Collection: Test Pressings
Test pressings are created as a means to critically evaluate the audio quality of a vinyl record release prior to mass production. They are usually produced in a limited quantity, making many test pressings rare to find. Here are all the test pressings we have available to buy.
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Finesse
Tonight Will Last Forever
12 InchTudor - UK - 198412FINT1 - /VG+3 track white label test pressingRegular price £1.99 GBPRegular priceUnit price / perSale price £1.99 GBP -
Horseflies
Human Fly
LPCooking Vinyl - UK - 1987COOK013 - VG+/EX9 track test pressing date-stamped 18 July 1988 with proof sleeve and info insertRegular price £12.00 GBPRegular priceUnit price / per£14.99 GBPSale price £12.00 GBP -
Slum Turkeys
Time Is Mine
12 InchPigboy - UK - 199012PIG5 - /VG+4 track white label test pressing with A4 info sheetRegular price £6.99 GBPRegular priceUnit price / perSale price £6.99 GBP -
Reaction (Pre Talk Talk)
I Can't Resist
7 InchIsland - UK - 1978/VG+4 prong handwritten a side white label test pressing has matrix erased on both sides - disc has m...Regular price £112.99 GBPRegular priceUnit price / perSale price £112.99 GBP -
Classix Nouveaux
For Ever And A Day
12 InchLiberty - UK - 198312BP419 - /EX-2 track white label test pressing 12"Regular price £4.99 GBPRegular priceUnit price / perSale price £4.99 GBP -
Rififi Introducing Tavernier
Big Money Noi$e
12 Inch!Hype - Germany - 1990M525 - /EX4 track test pressingRegular price £3.99 GBPRegular priceUnit price / perSale price £3.99 GBP -
Pumps
Afraid Of The Laughs
7 InchNew Slang - UK - 2007ZEB003 - /VG+test pressing of 7" releaseRegular price £2.99 GBPRegular priceUnit price / perSale price £2.99 GBP -
Buddy Curtess And The Grasshoppers
We Change The World
7 InchRage - UK - 1988BUD4 - /VG+White label test pressing. slight warp to vinylRegular price £1.99 GBPRegular priceUnit price / perSale price £1.99 GBP -
Wizards From Kansas
Wizards From Kansas
LPRadioactive - UKRRLP009 - /EX-9 track vinyl lp white label test pressing of reissueRegular price £3.99 GBPRegular priceUnit price / perSale price £3.99 GBP -
Krazy Kat
How They Crossed The Pole
Double 7 InchMountain - UK - 1977TOP25 - /VG+pair of 1-sided test pressings for single with handwritten catalogue numbers on labelsRegular price £12.80 GBPRegular priceUnit price / per£15.99 GBPSale price £12.80 GBP -
Shirelles
Singles Collection
LPNot Now - Europe - 2015CATLP113 - /EX16 track test pressing LPRegular price £5.99 GBPRegular priceUnit price / perSale price £5.99 GBP -
Various Artists
Sound Of Detroit (Original Gems From The Motown Vaults)
LPNot Now Music - UK - 2015NOTLP159 - /EX16 track white label test pressing of compilation LPRegular price £4.99 GBPRegular priceUnit price / perSale price £4.99 GBP -
Stuart Anderson
Stuart Anderson's Welcome
LPLismor - UK - 1976LILP5037 - /EX14 track vinyl lp Black label design test pressingRegular price £7.20 GBPRegular priceUnit price / per£8.99 GBPSale price £7.20 GBP -
Various Artists
Jack O' Diamonds 1934 Field Recordings From Texas
LPFlyright-Matchbox - UK - 1976SDM265 - /EX22 track black label test pressingRegular price £14.40 GBPRegular priceUnit price / per£17.99 GBPSale price £14.40 GBP -
Fivepenny Piece
On Stage
LPOne Up - UK - 1974OU2050 - VG/EX17 track vinyl lp white label test pressing has stamped white paper outer sleeveRegular price £11.20 GBPRegular priceUnit price / per£13.99 GBPSale price £11.20 GBP -
Julie Anthony
A Part of Me
LPEMI - UK - 1977EMC3190 - /EX-12 track vinyl lp white label test pressingRegular price £11.20 GBPRegular priceUnit price / per£13.99 GBPSale price £11.20 GBP -
Gold Frankincense And Disk Drive
Butterside Downs
12 InchNew Wind - Germany - 1988NW001 - /VG+5 track test pressingRegular price £3.99 GBPRegular priceUnit price / perSale price £3.99 GBP -
Jazz Devils
It's A Crime
12 InchVirgin - UK - 1988VST1138 - /EX-3 track white label test pressingRegular price £1.99 GBPRegular priceUnit price / perSale price £1.99 GBP -
Civilised Society
You Were Warned...
