KINKS Soap Opera ACETATE TEST PRESSING LP Original Shellac Master 1975 Sterling

The Kinks

Soap Opera

Acetate Test Pressing

• Vinyl GradeVG+
• Cover GradeVG++
• Format1 LP
• LabelRCA Records / Sterling Sound Inc.
• YearMarch 20, 1975
• AudioStereo

Amazing, possibly one-of-a-kind acetate pressing of the Kinks' 1975 concept record! This copy is dated 3/20/1975, and was pressed at Sterling Sound in New York City. Some corrections are handwritten on the label: the dialog at the beginning of "Ordinary People," evidently originally its own track, has here been merged and crossed out, with the song's timing and the subsquent track numbers hand-corrected; the second side, meanwhile, has the timing of "They Can't Stop the Music" written in to accomodate a confusing printing error. Own this piece of rock & roll history!

Side A
1. Starmakers
2. Ordinary Poeple [sic]
3. Rush Hour Blues
4. 9 to 5
5. When Work is Over
6. Have Another DrinkSide B
7. Underneath the Neon Sign
8. Holiday Romance
9. You Make It All Worthwhile
10. Ducks on the Wall
11. Face in the Crowd
12. They Can't Stop the Music

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