Tangerine Dream
Rare Acetates
Atlantic May LP Sampler
Two very rare promos
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Acetates

some infos I got:
Acetate copys were made as a first trial print when producing vinyl albums / singles etc . It's basicly the thing all the other copys are taken from a little like a Master Disc.
Info by Carl Kearney
Acetates are part of the normal quality control system when mass producing vinyl records. The material is softer than the production vinyl and allows to take a puick test production sample from a pressing matrix, without starting up the whole vinyl pressing machines. This acetate is then listened to on a turntable to find  any scratches or other faults on the pressing matrix.
When everything is ok, the matrix is released for volume vinyl production and the acetate ends up on the scrap heap - or with dealers who buy that stuff off the pressing plants for little to no money at all. Collectors seam to love to buy acetates.
Because of it's softness, the acetate is only good for a few plays(important hint) on a turntable before it shows audible wear and tear.
Info by Klaus Beschorner
A-side B-side (blanc)
Miramar Acetates
1993

Backstreet Hero [8:49]

 more details unknown 
(see picture)
Hamlet Sundance Kid
Hamlet [8:30]

Sundance Kid [8:04]


Atlantic May LP Sampler

 
front cover lable
Atlantic May LP Sampler
LP Promo Sampler
1974

Tangerine Dream: Phaedra [3:00]

+ tracks by Lobo, Bee Gees, Mott The Hoople, 
Bill Wyman, Hanson (1974) and many more....

Atlanic PR 208
ST-PR-208-A|B PR)
May Sampler