1974 TIM BUCKLEY LOOK AT THE FOOL UK TEST PRESSING 12" LP FRANK ZAPPA BEEFHEART

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AUGUST 29TH 1974 - TIM BUCKLEY - LOOK AT THE FOOL - ULTRA RARE PRE-RELEASE - 41 YEAR OLD 12" VINYL RECORD TEST PRESSING LP OF THIS CLASSIC LOS ANGELES FOLK / PSYCH / ACID ROCK ALBUM THAT TIM RECORDED FOR FRANK ZAPPA'S DISCREET RECORDS LABEL - INCLUDES THE ORIGINAL WEA / DISCREET RECORDS LABEL RECORD INFORMATION SHEET TAPED TO THE FRONT OF THE GENERIC WHITE ALBUM JACKET - WEA RECORDS LIMITED, LONDON - TEST PRESSINGS IN THE U.K. CAME WITH BLANK WHITE LABELS BUT THE MATRIX NUMBERS ON THE TRAIL-OFFS ARE: K-59204-A/B-2 - SEE THE PHOTOS THAT CAN BE ENLARGED -  

SIDE ONE CONTAINS: LOOK AT THE FOOL - BRING IT ON UP - HELPLESS - FREEWAY BLUES - TIJUANA MOON.

SIDE TWO CONTAINS: AIN'T IT PECULIAR - WHO COULD DENY YOU - MEXICALI VOODOO - DOWN IN THE STREET - WANDA LU.

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 A STOCK COPY OF THE ALBUM SO I DON'T KNOW IF ANY OF THE SONGS OR MIXES ARE DIFFERENT.

THE RECORD SOUNDS GREAT AS YOU MIGHT EXPECT A TEST PRESSING TO SOUND. I'LL TELL YA', I PLAYED BOTH SIDES OF THIS TEST PRESSING ON A DENON TURNTABLE WITH A DENON MOVING COIL CARTRIDGE HOOKED UP TO A HEAD AMP BEFORE THE SOUND EVER EVEN GETS TO THE PRE-AMP , AND EVEN SO I HEARD ONLY A TINY BIT SURFACE NOISE AND ONLY IN A FEW PLACES. CERTAINLY NOT CONSTANT. VISUALLY WHEN I MOVED BOTH SIDES OF THE RECORD AROUND UNDER A 100 WATT LIGHT BULB, THE RECORD LOOKS BEAUTIFUL. NO SCRATCHES. MAYBE SOME MICROSCOPIC SCUFFS BUT NOTHING SERIOUS. NO SPINDLE MARKS ON THE LABELS. DOESN'T LOOK 41 YEARS OLD AT ALL BUT IT REALLY IS.THE RECORD INFORMATION SHEET IS TAPED ON THE FRONT OF THE GENERIC WHITE CARDBOARD ALBUM COVER. IT'S GOTTA BE THE ORIGINAL AS THE TAPE HAS SOME YELLOWING. IN FACT THE TOP PIECE OF TAPE IS BARELY HOLDING THE INFO SHEET IN PLACE AS THE TAPE HAS SPLIT ALONG THE EDGE. THE GENERIC WHITE ALBUM JACKET HAS STARTED AND ACTUALLY MOSTLY IS UNGLUED ON THE BOTTOM SEAM. IT'S NOT A SEAM SPLIT JUST THE 36 YEAR OLD GLUE HAS DRIED UP AND LET GO. YOU COULD GLUE THE SEAM BACK TOGETHER IF YOU WANTED BUT IT'S ONLY A WHITE GENERIC JACKET ANYWAY AND WHAT'S IMPORTANT IS THAT IT STILL INCLUDES THE ORIGINAL RECORD INFORMATION SHEET INTACT. PERHAPS THE BEST THING TO DO WOULD TO SIMPLY REMOVE THE INFORMATION SHEET FROM THE FRONT OF THE JACKET AND THEN APPLY A LITTLE ELMO'S ON THE FLAP OF THAT BOTTOM SEAM TO GLUE IT BACK TOGETHER. BUT THAT'S UP TO YOU IF YOU REALLY WANT TO DO IT. THE RECORD ALSO COMES WITH A PLASTIC LINED INNER SLEEVE AND A PLASTIC OUTER SLEEVE.

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