1983 PICTURES TEST PRESSING W/ INFO KING CRIMSON ZAPPA STRANGE VOODOO MUSIC LP

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1983 - PICTURES - SELF TITLED - 12" VINYL RECORD TEST PRESSING LP - STRANGE OBSCURE MUSIC BY ANDY STENNETT AND JOHN ROCCA - THERE'S VOCALS IN MOST OF THESE SONGS TOO - I HAD A STOCK COPY THAT SOLD AND IT WAS RELEASED ON THE EDITIONS EG RECORDS LABEL - IN KING CRIMSON } - THIS IS A STRANGE ALBUM THAT HAD A STRANGE POEM OR STORY PRINTED ON THE BACK COVER RELATING TO THE MUSIC ON THE ALBUM - BUT THIS IS THE EVEN MORE OUTRAGEOUSLY RARE TEST PRESSING LP THAT COMES WITH THE ORIGINAL GENERIC WHITE CARDBOARD JACKET AND THE JEM RECORDS INFORMATION SHEET - - THE RECORD INFORMATION SHEET IS: JEM RECORDS, SOUTH PLAINFIELD, NEW JERSEY - THE TEST PRESSING DISC IS HUB-SERVALL RECORD MFG. CORP. - MATRIX NUMBERS - EGED-32-A/B HUB STERLING - SEE THE PHOTOS THAT CAN BE ENLARGED -

A VERY STRANGE AND OBSCURE ALBUM. IN A WAY IT REMINDS ME OF AN ALBUM SUCH AS STEVE HACKETT'S PLEASE DON'T TOUCH BUT IT'S REALLY NOT EXACTLY LIKE THAT, BUT THAT'S ABOUT AS CLOSE TO ANY OTHER ALBUM THAT I'VE HEARD TO COMPARE IT WITH SO IF YOU HAVE EVER HEARD OF THEM SEND ME AN E-MAIL AND I'LL ADD IT TO THE LISTING. I MEAN THE MUSIC IS STRANGE ENOUGH BUT THERE'S VOCALS TOO. MAYBE LIKE A LITTLE CHILD'S NIGHTMARE ABOUT WHAT IS FACED LATER IN LIFE WITH SOME VOODOO INFLUENCES FOR SURE. I MEAN IT'S NOT AS STRANGE AS EXUMA, IT'S NOT EVEN THAT KIND OF STYLE. ONE THINGS FOR CERTAIN IT'S NOT SO STRANGE THAT IT'S NOT ACCESSIBLE TO MAYBE A SLIGHTLY ABOVE AVERAGE MUSIC LISTENER. PROGRESSIVE ART ROCK MIGHT FIT THE STYLE A LITTLE, BUT HEY, THERE'S SO MANY NAMES OF MUSIC STYLES THESE DAYS SO WHO KNOWS?

SIDE ONE CONTAINS: LULLABYE - NURSERY RAP - DANCING MIND TO MIND - SKRAHS - BATTLE OF THE LEAVES -

SIDE TWO CONTAINS: BLACK TIGER - LONELINESS - CHILD IN A SWEET SHOP - ADVENTURE LOST - VOODOO. 

TEST PRESSINGS ARE THE FIRST RECORDS MADE FROM THE PLATES TO TEST THE SOUND QUALITY AND EVEN THE CONTENT BEFORE A RECORD IS RELEASED. USUALLY THERE'S NOT MANY TEST PRESSINGS MADE P TO 10 SOMETIMES, BUT IN THE CASE OF THIS ALBUM WHERE I COULDN'T EVEN FIND ANOTHER REGULAR COPY ON EBAY OBSCURE IS CERTAINLY NOT AN OVERSTATEMENT. ALSO SINCE A TEST PRESSING IS ONE OF THE FIRST RECORDS PRESSED FROM THE PLATES THE SOUND QUALITY IS ABOUT AS GOOD AS YOU'LL BE ABLE TO FIND WITHOUT HAVING THE MASTER TAPE AND WITH THIS TEST PRESSING THAT'S NO EXCEPTION. IT SOUNDS GREAT AND PLAYS PERFECT.

BOTH SIDES OF THE RECORD PLAY PERFECT. THIS IS A BEAUTIFUL RECORD AND WHEN I MOVED IT AROUND UNDER A PAIR OF 100 WATT LIGHT BULBS I COULDN'T EVEN FIND A PAPER SCUFF MUCH LESS A SCRATCH. MIGHT HAVE ONLY BEEN PLAYED ONCE BY ME. I MEAN I CAN'T GRADE ANY RECORD THAT'S EVER EVEN BEEN PLAYED ONCE MINT, SO MINT MINUS BUT IT'LL BE THE BEST MINT MINUS YOU'LL SEE FOR A LONG TIME. THE JEM RECORDS INFORMATION SHEET IS HELD ON THE GENERIC WHITE CARDBOARD JACKET BY TWO PIECES OF TAPE. NO TEARS. NO CREASES, NO WRITING ON THE RECORD INFORMATION SHEET. NO SEAM SPLITS ON THE GENERIC WHITE CARDBOARD JACKET, JUST A LITTLE YELLOWING AROUND THE EDGES. THE INEER SLEEVE HAS SOME YELLOWING AND ABOUT A THREE INCH SEAM SPLIT IN THE CENTER ON THE LEFT SIDE. IT'S ONE OF THOSE NICE PLASTIC LINED COLLECTOR'S TYPE OF INNER SLEEVES AND I'M SURE IT'S THE ORIGINAL WHICH IS WHY I NEVER REPLACED IT WITH A NEW INNER SLEEVE. BESIDES OBVIOUSLY THAT INNER SLEEVE HAD DONE IT'S JOB OVER THE LAST 29 YEARS AFTER LOOKING AND PLAYING THE RECORD. THE RECORD ALSO COMES WITH A PLASTIC OUTER SLEEVE. 

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