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From:
Ed Hoc
To:
rickreaction
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Date:
Sun, 20 Aug 2006 17:12:00 -0400
Subject:
Re: [idm] test pressings, fact or fiction?
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<84c4d1400608201412n5ecb18d7id1f4849959a2b169@mail.gmail.com>
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not to mention -- test pressings are TEST pressings, not the final product, so the content on each one may have any number of fuckups they went back and smoothed out before the final product released. On 8/20/06, rickreaction <rickreaction@gmail.com> wrote:
quoted 103 lines It's very apparent that you have little experience with test> > It's very apparent that you have little experience with test > pressings. In fact, they are for TESTING and not for SELLING > generally so they look very banal. If you want non-banal looking > discs buy consumer grade vinyl discs or CDs or even tapes and n5md did > some minidiscs that had nice packaging. Some tests don't even have > white label stickers at all. Wait, what's this you speak of? White > labels? Is that where that term came from? This is all nonsense. > > channeling meatsock, > dick e:rection > > On 8/20/06, thundahthighs <dlegrabb@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > simply, it looks way too generic, speaking of the art on the disc, and > the > > slipcase itself > > for all i know it could be a sticker tacked onto a trance record by "DJ > > Fiyah-breaks"! > > > > have you ever bought a so-called test pressing, are they supposed to > look so > > banal? > > and yes i judge by covers, so don't bring it up. i know. i'd just like > if > > you could speak of any experience you've had buying such a record. > thanks in > > advance. > > > > > > Ed Hoc wrote: > > > > > > it looks like a record to me. i bet it plays in circles - how much > > > credibility do you need an object to have? > > > > > > On 8/20/06, thundahthighs <dlegrabb@gmail.com> wrote: > > >> > > >> > > >> before getting this: > > >> > http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&ih=005&item=150024826970 > > >> > > >> i'd like some advice on how credible these things can be, especially > if > > >> im > > >> dropping a wad of cash on it. > > >> > > >> any advice? thanks in advance for your responses > > >> -- > > >> View this message in context: > > >> > http://www.nabble.com/test-pressings%2C-fact-or-fiction--tf2137003.html#a5897411 > > >> Sent from the IDM forum at Nabble.com. > > >> > > >> > > >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > >> To unsubscribe, e-mail: idm-unsubscribe@hyperreal.org > > >> For additional commands, e-mail: idm-help@hyperreal.org > > >> > > >> > > > > > > > > > -- > > > Please note: This e-mail was sent from a notification-only address > that > > > cannot accept incoming e-mail. Please do not reply to this > > > message. > > > > > > ---- > > > > > > pete lastname > > > meatsock@gmail.com > > > www.grep-fu.net > > > > > > > > > > -- > > View this message in context: > http://www.nabble.com/test-pressings%2C-fact-or-fiction--tf2137003.html#a5897486 > > Sent from the IDM forum at Nabble.com. > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: idm-unsubscribe@hyperreal.org > > For additional commands, e-mail: idm-help@hyperreal.org > > > > > > > -- > Rick "re:action" Sinkiewicz > 585 Little City Road > Higganum, CT 06441 USA > > Booking: http://www.manicproductions.org > > Friends Chairperson: http://www.wesufm.org > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: idm-unsubscribe@hyperreal.org > For additional commands, e-mail: idm-help@hyperreal.org > >
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