List of Recoil vinyl test pressings, all extremely rare

Items 182 :

Condition : Excellent
Includes : AW Letter of authentication. Unsigned to preserve unique design

(To be offered separately)

: General information :
Test Pressing (or White Label) After an Acetate is manufactured, the very first records pressed from the vinyl stamper are known as ‘test pressings’ (TPs). There are usually only between 5 and 10 ever made. These are then sent to the record label and/or directly to the producer to approve the pressing quality. Quite often they are rejected and a further set might be manufactured after a second ’cut’. Occasionally test pressings are used in the actual promotion of a record – this happens when a record is really hot or is being rush released. Usually though, TPs are just that…tests. Most are disposed of after being pressed, therefore they are extremely rare. Just like acetates, there is a test pressing for every record ever released (commercial, and promotional versions). And just like acetates, the label is usually that of the pressing plant.

: General information :

: Alan's comments :
“Each of these was made specifically for me to double check the ‘press’ and final quality of the record in question on my home equipment and in a listening environment I was familiar with. A TP will stand repeated plays as it is no different to a standard vinyl in that sense – however, due to their scarcity, they should still be kept unplayed to preserve their condition.”

Details :

HYDROLOGY / Stumm 51 / U.K. 1987
Test pressing / Label : ‘Mayking’ – Stumm 51

BLOODLINE / Stumm 94 / U.K. 1992
White sleeve, blue plain label

UNSOUND METHODS SAMPLER / P Stumm 159 / U.K. 1997
White sleeve, white plain label

UNSOUND METHODS / Stumm 159 / U.K. 1997
2 discs – A, B, C, D, White sleeve, white plain label

LIQUID / Stumm 173 / U.K. 2000
2 discs – A, B, C, D, ‘The Exchange’

SUBHUMAN / Stumm 279 / U.K. 2007
2 discs – A, B, C, D, ‘The Exchange’

FAITH HEALER / P12 Mute 110 / U.K. 1992 / 12” Vinyl
White sleeve, white label

FAITH HEALER / 12 Mute 110 / U.K. 1992 / 12” Vinyl
White sleeve, white label

DRIFTING / 12 Mute 209 / U.K. 1997 / 12” Vinyl