CBID - a test pressing of MAL-660

CBID is never complete as new records and CDs appear and some old rarities are discovered. This section presents interesting additions and corrections to CBID.

Today: a rarity from the UK

UK

CHUCK BERRY’S GREATEST HITS (Test pressing)
Marble Arch MALS-660 (white label) • January 1967

See page 176 for info.

Now this is the first time we have found a test pressing of any UK albums from the ‘60s. The label is pure white with Side 1 and Side 2 handwritten on each side. Very few test pressings of albums turn up so this is a rare treat for collectors. We can assume that the other Marble Arch albums might be around as test pressings also. And maybe others too. At least now we know they exists.

This is how the labels of the commercial release look like: