OPERATION IVY-HECTIC 7" ep- LK03 punk TEST PRESSING kbd

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OPERATION IVY - HECTIC  7" - TEST PRESSING / RADIO PROMO - Lookout Records LK 03 - 1988
Like the other Lookout Records 7"s I had up here recently, this is one of the (likely four) original test pressing copies pressed of this 7", given to the Berkeley college radio station as a temporary advance promo before the real copies became available.
Local labels would sometimes give test pressings to local stations as advance promos once they were done "testing" them, and this was the one Lookout gave to KALX in Berkeley, back when I used to work there.  When the official record was released, the station would discard the advance and replace it with the real copy.  I used to rescue these from the trash from time to time.
The original copy at the station was in a plain paper sleeve with a photocopied piece of paper with a track listing and a little blurb/press release about the music of the islands taped to it, and the band name and record title written on it in (I believeI David Hayes's handwriting.  The labels were similarly written-on, as you can see.   Afterwards, Larry gave me a cover and all the artwork, including the stapled insert booklet.
As with the others, this is how I know for sure this was from those initial first test pressings and not some later test from any subsequent pressings of the same record.  This was 1988, for sure,  the first time anyone ever heard this.    Like I say, I'm pretty sure this would have been one of four, as that was the usual number. I forgot I had these till I was clearing out a closet recently and came across them in a stack of other forgotten 7"s.    So this is a unique item, and the rarest copy of this record you're likely to find anywhere.   
Condition:  the vinyl is NM, looks never played.  The cover and insert look mint/brand new.  It's a perfect copy.
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