1981 ROBIN TROWER JACK BRUCE CREAM BLT TEST PRESSING LP USA W/ RECORD INFO SHEET

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JANUARY 12TH 1981 - - B.L.T. - JACK BRUCE - BILL LORDAN - ROBIN TROWER - THIS IS AN ORIGINAL U.S.A. PRE-RELEASE TEST PRESSING LP OF THIS MUCH OVERLOOKED HARD / PSYCHEDELIC ROCK ALBUM BY AN INCREDIBLE POWER TRIO - INCLUDES THE ORIGINAL GENERIC WHITE CARDBOARD JACKET WITH THE CHRYSALIS RECORDS LABEL COPY TAPED TO THE FRONT - COLUMBIA RECORDS PRODUCTIONS SANTA MARIA - TEST PRESSING 12" VINYL RECORD LP - MATRIX NUMBERS - CHE 1324-A/B 1-A STERLING - SEE THE PHOTOS THAT CAN BE ENLARGED -

I REMEMBER IN 1981 WHEN I FIRST HEARD THIS ALBUM AND THOUGHT AS I STILL DO TODAY THAT SIDE 1 WAS ONE OF THE BEST SIDES EVER RELEASED BY ROBIN TROWER AND EVEN JACK BRUCE . I MEAN THE SECOND SIDE MIGHT BE A LITTLE MORE COMMERCIAL BUT THOSE LAST TWO SONGS " NO ISLAND LOST " AND " IT'S TOO LATE " JUST BLEW MY MIND. BUT NO MATTER WHAT KIND OF ROCK YOU LIKE THIS IS A GREAT AND TOO MUCH OVERLOOKED ALBUM.

SIDE ONE CONTAINS: INTO MONEY - WHAT IT IS - WON'T LET YOU DOWN - NO ISLAND LOST - IT'S TOO LATE.

SIDE TWO CONTAINS: LIFE ON EARTH - ONCE THE BIRD HAS FLOWN - CARMEN - FEEL THE HEAT - END GAME.

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.

BOTH SIDES OF THE RECORD SOUND GREAT. I PLAYED BOTH SIDES ON MY DENON TURNTABLE WITH A DENON MOVING COIL CARTRIDGE HOOKED UP TO A HEAD AMP BEFORE THE PRE-AMP SO I KNOW EXACTLY WHAT THIS RECORD REALLY SOUNDS LIKE AND THERE'S NO SURFACE NOISE THAT WOULDN'T BE NORMAL FOR A 29 YEAR OLD VINYL RECORD AND ACTUALLY SINCE IT'S A TEST PRESSING IT'S EVEN BETTER. PERHAPS SINCE I DON'T USE THE MUCH ABUSED M- VG+ TYPE OF GRADINGS I CAN TELL YOU THAT WHEN I MOVED BOTH SIDES OF THE RECORD AROUND UNDER A PAIR OF 100 WATT LIGHT BULBS THE RECORD LOOKED BEAUTIFUL. CERTAINLY NO SCRATCHES AND NOT EVEN ANY PAPER SCUFFS. THERE WERE A FEW SMUDGES BUT I WIPED MOST OF THEM OFF AND THE ONLY KINDS OF SURFACE MARKS THAT CAN EVEN BE SEEN ARE THOSE TINY AGE MARKS OR SCUFFS THAT ARE NOT CREATED BY PAPER OR NEEDLE CONTACT. PERHAPS EVEN ARE MICROSCOPIC SMUDGES OR CREATED WHEN THE VINYL WAS PRESSED. SO NO RECORD IS MINT THAT HAS EVER BEEN PLAYED. NO SPINDLE MARKS ON THE LABELS SO YOU CAN CALL IT WHATEVER GRADE YOU WANT I JUST SAY GREAT. I MEAN IT'S STILL A VINYL RECORD NOT A CD, BUT IT'S A TEST PRESSING AND THAT'S BETTER. THE RECORD INFORMATION SHEET IS TAPED TO THE FRONT OF THE GENERIC WHITE CARDBOARD JACKET BY TWO SMALL PIECES OF TAPE. SOME NUMBERS WRITTEN IN PENCIL ARE ON THE JACKET AND OF COURSE THE JACKET HAS A LITTLE YELLOWING. NO SEAM SPLITS BUT WHO REALLY CARES ABOUT THE CONDITION OF PLAIN WHITE GENERIC JACKETS ANYWAY. THE RECORD COMES WITH A COLLECTOR'S TYPE OF INNER SLEEVE AND A PLASTIC OUTER SLEEVE.

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