Heaven Knows I’m Miserable Now – The Smiths (1984)

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An individual, limited edition, example of vinyl record art made from a genuine, original, 45rpm, 7” single featuring the song, Heaven Knows I’m Miserable Now by  The Smiths. The record was released in 1984, on the Rough Trade record label and has been reworked into a silhouette of the head of lead singer Morrissey.

A great framed gift for a friend or family member who is a fan of The Smiths, Morrissey,  Indie Rock, Depression (Mordant Humour) or has a special memory linked to the song.

Presented in a black wooden box frame
Limited Edition of 100, signed and numbered by myself, the artist

Title: Heaven Knows I’m Miserable Now
Media Artist/s: The Smiths
Record Label: Rough Trade
Medium: Mixed media, hand cut from an original 7″ vinyl single
Era: 1980s
Genre: Rock / Indie Rock

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Additional information about this, The Smiths vinyl art.

The Smiths – The Artist

The Smiths were an English rock band formed in Manchester in 1982. The group consisted of vocalist Morrissey, guitarist Johnny Marr, bassist Andy Rourke, and drummer Mike Joyce. Critics have called them one of the most important bands to emerge from the British independent music scene of the 1980s. In 2002, the NME named the Smiths “the artist to have had the most influence on the NME”.In 2003, all four of their albums appeared on Rolling Stone’s list of the “500 Greatest Albums of All Time”. Based on the songwriting partnership of Morrissey and Marr, the Smiths’ focus on a guitar, bass, and drum sound, and their fusion of 1960s rock and post-punk, were a rejection of the synthesiser-based dance-pop of the time. Marr’s Rickenbacker guitar work had a jangle pop sound reminiscent of Roger McGuinn of the Byrds. Morrissey’s complex, literate lyrics combined themes about ordinary people with mordant humour.

Heaven Knows I’m Miserable Now – The Song

“Heaven Knows I’m Miserable Now” is a song by the English rock band the Smiths. Released as a single in May 1984, it reached No. 10 on the UK Singles Chart. The music was written by Johnny Marr in an hour in a New York hotel room on 2 January 1984, on a red Gibson ES-355 guitar that was bought for him that day by Seymour Stein, an American entrepreneur and music executive. The records picture cover features Viv Nicholson, who became famous in 1961 in the UK for winning a large amount of money on the football pools and then rapidly squandering it. The song’s title was inspired by Sandie Shaw’s 1969 single “Heaven Knows I’m Missing Him Now

Morrissey – The Shape

This record has been modelled into the silhouette of the head of Morrissey the lead singer of The Smiths with his distinctive hairstyle of the time.

 

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Weight 1030 g
Dimensions 25 × 4.5 × 25 cm
Artist Formation

Group / Band

Decade

80's

Gender

Male

Nationality

English

1 review for Heaven Knows I’m Miserable Now – The Smiths (1984)

  1. chris (verified owner)

    Really pleased with this

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