THE KINKS Low Budget TEST PRESSING MFSL 1-271 UNRELEASED Ricker Mastered SEALED

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THE KINKS Low Budget
New & Sealed Audiophile Vinyl Record (Test Pressing)

Record Label: Mobile Fidelity MFSL 1-271

Album is packaged in a generic white sleeve with the following information stamped in the upper right hand corner:

AUGUST 15 2002
MFSL-1-271 A2/B2

Although this title was issued a Mobile Fidelity index number, this is a super rare test pressing for an album that was  NEVER released. This was put out as a Mobile Fidelity SACD, but never as a vinyl record. Mastered by the legendary Stan Ricker. Certainly, a unique chance to own a vinyl record that is extremely limited. Only information on the disc itself is stamped on the upper right corner of the cover and on the disc label (presumed).

These highly collectible test pressings are from the first stamper and sometimes less than 10 exist. Test pressings reflect the closest you can get to the lacquers and hence have a special collectible value.

Condition: New and still sealed in it's original plastic sleeve. Perforation is completely intact. Corners are sharp and unbent. Spine, top and bottom are solid and free of chipping or splits. Mint.

Disclaimer: Because this record is sealed, I am taking it on faith that the vinyl within is what's marked on the jacket. As I've said, it's the only identifying marker on the LP.

Side 1
1. Attitude    
2. Catch Me Now I'm Falling    
3. Pressure    
4. National Health    
5. (Wish I Could Fly Like) Superman

Side 2
6. Low Budget
7. In A Space
8. Little Bit Of Emotion
9. A Gallon Of Gas
10. Misery
11. Moving Pictures

Review: Low Budget doesn't have a narrative like Preservation or Soap Opera, but Ray Davies cleverly designed the album as a sly satire of the recession and oil crisis that gripped America in the late '70s -- thereby satisfying his need to be a wry social commentator while giving American audiences a hook to identify with. It was a clever move that worked; not only did Low Budget become their highest-charting American album (not counting the 1966 Greatest Hits compilation), but it was also a fine set of arena rock, one of the better mainstream hard rock albums of its time.