Sold Date: November 15, 2022
Start Date: November 8, 2022
Final Price: $100.00 (USD)
Bid Count: 28
Seller Feedback: 66
Buyer Feedback: 0

BORN RUFFIANS - RUFF (AUTOGRAPHED BY MITCH DEROSIER, STEVE HAMELIN, LUKE LALONDE) [WHITE LABEL TEST PRESSING]

This white label test pressing is being auctioned as part of YR25, Yep Roc's 25th Anniversary Celebration. Proceeds from this auction will be donated to Planned Parenthood South Atlantic.

Yep Roc Records is celebrating its 25th year! Throughout the label's history, we have been making vinyl LP releases of our artists' albums.  Artists on the label have included Robyn Hitchcock, Dave Alvin, Josh Rouse, Nick Lowe, Tony Joe White, Kim Richey, The Minus 5, Jukebox the Ghost, Fountains of Wayne, Sloan and so many, many more.  For each vinyl release a small number of test pressings (usually just 4) are made, so that the artist, producer, manager and label can listen to make sure the LP sounds as it should, prior to the commercial production of the LP begins.

For over a decade, most test pressings Yep Roc received were placed on a shelf in the General Manager's office.  While the other copies remain in the hands of the artists, producers and/or managers, Yep Roc has decided to auction off this stash of test pressings to help raise money for Planned Parenthood South Atlantic.

In bidding on this record, you are not only getting the opportunity to own a piece of music history, you are supporting a great cause.

Please note that due to the nature of a test pressing - it is made so that the pressing can either be approved or denied - this test pressing may have been denied.  In the majority of instances, test pressings are approved.  Of the many white label test pressing in this auction it is possible that one or two have been denied by an artist.  This is not because they are unplayable.  In a case where a test pressing has been denied, it is usually due to a discrepancy in the track listing or other issues that are not related to the playability. Yep Roc did have some test pressings with skips in them, and to the best of our knowledge, none of these are being sold in this auction.  In the case where a test pressing was denied, this version of the LP is even more rare, since only a handful of the version exist.

Also, these test pressings have only been played once or twice, at time Yep Roc was listening for approval.  We have not played any of these records in preparation for this auction, but it is assumed the condition is NM for all records in this auction.  However, this may not be true, since we have not play-tested these records.

Because these proceeds are going to a nonprofit, we are not accepting returns.