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  • Test Pressing Secrets: Pre-Release Sound - Discover the hidden world of vinyl before it hits shelves with Lenny Vaughn

    Test Pressing Secrets: Pre-Release Sound - Discover the hidden world of vinyl before it hits shelves with Lenny Vaughn
    May 2 2026
    Join host Lenny Vaughn as he reveals untold stories behind your favorite records—unlabeled test pressings, experimental masters, and chaotic early versions that shaped music history. Discover the raw, unfinished sounds and studio secrets that transformed rough cuts into classics you know today.

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    1 min
  • Test Pressing Secrets - Blank Labels and Mystery Wax: The Collector's Holy Grail

    Test Pressing Secrets - Blank Labels and Mystery Wax: The Collector's Holy Grail
    May 2 2026
    Host Lenny Vaughn explores test pressings—blank-label quality control discs pressed before mass production—revealing how these factory tools became collector artifacts. From 1950s pressing plants to estate sales, learn what these rare records expose about mastering compromises, rejected mixes, and unreleased tracks existing on only a handful of discs worldwide.

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    22 mins
  • Test Pressing Secrets - Chasing the Curve: The Pre-RIAA Era of Sonic Guesswork

    Test Pressing Secrets - Chasing the Curve: The Pre-RIAA Era of Sonic Guesswork
    May 2 2026
    Host Lenny Vaughn explores the chaotic pre-1950s recording era when every major label used different equalization curves, making records sound wildly different. Before the RIAA standard unified the industry, engineers navigated incompatible systems from RCA, Decca, and Columbia—turning test pressings into high-stakes sonic guesswork that shaped music history.

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    25 mins
  • Test Pressing Secrets - The Wild West of Speed: When No Two Records Spun Alike

    Test Pressing Secrets - The Wild West of Speed: When No Two Records Spun Alike
    May 2 2026
    Host Lenny Vaughn explores the chaotic early days of vinyl records when no standard playback speed existed. From Emile Berliner's 1894 zinc discs to the eventual 78 rpm standard, discover how wildly inconsistent speeds shaped recorded music's messy, revolutionary beginnings and why those imperfections reveal truths about how technology alters sound today.

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    19 mins