1980 ALAN PARSONS PROJECT THE TURN OF FRIENDLY CARD TEST PRESSING LP PINK FLOYD
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1980 - THE ALAN PARSONS PROJECT - THE TURN OF A FRIENDLY CARD - ORIGINAL USA PRE-RELEASE ARISTA TEST PRESSING LP WITH THE ARISTA LABEL COPY REPORT - MATRIX NUMBERS: AL 958.S A/B CP 1/2 STERLING TJ - AN INCREDIBLE RECORD FROM PINK FLOYD'S DARK SIDE OF THE MOON ENGINEER ALAN PARSONS - JUST THINK ABOUT THIS: PINK FLOYD WERE USUALLY LIMITED TO THE TALENT THEY HAD AND WHAT THEY COULD PERFORM, NOT THAT THEY WEREN'T A GREAT BAND TOO. BUT ALAN PARSONS DIDN'T ACTUALLY HAVE A BAND, SO HE WASN'T LIMITED AND COULD BRING IN ANYBODY TO DO PARTS ON HIS ALBUMS -
TEST PRESSINGS ARE THE FIRST PRESSINGS MADE OF THE ALBUM BEFORE IT'S RELEASED TO CHECK OUT THE SOUND QUALITY, SONG MIXES AND EVEN SONG CONTENT. SOMETIMES TEST PRESSINGS HAVE DIFFERENT SONG MIXES AND EVEN DIFFERENT SONGS THAN WHAT WAS EVENTUALLY RELEASED. IN WHICH CASE THEY WOULD DECIDE TO MAKE SOME CHANGES AND MAKE DIFFERENT STAMPERS. I HAVEN'T COMPARED THIS TEST PRESSING TO THE NORMAL RELEASE SO I DON'T KNOW IF ANY OF THE SONGS HAVE DIFFERENT MIXES, BUT THE SONGS ARE THE SAME AS THE STOCK COPIES AND THERE'S AN O.K. ON THE LABEL COPY REPORT, SO IT'S PROBABLY THE FINAL VERSION WHICH WOULD MAKE THIS RECORD ONE OF THE FIRST RECORDS PRESSED FROM THE STAMPERS. THE RECORD SOUNDS GREAT AND HAS TO BE BETTER THAN WHAT GOT PRESSED FROM THE STAMPERS AFTER A FEW THOUSAND PRESSING. THIS ALBUM WAS A BIG SELLER SO I'M SURE THEY PROBABLY PRESSED 10,000 OR MORE LATER ON USING THESE STAMPERS.
SIDE A CONTAINS: MAY BE A PRICE TO PAY - GAMES PEOPLE PLAY - TIME - I DON'T WANNA GO HOME.
SIDE B CONTAINS: THE GOLD BUG - THE TURN OF A FRIENDLY CARD - SNAKE EYES - THE ACE OF SWORDS - NOTHING LEFT TO LOSE - THE TURN OF A FRIENDLY CARD.
BOTH SIDES OF THE RECORD LOOK BEAUTIFUL AND SOUNDED GREAT WHEN I PLAYED THEM ON MY DENON DP-1200 TURNTABLE WITH A DENON MOVING COIL CARTRIDGE HOOKED UP TO A HEAD AMP. A REALLY NICE PRESSING. VISUALLY THERE ARE A FEW PAPER SCUFFS THAT YOU CAN SEE IF YOU MOVE THE RECORD AROUND UNDER A BRIGHT LIGHT ON SIDE A. IT'S OBVIOUS THAT THEY'RE PAPER SCUFFS THAT WERE MADE FROM TAKING THE RECORD IN AND OUT OF THE PLAIN WHITE PAPER INNER SLEEVE THAT THE RECORD ORIGINALLY CAME IN. I KEPT THE PAPER INNER SLEEVE AND PUT IT INSIDE OF THE GENERIC WHITE CARDBOARD JACKET AND PUT THE RECORD IN A HIGH QUALITY COLLECTOR'S TYPE OF INNER SLEEVE TO AVOID ANY FUTURE SCUFFS. THERE'S SOME YELLOWING SPOTS BUT NO SEAM SPLITS ON WHAT IS PROBABLY THE ORIGINAL JACKET IF ANYBODY REALLY CARES ABOUT GENERIC ALBUM JACKETS. THE LABEL COPY IS HELD ON THE FRONT OF THE JACKET BY TWO PIECES OF TAPE. THE RECORD NATURALLY COMES IN A PLASTIC OUTER SLEEVE. CHECK OUT THE PHOTOS.
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