Sold Date: February 10, 2024
Start Date: September 9, 2023
Final Price: $850.00 (USD)
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GRAIL ALERT KMFDM APART  WAX TRAX! TEST PRESSING MINT/SEALED WAX 7177 
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This album is in its plastic protective sleeve as it came from Wax Trax! I opened it only to document its condition (no factory defects) and photograph as I would hate to send this out and find out someone at the label dropped it or set a coffee cup on it!  Its a "new" record that is 30 years old.  The generic inner sleeve has yellowed slightly with age as is expected.  Various "production" debris is present as is with every "new" pressing.  Runout matrix photographed as best I could to confirm pressing.  Because these were shelved and never sent out, it doesnt have the typed labels that are common to other wax trax test pressings and no writing on the test press labels.
This test pressing represents a very rare thing in the music world.   This release was eventually renamed "MONEY" only after massive changes to the recordings. Many of these versions don't exist anywhere else and some songs have never been released in this format.
In 1990 Sascha and En Ench were at odds with each other over the direction of the sound of KMFDM.  It was decided that one would helm half of the record (recorded apart from each other).  Sascha on side one and En Ench on side two.  These were fully mixed, finished and pressed into "APART".  But the label ended up rejecting En Enchs side two at the last minute.  Sascha was then given more "MONEY" to  remixed the previous songs and add more content to complete the album and was then released as WAX 7177 MONEY with the new versions and material.  
Money (WAX 7177) was ONLY released on CD/CASSETTE by Wax Trax!
So this is not only a snapshot into the KMFDM WAXTRAX INDUSTRIAL WORLD of the 1980s and early 1990s but something that doesnt usually see the light of day, a rejected album by a label. Because the mixes almost never make it to physical media to be preserved.

Track listings below

A1Vogue5:26A2Split4:20A3Help Us / Save Us / Take Us Away5:53A4Blood5:10B1Thank You0:43B2Spiritual House5:01B3Bargeld6:11B4Sex On The Flag4:17B5We Must Awaken4:53





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