1974 RAY MANZAREK GOLDEN SCARAB USA TEST PRESSING LP W/ REC INFO SHEET THE DOORS

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1974 WITH A STATED SCHEDULED RELEASE DATE OF FEBRUARY 25TH 1974 - RAY MANZAREK - THE GOLDEN SCARAB - ORIGINAL FIRST U.S.A. PRE-RELEASE TEST PRESSING LP WITH THE ORIGINAL PHONOGRAM INC. RECORD INFORMATION SHEET - INCLUDES A GENERIC WHITE CARDBOARD JACKET WHICH ISN'T THE ORIGINAL CARDBOARD JACKET - BUT MOST TEST PRESSINGS CAME IN GENERIC CARDBOARD JACKETS WITH NOTHING PRINTED ON THEM ANYWAY, AND THIS ONE IS OBVIOUSLY NEWER AND CAN DO THE JOB - PRC RECORDING COMPANY LABELS - TRAIL-OFF MATRIX NUMBERS: SRM-1-703 A-1-1-1 / B-1-1-1 - SEE THE PHOTOS THAT CAN BE ENLARGED -

A GREAT PRE-RELEASE TEST PRESSING OF RAY MANZERK'S SOLO GOLDEN SCARAB ALBUM. THIS WAS OF COURSE RELEASED AFTER JIM MORRISON DIED. RAY WAS A TALENTED MUSICIAN AND VOCALIST HIMSELF AND IT WAS TOLD THAT HE SOMETIMES HAD TO DO THE VOCALS AT LIVE DOORS CONCERTS WHEN JIM WAS TOO DRUNK, PASSED OUT OR DIDN'T SHOW UP ON TIME.

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. I HAVEN'T COMPARED THIS TEST PRESSING TO THE STOCK COPY, SO I DON'T KNOW IF ANY OF THE SONG MIXES OR SONGS ARE DIFFERENT.

SIDE ONE CONTAINS: HE CAN'T COME TODAY - SOLAR BOAT - DOWNBOUND TRAIN - GOLDEN SCARAB.

SIDE TWO CONTAINS: PURPOSE OF EXISTENCE IS? - THE MOORISH IDOL - CHOOSE UP AND CHOOSE OFF - OH, THOU PRECIOUS NECTOR FILLED FORM A LITTLE FART.

I PLAYED BOTH SIDES OF THE RECORD ON MY DENON DP-1200 TURNTABLE WITH A DENON MOVING COIL CARTRIDGE HOOKED UP TO A HEAD AMP  AND IT SOUNDED GREAT. NOT VERY MUCH SURFACE NOISE FOR A 39 YEAR OLD LP. NO CLICKS. NO POPS. NO SKIPS. AN ENJOYABLE ORIGINAL TEST PRESSING LP. WHEN I MOVED THE RECORD AROUND UNDER A BRIGHT LIGHT THERE'S A FEW VERY LIGHT SCUFF MARKS ON THE RECORD SURFACES. THE RECORD LOOKS GREAT, NICE AND SHINY. RAY MANZAREK GOLDEN SCARAB AND SRM-1-703 A1 / B1 IS WRITTEN ON THE PRINTED PRC RECORDING COMPANY LABELS. A LITTLE YELLOWING OF THE WHITE LABELS WHICH WOULD BE NORMAL FOR 39 YEARS . LOOKS LIKE THERE'S SOME RUST SPOTS OR DOTS NEAR THE UPPER PORTION OF THE RECORD INFORMATION SHEET. DON'T KNOW WHERE THEY CAME FROM OR HOW THEY WERE CREATED. LOOKS LIKE RUST TO ME, SO MAYBE THAT SHEET WAS ON TOP OF SOMETHING METAL AT ONE TIME. I DON'T THINK WATER SPOTS WOULD HAVE CREATED THOSE, IT'S NOT LIKE ANY WATER STAIN I'VE EVER SEEN. . THE WHITE GENERIC CARDBOARD JACKET IS TOO NEW TO BE THE ORIGINAL IN MY OPINION. NOTHING WRITTEN ON IT, NO SEAM SPLITS. THE RECORD COMES WITH A HIGH QUALITY TYPE OF COLLECTOR'S INNER SLEEVE, AND A PLASTIC OUTER SLEEVE THAT FITS OVER THE JACKET IS ALSO NOW INCLUDED.

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