1981 ROBERT FRIPP LEAGUE OF GENTLEMEN USA TEST PRESS AUDIOPHILE LP KING CRIMSON
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1981 - ROBERT FRIPP - THE LEAGUE OF GENTLEMEN - ORIGINAL 1981 PRESSWELL RECORDS 12" VINYL RECORD LP TEST PRESSING - OBTAINED FROM THE COLLECTION OF MASTER ENGINEER BRIAN GARDNER - DON'T KNOW IF IT'S DIFFERENT THAN WHAT HAD LATER BEEN RELEASED BUT BOTH SIDES SOUND GREAT - INCLUDES THE ORIGINAL HEAVY CARDBOARD GENERIC WHITE RECORD JACKET - PRESSWELL RECORDS PRINTED LABELS - MATRIX NUMBERS WORDS ON THE TRAIL OFFS: PD-1-6317-A/B S-PW-1 THE NEXT STEP IS DISCIPLINE - CHECK OUT THE PHOTOS    

THIS TEST PRESSING WAS PURCHASED LEGITIMATELY FROM THE COLLECTION OF SOUND ENGINEER BRIAN GARDNER. SALE OF THIS ITEM IS SPECIFICALLY ALLOWED UNDER THE COPYRIGHT LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES } WHICH STATES THAT "THE OWNER OF A PARTICULAR COPY OR PHONORECORD LAWFULLY MADE IS ENTITLED, WITHOUT THE AUTHORITY OF THE COPYRIGHT OWNER, TO SELL OR OTHERWISE DISPOSE OF POSSESSION OF THAT COPY OR PHONORECORD". LOOK IT UP, IN FACT EBAY HAS AN ENTIRE TEST PRESSING CATEGORY IN WHICH TO LIST.

TEST PRESSINGS ARE THE FIRST RECORDS THAT ARE MADE FROM THE STAMPERS TO CHECK FOR QUALITY AND EVEN SONG CONTENT. MANY TIMES NO MORE THAN 5 OR 6 ARE MADE AND SOMETIMES THE MUSIC, SONG MIXES OR EVEN THE SONGS ARE DIFFERENT THAN WHAT IS ON THE RECORD THAT'S EVENTUALLY RELEASED. I HAVEN'T COMPARED THIS TEST PRESSING TO THE REGULAR STOCK COPY BECAUSE I DON'T HAVE IT, SO I DON'T KNOW IF THERE'S ANYTHING DIFFERENT AS FAR AS MIXES OR SONG TITLES. BUT EVEN IF THE SONGS ARE THE SAME AS THE NORMAL RELEASE, TEST PRESSINGS ARE ALWAYS THE BEST QUALITY AFTER THEY'RE MADE BECAUSE THE FIRST TO BE PRESSED FROM THE STAMPERS.

BOTH SIDES PLAY PERFECT, GREAT. YES I PLAYED BOTH SIDES BEFORE LISTING ON MY DENON DP-1200 TURNTABLE WITH A DENON MOVING COIL CARTRIDGE. VISUALLY, MOVING BOTH SIDES AROUND UNDER A 100 WATT LIGHT BULB WHILE WEARING GEEZER STYLE READING GLASSES, ONE VERY SMALL LIGHT SCUFF AT THE VERY BEGINNING OF THE FIRST SONG ON SIDE A WAS ALL I COULD FIND. THIS TEST PRESSING IS AFTER ALL FROM THE COLLECTION OF THE MASTER ENGINEER WHO HAD TAKEN GOOD CARE OF IT. NO SEAM SPLITS OR TAPE ON THE HEAVY CARDBOARD GENERIC WHITE JACKET. "ROBERT FRIPP" IS WRITTEN NEAR THE RECORD SLOT EDGE ON THE BACK.THE RECORD COMES IN A HIGH QUALITY TYPE OF COLLECTOR'S INNER SLEEVE AND PLASTIC OUTER SLEEVE.

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