Extra track, tacky badge and a red flexidisc

We interrupt normal service on this blog to bring you stats for nerds. Ordinary readers of this blog should look away now – what follows is a load of gobbledegook about the Smiths.

If you’re still reading, what you see below is a comparison of the values of various Smiths records, taken from Record Collector over the years:

–         April 1988
–         Nov 1992
–         Jun 2005
–         Jan 2011

The 1992 and 2005 issues feature the top 100 collectibles, whereas the 1988 issue isn’t ordered as such and the 2011 one concentrates on commercially available live tracks.

I’ve listed the 2005 top 100, followed by the 1992 tracks that didn’t make it into the 2005 list. Finally, there are the 1998 and 2011 tracks that aren’t in the 1992 or 2005 lists. I’ve also linked the items to the magisterial Passions Just Like Mine website, where you can get more information than you can shake a stick at about each item.

It’s interesting to note how the value of certain items have changed over time. Oh, to have had the foresight in 1988 to pick up the top 3 items for £130, as opposed to £3700 these days!

Position		Item	Value
92	05		1988	1992	2005	2011
3	1	“Hand in Glove” negative sleeve	£40	£80	£1300
1	2	“Reel Around The Fountain” test press	£75	£120	£1200
10	3	“Meat is Murder” 12” test press	£15	£50	£1200	£1000+
17	4	“Meat is Murder” 7” RT test press	£8	£40	£1000	£1000+
	5	“Meat is Murder” 7” Mayking test press			£800
4	6	“You Just Haven’t Earned it yet, Baby” 12” test press	£55	£65	£500
	7	“How Soon is Now” 7” misspress (Oscillate Wildly on B-side)			£400
2	8	1st album German marbled vinyl promo	£30-40	£100	£350
42	9	“William, It Was Really Nothing” Italian 12” misspress	£14	£25	£300
	10	“Headmaster Ritual” Dutch 7” with 12” cowboy artwork	£6		£250
	11	“Hand in Glove” one-sided 7” test press			£250
	12	“Girlfriend in a Coma” 7” green sleeve w/ 12” tracklisting			£200
	13	“Hand in Glove” two-sided 7” test press			£200
12	14	“There is a Light” French 7”		£45	£150
9	15	“This Charming Man” NY 12” test press	£15	£50	£150
	16	“Ask” Australian 7” Morrissey sleeve			£100
	17	“Handsome Devils” French CD			£100
16	18	1st album Japanese w/ red flexi [1988 & 1992 entries only mention the flexi]	£40	£40	£100
	19	“Girlfriend in a Coma” 7” green sleeve			£75
	20	“Girlfriend in a Coma” 12” grey sleeve			£75
7	21	“This Charming Man” 7” test press (one-sided)	£60	£50	£75
23	22	“This Charming Man” NY 12” w/ band name on sleeve		£30	£75
15	23	“Barbarism Begins at Home” 2x one-sided 12” test pressings	£50	£40	£75
	24	“Sheila Take a Bow” German 12” blue sleeve	£6-10		£60
13	25	“Shoplifters” 12” misspress	£20	£45	£55
31	26	“Queen is Dead” Mayking test press	£15-25	£25	£55
	27	“Rank” test press w/ misspressed sleeve (no title/image)			£55	£200+
5	28	“Meat is Murder” promo LP w/ the Blasters	£50-60	£60	£50
22	29	“Ask” Australian 12” w/ Morrissey sleeve	£6	£30	£50
26	30	“Headmaster Ritual” Dutch 7” one-sided promo, plain white sleeve	£15	£30	£50
33	31	“Barbarism” French 12” promo	£25	£25	£50
37	32	1st album Japanese Tokuma CD	£25	£25	£50
	33	“Rank” DAT			£50
	34	“Louder than Bombs” Australian double CD			£50
25	35	“Barbarism” one-sided 12” promo	£18	£30	£50
