other UK pressings of The Queen Is Dead

All 86 pressings of The Queen Is Dead