melvinscam Posted October 11, 2011 Share Posted October 11, 2011 owth test: to hell with this and all of you j church split high five for the rapture dear landlord spilt four letter word split dukes of hillsbrough spilt practice split blotto split measure split art of the underground lemuria split live at the atlantic detourment split no friends split Hospitals (rock bottom and recess) All things move to their end From the bottom Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
melvinscam Posted October 11, 2011 Share Posted October 11, 2011 owth test: to hell with this and all of you j church split high five for the rapture dear landlord spilt four letter word split dukes of hillsbrough spilt practice split blotto split measure split art of the underground lemuria split live at the atlantic detourment split no friends split Hospitals (rock bottom and recess) All things move to their end From the bottom Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kyleserlington Posted October 11, 2011 Share Posted October 11, 2011 i think i only have 1 test press, it was for that Peabodys 7" that came out on Mutant Pop a couple years ago, Adam Alive gave it to me 'cause he was outta stock on one of the records i ordered Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kyleserlington Posted October 11, 2011 Share Posted October 11, 2011 i think i only have 1 test press, it was for that Peabodys 7" that came out on Mutant Pop a couple years ago, Adam Alive gave it to me 'cause he was outta stock on one of the records i ordered Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deadreckoning Posted October 11, 2011 Share Posted October 11, 2011 I have a few test presses for bands i really dig. Given what they go for these days that would be the only impetus to drop the cash. Luckily, i managed to pick up most (the exceptions i dropped a mint) of these fairly cheap. Crucial Youth - Crucial Yule 7" - Faith Life's Blood - Defiance 7" - Last Vermiform Press HWM - Fuel for the Hate Game 12" - No Idea HWM - Caution 12" - No Idea HWM - Forever and Counting 12" - Doghouse Mission of Burma - s/t 12" - Taang Moving Targets - Brave Noise 12" - Taang Milemarker - Non Plus Ultra 12" Milemarker - Anaesthetic 12" - Jade Tree HR - Human Rights 12" - SST Gang of Four - Peel Sessions 12" Scream - s/t 7" - Jungle Hop The Flies - Get Burned 12" - Homestead Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deadreckoning Posted October 11, 2011 Share Posted October 11, 2011 I have a few test presses for bands i really dig. Given what they go for these days that would be the only impetus to drop the cash. Luckily, i managed to pick up most (the exceptions i dropped a mint) of these fairly cheap. Crucial Youth - Crucial Yule 7" - Faith Life's Blood - Defiance 7" - Last Vermiform Press HWM - Fuel for the Hate Game 12" - No Idea HWM - Caution 12" - No Idea HWM - Forever and Counting 12" - Doghouse Mission of Burma - s/t 12" - Taang Moving Targets - Brave Noise 12" - Taang Milemarker - Non Plus Ultra 12" Milemarker - Anaesthetic 12" - Jade Tree HR - Human Rights 12" - SST Gang of Four - Peel Sessions 12" Scream - s/t 7" - Jungle Hop The Flies - Get Burned 12" - Homestead Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ripplemusic Posted October 13, 2011 Author Share Posted October 13, 2011 Ok, totally stupid, anal-retentive question. Do you file your tests and/or acetates with your regular records or keep them in a separate section? Inquiring minds want to know. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
listentovinyl Posted October 13, 2011 Share Posted October 13, 2011 mixed in with the rest, chronologically. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RustyShackelford Posted October 13, 2011 Share Posted October 13, 2011 Just picked up Me first and the gimme gimmes - billy test 1/5 Really stoked Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sharkticon Posted October 13, 2011 Share Posted October 13, 2011 Tests I own: Beneath Oblivion - Beneath Oblivion 10" #5/10 The Early November - For All Of This 10" #11/24 The Early November - The Acoustic EP 10" #11/24 Giants - Giants 7" #6/10 Giants / Beware Of Safety - Split 7" #13/25 Gifts From Enola - Loyal Eyes Betrayed The Mind #7/10 If These Trees Could Talk - If These Trees Could Talk #1/5 (a photo I took was used to screen print a cover for this!) Junius - The Martyrdom Of A Catastrophist #1/10 I'd love to get my hands on some Russian Circles tests. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nothingnatural Posted October 13, 2011 Share Posted October 13, 2011 I'd love to get my hands on some Russian Circles tests. Me too. There was a test pressing of Enter on eBay a few years back and I completely forgot to check my watch list the day it ended. Went for around $50. I was contemplating buying that Junius test you own the other day when MS put it up for sale. Just couldn't drop the $75 when it went up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shitty Rambo Posted October 13, 2011 Share Posted October 13, 2011 Test press are cool when they're given away for free I paid for 1 Lemuria 7" test press but it cost me $3 more than the official release which I didn't own initially. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ripplemusic Posted October 21, 2011 Author Share Posted October 21, 2011 To my understanding, Acetates are the original press of an album, done to get the music onto vinyl. There are only 1 or a couple of acetates ever made of a particular album. Test pressings are copies used to grade the sound once the record is ready to go to the presses. There will be test pressings made each time the album gets repressed, and test pressings when a foreign country licenses an album and presses it. So there can be acetates of albums that never, ever went to press. Correct me if I'm wrong. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shitty Rambo Posted October 21, 2011 Share Posted October 21, 2011 Well, I could be wrong, but I believe diversity is an old, old wooden ship that was used during the Civil War era. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nothingnatural Posted October 21, 2011 Share Posted October 21, 2011 So there can be acetates of albums that never, ever went to press. This is correct. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kriss Posted October 21, 2011 Share Posted October 21, 2011 Well, I could be wrong, but I believe diversity is an old, old wooden ship that was used during the Civil War era. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
