What Is Vinyl Test Pressing

There is no sure fire technique for verifying a record s first pressing but there are some basic tried and true methods that will get the best results.

What is vinyl test pressing. They require information on how vinyl lp s are made and distributed and an exhaustive knowledge of music in general. The stuff that fell off a truck for the reps and a r people to sell. A colored vinyl album by the doors issued only as a test pressing a test pressing of the unreleased genesis live album alternate or unreleased material like acetates test pressings sometimes contain either unreleased material or songs that are different in some way from the commercially available versions of that particular album. The pressing and distribution of vinyl test pressings continued by the majors until the early 80s when it transitioned over to test pressing or advanced cassettes.

Test pressings ship approximately 4 6 weeks after approval of your art proofs. They are produced in small quantities usually under five copies to evaluate the quality of the disc before mass production begins. None of the test pressings made by the majors were pressed to sell either commercially or discretely. Knowing how lp s are printed and distributed can make the difference between.

In production of vinyl audio records a test pressing is the physical equivalent of a proof for printed materials. They come in a plain white sleeve or cover and don t have record company labels the label is the center part of the vinyl record where it usually states the artist and record company information. Every vinyl order except for the essential groove bundle include 4 test pressings. A customer has the opportunity to review and ask for any changes to sample output before committing to mass production.

From receipt of your completed order we can have your test pressings sent to you in 2 weeks and for a standard black vinyl record pressing order it will take 4 6 weeks. Test pressings are shipped to the delivery address entered at time of order with a generic proof label and are packaged in unprinted inner sleeves. Test pressings look like a normal record. Dubwise vinyl 016 harry mudie meet king tubby s in dub conference volume one.