Original sentence: A theatre in downtown Los Angeles was acquired for an evening shoot that went several hours into the night, and, unlike known practice, they didn't mime for any of the takes
Edited sentence: A theatre in downtown Los Angeles was acquired for an evening shoot that went several hours into the night, and, unlike usual common practice, they didn't mime for any of the takes.This was the first time they had played augmented by an orchestra, something the band were especially pleased with (other earlier examples of strings used in rock music were by Deep Purple and The Moody Blues)