Test Disks

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.

testdisk1

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

testdisk2

Collection of Graham Shaw | testdisk2

testdisk11

WI 308 | Collection of Graham Shaw | testdisk11

testdisk12

WI 312 Collection of Graham Shaw | testdisk12

testdisk9

WI 345 | Collection of Graham Shaw | testdisk9

testdisk5

WI 346 | Collection of Graham Shaw | testdisk5

testdisk3

WI 356 | Collection of Graham Shaw | testdisk3

testdisk8

WI 360 | Collection of Graham Shaw | testdisk8

testdisk7

WI 362 | Collection of Graham Shaw | testdisk7

testdisk10

WI 363 | Collection of Graham Shaw | testdisk10

testdisk4

WI 373 | Collection of Graham Shaw | testdisk4

testdisk6

WI 377 | Collection of Graham Shaw | testdisk6

See also Martin Whittell’s collection of 1980’s test pressings.