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11th Aug 2021, 3:45 PM
	Break-In Master Member since Dec 2013 252 Points	albert wrote: I bought a first pressing of PJ Harvey's Dry, with the bonus demos LP, and when I got home found that it held 2 copies of the proper LP but no demos LP. However, the sleeve had no track listing for the demos LP and although the labels were identical I just assumed that was the way it was. Even when I played both LPs my initial thought was 'waste of money, there isn't any noticeable difference'. Some months later I was back in the record shop and commented that there wasn't any difference. They did actually have a spare copy in the back so they bust open the seal and to everybody's surprise there was 2 pressings of the demos LP inside. Needless to say I got to do a swap after returning my copy, but it was pretty amazing that the one they pulled out from the storeroom happened to be the one that they needed to see. Note that vinyl LPs sold in tiny quantities back in those days and I was probably one of the few awkward customers that asked for them. Having worked in two print shops over 13 years, I'd guess they had temps in, one day, and the temps got the wrong records in pile two, that they were working from. Temps are basically there to make money; work is just something they have to do once they sign up for it. They, generally, don't care how well they do the job, as long as they do SOMETHING and get paid for it. We usually catch all the mistakes before they go to the next area in the process but, there's been a few times where we actually had to undo hundreds of items that the temps screwed up and have them re-done the right way!! Some plants where quality isn't key, don't give a shit! They also probably take the stance of, "Well, the buyer will just assume it's collector's item and eventually buy another copy to make up for the mistake so, who cares?"