Foolish People: clueless ebay record sellers

I thought I'd provide a brief ebay language guide for novice '60s garage collectors. I've just quickly put it together in a few minutes, so feel free to add to it:

RARE - 1. A $20 record which I'm asking $60 for 2. relatively common

GARAGE ROCK - lame rock 'n' roll

any phrase containing the word "MOD" - horn rock

UP BEAT - total shit

60'S BLAST - total shit

GARAGE PSYCH - could be pure psych or pure garage punk (no way of knowing)

auction page contains lots of large print with different colours and fonts - seller hasn't provided an audio sample and is trying to make up for it with visual bluster (Recently I've noticed one or two sellers which prove an exception to this rule.)

*LISTEN* (but no sound clip present) - seller want's you to think record is so good that he's provided a sound clip to prove it, but somehow there's a technical glitch or you've got an incompatible browser. The truth: the songs are so bad he doesn't want you to hear them.
 
Almost certainly legit. Pressed with the same stampers, they are as they say, a test to see if the process is working. These turn up for various records, some companies seemed to make more of them than others. In some cases if there was some delay in printing labels the record company would distrinbute these blanks to get the promotion/airplay process started, a rush release.

Unless it is a rare record, I don't understand why people in the present day would want one.

(excluding JA reggae/ska blanks which is a completely different subject)

HarvestmanMan said:
Just a quick question - I have seen these white-label "test pressings" with hand-written labels pop up from time to time with different releases. Are they legitimate?

Here's one...
http://www.ebay.com/itm/The-McCoys-...1947641?pt=Music_on_Vinyl&hash=item43cc648179
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buckeyebeat said:
Unless it is a rare record, I don't understand why people in the present day would want one.
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Some audiophile types take the concept that a promo is the first use of the stampers (and thus make a better sounding slab of vinyl) to the next level and say that the test press is before the promos. I just think that Test Pressings are neat and tend to pick em up when I see em. Have a similar artifact appeal as acetates (but they do not sound like hissy dub plates the way that acetates tend to).
The idea of audiophile collector moves on some of these primitive sounding recordings/pressings is amusing in and of itself though.
 
There is no guarantee that a test press is one of the first uses of a stamper. I know that contradicts a little of what I said, but the pressing process is a continuous thing, and for all anyone knows, the test could be of a new stamper that was made from mother that had already been used to make other stampers, or a stamper that had some alteration made to it, etc. So saying it's a guaranteed original earliest press is uncertain...unless you're Bob Djukic and know everything there is about hot stampers :lol:

Some time ago, a few blank/white label test pressings surfaced of Paul Bearer and the Hearsemen. The delta #/dead wax was the same on the standard 45. High hopes were had for a better pressing....but no. They didn't sound any better.

eleelandc said:
Some audiophile types take the concept that a promo is the first use of the stampers (and thus make a better sounding slab of vinyl) to the next level and say that the test press is before the promos. I just think that Test Pressings are neat and tend to pick em up when I see em. Have a similar artifact appeal as acetates (but they do not sound like hissy dub plates the way that acetates tend to).
The idea of audiophile collector moves on some of these primitive sounding recordings/pressings is amusing in and of itself though.
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This record was mentioned on here before.....it's been listed for a long time. I've tried to deal with the seller. He is one of the most annoying people I've ever dealt with on ebay. Not in a rude asshole Les Harris/Count way....he refuses to accept any sort of reasonable advice on pricing and his language/communication skills are terrible.

mansson66 said:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/THE-CURED-GARAGE-ROCKABILLY-RARE-WHOLE-LOTTA-SHAKIN-GOING-ON-PLAYS-VG/111334286158?_trksid=p2045573.c100033.m2042&_trkparms=aid=111001&algo=REC.SEED&ao=1&asc=23779&meid=8539934536118805903&pid=100033&prg=10035&rk=1&rkt=4&sd=111334286158
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