Double LPManic Ears - UK - 1990ACHED021 - /VG+White label 2 LP test pressing set with info sheetRegular price £17.60 GBPRegular priceUnit price / per£21.99 GBPSale price £17.60 GBP -
Jump Rope
Crowded Day
7 InchPush - UK - 1994OVER002 - EX/EXWhite label test pressing with handwritten info b/w critical pic sleeveRegular price £1.99 GBPRegular priceUnit price / perSale price £1.99 GBP -
Various Artists
Music For Coffeeshops
Double CDDreamtime - UK - 1995CDKTB20 - EX/EX9 track official cdr test pressing for disc 2Regular price £4.99 GBPRegular priceUnit price / perSale price £4.99 GBP -
Samantha Fox
Let Me Be Free
12 InchUK - 1997LBET43 - /VG+4 track extended mix white label test pressing b/w radio mix,beam's fun house mix and beam's fun ...Regular price £5.99 GBPRegular priceUnit price / perSale price £5.99 GBP -
Commander Cody And His Lost Planet Airmen
Lost In The Ozone
LPParamount - UK - 1971SPFL276 - /EX-6 track vinyl lp one sided white label test pressing of side 1Regular price £36.99 GBPRegular priceUnit price / perSale price £36.99 GBP -
Smokey Robinson And The Miracles
demo disc
LPUKMSP7933 - /VG7 track vinyl lp one sided white label test pressing partial hand written labelRegular price £67.99 GBPRegular priceUnit price / perSale price £67.99 GBP -
Geraldine (70'S Pop)
It's Only Love
LPMagnet - UK - 1983MAGL5055 - VG+/EXtest pressing 12 track LP with proof sleeveRegular price £26.99 GBPRegular priceUnit price / perSale price £26.99 GBP -
Joe Loss
Hits The Road To Songland
LPEMI - UK - 1978EMC3261 - /EX13 track vinyl lp white label test pressingRegular price £7.20 GBPRegular priceUnit price / per£9.00 GBPSale price £7.20 GBP -
Soft Machine
Land Of Cockayne
LPEMI - UK - 1981EMC3348A - /VG+1-sided test pressing with handwritten info on label and stamped release dateRegular price £26.99 GBPRegular priceUnit price / perSale price £26.99 GBP -
Hazzard And Barnes
Fox On The Run
7 InchWarner Bros - UK - 1976K16724 - /EX-white label test pressing b/w warning lightsRegular price £8.80 GBPRegular priceUnit price / per£10.99 GBPSale price £8.80 GBP -
Kushti
Secret Handshakes
CDrMusic For Nations - UK - 1998ORCCD3 - EX/EX15 track cdr official test pressing promoRegular price £4.99 GBPRegular priceUnit price / perSale price £4.99 GBP -
Kay Field
It Feels Right/Wash Your Hair Sister
7 InchMajor - UK - 1990KAY1 - /EXtest pressing 7" with press releaseRegular price £25.00 GBPRegular priceUnit price / perSale price £25.00 GBP -
Minister Of Noise
Voodoo Soul
Double LPDreamtime - UK - 1991KTB3 - EX-/EX2 LP test pressing set with mayking labels in peaceville company sleeve with handwritten infoRegular price £35.99 GBPRegular priceUnit price / perSale price £35.99 GBP -
Hi-Life International
Come To Africa
7 InchSterns Africa - UK - 1984STERNS706 - /EXhand written label mayking test pressingRegular price £8.80 GBPRegular priceUnit price / per£10.99 GBPSale price £8.80 GBP -
Minister Of Noise
Hell In Heaven
LPPeaceville - UK - 1990VILE18 - EX/EX7 track white label test pressing in company design sleeve with handwritten infoRegular price £8.00 GBPRegular priceUnit price / per£9.99 GBPSale price £8.00 GBP -
Butcher Bear
Don't Save Yourself
12 InchGangsigns - UK - 2016GS006 - /EX8 track vinyl lp test pressing has stamped info labelsRegular price £11.20 GBPRegular priceUnit price / per£13.99 GBPSale price £11.20 GBP -
Kong
Phlegm
LPDreamtime - UK - 1992KTB6 - VG+/EX8 track test pressing in company design sleeve with handwritten infoRegular price £11.20 GBPRegular priceUnit price / per£13.99 GBPSale price £11.20 GBP -
Van Der Graaf Generator
H To He Who Am The Only One
CDCharisma and Umc - Europe - 20210896072 - /EX5 track Sony DADC test pressing DVD in clear plastic caseRegular price £15.20 GBPRegular priceUnit price / per£18.99 GBPSale price £15.20 GBP























