GEORGIE FAME Survival LP 1974 WITHDRAWN Test Pressing ABBEY ROAD LABELS

	£		70
	$		93

On offer here is a VERY rare LP (especially in this condition!!!!) by Georgie Fame called "Survival" (this Title was later changed!) and is an ORIGINAL 1974 UK TEST Pressing on the 1st Press TEST PRESS Island White labels!!!!  THIS LP IS SERIOUSLY RARE AND VIRTUALLY IMPOSSIBLE TO FIND!!!!  THIS SURELY HAS TO BE THE RAREST GEORGIE FAME LP EVER TO BE OFFERED FOR SALE!!!!  AND IT IS VIRTUALLY 100% CERTAIN THAT THIS LP IN THIS FORMAT IS COMPLETELY UNIQUE AND THE ONLY ONE LEFT IN EXISTENCE!!!!  THIS IS THE ULTRA RARE 2 X LP ONE-SIDED TEST PRESSING OF THIS LP AND IS MOST LIKELY THE ONLY ONE EVER PRESSED!!!!  IT IS QUITE LITERALLY THE 'EARLIEST' 1ST PRESSING OF THIS LP YOU CAN POSSIBLY GET!!!!  IT QUITE LITERALLY WOULD HAVE BEEN THE FIRST SET OF RECORDS CUT FROM THE MASTERS BACK IN 1974 - TO CHECK FOR SOUND DEFECTS AND PRESSING QUALITY BEFORE THE PRESSING RUN STARTED.  ALL EMI / ISLAND TEST PRESSINGS FROM THIS PERIOD WERE PRESSED IN 'ONE-SIDED' FORMAT - WITH ONE SIDE PLAYING THE MUSIC, AND THE OTHER PLAYING A CONTINUOUS TEST SIGNAL.  AND THIS MAKES THIS SET OF TEST PRESSINGS EVEN RARER STILL!!!!  BECAUSE OVER THE YEARS MANY TEST PRESSING SETS HAVE LOST 1 OF THE DISCS AND OBVIOUSLY YOU DO NOT HAVE THE COMPLETE LP UNLESS YOU HAVE BOTH DISCS!!!!  AND THIS IS BECAUSE (AS EXPLAINED ABOVE) 1 'ONE-SIDED' TEST PRESS DISC PLAYED SIDE 1 OF THE LP, AND THE OTHER DISC PLAYED SIDE 2!!!!  AND SHOWING THAT THESE TEST PRESSINGS ARE 100% GENIUNE FROM 1974 THEY HAVE ALL THE CORRECT 'EARLIEST POSSIBLE' 1ST PRESS STAMPINGS!!!!  THE FIRST DISC HAS 1/G MOTHER & STAMPER CODES (THE EARLIEST POSSIBLE!) AND THE 1ST PRESS 1U MATRIX ENDING!!!!  THE SECOND DISC AGAIN HAS 1/G MOTHER & STAMPER CODINGS (THE EARLIEST POSSIBLE) AND AGAIN THE 1ST PRESS 1U MATRIX ENDING!!!!  THE B SIDES OF BOTH DISCS (WITH THE TEST SIGNAL) EACH HAVE LPFB 2 TEST SIGNAL MATRIXES.  THE TEST PRESSINGS ALSO COME IN THEIR 100% CORRECT - PLAIN WHITE 'FLIPBACK' TEST PRESS COVER + ANNOTATIONS FROM THE FACTORY & 'QUALITY CONTROL' SEAL!!!!  SO THERE IS NO DOUBT AT ALL - THAT THIS IS THE 'EARLIEST' & RAREST 1ST PRESSING OF THIS LP EVER MADE!!!!

HOWEVER THERE IS A VERY INTERESTING STORY BEHIND THIS LP!!!!

THIS LP CAME FROM A VERY HIGH RANKING PRODUCER OF THE TIME - AND HE HAD THIS (AS WELL AS MANY OTHERS!) TEST PRESSING IN HIS COLLECTION.  HE TOLD ME, THAT BACK IN 1974 THIS LP WAS TO BE GEORGIE FAME'S LATEST RELEASE.  HE WAS AT THIS POINT SIGNED TO ISLAND RECORDS, WHOM EMI PRESSED THEIR RECORDS FOR.  THIS SET OF TEST PRESSINGS WERE MADE UP AND SENT FOR APPROVAL.  THESE WERE SPECIAL 'IN-HOUSE' TEST PRESSINGS - WITH CUSTOM DESIGNED 'ABBEY ROAD' TEST PRESS LABELS, AND HE WAS VERY CERTAIN THAT THESE WERE THE ONLY COPIES EVER MADE!!!!  AT THIS POINT THE LP WAS CALLED 'SURVIVAL' AND COVERS HAD ALREADY BEEN ORDERED IN THIS LPs TITLE!!!!  HOWEVER AT THE LAST MOMENT, THE LPs TITLE WAS REJECTED, THE COVERS WERE CANCELLED, AND THE LP WAS HALTED FOR A WHILE WHILST EVERYTHING WAS SORTED OUT!!!!  EVENTUALLY THE TITLE SIMPLY BECAME 'GEORGIE FAME' AND THIS LP WAS EVENTUALLY RELEASED AS 'GEORGIE FAME' ON ISLAND 'ILPS 9293'!!!!  AT THIS POINT OF COURSE, TEST PRESSINGS WERE THEN ORDERED WITH THE CORRECT TITLE (LATER THAN THIS ONE!)!!!!  INTERESTINGLY, THE FRONT COVER DOES HAVE 'GLYN' ON THE FRONT OF IT - AND GLYN JOHNS DID PRODUCE THIS LP.  SO PERHAPS THIS WAS SENT TO HIM FOR APPROVAL????  EITHER WAY - THERE IS ABSOLUTELY NO DOUBT AT ALL - THAT THIS IS THE ALL TIME 'EARLIEST' & RAREST 1ST PRESSING OF THIS LP EVER MADE, AND IS COMPLETELY UNIQUE!!!!   

