FRANK SINATRA RARE UNKNOWN/UNRELEASED (?) COLUMBIA ALBUM ONE-OF-A-KIND ACETATE

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·       FRANK SINATRA - UNKNOWN AND UNDOCUMENTED, ALMOST CERTAINLY UNRELEASED MID-'50s COLUMBIA 12" ALBUM - ORIGINAL 195? (COLUMBIA?) ALBUM - DICK CHARLES RECORDING SERVICE  MONO LP (NO NUMBER)

** ULTRA-RARE ONE-OF-A-KIND ACETATE (REFERENCE PRESSING) **

·       PLAIN WHITE, GENERIC LABEL WITH DICK CHARLES RECORDING SERVICE LOGO

·       THIS IS THE ORIGINAL, AUTHENTIC, FIRST U.S. PRESSING; THIS IS NOT A REISSUE, AN IMPORT, OR A COUNTERFEIT PRESSING.

·       THIS ACETATE COMES IN ITS PLAIN, WHITE,  GENERIC COVER

·       CLEAN, WEAR-FREE TYPEWRITTEN LABELS

·       COPYRIGHT NOTICE: THIS TITLE IS BEING OFFERED FOR SALE AS IT IS DEEMED TO BE (OR HAVE BEEN) PUBLICLY AND COMMERCIALLY AVAILABLE (ALTHOUGH IN A VARIETY OF FORMS AND FORMATS) AND, AS SUCH, EXPRESSLY AUTHORIZED BY THE ARTIST, HIS ESTATE OR HIS AGENT(S). IF YOU ARE THE OWNER OF THE COPYRIGHT AND HAVE QUESTIONS, COMMENTS OR DOUBTS, PLEASE CONTACT US DIRECTLY THROUGH EBAY.

·       As far as we know, this album has NEVER been available on legitimate Compact Disc or in any other way, manner or format.

 (►PLEASE SEE THE IMAGE OF THE COVER, LABEL OR BOTH, SHOWN BELOW)

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OK, folks, here's what we know about this incredible, APPARENTLY UNRELEASED Frank Sinatra album.

First of all, we know this is a legitimate pressing: Dick Charles Recording Servive was a major pressing vendor for a number of East-Coast recording labels, Columbia included.  This definitely WASN'T some cockamamie home-made, bootleg or vanity pressing; For additional information about Dick Charles Recording Studios ► click here

Second, we know that the material on this album was recorded for Columbia while Sinatra was still a Columbia's recording artist, between roughly 1944 and 1951.Most of the titles were released on 10" and 12" Columbia albums, so this would have been another Columbia compilation of some sort (we are unable to determine if there are any differences between the tracks included in this acetate and the version of these songs released elsewhere)

Third: we know that the material (track listing) does not match any of the known Columbia albums, particularly not any issued in the mid-to-late 1950's when Columbia released a series of 12" albums containing material Frank Sinatra recorded for Columbia in the early 1950's, before he switched to Capitol in 1955.

Our best guess and intuitive assessment of  this acetate demo 12" disc is that this was an acetate for the title Columbia had in the works, but that Frankie 'Blue Eyes' (or someone in Capitol, his then-new label) served a forceful court injunction forcing Columbia to cease and desist and abandon plans for the album's release.  Our estimate is that the album - had it been released - would have been released somewhere between 1958 and 1959.

PLEASE NOTE: THIS ACETATE APPARENTLY NEVER HAD A CUSTOM COVER;  THE ALBUM WILL BE SHIPPED IN A PLAIN, GENERIC [WHITE] CARDBOARD COVER. ACETATES AND REFERENCE PRESSINGS ARE RARELY – IF EVER – FOUND IN CUSTOM (STOCK) COVERS.

While this acetate is in a BEAUTIFUL state of preservation, we do expect bidders to understand that the aluminum-based, shellac-coated acetates can never be graded by using the exact, same stringent standards used by collectors for modern long-play, hi-fi LPs or singles. The buyer – if not familiar with acetate (reference) recordings - should be cautioned that these discs were intended for brief, limited use only; they were meant to be played only a few times, then discarded or destroyed. In view of this, the surface layer of the disc is manufactured in such a manner that it will wear off pretty quickly, even under normal conditions -- and specially if not handled with due care. Each subsequent playing increases wear and tear of the disc’s surface layer and diminishes the disc’s playability. This disc appears to have been unplayed recently and the grooves are still well-formed and fully visible.

This acetate is in about VERY GOOD++ (VG++) condition, with some minor, superficial scuffs. Absolutely NO part of the shellac (surface layer) of the disc is  missing, and the surface layer is NOT dented, chipped, broken or otherwise compromised.

ON A SCALE FROM 1-10 (where 10 is the best), WE GRADE RECORD AS 7

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·       COVER : This acetate comes without any custom jacket, and will be shipped in a plain, generic, white cardboard cover.

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