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Heart - Metal Master Plate

PET SHOP BOYS Heart (Extremely rare original 1988 UK one sided copper plated metal master plate motherboard for the 'Dance Mix', used as the 12" single B-Side. The disc has iconic Abbey Road studio labels with hand annotated speed as 45rpm, artist name, track title with the length of '6.08' and catalogue number '12-R-6177-B' all written in red pen, within a die-cut Abbey Road card sleeve. As with most metal master plates the disc displays a fair amount of patina but remains uncleanedas we didn't want to damage the fragile playing surface)
See 'More Info' for further details on the process of manufacturing vinyl ...

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Product Availability Currently Unavailable - You can request the next copy of this item
Release Year 1988 - 36 years ago
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 12" vinyl single (12 inch record / Maxi-single)
Record Label Parlophone
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Product Catalogue No METAL MASTER PLATE
Music Genre POP, 90's Pop, 80's Pop
Country Comes from UK Comes from 'UK'
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Tracklisting & More Information

The manufacturing process starts with the lacquer disc created in the cutting room. This is too delicate even to play without damage and needs toughening up.

So the lacquer disc is coated with silver, which makes it conductive for the next process, which is electroplating with nickel. The nickel is then separated from the lacquer, giving a disc with ridges where the grooves would normally be - a 'negative' copy. Even though it is made of metal, it is too delicate to use to make pressings. This disc is known as the 'master' and there is only one.

The next stage is the 'mother'. This is made from the master by a similar process of electroplating. It is feasible to create up to around four mothers, but for the highest quality recordings this is restricted to two. The mother has grooves once again and is playable.

From the mother, 'stampers' are produced - up to six from each mother. Once again these are negatives, and are given a smooth chromium surface.

The stampers, two per record, are placed in presses and heated with steam before clamping down onto a cake of vinyl raw material. The result is a 'pressing' which after trimming and packaging is the record that is sold in the shops or played on the DJ's turntable.

12" RECORD/MAXI SINGLE  
Recording Artist Pet Shop Boys
Product Title Heart - Metal Master Plate
Product Information Pet Shop Boys Heart - Metal Master Plate UK 12" vinyl single (12 inch record / Maxi-single).
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.
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