LOU REED ROCK'N'ROLL DIARY ULTRA-RARE ORIG '80 ARISTA TEST PRESSING VERY NICE

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·       LOU REED (WITH THE VELVET UNDERGROUND, DAVID BOWIE AND OTHERS) – ROCK'N'ROLL DIARY –  ORIGINAL 1980 ARISTA RECORDS A2L-8603

·       ULTRA-RARE TEST PRESSING

·       NOTE: WE HAVE ONLY ONE OF TWO RECORDS (ONLY THE SECOND RECORD OF THIS 2-LP SET, AND WE ARE NOT SURE IF THE FIRST RECORD WAS EVER PRODUCED AS A TEST PRESSING.  IT IS POSSIBLE THAT THE TEST PRESSING – WHICH WAS DONE FOR REFERENCE PURPOSES – CONTAINED ONLY ONE DISC; THE GENERIC WHITE COVER SPECIFICIALLY IDENTIFIES ONLY ONE MATRIX NUMBER: THAT OF THE SECOND DISC, BUT MAKES NO MENTION OF THE FIRST DISC.

·       PLAIN, WHITE, GENERIC ARISTA TEST PRESSING LABEL WITHOUT ANY IDENTIFICATION MARKS WHATSOEVER EXCEPT FOR THE TECHNICAL AND LEGAL DISCLOSURE

·       THIS TEST PRESSING COMES IN ITS GENERIC, PLAIN, WHITE COVER WITH A HANDWRITTEN NAME OF THE ARTIST AND CATALOG/MATRIX NUMBER

·       THIS IS THE ORIGINAL, AUTHENTIC, FIRST U.S. PRESSING; THIS IS NOT A REISSUE, AN IMPORT, OR A COUNTERFEIT PRESSING.

·       FAIRLY THICK VINYL PRESSING On the scale from 1 to 10 (1 being the least, and  10 being the most severe), we assess the thickness of the vinyl as 7.

·       CLEAN, WEAR-FREE LABELS

·       THE RECORD HAS A 'STERLING' STAMP IN THE TRAIL-OFF VINYL (DEAD WAX) AREA, WHICH IS GENERALLY CONSIDERED A PROOF OF AUTHENTICITY OF THE FIRST PRESSING.

·       PLEASE NOTE: THE MATRIX NUMBER IN THE TRAIL-OFF VINYL (DEAD WAX) OF THE RECORD IS CONSISTENT WITH THE ORIGINAL, FIRST, 1980 PRESSING OF THIS ALBUM; THIS IS NOT, REPEAT: NOT A TEST PRESSING OF ONE OF THE SUBSEQUENT REISSUES OR REMASTERS.

(►PLEASE SEE THE IMAGE OF THE COVER, LABEL OR BOTH, SHOWN BELOW)

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Amazing !!! An unbelievable piece: What we have here is an unheard-of TEST PRESSING of this career-encompassing anthology of the Master of New York underground Rock and the Father of Punk. While many test pressings often have alternate or demo- versions of known, later released songs, and while it is possible that this particular test pressing contains demo or alternate versions of some of the tracks,  please do not assume  that it does: we simply don't know for sure.

PLEASE NOTE: THIS TEST PRESSING APPARENTLY NEVER HAD A CUSTOM COVER;  THE ALBUM WILL BE SHIPPED IN A PLAIN, GENERIC [WHITE] CARDBOARD COVER. TEST PRESSINGS ARE RARELY – IF EVER – FOUND IN CUSTOM (STOCK) COVERS

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Given the large number of stylistic detours and periodic creative dead ends that have marked Lou Reed's career, it isn't surprising that his body of work doesn't readily lend itself to a neatly packed "greatest hits" album; while there are more than a few Lou Reed collections on the market, most of them fall short of the mark as a truly accurate representation of his body of work. While flawed, Rock and Roll Diary: 1967-1980 fares better than most; by necessity, it stops before Reed could enter his career renaissance period with 1982's The Blue Mask, and it doesn't glean as many of the scattered gems from his RCA period as one might hope. But it's one of the few Reed collections that starts with his work in the Velvet Underground rather than the dawn of his solo career, and if the first half isn't the Velvets collection of your dreams, it's a concise and telling picture of just how special their music really was, honoring both their sweet and bitter sides. The second half of Rock and Roll Diary looks at Reed's post-Velvets solo work, and while there are plenty of puzzling gaps (nothing from Coney Island Baby? where's "Perfect Day" and "Kill Your Sons"?) and a curiously strong emphasis on the transitional Growing Up in Public, the songs that do appear are Reed in prime form, and the live workout on "Street Hassle" that closes this set ends the album on a high note. Rock and Roll Diary: 1967-1980 tries to summarize Reed's career as a major creative figure rather than pull together a handful of relative "hits," and if it doesn't quite achieve its goal, it comes close enough to remind anyone that Reed is one of the best and most intriguing figures in American rock & roll.

 (EXCERPT FROM AN ONLINE REVIEW BY MARK DEMING, ALL MUSIC GUIDE  /ALLMUSIC.COM/)

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·                               CONDITION:

·                               RECORD

 (IMPORTANT NOTE: unless otherwise noted, ALL records are graded visually, and NOT play-graded!; we  grade records under the strong, diffuse room light or discrete sunlight)

(a)          WE GRADE THE VINYL AS EXCELLENT. This is one of those albums that are somewhat difficult to grade. It is somewhere between VG++ and NEAR MINT, just a notch below NEAR MINT. A few light abrasions ARE visible, but they are extremely shallow, superficial  and only moderately visually distracting (nothing significant).For the most part, the vinyl looks impeccable without any MAJOR visual flaws or imperfections. Much of the original luster is intact, and the vinyl shines and sparkles almost like new.

(b)            The record is pressed on a RELATIVELY  thick, inflexible vinyl. This is NOT a thin, flimsy ('dynaflex' type),  vinyl, but not the thickest, most rigid vinyl, either.

(c)           Of course, this is a full-bodied ANALOG recording, and not an inferior, digital recording!!!

COVER : This reference pressing comes without any custom jacket, and will be shipped in its original plain, generic, white cardboard cover (NOT GRADED SEPARATELY, BUT IN A NICE CONDITION OVERALL)

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