Bob Marley and the Wailers "Rastaman Vibration" Acetate (Test Press Pressing) LP
$
618
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For sale is an ultra rare Bob Marley and the Wailers acetate from April 8, 1976 for the Rastaman Vibration album. The label on the front of the record says its from Sterling Sound in New York and is a "Master Reference" for the Island Records release. At some point in time, someone put stickers on it that says "Test Pressing of Rastaman Vibration". This is actually incorrect. This is not a test pressing, but the more rare acetate pressing. This is an amazing record for the biggest of Bob Marley fans. I haven never seen a record like this and don't expect to see one again.
For an explanation of an acetate, this is from Wikipedia:
"An acetate disc, also known as a test acetate, dubplate (a term from Jamaican reggae culture, now also applied to individually recorded discs of solid plastic), lacquer (a technically correct term preferred by engineers in the recording industry), transcription disc (a special recording intended for, or made from, a radio broadcast) or instantaneous disc (because it can be played immediately after recording without any further processing), is a type of gramophone record, a mechanical sound storage medium, widely used from the 1930s to the late 1950s for recording and broadcast purposes and still in limited use today.
Unlike ordinary vinyl records, which are quickly formed from lumps of plastic by a mass-production molding process, a so-called acetate disc is created by using a recording lathe to cut a sound-modulated groove into the surface of a special lacquer-coated blank disc, a real-time operation requiring expensive, delicate equipment and expert skill for good results. They are made for special purposes, almost never for sale to the general public. They can be played on any normal phonograph but will be degraded by wear much more quickly than vinyl. Some acetates are highly prized for their rarity, especially when they contain unpublished material."
Cover: VG++ (A little ring wear, some slight discoloration on the generic white sleeve. No seam splits. What you would expect from a record from 1976 being in overall great shape.)Vinyl: VG/VG+ (Has many surface scratches. Plays through well. First track on each side has some noticeable surface noise which doesn't take over the song but i want to mention that. After the first track, that surface noise diminishes signficantly)
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