DANA GILLESPIE (+ JIMMY PAGE & JOHN PAUL JONES) Foolish Seasons (Record Store Day 2022 UK/EU 14-track LP of her super rare and sought-after 1968 debut album only ever issued in the USA. Includes two previously unavailable tracks that wereincluded on a UK test pressing, which as close as this album got to being issued outside the US. The songs are brought to life by an illustrious group of session musicians including Mike Vickers, and fellow Manf more...
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GRAHAM PARKER & THE RUMOUR Mystery Glue (Test Pressing for the 2015 UK 12-track LP on 180gram Vinyl, with custom printed black on white labels with the '4721832' matrice in the run-out along with the etched album title. The vinylis Near Mint & comes housed in a plain die-cut card sleeve. Only a small select handful of these would have been produced, purely to test the sonics & never to be sold to the general public this way. A superb ex-industry find CRL2015) more...
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BRIAN ENO Ambient 4: On Land (2018 UK 8-track White Label LP Test Pressing for the reissue of the 1982 album pressed on Audiophile quality 33^1/3 rpm 180 Gram Heavyweight Vinyl. This has plain white labels with a side indication, in the run-out groove is etched 'Miles Abbey Road Room 30' & stamped 'ENOLP8', comes within a custom stickered plain die-cut sleeve and remains in a new & unplayed condition) more...
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BRIAN ENO Ambient 4: On Land (2018 UK 8-track White Label Double LP Test Pressing for the remastered edition of the 1982 album, pressed on Audiophile quality Half Speed Mastered 45 rpm 180 Gram Heavyweight Vinyl for optimum sound. This has plain white labels with side indication for A & C, in the run-out groove is etched 'Miles Abbey Road ½ Speed Room 30', comes within a plain die-cut sleeve with title hand annotation; and remains in a new & unplayed condition) more...
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FIVE DAY RAIN Good Year: The Five Day Rain Anthology (2022 UK 31-track double CD set from the early 1970 collaboration between Sussex-based power trio Iron Prophet who teamed up with Graham Maitland [Fleur de Lys] and whose debut album only reached the test pressing stage as two different versions. Both of these 1970 test pressings are included here in their entirety, together with the Studd Pump single and three tracks that, slightly remixed, were included without the band's permi more...
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DAVID BOWIE Day In Day Out (Very rare 1987 German EMI white label 2-track 7" vinyl test pressing, also including Julie, housed in a unique promotional only picture sleeve. The sleeve shows only faint creasing with no seam splits, and the vinyl looks unplayed save for one light inaudible mark on the B-side, retaining a glorious shine! #2017137) more...
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THE ARTWOODS I Feel Good (Extremely rare 1966 UK test pressing for the Demonstration vinyl 7" of the single release, with intact original four prong centre, also featuring Molly Anderson's Cookery Book, Decca company die cut paper sleeve. This superb copy was issued for early promotional purposes & has plain Decca Demonstration labels with NO ARTIST OR TITLES listed, just typed labels with a small 'A' sticker F12465)
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DAVID BOWIE Day-In Day-Out (1987 French white label Echantillon 12" test pressing for the 3-track vinyl release. Custom studio labels & custom stickered paper sleeve, housed in a regular issue picture sleeve. These test pressing are produced in extremely small numbers for senior personnel &/or the band to check the sound quality of the potential finished product before the initiation of a full production run, with most being destroyed after audition. Naturally, these being the first f more...
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LOVE Out Here (Very Cool Test Pressing for the 1969 US 17-track double LP, put together in very low numbers by Blue Thumb as a promotional package for their distributors. The studio labels are rubber stamped with the Love logo in red & blue with side annotations in black & label copy sheets listing the track times & songs per side. Both parts are housed in a plain white card sleeve & marked for the attention of Frank Wood at WEBN radio, stamped with the Love logo & the Blue Thumb a more...
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SIMPLE MINDS Sparkle In The Rain (Rare 1984 UK 10-track white label Text Pressing vinyl LP for their sixth studio album with the 'Townhouse' master and full "V2300 A-1U-1-1" and "V2300 B-2U-1-2" matrices stamped into either side of therun-out groove. The classic album spawned the hit singles Waterfront, Speed Your Love To Me and Up On The Catwalk. Issued in a plain die-cut card sleeve the plain white labels are simply hand-annotated with 'Top Top' [Side One] and 'Bott Bott' more...
