"Raped Ass" test pressing (redux)
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Send by emailI previously wrote about a test pressing of "Raped Ass," which sold on eBay for $590 in May 2006.
Now, a heretofore unseen (by me) sleeve variation accompanied by a test pressing with a different center label appears for sale, courtesy of Mats Bodenmalm. Wonders never cease.
The listing information says (unedited):
Artist: ANTI CIMEX
Titel: Raped Ass
Duration: Ep
Rpm: 45
"ULTRA RARE TEST PRESSING, 1 OUT OF 5 COPIES EXCISTS"
WITH UNIQUE TOUR SLEEVE KBD PUNK
Comments: UP FOR FIRST AND LAST TIME EVER ON E-BAY !!!
Their 2nd Ep from 1983 - incl. when the innocent die/warmachine/total silence/cries of pain/raped ass Realesed 29th of april 1983 -
With the sleeve from the Clear vinyl version (approax 200 copies made of this edition of the sleeve for the UK tour 1986) sold recently for $325 in Sweden! BUT, this is the Test-press , total killer !!! Unplayed
PROD.NO: A-RECORDS-001
MATRIX: AREC001 A+B
VINYL/COVER: MINT/MINT (ARCHIVE COPY)
Here are the photos that accompany the auction:
Note that the front cover uses the mysterious variation of the "Raped Ass" sleeve that Mats included on the promo sheet that accompanied the test pressing of the "Victims of a . . . Raped Ass" LP, which I previously pointed out. The back cover is totally new for me. Mats says that it was made for the UK tour in 1986, but I've never seen a copy like this one before, and I'm fairly certain I have seen copies of "Raped Ass" sold by folks who would have obtained them during that tour. The photo of Jonsson used here also appeared in some fanzine interviews, such as in "Sub" zine.
Yet another sleeve variation is, of course, fascinating (and devastating news for completist collectors). But the previously sold test pressing—though I have never seen vinyl pressed from different plates (ie, always the same matrix)—appears to have originated from a plant called Toolex Alpha AB, whereas this one says Proviska Från Grammoplast on it. Maybe they're the same company and the label designs changed. I'm sure a Swedish-speaking expert will chime in to enlighten me. But, either way, there are at least two different test pressings for "Raped Ass." That is the important revelation here, and this fact is not acknowledged in this auction.
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Update: Final auction price: $676. Winner's reaction: total silence, followed by cries of pain, followed by . . .
That is my photo of Jonsson
That is my photo of Jonsson at the back. Used on the Really Fast re-edition of Raped Ass with the first edition sleeve. I was never asked about the use of it here, as I recall. It'll soon be available in a better format anyway.
From a correspondent in Norway
This testpress is a testpressing made for the Clear vinyl version (England tour version) of raped ass 7", and its made after the firstpressing of the Raped ass 7". I got one myself with the same cover as the one sold on the auction. The testpressing on Toolex alpha is the oldest one.
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