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Castle Face, Famous Class & In the Red auctioning off test pressings for charity (Thee Oh Sees, Ty Segall & lots more)

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Indie labels Castle Face, Famous Class and In the Red (which have all released records by Thee Oh Sees and Ty Segall) are teaming up to auction off rare vinyl test pressings to raise money for charity. They include releases by Ty and Thee Oh Sees, as well as Parquet Courts, White Fence, Fuzz, Jay Reatard, Black Lips, Wand, and lots more. To make them even more desirable, most of these test presses are signed or feature original art from the bands. John Dwyer hand painted all of his Castle Face releases himself. Pretty cool.

Proceeds from the Castle Face auction go to Pathway Recuperative Care; proceeds from the Famous Class auction and In the Red auction go to the Save the Music Foundation. The auctions run through March 22 and you can check out all the items up for bid below.

Castle Face Auction Items
Thee Oh Sees test pressings, each individually hand-painted by John Dwyer:
• CF-013 Dog Poison LP (2)
• CF-018 Floating Coffin LP (2 approved, 3 rejected)
• CF-022 Moon Sick EP (3)
• CF-033 Drop LP (3)
as well as
• CF-034 Damaged Bug LP (2 approved, 1 rejected)
Ty Segall’s individually hand-drawn test pressings, including:
• CF-031 – FUZZ – Live In San Francisco LP (3)
• CF-045 – Ty Segall Band – Live In San Francisco LP (3)
White Fence test pressings, hand-inked by Tim Presley, including:
• CF-019 – Cyclops Reap LP (2)
• CF-028 – White Fence Live In San Francisco LP (1)

Famous Class Auction items
• LAMC No. 10 FUZZ / CCR Headcleaner 7″ Test press signed by FUZZ (2)
• LAMC No. 10 FUZZ / CCR Headcleaner 7″ LTD splatter vinyl signed by FUZZ
• LAMC No. 11 Mikal Cronin / Wand 7″ Test press with original art by both bands (2)
• LAMC No. 11 Mikal Cronin / Wand 7″ LTD color vinyl with original art by both bands
• LAMC No. 12 White Fence / Jack Name 7″ Test press with original art by Tim Presley (2)
• LAMC No. 12 White Fence / Jack Name 7″ LTD color vinyl with original art by Tim Presley
• LAMC No. 13 Parquet Courts / Future Punx 7″ Test press
• LAMC No. 13 Parquet Courts / Future Punx 7″ LTD color vinyl
• LAMC No. 14 Speedy Ortiz / Chris Weisman 7″ Test press with original art by both bands
• LAMC No. 14 Speedy Ortiz / Chris Weisman 7″ LTD color vinyl with original art by both bands
• Ty Segall: Mr. Face 2×7″ EP Test press signed by Ty
• Ty Segall: Mr. Face 2×7″ EP 1st pressing signed by Ty
• Brian Chippendale and Greg Saunier LP test press with original art by Brain and Greg
• Multilayer print of LAMC Series press sheets from Stumptown Printers (set of 4)
• Famous Class classic cat T-shirt Purple on Green size Small (one of a kind)

In The Red Auction items
• Wand – Golem LP Test Press signed by the band
• The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion – Jukebox Explosion LP Test Press
• Jay Reatard – Night Of Broken Glass 12″ EP Test Press
• Black Lips – Good Bad Not Evil LP Test Press
• Oblivians – Barristers ’95 (live LP) Test Press
• The Fresh & Onlys – Play It Strange LP Test Press
• The Spits – Spits IV LP Test Press
• The King Khan & BBQ Show – Bad News Boys LP Test Press