Rare One-of-a-Kind Acetate from the Original Motion Picture

"The Day the Earth Stood Still"



Attention Serious Record Collectors!

From Out Of Space, A Warning and an Ultimatum! This is the rarest record we have ever found. You now have the chance to own a rare (One-Of-A-Kind) and original 7 inch 45 rpm Acetate record from the classic 1951 Science Fiction movie "The Day The Earth Stood Still". This is truly an esoteric collectible with historical significance, and it deserves to be in a museum, or maybe framed on a movie producers wall!

In 1993, 20th Century Fox released the soundtrack (view the Music and Soundtrack heading in the wiki article), but it was actually recorded in 1951, and was Bernard Hermann's first soundtrack production when he moved to Hollywood. What we have up for bid here is believed to be THE original acetate recording, from 1951. The record was acquired in curious group of 45s that were purchased in early 2010. The former owner of this record obviously never took the time to identify it, but he did protect it very well - it's in excellent shape.

Short Description of the Original Soundtrack according to Wikipedia: Taken from: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Day_the_Earth_Stood_Still_%281951_film%29 "The soundtrack was composed in August 1951 and was Bernard Herrmann's first soundtrack after he moved to Hollywood. Herrmann chose unusual instrumentation for the film including violin, cello, and bass (all three electric), two theremin electronic instruments (played by Dr. Samuel Hoffman and Paul Shure), two Hammond organs, a large studio electric organ, three vibraphones, two glockenspiels, two pianos, two harps, three trumpets, three trombones, and four tubas.[23] Unusual overdubbing and tape-reversal techniques were used, as well. 20th Century Fox later reused the Herrmann title theme in the original pilot episode for Irwin Allen's 1965 TV series Lost in Space. Danny Elfman noted The Day the Earth Stood Still's score inspired his interest in film composing, and made him a fan of Herrmann.[24]"

Musical Analysis of the recordings of the Original Film Score: http://www.filmscorerundowns.net/herrmann/dess.pdf Soundtrack Page on Allmusic: http://allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:o04tk6gxlkrk

Our Audio Verification Sources: Diggers With Gratitude: http://www.diggerswithgratitude.com/

Youtube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rYbHpXca7U0 Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/Day-Earth-Stood-Still-Score/dp/B00008J2KU/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&s=music&qid=1279127236&sr=8-2



Item Description: This 7 inch acetate is a white label with no identifying markings whatsoever. There are no run-out groove markings anywhere on this record. Through extensive research, we have positively identified both tracks on this 45.

SIDE ONE: "Prelude/Outer Space" - Track Length: 3:45

SIDE TWO: "Radar" - Track Length: 3:00



CLICK TO LISTEN TO SNIPPETS OF SIDE 1 AND 2 MP3 We played it once just to record the audio. This MP3 file contains snippets of side 1 and side 2 - Prelude / Outer Space is first, and Radar is second.

As you can hear in this recording, there is one single pop within the first 5 seconds of side one. Other then that one audible click, there are no audio defects on the disc and both sides play perfectly. As with most older vinyl records, you can hear some natural tape hiss throughout the quiet parts of the music, however it is almost completely unnoticeable and doesn't detract from the recording in any way.

Audio Grading for Side1: NEAR MINT

Audio Grading for Side 2: NEAR MINT Visual Grading for Side 1: EXCELLENT Visual Grading for Side 2:EXCELLENT+

The collector who buys this will receive this acetate in a plain white sleeve with a plastic sleeve protector.



