Bob Dylan Acetate ? Basement Tapes Handwritten LP 1967

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150

 FORTY YEARS OLD!  One of the most famous records (rumored to exist or not) in rock history?  First of all, this is NOT listed in Great White Answers, the famous discography of Dylan Bootlegs, although a copy of it seems to be and I suspect this may be the original record sent out to musicians which STARTED the bootleg Craze.  Secondly, an early version of the book listed, incorrectly possibly, a similar disc but I can not verify this and have searched extensively.  This is, of course, a 12" disc of the famous basement tapes featured now in the film "I'm not there" and dating to 1967.  (I believe PRIOR to the flood of bootlegs which began a year or two later?) I can find NO mention of this in any discography and as you can see, it is primitive and handwritten. I BELIEVE THIS PRE-DATES the MANY Bootleg versions

IF YOU ARE A SERIOUS RECORD COLLECTOR, YOU WILL KNOW FAR MORE ABOUT THIS THAN I DO.  I'll try to post comments if anyone has more information, Mine was taken from websources and this record dates to 30 years before the internet came along.  THANKS.

At any rate, as rumored, this disc (or acetate?) contains the 14 songs Dylan released in acetate form to numerous recording artists.  As Dylan "owed" fourteen songs to his record label, these were put together in Woodstock with the Hawks (later The Band) and released in a small edition.  Peter, Paul and Mary recorded one or two, Manfred Mann recorded "the mighty quinn" The Byrds covered a few.  The story is well-known and documented, you can look it up on the web.

This disc, UNLIKE THE DOCUMENTED VERSION has only "side 1" and "side 2" written in the matrix.  The titles, some of them anyway, are handwritten (just like the undocumented version rumored to exist)  It also has "rasputin records" stamped on it, the famous Berkeley California record store which catered to record collectors, aspiring musicians and proto-hippies back then.  (as well as the original price of $2.50)  Rather than a bootleg, my guess is this was somehow sold to The record store and stuck in their racks for resale like any other used record coming off the street in Berkeley.

I suspect this is one of the plain acetate discs or a very, very early copy of it.  As such, it may even be the first release of the songs ten years later which came to be known as the basement tapes.  There is no sleeve, the cover is white cardboard.  It appears to be in good condition, the vinyl is still shiny, but I haven't owned a record player in decades so I haven't played it.   The track bands in between songs are REAL wide, like twice that of a normal record. Unlike the G. W. W. record set, this is a single disc, two sided and with no ownership or marks other than the handwriting and the two "side 1 and side 2" in the matrix.    NO PAYPAL sorry.  check or money order US funds