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Parlophone Test Record
What can anyone tell me about this record
thanks
Kiwi

This is just a test pressing for evaluation purposes. Before a record was issued a number of tests were pressed of the different takes that were recorded and then the best take was selected for issuing. There are still thousands of these test pressings around. Valuable? Most are not, some are, particularly when they are rejected takes of jazz records that differ significantly from the issued take.