DAVID BOWIE - ZIGGY STARDUST MASTERING/REFERENCE ACETATE LP - SOUTH AFRICA - EX
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Nov 11, 2019 Sold Date
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DAVID BOWIE - ZIGGY STARDUST LP


12" REFERENCE/MASTERING METALLIC ACETATE FROM SOUTH AFRICA - EX


RCA / THE TEAL RECORD COMPANY FOR THE 1978 RELEASE OF THE LP

 

 

!!! ONLY A HANDFUL WERE CUT - CERTIFIED ORIGINAL !!!

 

THIS WAS THE PERSONNAL COPY OF THE HEAD OF TEAL/RCA AT THE TIME


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Very high signal/noise ratio as for acetates. The background noise and clicks can certainly be reduced/removed with a good cleaning.


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A unique holy grail of this legendary album!


Ziggy Stardust was recorded at Trident Studios in London and this acetate was cut directly from a master tape recording.


Acetates are not like pressed vinyl records. They are made of an aluminium plate coated with a cellulose-based lacquer and processed directly from the master tape using a cutting lathe. They are expensive and fragile, and cutting requires time and expertise.


Three types of acetates exist:


- Studio/Playback acetates, usually cut during the recording sessions to evaluate the song or for the manager to look for a record label or transfer as demo samples to exisitng record company for evaluation/feedback. These often contain alternate versions and usually only a handfull are cut;


- Mastering/Reference acetates as this one, usually cut at the record company for internal evaluation purposes. These sometimes contain alternate mixes; and


- Production acetates, these are cut to produce the stampers/matrices, thus contain finished songs as released and most are destroed during the process.

 

This 41 years old lacquer comes from a major collection.

 

Feel free to ask any question.

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