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Comes from 'UK' acetate

Don't Ask Me

LES REED Don't Ask Me (Rare 1968 UK single sided metal based high grade methyl cellulose lacquer acetate for the song taken from the soundtrack of 'Girl On A Motorcycle'. The playing surface is in surprisingly good condition with the inevitable light scuff visible, but it plays through without fault and sounds remarkably clear and well defined, although a degree of background noise can obviously be heard, much as you'd expect. A really surprising find that we are proud to be able to offer you, as finding rare recordings like this is what we do best)

Price Info
$60.30, £45.00  
Product Availability Last copy in stock. Order now for shipping on Tuesday 24th June
Release Year 1968 - 57 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 EMIDisc
Complete Stock List Go to Les Reed
Product Catalogue No ACETATE
Music Genre POP, Classical, 60s 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 Les Reed
Product Title Don't Ask Me
Product Information Les Reed Don't Ask Me 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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