Shopping For A Test

It‘s a very rare occassion for me to add anything to my Good Clean Fun collection because as far as I‘m aware, I‘m only missing misprints and test presses. I‘m not sure what people think about Good Clean Fun in 2026, but those misprints and test presses don‘t show up as much as I‘d like. When a record store in the US put up two promotional copies for the Shopping For A Crew 7“ for sale on Discogs, I had a casual glance and put them in my shopping basket, even though I had no real intentions of buying either one, because I already own a bunch of tests and a promo copy. It was more a ‘just in case‘ scenario. 

But a few weeks ago  I was bored one weekend when I was staying up late and I decided to read the descriptions of those records more in detail because they were priced lightly differently. Usually that has something to do with the condition, but you never know. The seller had written that one of the promotional copies comes without the lyrics written on the inside of the cover. So I went to check out my copy and lo and behold, it did have the lyrics printed on the inside. All of a sudden, there was a new version I‘d had no idea existed and I knew I had to get it. 

Side by side of the two copies. My old copy on the right, the new one on the left. The paper pretty much looks the same in real life. The old promotional copy says /30, but I‘m not sure if that refers only to the version with the printed lyrics or all promotional copies combined. 

Here‘s a fun snapshot of all the tests and promotional copies of this 7“ I‘ve acquired over the years, because why not?