1978 GEORGE DUKE S/T TEST PRESSING LP W/ UNITED ARTISTS LABEL COPY FRANK ZAPPA

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APRIL 25TH 1978 - GEORGE DUKE - SELF-TITLED - 12" VINYL RECORD PRE-RELEASE TEST PRESSING - LABEL COPY # 1795 - SESSION # 4296 - UNITED ARTISTS RECORDS PRE-RELEASE TEST PRESSING LP - MATRIX # PJ-LA891-1 - 8-78-78 - PJ-LA891-2X -UNITED ARTISTS PRINTED LABELS TEST PRESSING WHICH HAVE THESE MATRIX NUMBERS WRITTEN ON A PIECE OF TAPE AND STUCK ON EACH LABEL AT THE END OF EACH SIDE OF THE RECORD }- ALSO COMES WITH THE ORIGINAL UNITED ARTISTS MUSIC AND RECORDS GROUP, INC. LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA RECORD INFORMATION SHEET - - ALSO COMES WITH WHAT LOOKS LIKE IT MIGHT BE THE ORIGINAL BLACK CARDBOARD GENERIC JACKET - CHECK OUT THE PHOTOS - OK LARRY?

A COOL JAZZ ROCK PRE-RELEASE TEST PRESSING LP FROM GEORGE "RASHEED" DUKE FOUR YEARS AFTER HE LEFT FRANK ZAPPA'S STERN EMPLOY. I DON'T HAVE THE REGULAR STOCK COPY TO COMPARE THIS PRE-RELEASE TEST PRESSING WITH, SO I DON'T KNOW IF THEY EVENTUALLY RELEASED ANY DIFFERENT SONGS IN AUGUST 1978 THAN ON THIS APRIL 25TH 1978 TEST PRESSING. BUT THE SONGS PRINTED ON THE RECORD INFORMATION SHEET ARE TYPED BELOW:

SIDE ONE CONTAINS: GAMES PEOPLE PLAY - SOUL WATCHER - SINCE YOU'VE ASKED - SHADES OF JOY. 

SIDE TWO CONTAINS: FOOSH - EVIL WAYS - THE WOMAN WHO SENDS ME HOME - ADONIS.

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 AND LIKE I SAID I DON'T HAVE A STOCK COPY TO MAKE A COMPARISON BUT THE RECORD OFFERED HERE SOUNDS REALLY GOOD

A NICE HEAVY VINYL PRESSING. THE RECORD LOOKS AND SOUNDS GREAT. EXCELLENT SOUND WHEN I PLAYED IT ON MY DENON DP-1200 TURNTABLE WITH A DENON MOVING COIL CARTRIDGE HOOKED UP TO A HEAD AMP } THIS KIND OF CARTRIDGE TRACKS BOTH SIDES OF THE RECORD GROOVE }. NO SCRATCHES OR EVEN PAPER SCUFFS WERE FOUND WHEN I MOVED BOTH SIDES OF THE RECORD AROUND UNDER A PAIR OF 100 WATT LIGHT BULBS. AS I MENTIONED THERE'S A PIECE OF TAPE ON EACH LABEL WITH THE MATRIX NUMBER WRITTEN ON IT. THE RECORD INFORMATION SHEET HAS NO TEARS, NO WRITING. THE GENERIC BLACK CARDBOARD JACKET HAS SOME LIGHT WEAR INCLUDING LIGHT RING WEAR BUT NO SEAM SPLITS. NOTHING WRITTEN OR PRINTED ON IT. . THE RECORD COMES WITH A HIGH QUALITY COLLECTOR'S TYPE OF INNER SLEEVE AND A PLASTIC OUTER SLEEVE.

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