104 | 8 May 2022
Thanks to Graham Shaw for photographing his collection of Sue UK test pressings.
White label pressings are test pressings made during the initial manufacturing process which allowed the quality of the record pressings to be evaluated before the finished products were released bearing printed labels.
A test pressing of ILP 919, The Sue Story. The Sue Story Vol. 1 was actually issued on ILP 925 | Collection of Graham Shaw | testdisk1
Collection of Graham Shaw | testdisk2
WI 308 | Collection of Graham Shaw | testdisk11
WI 312 Collection of Graham Shaw | testdisk12
WI 345 | Collection of Graham Shaw | testdisk9
WI 346 | Collection of Graham Shaw | testdisk5
WI 356 | Collection of Graham Shaw | testdisk3
WI 360 | Collection of Graham Shaw | testdisk8
WI 362 | Collection of Graham Shaw | testdisk7
WI 363 | Collection of Graham Shaw | testdisk10
WI 373 | Collection of Graham Shaw | testdisk4
WI 377 | Collection of Graham Shaw | testdisk6
See also Martin Whittell’s collection of 1980’s test pressings.