The Smiths - This Charming Man

Tracklist

A1	This Charming Man (Manchester)	2:43
A2	This Charming Man (London)	2:30
B1	Accept Yourself	3:53
B2	Wonderful Woman	3:04

Companies, etc.

• Mastered At – CBS Studios, London
• Distributed By – The Cartel

Credits

• Bass Guitar – Andy Rourke
• Drums – Mike Joyce
• Executive-Producer – Geoff Travis
• Guitar, Harmonica – Johnny Marr
• Mastered By – timtom*
• Music By – Johnny Marr
• Other [Cover Star] – Jean Marais
• Producer – John Porter
• Remastered By – George Peckham
• Voice – Morrissey
• Words By – Morrissey

Notes

Third pressing without band's name "The Smiths" on the cover, B-side remastered by "Porky"/George Peckham, and reverting to the "dome" labels. Identifiable by wider B-side grooves: the dead-wax/runout is 1cm wide.
1983 Glad Hips Music
All words reproduced courtesy Glad Hips Music Limited ©1983

The initial UK release of both the 12” and the 7” featured an alternate Rough Trade logo that was a parody of the classic Capitol Records logo, with a capitol dome over “Rough” in bold cursive over “TRADE” typeset. The logo on the back of the sleeve added an oval ring (also a Capitol hallmark). Morrissey is said to have objected to its use, so the offending logos on the labels were first covered with stickers on both 7” and 12” versions, before altered labels and jackets were printed without the dome. Capitol Records does not appear to have objected to the parody of its trademark, so Rough Trade used the remaining “withdrawn” dome-logo sleeves throughout 1983-84 (on this version and especially for export copies, and as a result various combinations of labels and sleeves are common. For Discogs listings please explain with the listing if the sleeve and labels do not match.

Timtom mastering both sides (wide dead wax on B-side), dome-logo on labels and sleeve (The Smiths - This Charming Man).
as but with round stickers covering the logo on the labels; sleeve logo unknown (The Smiths - This Charming Man).
New/altered labels and sleeves printed, showing the cursive Rough Trade logo only, without the domes. Timtom mastering both sides, as above. (The Smiths - This Charming Man)
(4: this version) B-side remastered by Porky/George Peckham for improved sound (the dead wax is very narrow), using the remaining dome-logo labels and sleeves. (The Smiths - This Charming Man)
New sleeves and labels: Band-name added to front, back cover with domed logo in oval (unchanged from version #1). New labels with the conventional Rough Trade logo and publishing credit changed from Glad Hips Music to Warner Bros. Music. Same Porky B-side mastering as . (The Smiths - This Charming Man)

A somewhat simplified version of these classifications appears at passionsjustlikemine.com

Barcode and Other Identifiers

• Matrix / Runout (Side A, hand-etched): RTT 136 A2 WILL NATURE MAKE A MAN OF ME YET?
• Matrix / Runout (Side B, re-mastered second version, with wider banding, presumably for better fidelity/volume): RTT 136 B2 A Porky Prime Cut

Other versions

Category	Artist	Title (Format)	Label	Category	Country	Year
RT 136	The Smiths	This Charming Man ‎(7", Sol)	Rough Trade	RT 136	UK	1983
YZ0001C, 4509-90306-4	The Smiths	This Charming Man ‎(Cass, Single, RE, Gre)	WEA, WEA	YZ0001C, 4509-90306-4	UK	1992
INT 110.149	The Smiths	This Charming Man ‎(7", Single)	Intercord	INT 110.149	Germany	1983
4509-90317-2	The Smiths	This Charming Man ‎(CD, Single)	WEA	4509-90317-2	Europe	1992
RT 136	The Smiths	This Charming Man ‎(7", S/Sided, W/Lbl)	Rough Trade	RT 136	UK	1983

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