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Act Of War

ELTON JOHN & MILLIE JACKSON Act Of War (Very rare 1985 UK Townhouse Studios single sided 7" metal based high grade methyl cellulose lacquer acetate with printed Phonogram 'A' label with handwritten artist, title and catalogue number details, housed in a fold-out proof picture sleeve with 'promotional copy' sticker on the front and stamped 'Alan Finch Promotions' on the label and white inner sleeve. This copy remains in superb near 'as new' condition with very few signs of its nearly thirty years in the wild EJS8)
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Price Info
$243.75, £195.00  
Product Availability Last copy in stock. Order now for shipping on Monday 22nd April
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 Rocket
Complete Stock List Go to Elton John or visit our Elton John collectors store
Product Catalogue No EJS8
Music Genre POP, 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 pristine condition.



ACETATE  
Recording Artist Elton John
Product Title Act Of War
Product Information Elton John Act Of War UK acetate Promo.
Language All tracks are sung in English, unless otherwise stated in our description.
Additional info Promo - A promotional copy of this item that was issued before it was available for general sale.
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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