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JANUARY 9TH 1975 DENIS BRYANT - TAKE A BRYANT STEP - 12" VINYL RECORD UNRELEASED TEST PRESSING LP WITH WARNER BROS. RECORDS / DISCREET LABEL INFORMATION SHEET - RELEASE DATE IS TYPED ON THE RECORD INFORMATION SHEET AS MARCH 7TH 1975 { BUT OF COURSE IT WAS NEVER RELEASED } - CATALOG / RECORD NUMBER IS DS 2215 - THIS IS WHAT IS KNOWN BY SOME AS THE MISSING DISCREET RECORDS ALBUM - COMES WITH THE ORIGINAL WARNER BROS RECORD INFORMATION SHEET WITH THE DISCREET RECORDS LABEL { FRANK'S DISCREET RECORDS LABEL WAS MANUFACTURED AND DISTRIBUTED BY WARNER BROS. RECORDS } AND THE ORIGINAL GENERIC WHITE CARDBOARD JACKET { NATURALLY AN ADDITIONAL WHITE CARDBOARD GENERIC JACKET IS ALSO INCLUDED TO HOUSE THE RECORD } - ALSO, I'M INCLUDING A COPY { NOT THE ORIGINAL } OF ONE OF THE CHECKS THAT WERE PAID BY DISCREET RECORDS TO DENIS BRYANT WITH FRANK ZAPPA'S SIGNATURE { OR INITIALS, THE SAME ONES THAT WERE FOUND ON OTHER DISCREET RECORDS CHECKS FROM THAT PERIOD }, SIMPLY BECAUSE IT MIGHT BE COOL TO HAVE INCLUDED WITH THIS ITEM - THE TEST PRESSING IS MADE BY COLUMBIA RECORD PRODUCTIONS SANTA MARIA { WHO MADE TEST PRESSINGS FOR WARNER BROS. RECORDS } - MATRIX NUMBERS 1-S DS-2215-31872/3-1 - KENDUN A/B A - THIS IS MY PERSONAL COPY AND IT'S A GREAT ALBUM - READ WHAT I, REV. A. WEST HAVE TO SPEW FORTH ABOUT THIS ALBUM AND ROLL ON UP TO THE TOP OF THIS PAGE AND INSERT YOUR BUTTOCKS IN MY EBAY STORE FOR MORE RARE 'N EXCITING FRANK ZAPPA AND RELATED STUFF - CHECK OUT THE PHOTOS

SIDE ONE CONTAINS: SOUL MAN {2:58 } - SGT. PEPPERS LONELY HEARTS BAND {4:00 } - TEARS IN THE WIND { 3:55 } - ALL YOUR LOVE, ALL OF THE TIME { 3:00 } - CHILD AGAIN { 5:00 }.

SIDE TWO CONTAINS: BREAK BREAD { 3:07 } - SHINE IT ON { 2:59 } - SILVERFIELD LADY {4:47 } - SOUTHERN LIFE { 3:37 } - DRIVE MY CAR { 2:45 } - GOODNIGHT N' GOOD MORNING { 2:58 }.

THE HISTORY: The record information sheet doesn't mention the musicians that are recorded on this album { Except of course Denis Bryant }, but this album was recorded at Kendun recorders studios in Los Angeles, which was the studio that Frank Zappa used before he built his own U.K.R.K. studio in his home.

There are some great songs on this lp but it is unknown who is in the groups that recorded the music, but one thing is certain, it was recorded for Frank Zappa's Discreet records label and never released.

Whether Frank performed or engineered any of the songs is unknown, but the fact that it was recorded in the same studio that frank used and the quality of the songs might suggest some kind of Zappa involvement in the recording.
The reason why this record wasn't released isn't fully known, it's a great sounding album and might have had something to do with the problems that Frank was beginning to develop with his manager Herb Cohen and Warner Bros. records.

Another fact is that it had been planned to be released and a U.S.A. promo single: SOUL MAN - STEREO / MONO DISCREET RECORDS PROMO LABELS - DSS 1323 was pressed, also a regular stock copy of SOUL MAN / CHILD AGAIN - DISCREET RECORDS - DSS 1323 { Same catalog number as the USA Promo issue }.
In the U.K. I've never seen a promo pressing, but SOUL MAN / CHILD AGAIN DISCREET RECORDS - K 19204 was released as a regular stock single.
So the only songs from this lp that were ever released are SOUL MAN and CHILD AGAIN.

