1973 JETHRO TULL PASSION PLAY -TEST PRESSING - ORIGINAL U.K. SIDE 2 ONLY 1 SIDED
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APRIL 19TH 1973 - JETHRO TULL - - A PASSION PLAY - THIS IS THE ORIGINAL FIRST U.K. TEST PRESSING OF SIDE 2 - THERE'S NOTHING RECORDED ON THE OTHER SIDE - SINCE THIS IS THE U.K. TEST PRESSING, IT'S ALSO THE FIRST EVER TEST PRESSING OF THIS ALBUM - REALLY NICE QUALITY LOOKS BEAUTIFUL AND PLAYS PERFECT, ONE REASON THAT IT'S BEEN ABLE TO MAINTAIN IT'S QUALITY AFTER 43 YEARS MIGHT BE THAT THE ORIGINAL INNER SLEEVE , WAS ONE OF THESE HIGH QUALITY PLASTIC LINED INNER SLEEVES - ALSO INCLUDES THE ORIGINAL GENERIC WHITE CARDBOARD JACKET - MATRICES NUMBERS - CHR 1C 4C A-3U - CHECK OUT THE PHOTOS
TEST PRESSINGS ARE THE FIRST RECORDS PRESSED FROM THE PLATES TO CHECK THE QUALITY AND CONTENT OF THE ALBUM. SO TEST PRESSINGS ARE ALWAYS THE BEST SOUND QUALITY RECORDINGS THAT YOU CAN EVER FIND OF THAT ALBUM. THEY'RE MADE IN LIMITED QUANTITY, SOMETIMES NO MORE THAN 3 OR 5. 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 U.S.A. STOCK COPY, SO I DON'T KNOW IF ANY OF THE SONG MIXES ARE DIFFERENT.
THIS RECORD IS SIDE TWO ONLY OF "A PASSION PLAY". I STILL THINK TO THIS DAY THAT BARREMORE BARLOW WAS THE BEST DRUMMER THAT JETHRO TULL EVER HAD.
I PLAYED BOTH SIDES OF THE RECORD ON MY DENON DP-1200 TURNTABLE WITH A DENON MOVING COIL CARTRIDGE HOOKED UP TO A HEAD AMP AND IT SOUNDS PERFECT, PROBABLY THE EXACT WAY IT SOUNDED BACK IN 1973. VISUALLY WEARING READING GLASSES, WHEN I MOVED THE SIDE AROUND UNDER A 100 WATT LIGHT THERE'S ABSOLUTELY NO SCRATCHES, ACTUALLY I DIDN'T NOTICE ANY SCUFFS EITHER ALTHOUGH THERE MIGHT BE SOME LURKING SOMEWHERE. THE ORIGINAL PLASTIC LINED INNER SLEEVE HAS SOME YELLOWING, THAT'S ONE OF THE REASONS I THINK IT WAS THE ORIGINAL 1973 INNER SLEEVE. .
CHECK OUT MY OTHER FRANK ZAPPA AND THE MOTHERS OF INVENTION, CAPTAIN BEEFHEART AND HIS MAGIC BAND, STEVE VAI , TIM BUCKLEY , LARRY "WILD MAN" FISCHER , ALICE COOPER , CAPTAIN BEYOND, ROOT BOY SLIM AND THE SEX CHANGE BAND, BLUE CHEER WITH THE LEGENDARY DICKIE PETERSON, KING CRIMSON, JETHRO TULL, JIMI HENDRIX, NEKTAR, THE TUBES, MOUNTAIN WITH THE PORTLY LESLIE WEST AND THE EXTREMELY COOL FELIX PAPPALARDI, PINK FLOYD AND MANY OTHERS IN MY E-BAY STORE: SIR RICHARD PUMP A LOAF'S BAKERY. THE ADMISSION REMAINS ABSOLUTELY FREE. SO WADDA YEZ WAITIN' FOR, HUH?
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