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To Be Perfectly Frank

FRANK SINATRA To Be Perfectly Frank (Rare early 60s US 13-track 12" double sided metal based methyl cellulose lacquer acetate featuring songs recorded for rare broadcasts from his 1953-55 radio program 'To Be Perfectly Frank', featuring Frank with an unusual small Jazz combo backing. Needless to say, being extremely fragile & also over fifty years of age, this acetate is not mint, but is still perfectly playable with just a few visible light surface scuffs & looks to have had very little play. The labels are simple handwritten white. A very hard to find item indeed, certainly one of only a few made & possibly unique)

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Condition Unless stated otherwise in the description above, all items are in at least excellent condition - so please read our descriptions carefully. We try to sell items as close to Mint condition as possible, and many will indeed be close to brand new and/or unplayed. Others may be 'used' - and all will meet our strict grading and are 100% guaranteed.
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Format acetate
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Complete Stock List Go to Frank Sinatra
Product Catalogue No ACETATE
Music Genre Male Solo, Jazz, Swing
Country Comes from USA Comes from 'USA'
 
Tracklisting & More Information

Tenderly
Between The Devil & The Deep Blue Sea
Love Me Or Leave Me
Sometimes I'm Happy
I'll String Along With You
What Can I Say After I Say I'm Sorry
One Hundred Years From Today
There's A Flaw In My Five
Don't Blame Me
Blue Moon
If I Could Be With You One Hour Tonight
Just You Just Me
S'Wonderful

An acetate is a transitional stage between the master tape and the finished vinyl record.

Originally acetates were used for home recording in the days before tape recorders, but since the advent of cassette tape & CDR are now no longer used for providing bands & their entourage copies of today's studio efforts. A machine actually cuts the grooves into the acetate like a lathe.

The acetate is used to assess whether the music has been successfully transferred to disc. It is checked by the sound engineer. There may be only one copy made of a particular recording, sometimes more are cut and sent to the studio and band members for approval.

The acetate comes before making the master, and allows the sound to be checked without great expense.

It is unusual for more than a dozen to be manufactured, so from the collector's point of view an acetate is a rare find indeed! If the recording is rejected the acetate may be the only record that survives. The rejected cut may simply be poor quality, however the artist may have opted to use a different take of the song, if so, the acetate becomes much more precious.

In this case, the acetate was used to preserve recordings of live radio broadcast archives.


ACETATE  
Recording Artist Frank Sinatra
Product Title To Be Perfectly Frank
Product Information Frank Sinatra To Be Perfectly Frank USA acetate.
Language All tracks are sung in English, unless otherwise stated in our description.
Additional info Deleted - A deleted or out-of-print item is one that is no longer manufactured. However, we stock thousands of out-of-print formats and we specialise in tracking down out-of-print, deleted and hard-to-find releases.
Artists Related To Billy May, Frank D'Rone, Frank Sinatra Jr, Nelson Riddle, The Reprise Musical Repertory Theatre, Tony Mottola
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