1981 ROBERT FRIPP LEAGUE OF GENTLEMEN TEST PRESSING W/ INFO SHEET KING CRIMSON

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FEBRUARY 18TH 1981 - ROBERT FRIPP - THE LEAGUE OF GENTLEMEN - ORIGINAL PRE-RELEASE 12" VINYL PRESSWELL RECORDS TEST PRESSING LP - ALSO INCLUDED IS THE ORIGINAL POLYDOR / EG RECORDS INFORMATION SHEET AND WHAT MUST BE THE ORIGINAL WHITE GENERIC CARDBOARD JACKET - PRESSWELL RECORDS - MATRIX NUMBERS: PD-1 6317-AS PW-1 PD-1 6317-BS PW-1 - AN INTERESTING FACT IS THAT " THE NEXT STEP IS DISCIPLINE " IS CARVED ON THE TRAIL OFF ON SIDE 2 - SEE THE PHOTOS THAT CAN BE ENLARGED -

A REALLY COOL ALBUM BY THE ORIGINAL GUITARIST OF KING CRIMSON WITH PEOPLE TALKING AND OTHER THINGS GOING ON. IF YOU'VE NEVER HEARD THIS ALBUM AND DON'T WANT THE SUPER RARE TEST PRESSING YOU SHOULD STILL FIND A REGULAR STOCK COPY AND CHECK IT OUT.

SIDE ONE CONTAINS: INDISCREET 1 - INDUCTIVE RESONANCE - MINOR MAN - HEPTAPARAPARSHINOKH - DISLOCATED - PARETO 1 - EYE NEEDLES - INDISCREET 2. 

SIDE TWO CONTAINS: PARETO OPTIMUM 2 - COGNITIVE DISSONANCE - H.G. WELLS - TRAP - OCHRE - INDISCREET 2.

TEST PRESSINGS ARE THE FIRST RECORDS PRESSED FROM THE PLATES TO CHECK THE QUALITY AND CONTENT OF THE ALBUM. THEY'RE MADE IN LIMITED QUANTITY, SOMETIMES NO MORE THAN 3 OR 5 ARE MADE AND IN SOME CASES THE MUSICAL CONTENT AND / OR MIXES ARE DIFFERENT ON TEST PRESSINGS THAN ON THE VERSION THAT'S FINALLY RELEASED.I HAVEN'T COMPARED THIS TEST PRESSING TO THE REGULAR STOCK RELEASE SO I DON'T KNOW IF ANYTHING ON THIS ONE IS DIFFERENT, BUT IT'S A PRETTY COOL ALBUM.

TINY TEAR NEAR THE TOP OF THE LEFT EDGE OF THE PRINTED RECORD INFORMATION SHEET. DOESN'T EVEN COME CLOSE TO ANY INFORMATION PRINTED ON THE SHEET. THE GENERIC WHITE CARDBOARD JACKET HAS : ROBERT FRIPP THE LEAGUE OF GENTLEMAN " WRITTEN IN RED INK ON ONE OF THE SIDES. SOME STICKER RESIDUE FROM WHAT WAS PROBABLY A PRICE STICKER AND JUST GENERAL WEAR. NO SEAM SPLITS. I MEAN WHO REALLY CARES ABOUT GENERIC CARDBOARD JACKETS ANYWAY? IT DOES IT'S JOB.

I PLAYED BOTH SIDES ON MY DENON TURNTABLE WITH A DENON MOVING COIL CARTRIDGE HOOKED UP TO A HEAD AMP BEFORE THE PRE-AMP SO I KNOW EXACTLY WHAT THIS RECORD REALLY SOUNDS LIKE AND THERE'S SOME LIGHT SURFACE NOISE. NO CLICKS NO SKIPS. WHEN I MOVED BOTH SIDES OF THE RECORD AROUND UNDER A BRIGHT LIGHT THERE'S A VERY FEW ULTRA LIGHT SCUFFS MOSTLY ON SIDE 2 AND I'M TALKING ULTRA LIGHT. ABSOLUTELY NOTHING DEEP GROOVE. LIKE I SAID THERE'S SOME LIGHT SURFACE NOISE BUT IF I WERE JUST SIGHT GRADING THE RECORD IT WOULD BE VG+++ AND I BET SOME PEOPLE WOULD GRADE IT NEAR MINT WHICH IS WHY I PLAY EVERYTHING I LIST. NOTHING WRITTEN ON THE PRINTED PRESSWELL RECORDS LABELS. THE RECORD COMES WITH A HIGH QUALITY COLLECTOR'S TYPE OF INNER SLEEVE AND A PLASTIC OUTER SLEEVE.

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