BOTH SIDES OF THE RECORD SOUND GREAT. I PLAYED BOTH SIDES ON A DENON DP-1200 TURNTABLE WITH A DENON MOVING COIL CARTRIDGE WHICH IS CONNECTED TO A HEAD AMP THAT AMPLIFIES THE SOUND INTO THE PRE-AMP THEN AMP. THE CARTRIDGE ISN'T CALLED A MOVING COIL CARTRIDGE FOR NOTHING. THE NEEDLE MOVES BACK AND FORTH INSIDE OF THE RECORD GROOVE WHICH REALLY LETS YOU KNOW HOW THE RECORD SOUNDS. THE POINT OF ALL O' THIS RAMBLING IS TO LET PEOPLE KNOW THAT I CAN TELL EXACTLY HOW RECORDS, INCLUDING THIS ONE SOUNDS. SIDE ONE IS PRETTY QUIET, I NOTICED A LITTLE LIGHT STATIC NOISE ON SIDE TWO IN A FEW PLACES,  BUT ALL VINYL, INCLUDING THE SO CALLED AUDIOPHILE VINYL HAS NOISE IF YOU AMPLIFY THE CARTRIDGE. VISUALLY MOVING BOTH SIDES OF THE RECORD AROUND UNDER A 100 WATT LIGHT BULB, A FEW LIGHT SCUFFS AND I'M TALKING ABOUT SUPERFICIAL SCUFFS, NOT SCRATCHES. THE ORIGINAL RECORD INFORMATION SHEET HAS YELLOWING, NO TEARS. NO WRITING. I KEPT THE ORIGINAL GENERIC CARDBOARD JACKET JUST FOR THE HELL OF IT. IT HAS SEAM SPLITS, YELLOWING AND A BUNCH OF OTHER CRUD. LOOK AT THE PHOTO IF YOU'RE REALLY THAT INTERESTED. YOU GET IT AS WELL AS AN ADDITIONAL BRAND NEW GENERIC CARDBOARD ALBUM JACKET. THE ORIGNIAL INNER SLEEVE WAS JUST PLAIN WHITE PAPER AND HAD TOO MUCH YELLOWING EVEN FOR ME TO KEEP. THE RECORD COMES IN A HIGH QUALITY COLLECTOR'S TYPE OF INNER SLEEVE, AND DUE TO THE FACT WEEZE TIGHT, I'M GONNA GIVE YEZ A PLASTIC OUTER SLEEVE ABSOLUTELY FREE.  

HERE ARE MORE THINGS THAT I NEED TO MENTION;

{1}. ALTHOUGH SPECIFICALLY ALLOWED UNDER THE COPYRIGHT LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES { 17 USC 109 {a} }, I HAVE THE RIGHT TO SELL THIS ORIGINAL TEST PRESSING. HOWEVER, I, AND THEN WHOEVER BUYS IT, ISN'T ALLOWED TO MAKE COPIES OF IT OR SELL EM'. SO IF YOU'RE THINKING ABOUT A GREAT NEW RELEASE ON YOUR CORNHOLE LABEL, YEZ JUST MIGHT WANNA THINK ABOUT IT. THEN LATER IF YEZ GET BUSTED AND AS A RESULT BECOME STUCK SOMEWHERE GETTING PLOOKED UNMERCIFULLY BY SOME GUY WHO LOOKS A LOT LIKE RONDO HATTON, I DON'T WANNA HEAR YOUR INCESSANT WHINING TO ME ABOUT IT.

{2}. I'M SELLING THIS ITEM AS IS, WHICH MEANS NO RETURNS. IT SOUNDS GREAT. IT'S GONNA GET SENT THERE'S PLENTY OF PHOTOS AND I KNOW EXACTLY WHAT IT SOUNDS LIKE. SO IF YEZ THINK ABOUT BUYING IT, MAKING A COPY THEN TRYING TO FILE SOME KINDA' CLAIM THINK AGAIN. IF YOU DON'T LIKE THESE TERMS, THINK I'M A WEASEL OR BOTH, NOBODY'S FORCING YO' BEHIND TO BUY IT. OK LARRY?

{3}. FINALLY THE GOOD AND BAD NEWS;

FREE PRIORITY MAIL SHIPPING IN THE USA.

$48.00 FOR  PRIORITY INTERNATIONAL AIR MAIL TO ANY LOCATION WHERE I STILL SHIP.

OUTSIDE OF THE U.S.A. YOUR PACKAGE WILL GET SENT BY PRIORITY  INTERNATIONAL AIR MAIL WITH A TRACKING NUMBER. ALSO THE FACT THAT I DON'T USE THE GLOBAL SHIPPING PROGRAM AND FILL OUT THE CUSTOMS FORM MYSELF, JUST MIGHT MIGHT MEAN THAT IN YOUR COUNTRY, THE GOVERNMENT, KING, QUEEN OR DICTATOR MIGHT NOT DEMAND THAT YOU PAY SOME KIND OF OUTRAGEOUS IMPORT TAX OR FEE. { WHATEVER THEY CALL IT OVER THERE }. ALSO, THE PENALTY OF FAILING TO PAY MIGHT MEAN THAT SOME GUYS WEARING TRENCH COATS AND SUNGLASSES WILL SHOW UP AT YOUR HOUSE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT TO DRAG YOU AWAY SCREAMING FOR A RIDE ON THE IRON SAUSAGE. { DEPENDING ON YOUR COUNTRY'S LAWS }. 

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