Sold Date: August 17, 2022
Start Date: August 7, 2022
Final Price: $833.00 (USD)
Bid Count: 34
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PLEASE NOTE: I WILL ONLY GRADE AN LP NEAR MINT (NM) IF I CAN GUARANTEE IT HAS NEVER BEEN PLAYED (i.e. I AM THE ORIGINAL OWNER).  OTHERWISE, NEAR MINT MINUS (NM-) IS THE ABSOLUTE HIGHEST GRADE I WILL ASSIGN AN OPENED LP.


OFF-THE-CHARTS RARE David Cheppa mastered Rainbo test pressing of The White Stripes third album White Blood Cells from 2001 on Sympathy For The Record Industry with the band's name hand-written by Long Gone John himself and the title abbreviated underneath it as III at the top of the sleeve and Long Gone's personal sign-off at the bottom in an OK!!!  LP has some light cosmetic hazing, a few barely visible paper scuffs and has probably been played once by Long Gone John to check the sound.  These are the kinds of rarities Jack White Stripes collectors are going to be fighting over fiercely in the very near future.  Rarely do more than 15 or 20 test pressings of any LP exist making this a top White Stripes collectable.  Consider Jack's place in the annals of music, on par with Jimmy Page and The Edge.  Now consider what a test pressing of Zep III or U2's War is valued at and you know what's in store for a rarity of this magnitude.  Sleep and be sorry.  You've been warned.

I USE GOLDMINE GRADING: MINT (SEALED)
NEAR MINT: LOOKS UNPLAYED VG++:  VERY VERY MINIMAL SIGNS OF USE
VG+:  AVERAGE SIGNS OF USE, NOTHING DEEP, SUPERFICIAL VG:  STILL AN OK RECORD, NOISE BETWEEN SONGS
GOOD: WORN BUT PLAYS FINE WITH DISTRACTING NOISE POOR:  FILLER COPY ONLY.  LOTS OF SCRATCHES