The Cardas Frequency Sweep and Burn-in Record is a unique tuning tool for system set-up, diagnostics and maintenance. It was produced by George Cardas and mastered by Stan Ricker. The Sweeper, in addition to the standard tones, includes relative and absolute polarity checks, vocal channel identification and frequency sweeps that ultrasonically clean the cartridge stylus and degauss the entire system. And, locked, pink noise grooves that repeat endlessly, blank plateaus, even a sync label to check platter speed. All on a 180 gram pressing with a smiling Stan cover.

Track Listing
1. Side 1 • Sweeper • 45 rpm (also works @ 33 1/3rd rpm).
2. Track 1. Short Sweeps, short version (52 seconds)
3. Lock-out
4. Track 2. Short Sweeps, long version (4 minutes 46 seconds)
5. Lock-out
6. Track 3. 'I’ve Got a Feeling I’m Falling' Artists: Tom Loncaric Band. Music Thomas Waller and Harry Link. Publisher: Ann Rachel Music. (2 minutes 29 seconds)
7. Lock-out
8. Track 4. 1K tone (740.46Hz tone @ 33 1/3rd rpm)
9. Lead-out spiral and final tie-off
10. Side 2 • Burn-In • 33 1/3 rpm
11. Spiral
12. Track 1b. Voice announcement by George Cardas, 'From the right channel'
13. Spiral
14. Track 1c. Voice announcement by George Cardas, 'From both channels' Note: This is lateral modulation (mono, in phase).
15. Spiral
16. Track 1d. 'In polarity' Both channels in positive polarity
17. Spiral
18. Track 1e. 'Out of polarity' Both channels in reversed or negative polarity Spiral
19. Track 1f. 13 strikes on a high 'B-flat' on a piano
20. Spiral
21. Track 1g. Hollow sticks, of various lengths and diameters, being struck, one on another.
22. Track 2. 20 locked grooves, lateral modulation (mono)
23. 1/2' wide, unmodulated plateau
24. Track 3. 32 locked grooves, vertical modulation (out-of phase)
25. 1/2' wide, unmodulated plateau
26. Track 4. 20 locked grooves, lateral modulation (mono)
27. Track 5. 26 unmodulated grooves
28. Lead-out spiral and final tie-off

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