| "Hatful Of Hollow" | November 1984 | |
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William, It Was Really Nothing What Difference Does It Make? (Peel session 31/5/83) These Things Take Time (Jensen session 4/7/83) This Charming Man (Peel session 21/9/83) How Soon Is Now? Handsome Devil (Peel session 31/5/83) Hand In Glove Still Ill (Peel session 21/9/83) Heaven Knows I'm Miserable Now This Night Has Opened My Eyes (Peel session 21/9/83) You've Got Everything Now (Jensen session 4/7/83) Accept Yourself (Jensen session 5/9/83) Girl Afraid Back To The Old House (Peel session 21/9/83) Reel Around The Fountain (Peel session 31/5/83) Please, Please, Please, Let Me Get What I Want UK CD [Rough Trade ROUGHCD76]
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Artwork information: The photograph is on blue background for early releases. The reissue of the album on all formats in the UK in the spring of 1987 used a close-up of the same photo, without the blue borders. When the album was released for the first time in the United States in 1993, the latter cover was also used. For the 2006 Japanese reissue in mini LP sleeve replica, the original blue-border artwork was used again. A photo of the band taken by Paul Slattery at Glastonbury in 1984 is found inside the original gatefold LPs (view in left frame).
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Promotion: Australia: Promotion was done at the time of the original release of this album with promo copies of the LP format. These had the same content and artwork, except for the labels which were of the usual black and white 'hat man' type with promo-only warnings on them. Brazil: Promo LPs were gold-stamped at the back of the sleeve and stamped in ink of the records' labels. A 4-track various artists promo EP (1.015) featuring "Heaven Knows I'm Miserable Now" was distributed in 1986, possibly for promotion of this album. The record came slipped in a yellow sleeve with brown text. A different 4-track various artists promo EP (803.315) from 1986, this one titled "Um Presente Da Bandeirantes FM-96", also features "Heaven Knows I'm Miserable Now". Canada: Gold-stamped copies of the LP were distributed for promotion. A four-artist promo 7" (WEA EP#2) with the song "William, It Was Really Nothing" was sent to radio to promote this album. A various artists radio promo cassette titled "Stop Look Listen" (SLLC36) also featured "William, It Was Really Nothing". France: Stamped copies of the LP were distributed for promotion. Japan: Promotion of the original release was done via copies of the LP format with a white SAMPLE sticker on the sleeve and the usual extra 3-character promo text printed on the label. Promo cds for the 1987, 1990, 1993 and 1995 reissues have a promo sticker on the case and promo text on the cds' inner ring. The promo cd for the 2006 reissue in LP-replica sleeves have a white and red promo sticker on the back and 'sample loaned' etched on the cd's inner ring. Copies of the double-cd set featuring this album and "The Queen Is Dead" were stamped on the back for promotion. New Zealand: Promo copies of the LP are the stock ones with a 'demonstration' sticker on the label of side B. USA: Although this album wasn't released in the USA until 1993, it was still promoted with an advance cassette (Sire/Reprise 4-45205-A). The cassette's inlay was the generic blue Sire/Reprise one with titles.
Quotes: Johnny Marr, to the BBC6 website: "(...) After our first album came out, we realised that some of the versions of the songs on the album weren't as good as the way we did them on the John Peel session. Because of this we put out a compilation called 'Hatful Of Hollow', which featured those John Peel sessions, and as a result they pretty much became the definitive versions of the songs we recorded for John."
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