10"ORIGINAL PRESTIGE LP 137-TEST PRESSING-SONNY ROLLINS

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JAZZMAN 78'S RECORD ROOM

TITLE  : SONNY ROLLINS

ARTIST : SONNY ROLLINS

SPEED: 33

SIZE : 10

LABEL/NUMBER : PRESTIGE PRES 137

MONO : X

STEREO :

OTHER INFO : DEEP GROOVE - EAR MARK  - ORIGINAL TEST PRESSING

RECORD CONDITION SIDE 1 : VG + +

MARKS AND A FEW SCRATCHES - THERE ARE A FEW 1 GROOVE SKIPS IN THE BEGINNING OF THE FIRST TRACK  - THE REST OF THE SIDE PLAY THROUGH FAIRLY WELL - BUT SOME THE SCRATCHES WILL PARTLY SOUND

RECORD CONDITION SIDE 2 : VG + + +/VG + +

SOME LIGHT SURFACE SCRATCHES - ONE IS A LITTLE DEEPER ON THE MIDDLE OF THE LAST TRACK WHICH WILL HAVE A 1 GROOVE SKIP  

TITLES :   TIME ON MY HANDS, THIS LOVE OF MINE, SHADRACK, ON A SLOW BOAT TO CHINA, MAMBO BOUNCE, WITH A SONG IN MY HEART, SCOOPS, NEWKS FADEAWAY

PERSONNEL :   SONNY ROLLINS, KENNY DREW, PERCY HEATH, ART BLAKEY

ORIGINAL INNER SLEEVE :   YES     NO  X 

COMMENTS : THIS IS AN ULTRA RARE ONE OF A KIND RECORD - POSSIBLY ONE OF 2 OR 3 TESTS PRESSINGS THAT WERE MADE IN 1953 - THE LABEL SHOWS A MASTERING DATE OF 2/12/53 ORIGINAL BROWN PAPER SLEEVE IS INCLUDED -- RECORDED 12/17/51

THIS RECORD WAS PLAYED WITH A 1 MIL STYLUS FOR GRADING

HERE IS AN INTERESTING FACT - DID YOU EVER WANT TO KNOW WHAT THE "EAR" MARK MEANS ON BLUE NOTE AND ABOUT 40 10" PRESTIGE LP'S --- WELL HERE IS THE ANSWER:

IT REALLY IS NOT A "EAR" BUT A "P" WHICH MEANS THAT THE RECORDS WAS PRESSED BY THE PLASTYLITE COMPANY  IN NEW JERSEY -  THE "P" IN THE LOGO IS REALLY THE SAME MARK AS THE MARKED PRESSING INTO THE DISCS (SEE THE LAST PICTURE) !!!.

GRADING :

              ALL RECORDS ARE SIGHT GRADED 

                UNLESS OTHERWISE NOTED:

MINT              : MINT NEW RECORD UNPLAYED - OPENED FOR INSPECTION

MINT - -          : RECORD PLAYED BUT PERFECT

VG  + + + +   : PLAYS PERFECTLY BUT MAY HAVE A LIGHT SURFACE OR PRESSING MARK THAT  DOES NOT EFFECT PLAY  - MOST PEOPLES (NEW MINT MINUS)

VG  + + +       : MAY HAVE SOME SURFACE MARKS / LIGHT SCRATCHES THAT DO NOT SOUND  

VG + +           :WILL CONTAIN SOME LIGHT SCRATCHES OR MARKS THAT MAY SOUND

VG +              : SOME SCRATCHES OR MARKS THAT WILL SOUND

VG                  :SCRATCHES  /  WEAR OR MARKS THAT WILL SOUND

G                    : FAIRLY NOISE MAY OR MAY NOT PLAY CLEANLY

P                      : JUST SAY YOU HAVE COPY

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