25 Mar
2002
25 Mar
'02
12:01 p.m.
My gut feeling tells me that this acetate is, like all acetates, a test pressing made on stupidly thin vinyl.
An acetate is not vinyl, it's a metal disc. It's much simpler to engrave an acetate than producing a master plate from which you can press vinyl, and it's much cheaper.. That's why they made 'em - just a quick check before they start the real mastering process, from which you get the real test pressings and later on the final product.
Worth - at the very least - recording if you have the chance, that is, if you don't mind.
Some day I will.. I won't play it until I've had the chance to get a decent vinyl player, though. My current one has died horribly from a slight accident, and it looks beyond repair... :( Cheers, Peo