Talk:Hatful Of Hollow

Hatful charted at number 7 in the main charts the week ending Nov 24, 1984.
That wouldn't be based on 22 day's worth of sales.
That puts it at a later date than Friday 2nd.
Going through every week of Record Mirror, Hatful is next mentioned via chart placement.
PJLM (which I loath relying on) notes the LP and tape came out on different dates - my diary at the time agrees.
Namely:
"UK LP and cassette: 12/16 November 1984"
Monday releases were commonplace.
Not so sure about Friday ones though...
Rogan states it was "rush released" by Rough Trade on the 12th - which is an odd thing to misremember.

Record Mirror:

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This needs discussion rather than reverts like the external wiki.
I think the Record Mirror charting information is possibly a better source than the one referenced??
FWD.

The November 03 edition of the magazine had zero reference to the album or The Smiths
The November 10 edition of the magazine album itself carried a review of the album.
The November 10 edition carried a W.H. Smith's hit list citing Hatful as a "this weeks new releases" - again this is later than the previous Friday.
(saying this week's.. would put it at the 5th, but the magazine was out 6 days later on a Saturday - so is likely to mean the following week?)
The November 24 edition has the first week in chart info above.
The December 01 edition has the UK charts showing the album had been there 2 weeks and now moved to number 11.

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DT: Thanks for posting the info. I agree the charts line up for the later release date. Record Mirror may not be the best authority for release dates and isn't the end-all reference.

In the Hatful debut chart Duran Duran's "Arena" is released the same week. Looking that up it's stated as November 12, 1984.