MORRISSEY "MALADJUSTED" LP Promo Never played MINT CONDITION SOME JACKET SCUFFS

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This is a near mint condition unplayed copy of Morrisey's Maladjusted record released in 1997. I worked for his record company in the 90s and received this promotional copy then. I’ve never played it, it was never out of the jacket until I took the pictures today. The vinyl seems heavy to me so I weighed it in it's inner sleeve and it is 7.9 ounces. The cover has a hole punched in it through the barcode as most promo items do, indicating it’s not for sale to the general public, and usually sent out in advance. Also a little unusual the inner sleeve does not have a hole punched in it. They must’ve punched the jackets and then inserted the records in the sleeves.  I think I have taken pictures that tell the story. In the close-up of the label you can see there are zero spindle marks. You can also see how much gloss and sheen the vinyl has by the pictures I took today in my backyard with natural light showing the reflection of the side of my house and other things. The flag is used for color verification and is not included in the sale.
Let me know if you have questions. Thanks
Maladjusted
is the sixth
studio album
by English singer
Morrissey
, released on 11 August 1997 by
Island Records
.
On release, the album received a lukewarm reception from fans and critics alike, and was Morrissey's last studio album for seven years, until 2004's
You Are the Quarry
.
Steven Patrick Morrissey
(
/
ˈ
m
ɒr
ɪ
s
iː
/
; born 22 May 1959), known
mononymously
as
Morrisse
y
, is an English singer, songwriter, and author. He came to prominence as the frontman of
rock
band
the Smiths
, who were active from 1982 to 1987. Since then, he has pursued a successful solo career. Morrissey's music is characterised by his
baritone
voice and distinctive lyrics with recurring themes of emotional isolation, sexual longing, self-deprecating and black humour, and anti-establishment stances.
Born to working-class Irish immigrants in
Davyhulme, Lancashire
, Morrissey grew up in nearby
Manchester
. As a child, he developed a love of literature,
kitchen sink realism
, and
pop music
. In the late 1970s, he fronted
punk rock
band
the Nosebleeds
with little success before beginning a career in music journalism and writing several books on music and film in the early 1980s. He formed the Smiths with
Johnny Marr
in 1982 and the band soon attracted national recognition for
their eponymous debut album
. As the band's frontman, Morrissey attracted attention for his trademark
quiff
and witty and sardonic lyrics. Deliberately avoiding rock machismo, he cultivated the image of a sexually ambiguous social outsider who embraced
celibacy
. The Smiths released three further studio albums—
Meat Is Murder
,
The Queen Is Dead
, and
Strangeways, Here We Come
—and had a string of hit singles. The band were critically acclaimed and attracted a cult following. Personal differences between Morrissey and Marr resulted in the separation of the Smiths in 1987.
In 1988 Morrissey launched his solo career with
Viva Hate
. This album and its follow-ups—
Kill Uncle
,
Your Arsenal
, and
Vauxhall and I
—all did well on the UK Albums Chart and spawned multiple hit singles. He took on
Alain Whyte
and
Boz Boorer
as his main co-writers to replace Marr. During this time his image began to shift into that of a burlier figure who toyed with patriotic imagery and working-class masculinity. In the mid-to-late 1990s, his albums
Southpaw Grammar
and
Maladjusted
also charted but were less well received. Relocating to
Los Angeles
, he took a musical hiatus from 1998 to 2003 before releasing a successful comeback album,
You Are the Quarry
, in 2004. Ensuing years saw the release of albums
Ringleader of the Tormentors
,
Years of Refusal
,
World Peace Is None of Your Business
,
Low in High School
,
California Son
, and
I Am Not a Dog on a Chain
, as well as
his autobiography
and his debut novel,
List of the Lost
.
Highly influential, Morrissey has been credited as a seminal figure in the emergence of
indie rock
and
Britpop
. His work has been the subject of academic study.
[5]
[6]
He has been a controversial figure throughout his music career due to his forthright opinions and outspoken nature—endorsing
vegetarianism
and
animal rights
,
criticising royalty
and prominent politicians, and defending a particular vision of
English national identity
while critiquing the impact of immigration on the UK. In a 2006 poll for the
BBC
's
Culture Show
, Morrissey was voted the second-greatest living British
cultural icon
.
[7]
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