I recently aquired a collection of 45s. Pretty beat up, but some great 50s and 60s rock and roll and soul.
One disc in the collection however, has left me perplexed.
It is a metal disc with a coating of black something that the grooves are cut?/stamped? in. Whatever it is, it is starting to crack and peel in places. I am thinking that this is possibly a laquer original disc that the stampers were made from?
Only thing is. There are no numbers in the lead out. You would think that if this was a master, those tend to already have some numbers in the dead wax.
Unless maybe this is a small potatoes master for a demo 45?
Or is it a bootleg? Would anyone do some sort of lathe cut bootleg of the 45 in that day? Both A and B? The A-side has a generic label that has the name of the A-side song and the band. Along with a couple defacings. There is a company name on the label But I can't make it out. It also seems that it is a sticker label on top of a plain blank white label. The back label doesn't have the name of the b-side song. It is just the plain white label that someone has written something to the effect of "no radio play"
I'll try to get pictures of it sometime.
After some research, I found that it was a commercially released 45. This is all i have been able to find on the 45/bad thus far
http://www.indiana45s.com/indiana45s_detail.php?recordID=691&group=Tempests
I listened to the disc. Good stuff. Garage rock version of Zippety doo dah. B-side, not as interesting, just typical garage/light psych. But most of the cracking and chipping has happened to side B so it isn't very listenable. If this is a laquor master, i shouldnt be trying to listen to it anyway.
The sound is good. Sounds professional, Sounds stereo. I wouldnt think that bootlegs of the day would sound this good, especially it it is a lathe cut recording booth doo dad.
So what do I have?
One disc in the collection however, has left me perplexed.
It is a metal disc with a coating of black something that the grooves are cut?/stamped? in. Whatever it is, it is starting to crack and peel in places. I am thinking that this is possibly a laquer original disc that the stampers were made from?
Only thing is. There are no numbers in the lead out. You would think that if this was a master, those tend to already have some numbers in the dead wax.
Unless maybe this is a small potatoes master for a demo 45?
Or is it a bootleg? Would anyone do some sort of lathe cut bootleg of the 45 in that day? Both A and B? The A-side has a generic label that has the name of the A-side song and the band. Along with a couple defacings. There is a company name on the label But I can't make it out. It also seems that it is a sticker label on top of a plain blank white label. The back label doesn't have the name of the b-side song. It is just the plain white label that someone has written something to the effect of "no radio play"
I'll try to get pictures of it sometime.
After some research, I found that it was a commercially released 45. This is all i have been able to find on the 45/bad thus far
http://www.indiana45s.com/indiana45s_detail.php?recordID=691&group=Tempests
I listened to the disc. Good stuff. Garage rock version of Zippety doo dah. B-side, not as interesting, just typical garage/light psych. But most of the cracking and chipping has happened to side B so it isn't very listenable. If this is a laquor master, i shouldnt be trying to listen to it anyway.
The sound is good. Sounds professional, Sounds stereo. I wouldnt think that bootlegs of the day would sound this good, especially it it is a lathe cut recording booth doo dad.
So what do I have?
