Re: Fans' Collectibles (Your Memorabilia) - Lots of Photos!
Posted: Sun Apr 17, 2016 12:43 pm
"Where's the Playground Suzie" on acetate recorded on April 2, 1969, from the collection of a fan in Denmark, our forum friend "Erik the Dane".
Thank you for sharing these photos of this historic record from your Glen Campbell / Jimmy Webb collection, Erik!
Note: Although an acetate looks like a vinyl record, it is actually a metal or aluminum plate covered in a layer of acetone. In a studio environment, acetates were used prior to finalizing a vinyl record for testing the quality of a tape-to-disc transfer by the sound engineer, for comparing different takes or mixes, or for providing early preview copies of new singles to radio station DJs. Acetates were also used for demo purposes for pitching songs.
Intended primarily for test purposes, acetates were almost never sold to the general public and are the rarest format of all. If the acetate was rejected because of poor quality or because the artist decided to use a different take of the song, then the acetate may be rare indeed particularly if it is the only one that survives post-production or if the artist rejected the cut altogether.
If you are lucky enough to find an acetate, it may sound great or it may be of poor quality if it has been played more than, say, 10 times in its lifetime. Audiophiles suggest playing it once in order to transfer it to another medium that is durable.
Acetates are still in use. Check out this independent film documentary, "The 78 Project", that screened at the 2014 Nashville Film Festival. http://the78project.com/the-78-project-movie/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
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Thank you for sharing these photos of this historic record from your Glen Campbell / Jimmy Webb collection, Erik!
Note: Although an acetate looks like a vinyl record, it is actually a metal or aluminum plate covered in a layer of acetone. In a studio environment, acetates were used prior to finalizing a vinyl record for testing the quality of a tape-to-disc transfer by the sound engineer, for comparing different takes or mixes, or for providing early preview copies of new singles to radio station DJs. Acetates were also used for demo purposes for pitching songs.
Intended primarily for test purposes, acetates were almost never sold to the general public and are the rarest format of all. If the acetate was rejected because of poor quality or because the artist decided to use a different take of the song, then the acetate may be rare indeed particularly if it is the only one that survives post-production or if the artist rejected the cut altogether.
If you are lucky enough to find an acetate, it may sound great or it may be of poor quality if it has been played more than, say, 10 times in its lifetime. Audiophiles suggest playing it once in order to transfer it to another medium that is durable.
Acetates are still in use. Check out this independent film documentary, "The 78 Project", that screened at the 2014 Nashville Film Festival. http://the78project.com/the-78-project-movie/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
[Click on each image once to enlarge viewing window.]