NOT ONLY THAT BUT BOTH DISCS (& THE COVER!) ARE IN BRILLIANT CONDITION AND HAVE BARELY BEEN PLAYED AT ALL!!!!  JUST TAKE A LOOK AT THE PICTURES!!!!  THIS IS THE ORIGINAL 1974 UK 'ABBEY ROAD' TEST PRESSING ON THE ULTRA RARE 'TEST PRESS' ABBEY ROAD LABELS, 1ST PRESS INNER SLEEVE, AND 1ST PRESS 'TEST PRESS' FLIPBACK PLAIN COVER!!!!  THIS LP IS SERIOUSLY RARE AND VIRTUALLY IMPOSSIBLE TO FIND LIKE THIS - SO DONT MISS OUT ON THIS AMAZING OPPORTUNITY!!!! This is the original Island UK TEST 1st pressing from 1974 and is in BRILLIANT condition!!!!  The Cat. No is ILPS 9293 on the 1st Press Abbey Road TEST PRESS Label (see picture) and is a UK Stereo TEST pressing (there were NO Monos)!!!!

The record labels on BOTH records are in SUPERB condition (see pictures) with NO writing, NO wear, and barely ANY spindle marks AT ALL!!!!  IT IS VERY CLEAR THAT THIS RECORD HAS BARELY BEEN PLAYED AT ALL!!!!  The vinyl on BOTH records is in BRILLIANT condition!!!!  Most of these 60s/70s LPs had been to a lot of wild parties and are usually found totally worn out, and almost unplayable. This one is NOT and BOTH records have NO nasty concentric marks AT ALL, only 1 small surface mark on 1 disc ONLY, only 2 or 3 VERY light hairlines, NO scufflines, and only a VERY few of the lightest paper scuffs only visible under light!!!!  Please note that obviously I have NOT graded the 'test signal sides' (as there really isnt a lot of point!)!!!!  BOTH RECORDS STILL RETAIN THEIR ORIGINAL 'JUST PRESSED' LOOK AND SHINE LIKE NEW!!!!  It is great to find that the records play as STUNNINGLY as the visual with NO skips, only a few VERY light clicks (though mostly NONE!), NO sticking, NO jumps, and barely ANY crackle AT ALL!!!!  The sound quality is simply SUPERB with NO groovewear and NO distortion either!!!!  The records must grade Very Good++ if not better!!!!  A BRILLIANT SET OF RECORDS!!!!  Believe me these records are NOT overgraded in ANY way!!!!  I use STRICT RC grading standards - it is not in my interest not to!!!! Brillant!!!!  The records also come in its ORIGINAL 1st Press inner sleeve which is in GREAT condition - with only 2 or 3 age spots on one side ONLY!!!!  The ULTRA RARE 1st Press 'Test Press' Flipback Plain Cover is in BRILLIANT condition!!!!  It has NO edge wear, NO spinal wear, only 1 TINY stain trace on 1 edge, only slight corner wear, only a few VERY light creases (cover is VERY flat looking!), barely ANY grubbyness AT ALL, NO yellowing (apart a faint record impression), and NO writing!!!!  The 'test press' cover also has its ORIGINAL Factory Annotations (matrixes, date stamps, etc!) and the 'Sealed By Quality Control' Sticker - which was naturally broken open to play the records!!!!!  There is also the faded name 'Glyn' (which could relate to Glyn Johns the producer) on the 'Quality Control' sticker - which it looks like someone has attempted to rub out in the past.  The opening edge is beautifully straight with barely ANY feathering AT ALL!!!! Even the back is in BRILLIANT condition with NO rubbing, barely ANY grubbyness AT ALL, NO yellowing, and NO writing!!!!  The cover must grade Very Good+ if not better!!!!  THIS LP IS SERIOUSLY RARE AND VIRTUALLY IMPOSSIBLE TO FIND LIKE THIS (ESPECIALLY AS AN 'ABBEY ROAD' TEST PRESSING!) - SO DONT MISS OUT ON THIS INCREDIBLE OPPORTUNITY!!!!

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