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ERIC BURDON & THE ANIMALS Love Is (Incredibly rare, thought not to exist 1968 UK 6-track WHITE LABEL 2 x 1-sided TEST PRESSING vinyl LPs. These are the much sought after MONO versions which are almost impossible to locate in this day and age! This one of a kind item comes from the vast personal archive collection of a former music journalist of the sixties, played once for review purposes and then locked away in storage for more than 30 years. See 'more info' for further details...) more...
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DAVID BOWIE Day In Day Out (Rare 1987 Japanese 3-track white label promo vinyl 12", featuring the Extended Dance Mix, Extended Dub Mix & the non-album track Julie. The labels are white with the catalogue number, EMI and promo logo printed in black, with a custom 'Not For Sale' stickered plain card sleeve. The mostly plain white sleeve shows only a little light wear whilst the vinyl shows very little evidence of play. A fantastic item and the first we have ever seenS14-165) more...
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U2 Under A Blood Red Sky (Rare 1983 UK green label test pressing for the 8-track vinyl mini-LP, recorded live in Boston, Denver and West Germany in May 1983. With plain green labels and 'IMA3A-3U-1-3' / 'IMA3B' in the run out grooves, housedin a regular picture sleeve. The sleeve has a seam split and some general edgewear. Despite a number of hairline marks on the vinyl, the disc plays through without any skips or jumps) more...
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ELVIS COSTELLO In Concert 322 (Rare 1984 UK BBC In Concert LP recorded live in October 1983 on the 'Punch The Clock' tour at the Hammersmith Palais, London and featuring an expanded ten piece line-up including former Dexys brass section The TKO Horns and backing singers Afrodiziak, enabling Elvis to re-work 'Get Happy' era tracks such as Possession and Clowntime Is Over, plain die cut sleeve. This disc was effectively a test pressing at Nimbus and has therefore been played once atthe more...
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ROLLING STONES Metamorphosis (Test Pressing for the 1975 US 14-track LP on Abkco, with 'Peter Pan Industries/London Records' studio labels which are annotated with the artist, catalogue/matrix & side details. Comes housed in a pasted mock sleeve with the tracklist, timings & publishing details, which appear to have been annotated with some amusing notes in pencil from either the engineer or recipient of the LP had it been put to promotional use. Pressed in very small numbers more...
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MF DOOM & MADLIB Madvillainy (In Demand 2004 UK first press 25-track double LP, which turned out to be the best alternative album that year for our money, chock full of lyrics & production integrity, it's become one of the most treasuredalbums in underground rap history [check out the long list of inspired samples ranging from accordion music to Gentle Giant to George Duke!]. Comes housed in the original hype stickered picture sleeve. The cover is Very Good & fully intact withso
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STAN LEVEY This Time The Drums On Me (Rare Pair Of Single-Sided Test Pressings for the 1955 UK 7-track Mono LP, a drummer led Bop winner of the highest order with the great Dexter Gordon [tenor sax], Lou Levy [piano], Frank Rosolino[trombone], Conte Condoli [trumpet] & Leroy Vinnegar [bass]. The Parlophone labels are custom black on white with 'Not For Sale' print & the artist, album title & some of the song details are annotated in blue pen on the labels' playing side of both discs. more...
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PAUL MCCARTNEY The 7" Singles Box (2022 limited edition lavish box set containing 80 x 7-inch singles, featuring 65 recreations of singles & promos from the past five decades, and 15 singles that have never before been issued on seven-inch. Packaged inside a two-piece FSC-approved pine & birch ply wooden art crate, secured with two red saw-tooth lashing straps. The crate also contains a 148-page book with foreword from Paul, essay by Rob Sheffield, recording notes, release dates, a more...
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DINAH WASHINGTON Golden Hits Vol. 1 (Test Pressing for the 1963 UK 12-track stereo LP on Mercury, with backing conducted by Quincy Jones. The run-outs have the correct matrix detail for this title machine stamped both sides & the plain white labels are annotated one side with the artist & album title. Pressed in tiny quantities purely to test the sonics, the vinyl grades EX/EX- with just a few faint paper hairlines to show play) more...
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THE KINKS God's Children (Test Pressing for the Limited Edition 2016 UK/French-pressed digitally remastered 7" vinyl EP exclusive to Record Store Day, with plain white labels stickered with the printed client details. Features four songs originally released in the UK in 1971 that slipped out of print for decades, all taken from the Percy film soundtrack) more...
