1985 BLUE CHEER BEAST IS BACK TEST PRESSING LP CAPTAIN BEYOND MC5 MOUNTAIN DUST

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1985 - ALL OF THE SONGS WERE RECORDED IN 1984 AT MUSIC STUDIOS, ROCHESTER, NEW YORK } -  BLUE CHEER - - THE BEAST IS BACK - THIS IS THE ORIGINAL FIRST TEST PRESSING LP MADE OF THIS COOL ALBUM FOR MEGAFORCE RECORDS, NOT THE LATER REISSUE - INCLUDES A GENERIC BLACK JACKET WITH A GOLD PROMO STAMP - ALSO INCLUDES A HANDWRITTEN - SONG TITLES AND OTHER INFORMATION PIECE OF PAPER - MUSIC CONNECTION, INC. LABELS - MATRIX NUMBERS - MRI-1069-A/B STERLING - CHECK OUT THE PHOTOS.

TEST PRESSINGS ARE THE FIRST PRESSINGS MADE OF THE ALBUM BEFORE IT'S RELEASED TO CHECK OUT THE SOUND QUALITY, SONG MIXES AND EVEN SONG CONTENT, SOMETIMES TEST PRESSINGS HAVE DIFFERENT SONG MIXES AND EVEN DIFFERENT SONGS IN WHICH CASE THEY WOULD HAVE DECIDED TO ADD OR SUBTRACT A SONG AND MAKE ANOTHER TEST PRESSING. I HAVEN'T COMPARED THIS TEST PRESSING TO THE STOCK COPY, BUT I'M PRETTY SURE AT LEAST THE SONG TITLES ARE THE SAME. ALSO, SINCE TEST PRESSINGS ARE THE FIRST RECORDS PRESSED FROM THE PLATES THEY USUALLY SOUND ABOUT THE BEST THAT THE ALBUM WILL EVER SOUND FOR THAT RECORD AND THE SONGS ON THIS TEST PRESSING DO SOUND GREAT.

I ACTUALLY KNOW DICKIE PETERSON SORT OF, AS HE WAS HERE AT MY HOUSE A FEW YEARS BACK WHEN BLUE CHEER WERE HERE IN MARYLAND RECORDING THEIR "WHAT DOESN'T KILL YOU" CD. YEAH, DICKIE PETERSON AND THE BAND BLUE CHEER ARE OFTEN OVERLOOKED BUT ARE ONE OF THE BEST HARD ROCK BANDS THAT EVER EXISTED. I MEAN NOT MANY BANDS CAN SAY THAT PINK FLOYD WITH SYD BARRETT WERE THEIR OPENING ACT, BUT THEY REALLY HAD BEEN FOR BLUE CHEER. HEY, IF YOU'RE LOOKING AT THIS LISTING YOU'RE PROBABLY A BLUE CHEER FAN / COLLECTOR ANYWAY, THERE'S NOT MUCH MORE THAT I CAN SAY ABOUT THIS LEGENDARY BAND THAT YOU PROBABLY ALREADY DON'T KNOW. OH YEAH, I DID ASK DICKIE ABOUT THE "PARCHMENT" FARM USED AS THE TITLE OF THAT SONG WHEN IT'S ABOUT "PARCHMAN" FARM WHICH WAS LET'S JUST SAY A PRISON WORK CAMP IN THE SOUTH. HIS ANSWER WAS "WADDA YOU EXPECT FROM A RECORD COMPANY?"

SIDE A CONTAINS: NIGHTMARES - SUMMERTIME BLUES - RIDE WITH ME - GIRL NEXT DOOR.

SIDE B CONTAINS: BABYLON - HEART OF THE CITY - OUT OF FOCUS - PARCHMENT FARM.

BOTH SIDES OF THE RECORD PLAYED PERFECT AND SOUND GREAT WHEN I PLAYED THEM ON MY DENON DP-1200 TURNTABLE WITH A DENON MOVING COIL CARTRIDGE HOOKED UP TO A HEAD AMP. . A VERY NICE PRESSING VISUALLY. A VERY FEW PAPER SCUFFS WERE FOUND WHEN I MOVED BOTH SIDES OF THE RECORD AROUND UNDER A 100 WATT LIGHT BULB. I'M TALKING ABOUT ULTRA LIGHT PAPER SCUFFS. LIKE I SAID A NICE PRESSING, EVERYTHING THAT YOU'D EXPECT FROM A TEST PRESSING. BLUE CHEER AND "A" "B" ARE WRITTEN ON THE PRINTED LABELS. THE GENERIC COVER DOES HAVE SOME CREASES AND A LITTLE RING WEAR. NO SEAM SPLITS OR TAPE. THE RECORD COMES IN A PLASTIC INNER SLEEVE AND A PLASTIC OUTER SLEEVE.

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