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Talk Talk

Comes from 'UK' 12" vinyl

Life's What You Make It

TALK TALK Life's What You Make It (ULTRA RARE 1986 UK Abbey Road one-sided gold lacquer test pressing 12" disc, featuring 6:36 version. Manufactured as a verification disc to determine that the mix and pressing were correct before vinyl test pressings or the actual release were manufactured. Custom studio handwritten label. This is a unique 1-off item, making it one of the ultimate Talk Talk collectables)

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Product Availability Currently Unavailable - You can request the next copy of this item
Release Year 1986 - 38 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 12" vinyl single (12 inch record / Maxi-single)
Record Label Abbey Road
Complete Stock List Go to Talk Talk
Product Catalogue No GOLD LACQUER TEST PRESSING
Music Genre Rock
Country Comes from UK Comes from 'UK'
 
Tracklisting & More Information

1. Life's What You Make It 6:36

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.


12" RECORD/MAXI SINGLE  
Recording Artist Talk Talk
Product Title Life's What You Make It
Product Information Talk Talk Life's What You Make It UK 12" vinyl single (12 inch record / Maxi-single) 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.
Artists Related To Mark Hollis, The Reaction
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