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MARC BOLAN Electric Sevens (Rare Set Of Test Pressings for the Limited Edition 2012 UK Record Store Day FOUR x 7" vinyl single set, including Hot Love, Get It On & Jeepster plus demos & material recorded for various BBC radio shows in 1971 - a total of twelve tracks pressed on heavyweight vinyl. Each part boasts a plain white label with only 'side A' printed detail & each record is housed in a plain die-cut annotated sleeve. These were pressed in tiny amounts purely to test the sonics more...
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PETER GABRIEL Set Of Seven Half-Speed Mastered Test Pressing LPs (Super Rare set of Test Pressings for SEVEN of the Limited Edition 2015-16 UK 45rpm Half-Speed Mastered LPs on Real World Records, a grand total of SIXTEEN white label discson Heavyweight 180gram Vinyl. Comprises fully remastered versions of the first four self-titled albums spread across two discs each, the third album being the German language release, as well So, Us & Up spread across double & triple vinyl. Th more...
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DAVID BOWIE The Video Collection (Rare 1994 UK promo test pressing 25-track, 2-VCD set, includes the unreleased tracks As The World Falls Down and Never Let Me Down, colour copied picture sleeve without barcode!) more...
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JOHN SURMAN Way Back When (Impossibly Rare 80s UK Test Pressing 6-track LP, comprising all four parts of the title track & 'Owlshead' & 'Out & About' for a recording from October 7, 1969, cut at Tangerine Studios, London that never sawrelease in its day. Also stars Mike Osborne, John Taylor, Brian Odgers & John Marshall. We believe this disc was pressed by Mole Jazz & in very small quantities. The labels are plain white & the matrices are hand scratched & read 'RGG1109'/'RG more...
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SERGIO MENDES & BRASIL '66 Herb Alpert Presents Sergio Mendes & Brasil '66 (Test Pressing for the 1997 German 10-track stereo LP on 180gram Virgin Vinyl, Sergio's 1966 breakthrough album including the brilliant Mas Que Nada & Berimbau as well as versions of One Note Samba, Agua De Beber & Day Tripper. The labels are plain white & the vinyl is Near Mint, produced in tiny numbers for Speakers Corner & specifically the sound engineer to test the sonics before release. Comes housed more...
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VARIOUS The Harvest Bag (Rare two x one-sided test pressing for the 1971 UK 10-track LP sampler, featuring a selection of progressive acts from the Harvest label. Includes the Edgar Broughton Band, Grease Band, BJH, Roy Harper, East Of Eden & more. Each disc has plain white labels with no annotations & machine stamped matrices & catalogue numbers in the run-out, both parts housed in their respective poly-lined die-cut sleeves with '25 Oct 1971' release date stamp, complete with more...
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BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN The River (Mega rare 1980 UK CBS set of 2 vinyl white label test pressings for the 20-track double LP, in artist/title rubber stamped white paper sleeves, complete with label copy sheets CBS88510) more...
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DUKE ELLINGTON & HIS ORCHESTRA The Unheard & Seldom Heard Ellington - Vol. 1 & 2 (70s US-only limited edition Blu-Disc 2-LP set, originally produced for the members-only Meritt Record Society, gathering previously unreleased test pressing recordings from 1924 to 1941. Both parts are housed in unique rubber stamped title sleeves complete with recording note inserts. The covers show minor wear & the vinyl discs look barely played T1001/T1003) more...
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CAROLE KING Tapestry (Super Rare 2003 US Test Pressing 12-track LP pressed on 200gram Quiex Super Vinyl, originally released in 1971 & heralded as one of the greatest album releases of its day. This is a super vinyl profile remastered from the original Bernie Grundman analog master tape. We believe this was geared up as a second 200gram edition which never came out [the first 200gram release of this title appeared in 1999]. It is likely to be one of only 20 copies mad
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THE BEATLES 20 Greatest Hits (Rare pair of 1982 UK 20-track one sided vinyl LP test pressing set for the compilation album. The Side A disc has plain red labels with 'PCTC 260 A-2-1-1' stamped matrix, and the Side B disc has plain white labels with 'PCTC 260 B-2-1-1' stamped matrix, with the labels on both disc plain without any text or writting, housed in an artist & title hand annotated die-cut card sleeve. The vinyl remains in a fantastic condition with minimal signs of play, a stu more...
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