idreamofpunk Posted October 21, 2011 Share Posted October 21, 2011 Well, I could be wrong, but I believe diversity is an old, old wooden ship that was used during the Civil War era. +1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
morfiend Posted October 21, 2011 Share Posted October 21, 2011 I enjoy collecting tests but I've really slowed down lately. If an opportunity comes up and the price is right I'll still buy but I hardly ever seek them out anymore. Here is what I have - Agalloch - From Which This Oak /6 Agalloch - The Wooden Box 7xLP #2/20 Agalloch - Ashes Against The Grain /5 Alcest - Souvenirs D'un Autre Monde /5? (us press) At The Gates - Terminal Spirit Disease /20 Isis - Live 1 #25/25 Isis - Live 5 /20 Isis - Oceanic Remixes 1 /10 Isis - Panopticon /20 (us press) Isis - Panopticon remastered /10 Katatonia - Dance of December Souls 2LP reissue /5 Katatonia - Viva Emptiness /5 Killing Joke - Absolute Dissent /5 Mark Lanegan - Whiskey For the Holy Ghost /10 Red Sparowes - At The Soundless Dawn /10 Screaming Trees - Invisible Lantern /? Steve Von Till: If I Should Fall To The Field /5 The Gathering - Mandylion (reissue) /5 The Gathering - Nighttime Birds (reissue) /5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nothingnatural Posted October 21, 2011 Share Posted October 21, 2011 If you ever decide to get rid of that Red Sparowes test, let me know. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rrd Posted October 21, 2011 Share Posted October 21, 2011 I collect get up kids and side project tests get up kids, the - red letter day [test press black] get up kids, the - four minute mile (2008 repress) [test press black] get up kids, the - four minute mile [test press black of 6] get up kids, the - on a wire [test press black] get up kids, the - something to write home about (2008 repress) [test press black] get up kids, the - loveteller [test press blue/black #12 of 12] get up kids, the - sub pop singles club [test press black of 8] get up kids, the / coalesce - split [test press black with erika labels #4 of 8] get up kids, the / coalesce - split [test press black with white labels (bill smith)] new amsterdams, the - at the foot of my rival [test press black] new amsterdams, the - worse for the wear [test press black] reggie and the full effect - promotional copy [test press black] also this is totally for sale if anyone wants to make a good offer on it: fall of troy, the - doppelganger [test press black #1 of 15] - this is the OG press Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
celebdeath Posted October 21, 2011 Share Posted October 21, 2011 Beneath Oblivion - Beneath Oblivion 10" #5/10. hope to land one soon... i have a Gifts From Enola - Loyal Eyes test too Dysrhythmia - Barriers and Passages Atavist - Atavist Rose Kemp - Unholy Majesty Thought Forms - self titled Comoros - White Flower Ghastly City Sleep - Moondrifts Residual Echoes - self titled Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kurt Posted October 21, 2011 Share Posted October 21, 2011 I would love to get more tests but I'm happy with the few that I have. Thursday - Full Collapse Superchunk - Tossing Seeds Taking Back Sunday - Tell all your Friends (just bought this) ANS/Reproach - split 7" Out to Sea - the soul of mankind 7" (my old band) Highlife - Drink Yourself to Freedom 7" (my older band) Highlife - Self Abuse 7" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
travis Posted October 22, 2011 Share Posted October 22, 2011 Ive got a few tests... +44 - When Your Heart Stops Beating LP A Loss For Words - No Sanctuary LP Against Me - Reinventing Axl Rose LP (screened cloth cover) /18 Bayside - Killing Time LP (autographed) Blink 182 - Cheshire Cat LP Blink 182 - The Mark Tom and Travis Show 2xLP Blink 182 - Take Off Your Pants and Jacket LP The Bomb - Speed is Everything LP /20 Dear Landlord - Dream Homes LP (dark blue marble vinyl) /20 Def Leppard - Pyromania 2xLP (pic disc) Every Time I Die - The Big Dirty LP /10 Every Time I Die - Gutter Phenomenon LP /10 Every Time I Die - Hot Damn! LP /10 Every Time I Die - Last Night in Town LP /10 Man Overboard - Man Overboard LP Marilyn Manson - Anti-Christ Superstar 2xLP (pic disc) No Friends - No Friends LP (dark blue marble vinyl) /20 Sublime - 40 oz. to Freedom 2xLP Sublime - Robbin' the Hood 2xLP Transit - Listen & Forgive LP David Bowie/Mick Jagger - Dancing in the Streets 7" Rob Zombie - Astro Creep 2000 (clear w/ red splatter) LP Wiz Khalifa - Dead or No Deal 2xLP I think thats all of 'em Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rrd Posted July 12, 2012 Share Posted July 12, 2012 took a photo of my get up kids and related side projects ones today, crazy to see them all together like this Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yancey47 Posted July 12, 2012 Share Posted July 12, 2012 The only test press I have is from my own band. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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