{"product_id":"the-buggles-adventures-in-modern-recording-acetate-i-am-a-camera-test-pressings","title":"The Buggles - ‘Adventures in Modern Recording’ Acetate \u0026 ‘I Am a Camera’ Test Pressings","description":"\u003cp\u003eThree discs from the Buggles’ second and final album, \u003cem\u003eAdventures in Modern Recording\u003c\/em\u003e, recorded at Sarm East in London and released in November 1981. Trevor Horn’s partner in the Buggles, Geoff Downes, left to join Asia on the day recording was due to begin. Horn carried on, producing the record with Downes and John Sinclair, and Downes still played keyboards on several tracks. After Island dropped the duo, Jill Sinclair struck a deal with the French label Carrere to fund and release the album. Its widescreen electronic production pointed straight at the sound Horn would go on to define at ZTT, and later critics have noted how far ahead of its time it sounded.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe album failed to chart in the U.K., peaked at number 161 in the U.S., and has become hard to find. At the center of this lot is a lacquer acetate cut at Strawberry Mastering in Westminster, its house labels hand-marked “CAL 131 A” and “CAL 131 B” (the album’s Carrere catalog number) with “Buggles” on each side. It sits in a paper sleeve annotated “Buggles Acetate ‘Adventures in Modern Recording.’” With it are two 12-inch test pressings of “I Am a Camera,” the album’s lead single, released on October 2, 1981, with “Fade Away” on the B-side. The test pressings have pink labels. One sleeve is annotated “I Am a Camera – Buggles – Test Pressing”; the other reads “Buggles 12″ Singles – A: I Am a Camera, B: Fade Away.” The sleeves show age toning and light spotting.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eKey details \u0026amp; collectability\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOne 12-inch lacquer acetate of \u003cem\u003eAdventures in Modern Recording\u003c\/em\u003e, Strawberry Mastering labels, hand-marked CAL 131 A\/B\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTwo 12-inch test pressings of “I Am a Camera,” with B-side “Fade Away”\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eContemporary handwritten annotations on all three sleeves\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePre-release discs from an album recorded at Sarm East\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003ch3\u003eProvenance\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cul\u003e\u003cli\u003eRecovered by producer Chris Allison during a clearance at Sarm Studios\u003c\/li\u003e\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Chris Allison","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55477942157641,"sku":"LDN_CA_001","price":100.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0064\/9992\/files\/Untitled-02October2026at17.31.52-7.png?v=1790957760","url":"https:\/\/waxpoetics.com\/products\/the-buggles-adventures-in-modern-recording-acetate-i-am-a-camera-test-pressings","provider":"Wax Poetics","version":"1.0","type":"link"}