24	36	“Barbarism” two-sided 12” promo	£18	£30	£50
	37	“What She Said” NME 7” test press			£50
	38	“I Started Something” 7” Mayking test press	£8-10		£50
11	39	“There is a Light” US 12” promo	£10-15	£50	£50
	40	“Sweet and Tender Hooligan” US 12”			£50
	41	“This Charming Man” US WEA 12”			£50
8	42	“This Charming Man” Japanese Tokuma 12”		£50	£50
	43	“What Difference Does it Make” Japanese Tokuma 12”			£50
	44	“Hand in Glove” (Sandie Shaw) Japanese Tokuma 12”			£50
	45	“Heaven Knows” Japanese Tokuma 12”			£50
	46	“Hatful of Hollow” Japanese Tokuma LP			£50
6	47	“Meat is Murder” Japanese Tokuma LP [1992 value is for the promo LP]		£55	£50
82	48	“Boy with the Thorn in his Side” Japanese Tokuma 12”		£12	£50
	49	“Queen is Dead” Japanese Tokuma LP			£50
	50	“Stop me if you think…” Australian 12”			£50
29	51	“Queen is Dead” German green vinyl		£30	£45
20	52	“Still Ill” German 12” test press	£20	£35	£45
	53	“Headmaster Ritual” CD single			£45	£60
54	54	“Shoplifters” US 12” promo	£10-15	£20	£45
21	55	“12” mixes” Australian CD		£35	£45
66	56	1st album test press	£15-25	£15	£45
	57	“Super Twins” Japanese double CD			£45
	58	“Double Dose” Australian double CD			£45
48	59	“Hatful of Hollow” test press w/ misspressed sleeve	£15-25	£20	£40
	60	“Headmaster Ritual” Australian CD single			£40
	61	“Ask” Australian CD single			£40
	62	“William” Australian CD single			£40
	63	“Panic” Australian CD single			£40
	64	“Heaven Knows” Australian CD single			£40
	65	“Barbarism” Australian CD single			£40
	66	“Boy with the Thorn in his Side” Australian CD single			£40
	67	“What Difference” Australian CD single			£40
30	68	“World Won’t Listen” Australian double LP	£15	£30	£40
19	69	“This Charming Man” Dutch one-sided 7” promo	£15	£35	£40
	70	“Stop me…” Dutch 12”			£40
	71	“How Soon is Now” Dutch 7”	£6		£40
28	72	“William” German marbled vinyl 12”	£6	£30	£40
	73	“What Difference” 12” test press	£15		£40
	74	“William” 12” Billie Whitelaw sleeve			£40
	75	“Hatful of Hollow” Australian CD original sleeve			£35
72	76	“What Difference” 7” test press	£15	£15	£35
	77	“Barbarism” Italian 7”			£35
67	78	“Meat is Murder” LP test press	£15-25	£15	£35
46	79	“That Joke” 7” Mayking test press	£25	£20	£35
	80	“Barbarism” CD single			£35
85	81	“Panic” 12” test press w/ poster	£8-10	£12	£35
	82	“Queen is Dead” Australian CD on Festival			£35
	83	“Hand in Glove” (Sandie Shaw) German 12” marbled vinyl	£6-10		£35
	84	“Stop me…” Japanese CD			£35
	85	“William” 7” Billie Whitelaw sleeve w/ “How Soon is Now” B-side			£30
	86	“Stop me…” Australian 7”			£30
	87	“Headmaster Ritual” Dutch 7”, red sleeve, titles at top of labels	£6		£30
	88	“Barbarism” German 12”			£30
	89	“Still Ill” German 12”			£30
36	90	“Strangeways” German grey vinyl		£25	£30
	91	“Barbarism” Greek 12”			£30
32	92	“This Charming Man” 12” w/ band name of sleeve		£25	£30
87	93	“Shoplifters” 12” w/ bag		£12	£30
	94	“Rank” w/ poster & sticker			£30
97	95	“William” 7” test press w/ red labels	£8-10	£12	£30
	96	“Stop me …” US 7”			£30
41	97	“What Difference” US 12” promo	£18	£25	£30
	98	“How Soon is Now” Portuguese triple LP			£30
	99	“Half a Person” Portuguese triple LP			£30
	100	“William” CD single			£30
