Jbraswell
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That's kind of a cool touch.
Interested to hear your thoughts on the record.
Definitive Audiophile pressings
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Interested to hear your thoughts on the record.
Sonicpharmacist
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Yeah I wanted the one with the signature. I’m excited to spin it, unfortunately it won’t be until the weekend
Still shows as in Melrose Illinois on Shopify DHL, but has actually been delivered. (I'm off for beers tonight so won't open it today).
MikeH
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i'm really glad they listened to feedback and shipped them in better boxes this time around. the shipping/packing was much better this time around.
Definitely. I still wish they would have done a replacement for my Lush Life box.
I relented an opened it top.Looks nice, has the signature in the dead wax.
Mather
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Now... I could be mistaken about the PURPOSE of a "test pressing"... But I can't help but feel that it being sealed MIGHT... might NOT be the best way of utilizing said "test pressing"...View attachment 138738
Still time for Definite CSN&Y Deja Vu. Sadly I don’t think this one is in the cards but I hope the buyer cuts the seal and spins this baby..
POGunter
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There was also 100 of them. So, a better description might be “never officially released”. I have a really nice copy of the stock Classic Recs version. It is superb. Theoretically, this version may be better but my 33rpm plays perfectly like new. It would suck to cut this open and have a pressing flaw.
MikeH
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I dunno…Starting an eBay account called “testpressings” and selling them for $800 a pop seems like a decent use of the test pressings to me!
Also this account sells one of these every month it seems.
I remember in an interview with KG he once said he thinks it’s silly to buy test pressings since a lot aren’t how the album was supposed to sound or had issues. That’s why they had to get more test pressings made
jamieanderson1968
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RecordCity uses FedEx door to door and I have never once had to pay duty or brokerage fees
Joe Mac
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Oh wow! I always do but because the declare 100 yen a record it rarely passes €10-€15. Maybe you have a free limit? They removed that over here Eugh!
dansomeone
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I didn't care for this one, it's that hard panned stereo, vocals one side, instruments the other. Plus the jacket was really thin and flimsy.
jamieanderson1968
ninniest jackaninny
Not sure. I did a simple cd order as a test the first time ($25USD) and no taxes/duties. Since then I have done 2 orders, at least one was over $100USD total and still not charges. It has been several months now and I have not been billed.
Joe Mac
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Yeah my orders are generally big so are way over that but because they do a customs decaraltion of 100 yen a record, which is peanuts (€.75) even with 20 you’re only on €15 being declared. Before the EU rules changed last July we had a limit of €22 and below that was free so never charged. Since they got rid of that I have had duty but because it’s 23% of that plus the fees it’s still only €10-15 so I’m not getting hugely up in arms at less than €1 a record.
If you have any kind of lower limit it’s likely squeezing under it, like mine used to, because they declare so little, so you’re not getting charges being due.
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MikeH
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Interestingly it seems the Craft One Step of Relaxin was cut multiple times years apart (according to the RTI codes). That’s probably why some people got the full signature while others got just the BG in the dead wax. Kinda sounds like they had planned to just do 1,000 of this one too before the series got so popular
Joe Mac
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Yeah I suppose for 5,000 one steps you would need at least 5 sets of lacquers cut!
MikeH
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Right but they were cut YEARS apart according to the RTI plating numbers. Which seems odd!