James Taylor ?– JT (1997) Pre-Production Test Pressing Acetate Record
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Description
Acetate record of James Taylor from the personal collection of Western Recorders' engineer Chuck Britz. Songs are all off the JT album, but this is not the complete album, nor is it the final arrangement.
Tracks
Bartender's Blues
Secret O' Life
I Was Only Telling a Lie
Handy Man
Looking for Love on Broadway
Terra Nova
Traffic Jam
If I Keep My Heart Out of Sight
About the Collection
These recordings come from the estate of legendary recording engineer Chuck Britz. Britz worked with The Beach Boys, Jan and Dean, Dean Martin, and many others at Western Recorders, an independent music studio in LA that was popular with rock n' roll's early stars. Britz is best known for his influence in establishing The Beach Boys signature sound and recorded most of their hit records in the 1960s.
During the recording process, songs would be recorded onto vinyl to evaluate mixes or just to check how it would sound on a record. These are known in the industry as acetate or lacquer records. The recordings in this collection sometimes include multiple artists on a single record, a single track, unrecorded sides, partial tracks, and tracks without the lyrics. Many of the songs on these records were never released. Songs often clearly differ from their final versions when you listen side by side. Labels on the records range from typewritten words on a sticker to grease pen on the record's middle to notes scribbled on the paper liners. The labels are sometimes cryptic and often there are no labels at all. Acetates are extremely rare and it's likely that each of these recordings are one of a kind.
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