An. Prod. reissues: 45RPMs vs 33RPM test pressing.

Test press are for musicians (if they are alive) and producers for approval. They are NOT FOR SALE. Without approval of the test press no one will press the rest. Test press is a final test for quality. Normally it’s 5-10 test press copies, but for such a huge label as Analog Production they can make 500-100 test press (too much in my opinion), but they can sell them later for crazy price!

The most valuable test presses are definitely NOT REISSUE, but a vintage test press of the ORIGINAL release made decades ago in very small quantity (few copies). Before test press there is an acetate cut (the rarest thing as it can be only one off).

Dear @eziodoc  : "   It's crazy.. ", it's way more than that: it's a total scam and a way to make $$$$ taking it from in good faith audio lovers.

The owner is taking advantage of each one of us ignorance levels in that specific regards.

That's a " number's game " scam.

Where is the problem down there that permits the scam?: WE ARE the problem that even that over the years some already took in count of the " scam " even that we follow paying premium prices for it.

Many years ago Ch.Kassem ( AS owner. ) made one of his first " number's game " offer when ask premium money in advance for a numbered pressings of different titles ( we must suscribe to the offer. ) ( I think 500 of each title. ) where if I had the number 58 suscription then that means that the  LP number 58 pressed was for me and that's what I will recieve: the number 58 LP pressings in all the other titles will be the 58.

I suscribed that very first time to offers like that but because always exist a but: in reality I can't know if he really pressed only 500 LP for each title instead 1,500 and obviously I can't know ( till today ) if of all those 1.5k pressing the number 58 was in reality the ones I received ! ! ? ?

$$$$$$ is $$$$$$ and sometimes it does not matters how to get it.

Regards and enjoy the MUSIC NOT DISTORTIONS,
R.

Raul my friend,,

note that the post from "eziodoc" is 13 years old, from 2008. then farther above you can see my old post too.

it’s always a bit bizarre when someone resurrects a 10+ year old thread. readers just scanning the posts do not always realize it.

btw; i do agree that reissues do sometimes seem to have an abundance of test pressings. i own a few of Chad’s and never heard anything special compared to the production pressings. but they are not worse either.

caveat emptor. mostly not worth paying a premium. the reason i bought them or were given them was that the title had not yet been released. and i have a couple where the title never got released (those have more value. :-))

cheers,

Mike

yet interesting revisit more than a decade later as Chad has built an analog juggernaut…..

I have yet to be disappointed in a 45 rpm release from AP

enjoy the music

Dear @mikelavigne  : My fault. 

Anyway, over the years in reality we are paying premium prices for different formats of the same title LPs and for re-issues and not only Acoustics Sounds but all LP manufacturers even that we give them very good money no one of them takes seriously his business looking to the consumer needs that at least you, me and every one else need " perfect " concentric LP holes ( all comes center-off. ) and flat LP surface.

All manufacturers can do it and not only that what we pay for each LP includes that kind of manufacturer responsability but due that almost no one claim to them and we follow buying those faulty LPs the manufacturers irresponsability only cares to us.

That's the big business of LP's. It's pity and shame of them.

R.