It varies from pressing plant to pressing plant. I made a few records in the late 80's/early 90's and the number of test presses we received varied between 3 and 20. Some pressing plants would accept an order for 1 copy, while others wouldn't accept orders smaller than 500 copies.
Peter
Date: Thu, 01 Mar 2012 08:44:10 +0200
From: Antti Lavio <antti.lavio(a)possu.org>
To: "All bound for Mu-Mu Land." <klf(a)mailman.xmission.com>
Subject: Re: [KLF] KLF 010-IT
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On 1.3.2012 0:52, Ross Jarvis wrote:
> The question is: How rare?
>
> As with almost every collectable item, I suppose it comes down to how
> many were initially available
It's impossible to say without knowing exact amount of records pressed.
It's bit hard to believe these "only 3 pressed" claims, as I don't
believe that any pressing plant would do only 3, even if it was a test
press.
BTW, there's a good article about vinyl pressing at
http://www.crimson-ceremony.net/pr3/pressingplants/intro_tp.htmlhttp://www.crimson-ceremony.net/pr3/pressingplants/intro_vinyl.html
It also mentions Orlake and MPO, which KLF also used.
OK, I've always been one of those guys who has preferred CD because it
sounds good without all the fuss; but there's still a lot of stuff out
there that's vinyl only. For the past 23 (yes 23) years I've depended on my
trusty Sony linear-tracking turntable to transpose my vinyl onto cassette,
then minidisc, then digital. I've uploaded the most recent things to
someplace you might know. However, my trusty turntable died last week. I
tried to get it fixed, but I was told over and over "don't fix that piece
of shit, buy a Technics." So I broke down and bought a refurbished Technics
1200. Still calibrating it but I must say after testing it with a bootleg
of Madrugda Eterna (club mix) the thing sounds amazing!
I also stumbled across this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_gyvipBs6Vs
So, I've glued-up my crackly copy of Madrugda and will let you know how it
goes. Looking forward to upping a bunch of new freshly cleaned rips soon!
Dan
