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The Frank Sinatra Show

FRANK SINATRA The Frank Sinatra Show (Rare 1958 US official 8-track 10" double sided metal based methyl cellulose lacquer acetate featuring songs recorded for his live TV Show on 9th May 1958, also featuring special guest Ella Fitzgerald. Needless to say, being extremely fragile & also over fifty years of age, this acetate is not mint, but is still perfectly playable despite a large number of visible surface scuffs. Being taken from the soundtrack of the TV show, presumably for radiouse, the sound quality is similar to that heard on black & white newsreels & has a certain vintage charm. The disc is labelled on one side with a type written label giving the show details but the 33RPM speed that it is designed to play at has been omitted, which may have caused some confusion if DJs attempted to play it at 78RPM. It is what it is. Certainly rare & probably only one of a handful ever made)

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Product Availability Currently Unavailable - You can request the next copy of this item
Release Year 1958 - 66 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
Complete Stock List Go to Frank Sinatra
Product Catalogue No ACETATE
Music Genre Male Solo, Jazz, Swing
Country Comes from USA Comes from 'USA'
 
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.

In this case, the acetate was used to preserve a recording of a live television broadcast.

Tracklisting Unknown, except :

01: Jeepers Creepers

The songs that Ella Fitzgerald performed on the show, either solo or in duet with Frank, were as follows :

a. April In Paris (Vernon Duke, Edgar Yipsel Harburg)
b. Angel Eyes (Earl Brent, Matt Dennis)
c. When You're Smiling (Larry Shay, Joe Goodwin, Mark Fisher)
d. Moonlight In Vermont * (Karl Suessdorf, John Backburn)
e. I May Be Wrong * (Harry Ruskin, Henry Sullivan)

* Duet with Frank

All the performances featuring Ella Fitzgerald remain unissued to this day.

ACETATE  
Recording Artist Frank Sinatra
Product Title The Frank Sinatra Show
Product Information Frank Sinatra The Frank Sinatra Show USA 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.
Artists Related To Billy May, Frank D'Rone, Frank Sinatra Jr, Nelson Riddle, The Reprise Musical Repertory Theatre, Tony Mottola
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