An. Prod. reissues: 45RPMs vs 33RPM test pressing.

specifically regarding 33rpm test pressings; they are rarely much different from the regular pressings....i have maybe a dozen of them and the corresponding regular pressing. a couple are possibly a bit more vivid. in no case are they close to the 45rpm pressing.

so if the choice is to pay a premium for the 33rpm test pressing or the 45rpm......buy the 45rpm every time.

now if you talk about a 33rpm direct-to-disc then that is a different issue. but of course; it would be unlikely to find a 33rpm DTD and a 45rpm of the exact same recording.....i've not seen that.

Raul my friend,,

note that the post from "eziodoc" is 13 years old, from 2008. then farther above you can see my old post too.

it’s always a bit bizarre when someone resurrects a 10+ year old thread. readers just scanning the posts do not always realize it.

btw; i do agree that reissues do sometimes seem to have an abundance of test pressings. i own a few of Chad’s and never heard anything special compared to the production pressings. but they are not worse either.

caveat emptor. mostly not worth paying a premium. the reason i bought them or were given them was that the title had not yet been released. and i have a couple where the title never got released (those have more value. :-))

cheers,

Mike