		UK CD singles, other than Headmaster Ritual, Barbarism and William			£15-25
14		“Queen is Dead” US LP test press	£40-50	£40
18		“This Charming Man” Australian 12” promo	£20	£35
27		“This Charming Man” Australian 12”	£20	£30
34		“Still Ill” Brazilian flexi	£20	£25
35		“This Charming Man” Australian 7” promo	£25	£25
38		1st album Australian promo LP	£15-20	£25
39		“Hatful of Hollow” Australian promo LP	£15-20	£25
40		“Meat is Murder” Australian promo LP	£15-20	£25
42		“Ask” Italian jukebox 7”		£22
44		“Girlfriend in a Coma” Italian jukebox 7”		£22
45		“Boy with Thorn in his Side” Australian 12” promo	£15-20	£22
47		“This Charming Man” French 7”	£20	£20
49		“This Charming Man” 1983 7”		£20
50		“Boy with Thorn in his Side” Brazilian 12” promo [1988 entry is for the standard release]	£16	£20
51		“Shakespeare’s Sister” 7” test press	£8-10	£20
52		“UK Buzz 4” US promo LP	£20	£20
53		“This Charming Man” 1984 7”		£20
55		“This Charming Man” Australian 7”		£20
56		“What Difference” Australian 7” promo	£15-20	£20
57		“This Charming Man” German 7”		£20
58		“William” 7” w/ original sleeve		£20
59		“Ask” German 12” clear vinyl	£6-10	£20
60		“William” 12” w/ original sleeve		£20
61		“This Charming Man” Belgian 7”	£10	£18
62		“How Soon is Now” Australian 7” promo	£15-20	£18
63		“Heaven Knows” German 7” promo		£18
64		“How Soon is Now” German 7” promo		£18
65		“Hatful of Hollow” RT CD w/ original artwork		£18
68		“William” Canadian 4-track 7” promo w/ Lloyd Cole, John Hiatt and Matt Bianco	£18	£15
69		“Still Ill” 7” promo	£14	£15
70		“Headmaster Ritual” US 12” promo	£10-15	£15
71		“Ask” cassette		£15
73		“Bigmouth” French 7”		£15
74		“How Soon is Now” Spanish 7” promo	£12	£15
75		“That Joke” Australian 7” promo	£15-20	£15
76		“Girlfriend in a Coma” US 12” promo	£10-15	£15
77		“This Charming Man” Greek 7”	£10	£15
78		“Rock over London” US promo LP		£15
79		“Music for the Starving Millions” US promo CD		£15
80		“What Difference” Canadian 7” promo	£12	£15
81		“Some Girls” German 12” orange vinyl	£6-10	£15
83		“World Won’t Listen” LP test press	£15-25	£12
84		“Strangeways” LP test press	£15-25	£12
86		“Panic” 12” w/ stickers		£12
88		“Girlfriend in a Coma” cassette		£12
89		“Debut Issue 6” LP		£12
90		“How Soon is Now” Canadian 7” promo		£12
91		“Panic” German 12” blue vinyl	£6-10	£12
92		“What Difference” US 7” promo		£12
93		“How Soon is Now” US 7” promo		£12
94		“Hand in Glove” 1983 7”		£12		£20
95		“The Tube” LP		£12
96		“Boy with the Thorn” Portuguese 7”	£8	£12
98		“Department of Enjoyment” cassette		£12		£15
99		“Stop me…” US 12” promo	£10-15	£12
100		“Heaven Knows” 7” test press	£15	£12
		BBC transcription discs	£125-175
		US LP acetates	£75-125
		12” master plates	£70-80
		US 12” acetates	£60-80
		12” acetates	£50-60
		“Oscillate Wildly” one-sided acetate	£50
		US test pressings	£40-50
		“Meat is Murder” Argentinian LP	£20
		“Hatful of Hollow” German promo	£20
		LP test pressings	£15-25
		1984 7/12” test pressings	£15
		“Queen is Dead” Greek LP	£12
		US 12” promos	£10-15
		1985-7 7/12” test pressings	£8-10
		“Compilation” Canadian LP	£8
		“Headmaster Ritual” Dutch 12”	£7
		German 7/12” coloured vinyls	£6-10
		“Rarities vol 2” promo CD				£10
		“I Started Something” 12”/cassette				£10