The Police - The Bed's Too Big Without You Ger 10" A&M Mother Stamper
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I have made the difficult choice in downsizing my personal Police collection and I will be listing some of the rarest worldwide Police collectibles. You are bidding on the following unique Police record....
THE POLICE THE BED'S TOO BIG WITHOUT YOU GER 10" AMS 7668-B-1 A&M Records 1-Sided Mother Stamper
Background Info: The manufacturing process starts with the Lacquer disc being created in the cutting room. This is too delicate to even play without damage and needs toughening up. So the Lacquer disc is coated with silver, which makes it conductive for the next process, which is electroplating it with nickel. The nickel is then separated from the Lacquer giving the disc ridges where the grooves would normally be. This is known as a Negative copy.
Even though it is made of metal, it is too delicate to use to make pressings. This disc is known as the Master and there is only one produced. The next stage is the Mother. This is made from the Master by a similar process of electroplating. It is feasible to create up to around four Mothers but for the highest quality recordings this is restricted to two. The Mother has grooves once again and is playable.
From the Mother, Stampers are produced - up to six from each Mother. Once again these are Negatives and are given a smooth chromium surface. The Stampers, two per record (Side A and Side are placed in presses and heated with steam before clamping down onto a cake of vinyl raw material. The result is a Pressing which after trimming and packaging is the record that is sold in the shops.
Mother Stampers are normally destroyed after it's initial run and very rarely ever make it out to the public as these are often destroyed. This particular Mother Stamper was produced for the B Side of the German issue 7" single 'So Lonely' released in 1979. This is the only surviving stamper for this single, to come out of the A&M pressing plant and is one of the Police's premiere worldwide collectibles.
Record is near MINT. Comes in a poly sleeve.
I am sad to part with this, so I hope this one off record goes to a good home. Will ship worldwide with tracking and insurance ONLY due to this being a one off pressing. Any questions, please ask.
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On 19-Sep-13 at 16:37:53 BST, seller added the following information:**Please note**, that if this does not reach it's reserve, I will not be listing this again, as it's costing me too much in ebay fees. I will sell this privately instead to a couple of people who have shown serious interest. So this is your last chance to bid. Good luck. CB
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