1978 JOHNNY GUITAR WATSON GIANT USA TEST PRESSING LP W/ INFO PAPER FRANK ZAPPA

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DECEMBER 1978 - JOHNNY GUITAR WATSON - GIANT - ORIGINAL U.S.A. PRE-RELEASE TEST PRESSING LP - - INCLUDES HIS CLASSIC SONG " GANGSTER OF LOVE " PLUS MANY OTHERS - COMES WITH A GENERIC WHITE CARDBOARD JACKET AND A HAND WRITTEN SONG TITLES AND INFORMATION PIECE OF PAPER - COLUMBIA RECORDS PRINTED LABEL - MATRIX NUMBERS: T-1 DJM-19-A/B S CT 1/2 KENDUN-A/B JG  KENDUN REFERS TO KENDUN RECORDERS IN LOS ANGELES WHICH WAS A STUDIO THAT FRANK ZAPPA HIMSELF OFTEN USED BEFORE HE BUILT HIS OWN RECORDING STUDIO U.M.R.K. IN HIS OWN HOME - CHECK OUT THE PHOTOS - OK LARRY?

THIS IS A PRE-RELEASE TEST PRESSING LP WHICH MEANS THAT IT WAS ONE OF THE FIRST RECORDS PRESSED FROM THESE PLATES TO CHECK THE SOUND QUALITY AND SOMETIMES EVEN THE CONTENT OF A RECORD BEFORE IT'S RELEASED. SOMETIMES NO MORE THAN 5 OR 6 TEST PRESSINGS ARE MADE OF A RECORD WHICH ALSO MEANS THAT IT'S ABOUT THE BEST QUALITY RECORDING THAT YOU COULD POSSIBLY GET FROM THE PRESSING. ALSO IN THE CASE OF THESE PRE-RELEASE TEST PRESSINGS MANY TIMES THERE ARE DIFFERENCES FROM THE EVENTUAL RELEASE SUCH AS SOUND MIXES, LENGTHS OF SONGS AND SOMETIMES SOME SONGS ARE REMOVED AND OTHERS ADDED WHEN THE RECORD FINALLY GETS RELEASED. IN THE CASE OF THIS RECORD I DON'T HAVE THE REGULAR STOCK COPY TO COMPARE IT WITH SO I DON'T KNOW, BUT EVEN IF IT'S THE SAME AS THE NORMAL STOCK RELEASE IT'S PRETTY COOL TO OWN FROM A COLLECTOR'S VIEWPOINT.

SIDE A CONTAINS: MISS FRISCO - TU JOURS AMOUR - GANGSTER OF LOVE - GUITAR DISCO.

SIDE B CONTAINS: WRAPPED IN BLACK MINK - YOU CAN STAY BUT THE NOISE MUST GO - BABY FACE .

I PLAYED BOTH SIDES OF THE RECORD ON MY DENON DP-1200 TURNTABLE WITH A DENON MOVING CARTRIDGE HOOKED UP TO A HEAD AMP. AND BOTH SIDES SOUNDED NICE. SOME LIGHT SURFACE NOISE AS MIGHT BE EXPECTED ON A 34 YEAR OLD RECORD BUT NOTHING OUT OF THE ORDINARY. NO CLICKS. NO POPS. NO SKIPS AND NOWHERE DOES ANY SURFACE NOISE EVEN COME CLOSE TO OVERPOWERING THE MUSIC. WHEN I MOVED BOTH SIDES AROUND UNDER A 100 WATT LIGHT BULB, I DID FIND LIGHT SCUFFS, BUT AGAIN I'M TALKING ABOUT SCUFFS AND NOT SCRATCHES. THERE'S AN "A" WRITTEN IN ON THE A SIDE LABEL. BOTH LABELS ARE PRINTED LABELS. COMES WITH WHAT I'M SURE IS THE ORIGINAL GENERIC WHITE CARDBOARD JACKET WHICH HAS A STICKER WITH " TEST PRESS" WRITTEN ON IT. ALSO " JOHNNY GUITAR WATSON, POLYDOR AND GANGSTER OF LOVE " WRITTEN ON THE FRONT. . " JOHNNY GUITAR WATSON " IS WRITTEN ON THE BACK AND THE BOTTOM SEAM IS TAPED WITH CLEAR TAPE. THERE'S SOME YELLOWING AND JUST VARIOUS WEAR ON THE GENERIC JACKET BUT WHO REALLY CARES ABOUT GENERIC WHITE CARDBOARD JACKETS ANYWAY? . COMES WITH A HAND WRITTEN SONG TITLES AND OTHER INFORMATION YELLOW PIECE OF PAPER. THE RECORD COMES IN A PLASTIC INSIDE OF A PAPER TYPE OF INNER SLEEVE, 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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