diff -r 977d8504a93f Lib/distutils/command/upload.py
--- a/Lib/distutils/command/upload.py	Sun Nov 28 16:30:05 2010 +0100
+++ b/Lib/distutils/command/upload.py	Mon Nov 29 01:14:15 2010 -0800
@@ -176,6 +176,9 @@
             result = urlopen(request)
             status = result.getcode()
             reason = result.msg
+            if self.show_response:
+                msg = '\n'.join(('-' * 75, r.read(), '-' * 75))
+                self.announce(msg, log.INFO)
         except socket.error, e:
             self.announce(str(e), log.ERROR)
             return
@@ -189,6 +192,3 @@
         else:
             self.announce('Upload failed (%s): %s' % (status, reason),
                           log.ERROR)
-        if self.show_response:
-            msg = '\n'.join(('-' * 75, r.read(), '-' * 75))
-            self.announce(msg, log.INFO)