FRAMPTON COMES ALIVE (MFSL 2-262 / 4 LACQUERS)

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PETER FRAMPTON

FRAMPTON COMES ALIVE

MFSL 2-262

This is a ONE-OF-KIND ITEM!

Unfortunately, we do not know which songs are on these discs 

A lacquer can be played on any turntable that can play 14"

Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab Audiophile Records are not simply luxury, they are the best vinyl ever stamped and essential to maximizing your system....

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LACQUER

The vinyl manufacturing should take no longer than 10 working days. If a master needs to be EQ'd (levels set for maximum sound) this is done by the mastering engineer prior to cutting lacquers.

The process for vinyl manufacturing begins with the cutting of lacquers which appear to be thick records. Lacquers are made in the mastering studio by playing the mastered source which causes a needle resting on a acetate disc to vibrate. This needle cuts a groove in the acetate and those grooves correspond to the sound vibrations of the source. Two lacquers are needed for a single record, side A and side B. 

These lacquers are then electroplated using nickel or silver. When separated from the lacquers these metal "negatives" become the metal stampers which are installed on a press. A 2500 lb. press compresses softened vinyl between two labels to form a record. Initially, vinyl tests are made by the 4th or 5th day after receipt of the masters to verify the stampers are flawless. During this time label printing is completed. Once test approval is received, finished product will be ready to ship within 4 or 5 days, sometimes sooner. 

CONDITION:

Lacquer #1: M-

2 sides, 5 tracks & 3 tracks (Needs cleaning, Note says "Partial cuts")

Lacquer #2: M-

One side, 4 tracks (needs cleaning)

Lacquer #3: M-

One side, 4 tracks (needs cleaning)

Lacquer #4: VG

One side, 4 tracks (needs cleaning, Scratch Track 4

superficial scuffs)

PETER FRAMPTON: FRAMPTON COMES ALIVE

Frampton Comes Alive! is a double live album by Peter Frampton released in 1976, and one of the best-selling live albums in the United States. Following four solo albums with minimal commercial success, Frampton Comes Alive! was a breakthrough for the artist.

Released on January 6, 1976, it debuted on the charts at 191. The album reached number one on the Billboard 200 the week ending April 10, 1976 and was in the top spot for a total of 10 weeks. It was the best-selling album of 1976, selling over 6 million copies in the U.S. and became one of the best-selling live albums to date. Frampton Comes Alive! was voted "Album of the year" in the 1976 Rolling Stone readers poll. It stayed on the chart for 97 weeks and was still #14 on Billboard's 1977 year-end album chart. It remains the second best selling live album in the U.S. behind Garth Brooks' 1998 album Double Live.

The most recognizable songs from the album are "Show Me the Way", "Baby, I Love Your Way", and "Do You Feel Like We Do", all of which were released as singles, and continue to receive much airplay on classic rock radio stations.

The album was recorded in 1975, primarily at Winterland in San Francisco, California and the Long Island Arena in Commack, New York. The album was recorded by a mobile recording studio on a 1-inch 8-track master tape recorder. Modern studios at that time typically utilized 2-inch 16 or 24 track recorders. The relatively primitive technology kept production costs low. Frampton played a black Gibson Les Paul electric guitar on the album.  Frampton's Les Paul "Black Beauty" guitar was fitted with three humbucking pickups (as opposed to the usual two pickups found on most Gibson guitars). This model has since been renamed the "Frampton".

The double album was released in the U.S. with a list price of $7.98, only 1 dollar more than the standard $6.98 of most single-disc albums in 1976. Despite its low price for a double album, it earned a tremendous profit for A&M Records and the artist because of high sales.

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