THE BEST OF THE DAMNED 1981 ACE TEST PRESSING LP provided w/inner & outer sleeve
  £   170
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£ 170 Sold For
May 11, 2021 Sold Date
May 4, 2021 Start Date
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  Great Britain Country Of Seller
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The Damned

Another Great Record From The Damned - The Best Of

- Ace Records White Label Test Pressing* c.1981 pressed by Lyntone - as per the photographs, *more on Test Pressings below... - a-side has 7-tracks - b-side has 5-tracks
  • - matrix Side A runout, etched...DAMM 1 A-4 LYN 10610 GG A DAMNED GOOD PORKY PRIME CUT
  • - matrix Side B runout, etched...DAMM 1 B4 LYN 10611 GG A DAMNED GOOD PORKY PRIME CUT
PROVENANCE - found very recently in Ted Carroll's storage emporium - used official release spare inner / outer sleeve that was also in storage, as was just in a plain white inner VINYL CONDITION NEAR MINT - has been professionally machine cleaned - played superbly throughout, visually looks hardly played - it will not stick, skip or jump - the labels are clean SLEEVE CONDITION VERY GOOD - some mild edge creases, minor tear, scuffs - inner has some creases P&P - will post worldwide Q's?
- just ask!

*TEST PRESSINGS invariably have the finest possible sound quality.

There are 2 reasons for this

A.  The highest quality virgin vinyl is always used when producing test pressings. [ see more below]

B.  Test pressings are manufactured using a brand-new metal stamper that is being used for the very first time [see more below]

Further details

A.  Record pressing plants usually use a certain amount of regrind in the manufacture of  records. REGRIND is obtained by removing the centres from faulty or unwanted vinyl records and grinding up the residual vinyl. This is mixed with a quantity of new or virgin vinyl to be melted down to produce new records. Test pressings, A labels, promo copies etc., are pressed ONLY using VIRGIN vinyl, hence the sound quality will be better with less surface noise.

B.  As records are pressed, the stampers used to press the records gradually wear out. Over a run of 1000 or so records, the physical wear and tear of stamping out vinyl records gradually causes a deterioration in the nickel stampers and the records produced from these soundless sharp or clear. Test pressings etc., are manufactured in noticeably short runs, anything from 10 to 50 copies, so the stampers are producing perfect records.


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