VIA PRESS RELEASE | It’s Yep Roc’s 25th anniversary this year, and to celebrate we’re auctioning off a ton of test pressings (many autographed!) from our archives with all proceeds benefiting Planned Parenthood South Atlantic. This month we’re focusing on titles revolving around springtime! You can own a piece of music history from Paul Weller, Watchhouse (formerly Mandolin Orange), Grant-Lee Phillips, Josh Rouse and more! The auction ends on 5/17.
On Auction This Month: Born Ruffians – Birthmarks (autographed!), Grant-Lee Phillips – Little Moon (autographed!), Jonah Tolchin – Clover Lane (autographed!), Josh Rouse – The Happiness Waltz (autographed!), Eleni Mandell – Wake Up Again, Southern Culture on the Skids – Party at My Trouse (feat. Fred Schneider), The Fleshtones – For a Smile 7″, Paul Weller – Dragonfly 7″, The Apples in stereo – Her Wallpaper Reverie, and Watchhouse (fka Mandolin Orange) – Such Jubilee.
Test pressings are extremely rare first pressings of a vinyl record that are used to approve the vinyl pressing, before an LP is mass produced. Generally, only four copies are made—one for the artist, one for the producer, one for the label, and one extra (sometimes a few extra are made, but overall the quantity is always very small). Simply put, these are collector’s items, and anyone in ownership of one is part of a very small and exclusive group. Now is your chance to own a piece of music history!
