Question about Acetate CD’s…Do They look like Normal Cd’s? or do they look like CDr’s? Meaning do they have silver bottoms or the colored bottoms? I bought one off Ebay and it looks dangerously close to a CDR. so before I go bitching and screaming I’d like to know. Thanks
Late,
grmpysmrf
if it makes you feel any better i have a couple “promo” albums from different major record labels that basically look like cdrs with a white label sticker on the front with the info printed out that i know are legit. i dont have the stuff in front of me but i think they may have had gold-ish bottoms.
also, just because something is silver doesn’t mean it a legit cd as i remember buying silver bottomed cdrs years ago in college. haven’t seen them on shelves in ages though but i bet they are still available somewhere online.
good to know.
this Acetate has a serial Number in the middle like most normal CDR’s do there are no other markings on the Disc except for the front of the disc that has the R logo from the Reprise Company (Ministry was never on Reprise BUT reprise is owned by Warner brothers which owns both REPRISE and SIRE) and Ministry Greatest Fits.
the bottom of the Cd is blue the top of the CD is silver.
Late,
grmpysmrf
Acetate is like a test-press right? I dont see why they would use silver cds.
I know some acetates are cd-rs… actually I thought they all were… cannot say for certain though. I have seen some pretty crazy acetates… like Marilyn Mansons “antichrist superstar” (the song) with an alternate outro was for sale on ebay a few years back… I got it on mp3, that satisfied me enough [laugh]
However, as the acetates I have seen are cd-r in appearance, with say a piece of paper taped to the front… what’s to stop joe blogs from whipping one up and passing it off as the real deal. Especially if theres no back slick or info or anything…
Was the acetate you got something ministry-related grmpy?
Was the acetate you got something ministry-related grmpy?
Supposedly, the Greatest fits Acetate but it has Reprise logo on the front rather than the WB logo. Fits was released on WB
Late,
grmpysmrf
“Acetates” are really a term that dates back to test pressings of LP’s, which were manufactured out of acetate instead of vinyl. “Acetate” is still frequently used to describe test pressings of compact discs, but they’re really just regular CD-R’s, not actually pressed out of a different material.