Aztex on ebay

[MopTopMike]

In case anyone is interested in bidding on John Tefteller's eBay auction,the Aztex is not the original pressing. It is the 1990s bootleg. Easily verified by the long wind run in groove in the photos. You can see it takes several revolutions for the stylus to get to the start of the song.
Originals have a fast wind lead in.

 

[capedcrusader]

I just wrote Tefteller and told him the dead wax info that he needs to check out to verify the pressing. Let's see if he responds
to me and/or changes the listing.

 

[greenfuzz]

Part of the description reads:

All records are original pressings unless otherwise noted, we do not sell modern reissues or bootlegs.

 

[capedcrusader]

Tefteller is far from the world's authority on '60s teenbeat records. I would trust MopTopMike any day
of the week over John in that vinyl category. That said, I'd go w/ JT over MTM if the validity of a record
in question was, say, a Blind Willie Johnson 78.

 

[capedcrusader]

Just now received this first response from John:

Hi Mark,
I am no Garage expert. This one came from an OLD TIME 45 collection. I am in Birmingham, Alabama and will not be home before the auction ends. However, my assistant, Robin, will see your message and follow your instructions and let you know what she finds. If it is FAKE, I will ask her to remove it from the auction. Thanks and please wait for Robin to answer you. John

 

[MopTopMike]

Tefteller is far from the world's authority on '60s teenbeat records. I would trust MopTopMike any day
of the week over John in that vinyl category. That said, I'd go w/ JT over MTM if the validity of a record
in question was, say, a Blind Willie Johnson 78.

What is a 78?

 

[MopTopMike]

I pulled my original and the repro to compare. I must apologize as I goofed (old age).
The winding / wind out is longer (more revolutions) at the fade out to the label area on the repro. The original has a quicker wind out to the label.
The outer edge lead in pictured in the eBay auction copy matches that of my original. If Caped Crusader hears back in a day we can verify.

 

[capedcrusader]

Confirmed - the real deal - as per Tefteller's assistant:

Mark, I double checked the record as you suggested and in the dead wax are the "BP" initials as described. Thank you for pointing this out to us, fortunately our record listed is an original as described. Best, Robin

 

[bosshoss]

The easy way to tell an original Aztex from a label scan is :
Look at the top of the Staff logo. If you can see each and every black key on the keyboard as a distinct black line all the way to the very top of the keyboard, then it's original. If some of the black keys are lost in the silver ink, then it's a fake. The Tefteller copy is an original, and now he should get a great price for it thanks to the extra publicity

The Aztex STAFF 194 RARE!! VG "I Said Move / The Little Streets In This Town" 45 | eBay