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My record collection
[339] Dean Wareham - Dean Wareham (test/promo LP)

This is a test pressing of Dean’s eponymous album released in 2014 and was sent to me by Nat at Sonic Cathedral, slipped in with the copy of the Lorelle Meets The Obsolete LP “Chambers” that I had ordered.

Dean Wareham - Dean Wareham (test pressing)
Dean Wareham - Dean Wareham (test pressing)

The LP came in a plain white inner sleeve stamped with the manufacturer details and with the catalogue number written on it in biro. It had plain white labels with the words “Only for Promotion” stamped onto it… which suggests it’s a promo rather than a test pressing?

There are a lot of nice performance clips of Dean and his band from this time doing the promo rounds.

Dean Wareham - The Dancer Disappears (KCRW) (play on YouTube)
Dean Wareham - Happy and Free (KEXP) (play on YouTube)
Dean Wareham - Heartless People (WFUV) (play on YouTube)
Dean Wareham - Holding Pattern (Amoeba) (play on YouTube)

As much as I love Dean’s more recent albums this is the one that I go back to most.

Previously in my record collection: