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West End Girls - Double Sided Acetate

PET SHOP BOYS West End Girls (Rare original UK Utopia Blue Room studios high-grade methyl cellulose metal based lacquer reference 12" double sided test pressing acetate from circa 1985, plays the 6 minutes 25 seconds long version on both sides. Includes a 'Utopia' studio label on side A with hand written artist & title name, the otherside has no label - comes housed in a generic white sleeve. The playing surface shows only a few light surface marks and a handful of faint scuffs - remarkable condition as the method of manufacture make very susceptible to wear!)
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Product Availability Currently Unavailable - You can request the next copy of this item
Release Year 1985 - 39 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 N/A
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Product Catalogue No 12" ACETATE
Music Genre 90's Pop, 80's Pop, POP
Country Comes from UK Comes from 'UK'
 
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.


ACETATE  
Recording Artist Pet Shop Boys
Product Title West End Girls - Double Sided Acetate
Product Information Pet Shop Boys West End Girls - Double Sided Acetate 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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