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Showroom Dummies - 1-sided Test Pressing

KRAFTWERK Showroom Dummies (Very rare 1981 UK one-sided white label vinyl 12" Test Pressing. This has plain white labels and has '12 EMI 5272 A-1' stamped matrix number, housed in a hand annotated clear plastic sleeve. These were pressed in small quantities purely to test the sonics, and remains in an amazing condition with minimal signs of play - An impossible to find Kraftwerk white label 1-sided 12" test pressing!)

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Product Availability Currently Unavailable - You can request the next copy of this item
Release Year 1981 - 43 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 EMI
Complete Stock List Go to Kraftwerk
Product Catalogue No 12EMI5272
Music Genre 80s/90s German artists, Electronica
Country Comes from UK Comes from 'UK'
 
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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.


12" RECORD/MAXI SINGLE  
Recording Artist Kraftwerk
Product Title Showroom Dummies - 1-sided Test Pressing
Product Information Kraftwerk Showroom Dummies - 1-sided Test Pressing 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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