HELLO MORRISSEY GRAMMOPHON
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DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON employed many fine musicians who are now collectable, and produced many LP's with fine performances and beautiful jacket designs.
The 3 important stereo pressings are known as SLPM (SLPEM) 136, 138 and 139 because that's what the catalogue numbers start with. With this label German pressings are preferred by collectors and the label must have the blue tulips design going all around the rim (GY5 or GY7). Later pressings of the 70s had a white border instead of the tulips and are thin and floppy compared to the early ones. The non-tulip labels are generally worthless except where the original is rare and expensive.
The blue (and sometimes white) tulips border was used by DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON to help listeners checking the proper speed of their players. If the border optically turned black then it was the optimum speed for the best rendering of the recording.
Of course Morrissey's cover is a visual play on the 1970s logo of DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON but without the tulips...