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Surrealistic Pillow - Test Pressing

JEFFERSON AIRPLANE Surrealistic Pillow (Magnificently rare test pressing for the 1967 UK 11-track MONO LP, never sold to the general public in this form & prior to any UK release, with hand annotated custom green studio labels. The tracklist runs in the same order that the album was first released with ['My Best Friend' as the opener], which was completely different to later issues. Produced in a miniscule run purely to test the sonics or review, how many of these have survived is uncertain, but they must be few & far between. And for such a milestone record of the sixties psychedelic rock era, this should make one lucky collector very happy indeed! Complete with the original poly inner & retail front laminated sleeve, see 'more info' for further details... RD-7889)
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Product Availability Currently Unavailable - You can request the next copy of this item
Release Year 1967 - 57 years ago
Condition Unless stated otherwise in the description above, all items are in at least excellent condition - so please read our descriptions carefully. We try to sell items as close to Mint condition as possible, and many will indeed be close to brand new and/or unplayed. Others may be 'used' - and all will meet our strict grading and are 100% guaranteed.
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Format vinyl LP album (LP record)
Record Label RCA Victor
Complete Stock List Go to Jefferson Airplane
Product Catalogue No RD-7889
Music Genre 70s Rock, Psychedelic, 60s Rock
Country Comes from UK Comes from 'UK'
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Tracklisting & More Information

The original UK version of Surrealistic Pillow did not include White Rabbit, She Has Funny Cars & Plastic Fantastic Lover, some might say the more psychedelic tracks found on the US equivalent. This was possibly done in order to market the record in the UK as a folk rock album at the time, little was it known the tidal wave of psychedelic rock that was to follow.

The A-side label lists both the matrix & catalogue number details by hand, as well as the album title & artist name ['J. Airplan' sic]. The labels are custom studio green with 'Factory Sample - Not For Sale' print both sides. For completeness sake, the matrices are machine stamped thus:

Side One: T2PP-9331-4k
Side Two: T2PP-9335-1K

The poly inner is annotated in one corner with matrix details by the cutting engineer.

The proposed front laminated picture sleeve is an early finish with tape reinforced edges & pinched spine. There is no writing, creasing or tears evident & the colours remain rich & vivid.

The vinyl itself is clean & plays beautifully, with no distortion & the utmost clarity in sound. From an audiophile viewpoint, this earliest mono cannot be beaten. On close inspection, there are just the lightest few paper scuffs or spindle to highlight play, but otherwise a stunning Excellent to near mint example.

Tracklist:

1. My Best Friend
2. 3/5 Of A Mile In 10 Seconds
3. D.C.B.A. - 25
4. How Do You Feel
5. Embryonic Journey
6. Don't Slip Away
7. Come Up The Years
8. Chauffeur Blues
9. Today
10. Comin' Back To Me
11. Somebody To Love

This track listing was altered on later issues to :

1. She Has Funny Cars
2. Somebody to Love
3. My Best Friend
4. Today
5. Comin’ Back to Me
6. 3/5 of a Mile in 10 Seconds
7. D. C. B. A.—25
8. How Do You Feel
9. Embryonic Journey
10. White Rabbit
11. Plastic Fantastic Lover

Losing 'Don't Slip Away', 'Come Up The Years' & 'Chauffeur Blues' & gaining 'She Has Funny Cars', 'White Rabbit' & 'Plastic Fantastic Lover', along with a significant re-arrangement in running order.

The tracks lost were from the first album 'Takes Off', not yet issued in the UK, so when 'Pillow' was re-issued, it was issued in the U.S. format as 'Takes Off' became available in the UK.

A genuine one-off find!

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Recording Artist Jefferson Airplane
Product Title Surrealistic Pillow - Test Pressing
Product Information Jefferson Airplane Surrealistic Pillow - Test Pressing UK vinyl LP album (LP record).
Language All tracks are sung in English, unless otherwise stated in our description.
Additional info Deleted - A deleted or out-of-print item is one that is no longer manufactured. However, we stock thousands of out-of-print formats and we specialise in tracking down out-of-print, deleted and hard-to-find releases.
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