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Machine Gun Etiquette - metal master stampers

THE DAMNED Machine Gun Etiquette (Original pair of UK 1-sided metal master stamper plates for the A & B sides of the 1982 Ace/Big Beat label release of the legendary 3rd Damned album - It has the matrix number 'DAM2' along with the original catalogue number 'CWK3011' invertly printed in the run-out grooves as this is the 'negative' stamper from which the finished albums were produced - Not playable as such but a supreme piece of punk rock art! - see 'more info' for further details)

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Product Availability Currently Unavailable - You can request the next copy of this item
Release Year 1982 - 42 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 memorabilia
Record Label N/A
Complete Stock List Go to The Damned
Product Catalogue No CWK3011/DAM2
Music Genre Punk
Country Comes from UK Comes from 'UK'
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Tracklisting & More Information

1. Love Song
2. Machine Gun Etiquette
3. I Just Can't Be Happy Today
4. Melody Lee
5. Antipope
6. These Hands
7. Plan 9 Channel 7
8. Noise Noise Noise
9. Looking At You
10. Liar
11. Smash It Up (Part One)
12. Smash It Up

The manufacturing process starts with the lacquer disc created in the cutting room. This is too delicate even to play without damage and needs toughening up.

So the lacquer disc is coated with silver, which makes it conductive for the next process, which is electroplating with nickel. The nickel is then separated from the lacquer, giving a disc with ridges where the grooves would normally be - a 'negative' copy. Even though it is made of metal, it is too delicate to use to make pressings. This disc is known as the 'master' and there is only one.

The next stage is the 'mother'. This is made from the master by a similar process of electroplating. It is feasible to create up to around four mothers, but for the highest quality recordings this is restricted to two. The mother has grooves once again and is playable.

From the mother, 'stampers' are produced - up to six from each mother. Once again these are negatives, and are given a smooth chromium surface.

The stampers, two per record, are placed in presses and heated with steam before clamping down onto a cake of vinyl raw material. The result is a 'pressing' which after trimming and packaging is the record that is sold in the shops or played on the DJ's turntable.




MEMORABILIA  
Recording Artist The Damned
Product Title Machine Gun Etiquette - metal master stampers
Product Information The Damned Machine Gun Etiquette - metal master stampers UK memorabilia 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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