Promo LP's

[count.d]

I have a few promo lp's.
These were bought sealed/new. A high number of promos that I own have pressing faults of one sort or another.

Does anyone else find this?

If so, is it that if pressing plants find a fault with a batch of pressings, they don't sell them, but they hand them out to dj's etc..?

Just a thought.

[Sckott]

That's untrue. Most of the promos have to take the same quality control level, because if you're trying to "sell your product" you don't want it to sound like poop.

Are the promos you're finding all within the same label group? Are they all UK issues?

I have a lot of US promo vinyl from all different time periods. No problems. I do have a couple of promos from the UK, bu still, no problems.

[Gary]

I came across a promo recently too. Thinking of the 'hot stamper' idea, I wonder if a promo LP would be at the beginning of a productions run - like when the LP first came out - and this would have a better chance of being a "hot stamper' LP?

Good theory? Can anyone verify or deny? It's been quite a while since I've listened to any....

By the way, I don't remember any particular problems with promo LPs at all. And they have that cool stamp on them!

[trhunnicutt]

Count.d and Gary,

My experienes with Promo LP's, usually of the "White Label" variety, are excellent quality control, even with 12" singles.

The theory holds that Promo LP's came from early pressings, when record labels needed to ship copies to radio stations to play/promote the album or song. It's not always true.

I have about 100 White Label promo LP's and only about half are from 1A/1A stampers, or the equivalent markings for that record company.

While Tom Port has his "hot stamper" theory, which I am not going to challenge, I have found that in 98%+ of the cases, a 1A/1A pressing will be superior to subsequent pressings of the same condition.

One thing to look out for is the dreaded "RE"in the dead wax, even on promo LP's. Stands for re-issue in the days of the SoundSaver and NicePrice era.

TRH