Galaxie 500 Blue Thunder EP (1990) TEST PRESSING w HANDMADE SLEEVE BY NAOMI YANG
$
480
$ 480
Sold For
Dec 3, 2025
Sold Date
Nov 26, 2025
Start Date
10
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USA
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Description
Vintage original Galaxie 500 test pressing (1990) from the personal collection of Damon & Naomi from Galaxie 500. Presented in one-of-a-kind sleeve designed, handmade and signed by Naomi Yang in 2025.
From the Galaxie 500 Test Pressing series:
10. Blue Thunder EP - 1990
Rough Trade (RTT 246) (Pantone 550)
This is number 10 of 16 Galaxie 500 test pressings, each in a unique sleeve designed by Naomi as a series in 2025. The sleeves feature images from Naomi’s archive of sketches and mechanicals used to create the commercial cover art for each corresponding Galaxie 500 release. In the same way that a test pressing is needed to make a final LP, these sketches and mechanicals were used to create the final artwork for the original release.
The image created for each album's test pressing has been mounted on an piece of original Pantone color paper from the late 80’s, also from Naomi’s archive, then stamped and hand labeled and signed by Naomi in 2025. Pantone color papers were crucial to the pre-digital design work that Naomi employed on all the original Galaxie 500 releases. Each test pressing in the series uses a different Pantone color - each number in the series is unique.
Number 10 from the series is a test pressing for Galaxie 500's EP, Blue Thunder, released as a 12" 33 1/3 double A-side for Rough Trade Records (RTT 246, 1990). It features the distinct single mix (w/sax) of On Fire album track "Blue Thunder," and Galaxie 500's cover of the Joy Division/New Order song "Ceremony," together with two additional non-album tracks from the On Fire sessions.
All test pressings from the Galaxie 500 series are sold as is, these discs have not been played since they served their purpose as tests before original commercial release. It is the nature of test pressings that they are sometimes flawed.
The complete series of 16 can be viewed at the 20.20.20 Records website, or see the final three images in this listing. NOTE THIS AUCTION IS FOR ONE TEST PRESSING ONLY, NUMBER 10 OF THE SERIES.
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