LARRY NORMAN - RARE - SWEET SONG OF SALVATION - ACETATE
$
400
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Description
This is an acetate of Sweet Song of Salvation. Larry would have cut this acetate from a mix of the song to analyze later and decide if the mix was good enough to go on his forthcoming Upon This Rock album. Don't know what acetates are?
From Wikipedia: 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 Some acetates are highly prized for their rarity, especially when they contain unpublished material. - An acetate from The Velvet Underground containing music that would later appear on their first album sold on eBay in 2006 for $25,200.
That Velvet Underground price seems a little steep, so we're going to start this bid at $400.
Because Lou Reed isn't on it.
