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Can't find my original post. I recently got a test of 238's You Should Be Living:

 

  • Blenderhead ‎– "Blue Tile Lounge" 7" (Tooth & Nail TNV 2/black)
     
  • Brandtson - "Send Us A Signal" LP (Blue handmade screened jacket/orange marble vinyl - #2/5)
     
  • Brandtson - "Send Us A Signal" LP (Red handmade screened jacket/black vinyl - #15/20)
     
  • Chandeliers - "Unheard Intensities" b/w "Time Drive" 7" (N+B 003/Black - x/?)
     
  • Copeland - "In Motion" LP (Approved test - #10/10)
     
  • Craig's Brother - "Lost At Sea" LP (Tooth & Nail/Veritas Vinyl/Vinyl Remains - x/10)
     
  • Lenz, Frank - "Brothers Who Are Breathing" b/w "Sexy Sixth" 7" (Black - #2/8)
     
  • Ninety Pound Wuss ‎– "Ninety Pound Wuss" LP (Tooth & Nail TNR 1055/black)
     
  • Pink Frost - "The Sun" b/w "You Should Know" 7" (N+B 004/Black - #14/14)
     
  • Starflyer 59 - "Silver" LP (Tooth & Nail/Crossroads of America - x/10)
     
  • Starflyer 59 - "The Changing of the Guard" LP (w/ Bonus 7" test pressing/white vinyl - x/30)
     
  • Strongarm - "The Advent of a Miracle" LP (Second pressing/Blank Page Empire - #25/30)
     
  • Twothirtyeight (238) - "You Should Be Living" LP (Black - #16/30)
     
  • Zao - "Liberate Te Ex Inferis" LP (Screened cover - #12/15)
     
  • Zao - "Self-Titled" LP (Screened cover/black vinyl - #7/10)

 

Got a test of my friend's release:

Earl Long ‎– "Term Two" LP (ShanGORIL la Records SG-10004 - x/5)

 

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Just got my first one. Christin Nelson - Red Moon Rising /5

 

Listener is my favorite band so when Chris released this we got to talking and he offered to send me a test as a thanks for all my support. SO cool for an artist to do that and it just reiterates that Listener is hands down my favorite band.

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Not many but the ones I got are all pretty awesome releases IMO

  • Maker - i-91 - (Either/Or) - Test Press 18/30
  • Last Lights - No Past. No Present. No Future. - (Mightier Than Sword) - /20 Test Press
  • Into It. Over It. / Such Gold - Split - (No Sleep / Mightier Than Sword) - 4/6 Test Press
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quick question....im in talks with a label to snag a test press off them when the record is released, they have asked me to throw an offer to them...what is a reasonable amount to put on the table usually?

Really tricky... depends if they usually go high on aftermarket, or if the label does something "special" with it.

 

Try a little higher (+10-20%) than the regular price.

 

 

Most of the time I got cool people who just wanted the price of a regular album, one even just gave me a test for free (minus shipping of course).

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I was lucky enough to receive an entire set of the Document Records Reissues (Charley Patton, Blind Willie Mctell and the Mississippi Sheiks) Test Pressings from Third Man Records a couple of weeks ago as part of their bundle pre-order promotion. Individual Test Pressings from this set were also mailed out randomly for others that pre-ordered the bundle or the fourth (and fifth for the Mississippi Sheiks) installment of the series. Not sure how many of these were pressed.

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I've also purchased a couple: Break Anchor/All Eyes West - Viva La Rustbelt /? & Break Anchor/Holiday Bodybag Split /20

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  • 1 month later...

I can't remember the last time I posted in here so I'm just going to post all the ones I have.
 
7"
Bad Rabbits - We Can Roll | Black TEST PRESS (10/16) | Mind Over Matter
Cerce - Cerce | Black TEST PRESS (/12) | Solidarity Recordings/A Mountain Far/It's a Trap!
Dowsing - All I Could Find Was You | Black TEST PRESS | Count Your Lucky Stars
Eating Glass - Feed Them To The Vultures | Black TEST PRESS | No Idea/Anxiety

Ivy League - Ivy League | Pink TEST PRESS (5/10) | Life To Live

Ivy League - Summer Sessions | Black TEST PRESS (/15) | 6131

Ivy League/Turnover/Maker/Such Gold - Split | Black TEST PRESS (20/30) | Broken Rim

Mixtapes/Broadway Calls - Vision Quest | Black REJECTED TEST PRESS (10/20) | No Sleep

Mixtapes/Broadway Calls - Vision Quest | Black TEST PRESS (10/20) | No Sleep

State Lines - State Lines | Black TEST PRESS (/34) | Tiny Engines

Tigers Jaw - Spirit Desire | Black TEST PRESS (/25) | Tiny Engines

Tiny Moving Parts - Old Maid/Coffee With Tom | Black TEST PRESSING (/22) | Skeletal Lightning

Wicca Pha$e $pring$ Eternal - Bite My Ear | Black Test Press (43/50)| Blood Sells

 

12"

Boxer - Undertow | Black TEST PRESS Reveille Logo Cover (/5) | Reveille

Ivy League - Transparency | Black TEST PRESS (15/15) | FITA

Mixtapes - Even On The Worst Nights | Black TEST PRESS (11/20) | No Sleep

Mixtapes - Maps & Companions | Black TEST PRESS (9/20) | Animal Style

State Lines - For The Boats | Black TEST PRESS (/34) | Tiny Engines

Various Artists - Cancer Is A Punk | Black TEST PRESS | Swamp Cabbage

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Here's what I got so far:

- Into It. Over It. - Life Is Suffering (TEST PRESS) 15/20

- Into It. Over It. - Proper (TEST PRESS) 14/20

- Into It. Over It. - Snug (TEST PRESS) 5/6

- Into It. Over It. / Bob Nanna and Lauren Lo split (TEST PRESS) /5

- Into It. Over It. / Castevet - Snacktown (TEST PRESS) 15/17

- Into It. Over It. / Empire! Empire! (I Was A Lonely Estate) split (TEST PRESS) /5

- Into It. Over It. / Everyone Everywhere split (TEST PRESS) 12/15

- Into It. Over It. / Koji split (TEST PRESS) 10/20

- Into It. Over It. / Misser / State Lines / You Blew It! split (TEST PRESS) (black) /5

- Into It. Over It. / The Great Albatross split (TEST PRESS) /15

- American Verse / The Tired And True (TEST PRESS) (black) 19/20

- Pet Symmetry - Two Songs About Cars. Two Songs With Long Titles (TEST PRESS) (black) 4/10

- Placeholder - I Thought I Would Be Someone By Now (TEST PRESS) (black) 19/20

- Stay Ahead Of The Weather - We Better Get Going If We're Gonna (TEST PRESS) 16/20

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