First UK release with white tapeRare and limited yellow vinyl issue of Mercyful Fate - Melissa. All the information matches the Roadrunner RR 9898 version. This unofficial 'Fan Club'-re-issue release is a exact replica of: RR 9898 / Netherlands ,1983.
Released in 2013 on various colours of vinyl. [all are limited to 100 copies each]
This is the Light Brown Wax edition! Limited to 100 copies worldwide Fanclub release.
http://www.localhost/release/6189846 Yellow Edition http://www.localhost/release/6220089 Brown Wax Edition http://www.localhost/release/6061537 Orange Edition
Recorded and mixed at Easy Sound Recording Copenhagen, July 1983. (P)1983 Roadrunner Productions B.V.This test press is a forgery made by a corrupt dealer in Brazil in the late 1990's. They guy peeled the labels off actual Brazil presses, and made those stamps and stickers to make them look genuine. If you look closely at the labels you can see they are rough because this guy peeled the real ones off of genuine Brazil presses to make these forgeries. In all of these examples the fake Test Pressing stickers are in mint condition, while the sleeves typically are beat up. They guy took a hand grinder and ground TP , followed by a number in the matrix, which is supposed to be the limited edition number of the test pressing. This is never done by labels, putting separate and different numbers in the matrix for the number of the test press. Also in the 80's test press were not considered to be big time collectibles and I don't know of any instance worldwide where any label numbered their test presses in the post internet age, This is common with modern test presses but not with older ones.
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