TEST PRESSINGS, often known as white label pressings, are copies produced from the masters by the pressing plants in tiny quantities of between ten and thirty copies. These test discs are then sent to the artists and record companies for approval before the main manufacturing is commenced. 
These discs are very rare and much sought after by collectors as these are the working copies intended for the artists and label executives to check that the vinyl mastering process is true to the master tapes. The discs were not created for retail sale as part of a manufacturing run. They are genuine test pressings used at work in the industry by the artists and record labels.

 

PINK FLOYD - THE HEART OF THE SUN

TEST PRESSING VINYL LP

This is the powerful record of Pink Floyd broadcasting live to air during the psychedelic and space rock era during the years 1967 and 1968. Featured here are the legendary broadcasts from the transitional period when David Gilmour took over guitar and vocal duties from Syd Barrett. 
The legendary Floyd performances presented here feature the Barrett led Pink Floyd line-up performing Pow R Toc H and Astronomy Dominie from Piper At The Gates Of Dawn. The Barrett performances are contrasted with the Gilmour line-up performing their own versions of material from the first album alongside highlights from A Saucerful Of Secrets in the form of two versions of Let There be More Light and the all-time Floyd favourite Set The Controls For The Heart Of The Sun. 
Track Listing: 
Side 1 1. Astronomy Domine. Bouton Rouge 24th Feb 1968  2. Flaming. Bouton Rouge 24th Feb 1968 3. Set The Controls For The Heart Of The Sun. Bouton Rouge 24th Feb 1968 4. Let There Be More Light. Bouton Rouge 24th Feb 1968  5. Interstellar Overdrive. Palazzo Del Sport, Rome 6th May 1968
Side 2 1. Astronomy Domine. Palazzo Del Sport, Rome 6th May 1968 2. Set The Controls For The Heart Of The Sun. Palazzo Del Sport, Rome 6th May 1968 3. Let There Be More Light. Le Bilboquet, Paris - 31st December 1968

  

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