TEST PRESSING

ORIGINAL 1962 PRESSING

Deep Groove Labels | Original Jacket

HAND WRITTEN LINER NOTES (rough draft) BY "JOHN WILLIAM HARDY" WHO WROTE THE ACTUAL LINER NOTES ON BACK JACKET (see pics)

Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers / The Elmo Hope Quintet

Pacific Jazz, Prestige, and others used black label test pressings in the 60s

Record: Side2:VG++|Side1:VG+

No deep scratches. Clean labels. 1 side has a few visual marks but plays through nice. Shiny and clean copy

Jacket: VG

Usually tests don't come with jackets but this one does. Color on front is phenomenal. Top binding has some splitting. back has some ring fade at top