1968 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA S/T TEST PRESSING LP JOSEPH BYRD PSYCHEDELIC MUSIC

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ORIGINALLY RELEASED IN 1968 - THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA - SELF TITLED PSYCHEDELIC MASTERPIECE TEST PRESSING LP - I THINK THAT THIS WAS THE TEST PRESSING WHICH WAS MADE FOR THE SUNDAZED RECORDS RE-ISSUE LP, BUT I'M NOT SURE - ON THE PRINTED LABEL THERE'S TESTPRESS FROM A RECORD PLANT IN BROOKLYN, NEW YORK NPHONO.COM MATRIX NUMBER LP 5211 AND DATE MAY 1 TYPED ON IT - THE OTHER SIDE IS WHITE AND HAS "THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA 'ST' 1968 A" WRITTEN ON IT - SO MIGHT BE THE SUNDAZED RECORDS LP WHICH WAS RELEASED ON FEBRUARY 19TH 2008 - HOWEVER, THE MATRIX NUMBERS ON THE TRAIL OFFS OF THE RECORD ARE: RMLOVERDE LP 5211 A/B-S 27564 - ALSO THE MAY 1 TYPED ON THE LABEL WOULDN'T MATCH THE SUNDAZED RELEASE DATE UNLESS IT WAS MAY 1 2007 - SO WHO KNOWS? - THE RECORD COMES WITH A GENERIC WHITE CARDBOARD JACKET - ALSO I'VE ADDED A PRINTED OUT SONG TITLES AND LP INFORMATION PIECE OF PAPER WHICH ALSO DIDN'T ORIGINALLY COME WITH THIS TEST PRESSING - I DO KNOW THAT THIS IS REALLY THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA ALBUM AND THE SONG TITLES SEEM TO BE THE SAME AS THE SUNDAZED VERSION, ATHOUGH I DON'T HAVE THAT LP TO COMAPRE IT WITH - A PRETTY COOL AND GREAT SOUNDING TEST PRESSING - SEE PHOTOS

A GREAT FORGOTTEN PSYCHEDELIC MASTERPIECE WHICH INCLUDED THE MODERN CLASSICAL AVANT GARDE MUSICIAN JOSEPH BYRD AND VOCALIST DORTHY MOSKOWITZ. SHE KINDA SOUNDS LIKE GRACE SLICK OF JEFFERSON AIRPLANE SOMETIMES TO ME, BUT THIS ALBUM IS FAR MORE PSYCHEDELIC IN NATURE THAN ANYTHING THAT I'VE EVER HEARD JEFFERSON AIRPLANE RELEASE. IT'S A SHAME THAT THIS WAS THEIR ONLY ALBUM AND THEY BROKE UP SHORTLY AFTER IT'S RELEASE.   

TEST PRESSINGS ARE THE FIRST PRESSINGS MADE FROM THE PLATES BEFORE THEY START PRESSING THE LP FOR THE RELEASE. MOST OF THE TIME ONLY 5 OR 10 ARE MADE TO CHECK FOR SOUND QUALITY. MIXES AND EVEN CONTENT, HOW THE SONGS SOUND TOGETHER ON EACH SIDE OF THE ALBUM. IN SOME CASES THE SOUND MIXES, SONG CONTENT EVEN THE ACTUAL SONGS MIGHT BE DIFFERENT ON TEST PRESSINGS THAN THE FINAL RELEASED VERSION. I HAVEN'T COMPARED THIS TEST PRESSING TO THE RELEASED VERSION SO I DON'T KNOW IF THE STUFF ON THIS TEST PRESSING IS ANY DIFFERENT THAN THE FINAL RELEASE. I THINK THE SONG TITLES ARE THE SAME. ALSO SINCE TEST PRESSINGS ARE THE FIRST RECORDS TO BE PRESSED FROM THE PLATES THEY'RE ABOUT THE BEST VERSION OF THE LP THAT YOU'LL GET FROM THOSE PLATES AS LONG AS THE LP HAS BEEN HANDLED AND PLAYED PROPERLY AND THIS ONE SOUNDS PRETTY NICE.

SIDE ONE CONTAINS: THE AMERICAN METAPHYSICAL CIRCUS - HARD COMING LOVE - CLOUD SONG - THE GARDEN OF EARTHLY DELIGHTS - I WON'T LEAVE MY WOODEN WIFE FOR YOU, SUGAR.

SIDE TWO CONTAINS:WHERE IS YESTERDAY - COMING DOWN - LOVE SONG FOR THE DEAD CHE' - STRANDED IN TIME - THE AMERICAN WAY OF LOVE.

I PLAYED BOTH SIDES ON A DENON DP-1200 TURNTABLE WITH A DENON MOVING COIL CARTRIDGE HOOKED UP TO A HEAD AMP. . BOTH SIDES SOUND GREAT, VERY LITTLE NOTICEABLE SURFACE NOISE MAYBE WHEN YOU FIRST PUT RECORD ON. VISUALLY WHEN I MOVED BOTH SIDES OF THE RECORD AROUND UNDER A 100 WATT LIGHT BULB THERE'S MAYBE SOME ULTRA LIGHT VERY SMALL SCUFFS SOMEWHERE BUT ABSOLUTELY NO SCRATCHES. I DON'T USE NORMAL GRADINGS BUT IF I DID IT WOULD BE M- AND I CAN'T REMEMBER BUT I'D BET IT HAD BEEN SOLD TO ME AS MINT. ANYWAY IT HAS ONE PRINTED SIDE WITH THE NAME OF THE TET PRESSING COMPANY PRINTED ON IT AND LP 5211 PLUS MAY 1 TYPED ON IT. THE OTHER SIDE IS WHITE AND HAS "THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA S/T 1968 A" WRITTEN ON IT. . THE CARDBOARD JACKET IS GENERIC AND BRAND NEW THAT I ADDED . I'VE ADDED A HIGH QUALITY COLLECTOR'S TYPE OF INNER SLEEVE. THE TYPED WAS SOMETHING I ADDED TOO AND DIDN'T ORIGINALLY COME WITH THIS TEST PRESSING. BUT WAIT...., THERE'S MORE, BECAUSE DUE TO THE FACT THAT WEEZE TIGHT, I'M GONNA GIVE YEZ A PLASTIC OUTER SLEEVE ABSOLUTELY FREE. 

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