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cristianmdp
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Hey everyone:)
"Branifan" here.
So... is there someone here who might have any info on this one?
To promote this shelved/rejected album, 2 singles were released:
- Fool's Affair
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- Looking out for number one
Another single during 1981 was released, featuring the songs "Tell him" & "When", but since those are not included on this rejected album's TEST PRESSING, we should assume they were not intended to be part of that album.
Not so long ago I bought a copy of that test pressing, only to find out it was a bootleg (vinyl record, yeap), pressed in Chile (and the audio recorded on it was lossy and the speed wasn't correct). Still, the best I could find so far.
So, besides asking for info on this particular album, did any of you had the actual (real, official) test pressing record in your hands and hopefully can tell more about its real sound quality?
Thanks so much in advance!
Edited by cristianmdp on 08 June 2021 at 2:24pm
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I'm a big Branifan and I knew about this unreleased 1981 album (an album I've referred to as "Branigan 0", since (A) it was never released, and (B) "Branigan" and "Branigan 2" came out later), but I NEVER knew about this test pressing! (And I always assumed "Tell Him" and "When" were included on the would-be album).
Cristian, are you saying that the test pressing you bought (the bootleg pressed in Chile) has the same 2 images shown on the Discog page (the one that starts with SD 19289 and includes the Side 1 & 2 titles)? The 2nd image on that Discogs page indicates an address of Olyphant, PA, which is presumably where Special Recordings Corp is located. Those 2 images would suggest there really was an 8-song test pressing that was ... well, pressed! But if your bootleg has those 2 sheets, then I'd say it's all part of a bootleg scam to make it look like a real test pressing, when it's really just mp3s (probably taken from the YouTube pages that have all these unreleased songs).
Also, Cristian, that Discogs page shows that 2 others have registered that they own this test pressing. Can you contact them to see if they have a version from Chile? Or just listed as "Olyphant, PA"?
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Hi :)
Cool to find a Branifan here :)
I don't own the copy anymore.
A friend of mine has another copy of the bootleg, in the US, and is one of the 2 users listed as owners on Discogs.
For a long time we all believed the record was the original one, but it isn't.
You can play the promotion video this guy created (to, apparently, sell a new bootleg, lol), and, even compressed, the audio's kHz are way higher (and the quality is better too, not to mention the speed is correct, unlike the bootleg I had):
http://www.disconexion.com/Artistas/unreleased.mp4#t=0.1
The other user on Discogs (that is listed as a owner of the TP) already told me he mistakenly listed it (he assumed it was her regular "Branigan" album). It's clear, though, he won't bother to unlist it from his account, lol.
The guy from Chile who had this bootleg pressed has the original TP vinyl, and pressed the bootleg with lossy quality, on purpose...
As far as I'm aware, only 5 real TP copies were pressed (one of them at least having the "Rejected" word in red color in the front cover).
The bootlegger's website is this one:
http://www.disconexion.com/
http://www.disconexion.com/artistas/101.jpg
He also had THIS bootleg pressed:
Of course I know his real name but I'm not disclosing that information, for legal reasons.
I truly hope this amazing record sees the light of day, someday, in an official way.
BTW, this comes from the actual bootleg vinyl:
Leave Me Blind (1981)
Edited by cristianmdp on 09 August 2021 at 6:18am
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