1980 FRANK ZAPPA UNRELEASED CRUSH ALL BOXES BLACK VINYL TEST PRESSING FOR PD

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1980 - FRANK ZAPPA - CRUSH ALL BOXES - THIS IS THE WHITE LABEL TEST PRESSING 12" VINYL RECORD LP THAT WAS MADE FOR THE LATE 80'S GERMAN PICTURE DISC OF THIS UNRELEASED LP - INCLUDES A GLOSSY CARDBOARD NON-FOLDOUT ALBUM COVER - MATRICES NUMBERS - ZB-1 A/B - READ WHAT THE REV SAYS ABOUT VARIOUS CRUSH ALL BOXES ALBUM PRESSINGS AS WELL AS SOME LESS THAN DELIGHTFUL STUFF BELOW- OK LARRY?

BY THE WAY, THE NAME IS WEST, REV. A. WEST. I TAKE MY BOOTY SHAKEN, NOT STIRRED.

FIRST OF ALL, I WON'T GET INTO THE HISTORY OF THE FRANK ZAPPA CRUSH ALL BOXES ALBUM, YOU CAN GOGGLE THAT INFORMATION FO' YO'SELF OR ASK ONE OF THOSE DILLS WHO RUN ONE OF THOSE FRANK ZAPPA DISCOGRAPHY WEBSITES. I'LL JUST TELL YEZ WHAT MY EXPERIENCES WITH THIS ALBUM HAVE BEEN AND WHAT I KNOW.

IN 1989 OR 1990 A EUROPEAN PICTURE DISC WITH A GLOSSY FOLD-OUT COVER WAS PRESSED OF CRUSH ALL BOXES AND EVENTUALLY MADE IT'S WAY TO THE USA. IT HAD MATRICES NUMBERS ZB-1- A/B JUST LIKE THIS TEST PRESSING. MATRICES NUMBERS AS YOU MIGHT KNOW ARE HOW COLLECTORS KNOW ABOUT THE RECORD BY KNOWING THE PRESSING PLATES THAT WERE USED TO PRESS THE RECORD. SO YOU KNOW THAT THE TEST PRESSING THAT I'M SELLING WAS MADE FROM THE SAME STAMPERS THAT WERE USED TO MAKE THE PICTURE DISC. IN MY ENTIRE 40+ YEARS OF FRANK ZAPPA AND RELATED COLLECTING, I'VE ONLY OWNED 2 OF THESE TEST PRESSINGS. THE OTHER ONE CAME IN A GENERIC WHITE CARDBOARD COVER. SO HERE IS MY EXPERIENCES WITH CRUSH ALL BOXES.  

12 YEARS AGO I PURCHASED THE ORIGINAL KENDUN RECORDS 2 ONE SIDED ACETATES OF CRUSH ALL BOXES FROM A SELLER IN LOS ANGELES, THEN LATE SOLD THEM. A GUY IN THE NETHERLANDS TOLD ME HE HAD A CRUSH ALL BOXES TEST PRESSING AND OVER THE YEARS IVE SEEN 2 OF THEM THAT GOT SOLD FOR A LOT OF MONEY. ONE WAS $3000. THOSE HAD MATRICES NUMBERS OF CBS-S-84733 AND WERE SAID TO BE ORIGINALS MADE IN EUROPE. AROUND 8 YEARS AGO I LISTED THE OTHER CRUSH ALL BOXES TEST PRESSING WITH THE GENERIC WHITE CARDBOARD COVER FOR SALE. YEAH, I LISTED THE MATRICES NUMBERS JUST LIKE I'M DOING WITH THIS ONE AND IT GOT PURCHASED. HOWEVER, THE GUY, WHO CLAIMS THAT HE'S A ZAPPA EXPERT WAS LESS THAN DELIGHTED THINKING THAT THE TEST PRESSING WAS THE CBS MATRICES VARIETY. NO I NEVER CLAIMED IT WAS THE CBS MATRICES. NO, I DIDN'T GET $3000, NOT EVEN A 1/6TH OF THAT PRICE AND WASN'T TRYING TO BAMBOOZLE ANYBODY. LATER I HEARD THAT SOME OTHER IDIOTS WROTE SOMEWHERE THAT REV. A. WEST DOESN'T KNOW WHAT HE'S TALKING ABOUT. HEY YOU IDIOTS, I'VE FORGOTTEN MORE ABOUT FRANK ZAPPA THAN YOU EVER KNEW AND YOU HAVEN'T FIGURED OUT THAT ON EBAY THERE'S SOME THINGS THAT YOU SIMPLY CAN'T SAY.

HOWEVER, I'LL SAY THIS, I'VE NEVER SEEN A U.S.A. TEST PRESSING OF CRUSH ALL BOXES AND IT'S KINDA' FUNNY THAT ALL OF THOSE CBS MATRICES VERSIONS APPEARED RIGHT AFTER THE PICTURE DISC. YEAH, SO IF YOU WANNA SAVE $2800, YEZ JUST MIGHT WANNA BUY THIS TEST PRESSING WHICH LOOKS AND SOUNDS JUST LIKE THAT OTHER VERSION AND I'M A GUY WHO HAD, WITHOUT A DOUBT THE ORIGINAL ACETATES. YEAH, I KNOW THAT RECENTLY THE ACETATE VERSION WAS PRESSED WITH A BONUS CD IN EUROPE, I DID SELL MY ORIGINAL ACETATES TO A GUY OVER THERE. OK LARRY?     

SIDE ONE POOTS FORTH: DOREEN - FINE GIRL - EASY MEAT - GOBLIN GIRL.

SIDE TWO OOZES OUT: SOCIETY PAGES - I'M A BEAUTIFUL GUY - CHARLIE'S ENORMOUS MOUTH - ANY DOWERS? - CONEHEAD.  

I PLAYED BOTH SIDES ALL THE WAY THRU ON MY DENON DP-1200 TURNTABLE WITH A DENON MOVING COIL CARTRIDGE JUST BEFORE THIS LISTING AND THEY SOUND INCREDIBLE. BETTER THAN THE PICTURE DISC BECAUSE THIS TEST PRESSING WAS PRESSED FROM THE PLATES BEFORE THEY PRESSED THE DISCS. ALSO THE FACT THAT SOUND QUALITY IS GENERALLY WORSE ON PICTURE DISCS THAN REGULAR BLACK VINYL. . VISUALLY, MOVING BOTH SIDES OF THE RECORD UNDER MY PROTRUDING NASAL APPENDAGE WHILE HOLDING IT UNDER A 100 WATT LIGHT BULB, IT LOOKS GREAT TOO. ONE OF 2 VERY LIGHT SMALL SCUFFS. THIS RECORD HASN'T BEEN PLAYED MUCH OVER THE LAST 25 YEARS. A FEW LIGHT INDENTATIONS ON THE GLOSSY CARDBOARD COVER. NO RING WEAR. NO SEAM SPLITS. HEY, IF YEZ DON'T WANT THE COVER, I CAN KEEP IT AND SEND THE LP IN A GENERIC WHITE CARDBOARD JACKET JUST LIKE THAT $3000 VARIETY. THE RECORD COMES IN A HIGH QUALITY COLLECTOR'S PLASTIC LINED TYPE OF INNER SLEEVE AND DUE TO THE FACT THAT WEEZE TIGHT, I'M GONNA GIVE YEZ A PLASTIC OUTER SLEEVE ABSOLUTELY FREE.

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