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Crime Of Passion

MIKE OLDFIELD Crime Of Passion (Rare 1983 UK CBS Mastering Studios 7" double sided ultra high-grade methyl cellulose metal based lacquer reference test pressing acetate for the single, also including Jungle Gardenia. Both CBS Mastering Studiolabels have hand annotated details including artist name, title, side letter and dated '8/11/83', housed in the original 'Pyral' sleeve. The disc remains in an amazing condition with only a few light paper scuffs and little signs of play)

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Product Availability Currently Unavailable - You can request the next copy of this item
Release Year 1983 - 41 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 acetate
Record Label Virgin
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Product Catalogue No VS648
Music Genre Male Solo
Country Comes from UK Comes from 'UK'
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Tracklisting & More Information

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.
An incredible find - possibly unique - and certainly one of only a handful.

This copy is also in amazing condition.

ACETATE  
Recording Artist Mike Oldfield
Product Title Crime Of Passion
Product Information Mike Oldfield Crime Of Passion UK 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.
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