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Test Pressings; Are they rare
Topic Started: Sep 27 2017, 02:10 PM (188 Views)
Fab4life1973
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Hi I wondering if anyone could help, just picked up some test pressing white labels, wings over America 6 discs all one sided,
And Ringos a blast from the past, two discs one sided, they look in excellent condition just need to be cleaned to remove dust.
They look like they are uk pressings.
I paid £70 for all 8, how rare are they and what do you think they are worth?
https://imgur.com/gallery/g4zlp

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servi
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Wow ! Yes these are rare. Test pressings from the 1970s are harder to find than those from the 80s and 90s and UK pressings are the most desirable. I could easily imagine that the Macca disc would sell for a 100 quid each. Maybe even more because these are rare. Recently I've seen several of his 1980s and 1990s 12" test pressings fetch 75-100 quid.
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Fab4life1973
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servi,Sep 27 2017
02:46 PM
Wow ! Yes these are rare. Test pressings from the 1970s are harder to find than those from the 80s and 90s and UK pressings are the most desirable. I could easily imagine that the Macca disc would sell for a 100 quid each. Maybe even more because these are rare. Recently I've seen several of his 1980s and 1990s 12" test pressings fetch 75-100 quid.

I only collect Beatles, I am not into solo , wings over America is 6 records , I am going put them on eBay, ,
They have dates stamped on the sleeves and matrix numbers on the records,
Really don't know of a starting price, I can't find one to compare it to,

https://imgur.com/gallery/GM4t5

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Let me know the ebay link because I am interested (I collect Macca test pressings) !
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Fab4life1973
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servi,Sep 27 2017
05:04 PM
Let me know the ebay link because I am interested (I collect Macca test pressings) !

Yes will do,
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1970grave
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No they are not rare at all - very common
I will take all 8 off your hands for what you paid for them ........ lol
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I always wonder if they passed the test or not....
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Fab4life1973
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1970grave,Sep 28 2017
05:46 PM
No they are not rare at all - very common
I will take all 8 off your hands for what you paid for them ........ lol

Lol, I didn't think the guy would take £70 for them, he only deals in cash in his shop and £70 was all I had in my pocket at the time ,so I said are give you £70 for them all thinking he would say no, he said ok, I said are take a gamble on them ,
Going to have to go back to the shop, the week before I got a please please me mono 3rd press side 1 with a 4th press side two, not the greatest condition and no sleeve but it cost £1,
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servi,Sep 28 2017
06:10 PM
I always wonder if they passed the test or not....

Not sure about that, sound ok to me, lol
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