Acetate records for amateur recording have blank labels, which are there for people to mark the title, the artist, the recordings, date, the speed, or whatever, whether the disc played from outside in or inside out. Outside in, is like most records, but inside out the needle works its way from the centre of the recording, and to cop it all: inside out playing records indeed, are extremely rare. But you will find that the quality of these recordings are as a rule, disgustingly dreadful, the equipment themselves had many sonic limitations, and a majority of people did not have the knowledge and know-how of how use them. The whole idea appears to be impractical, but in the music recording business you have to come to terms within yourselves and realise that experimentations is what brings about new technology. New Technology is something that will always be an evident pattern is the foundation of any successful industries and that is even evident today in the 21st Century where the changes in industries is rapid, it is the stuff that makes the world go round. however, from the collector's point of view acetate are rare and indeed hard to find! If the recording is rejected the acetate may be the only record that survives. The rejected cut may simply be poor quality, however; the artist may have opted to use a different take of the song as the case maybe to make possible the acetate record of becoming much more precious but beware, the wear on acetate is far higher than that of a vinyl pressing. World War II aluminium was in great demand for the war effort and disc makers tried to meet demand with steel base discs; they are heavy and the acetate coating did not stick to the steel well some were coated on cardboard and even zinc and fibre base has been used for acetate record. |
