THE ROLLING STONES LET IT BLEED MONO 1A 1A ACETATE NO RESERVE
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Description
THE ROLLING STONES.
LET IT BLEED.
1A 1A MONO ACETATE.
Rare photo of Keith and Brian.
RARE.
This is an original 1969 mono acetate of the Rolling Stones classic LP
Let it bleed. To those that might not know, acetates are the master recording
of the artists work. In other basic words they are the stage prior to the record
being made. Many contain alternate mixes or different versions of the songs
that make it to the final cut of the LP.
This one is identicle to the Let It bleed LP so after this the go ahead would be
given for the records to be pressed. Its at this stage that the acetates are supposed
to be destroyed because they have served their purpose. That`s one reason they
are so rare.Another reason is they only ever make a handful of them in the first
place.
Acetates are not records and are designed to be played only a few times to
see how they sound before thousands of records are pressed. So acetate
collectors generally play them once and record them to tape. Continued playing
of acetates is detrimental to the acetate lacquer surface.I have played this one 3
times and it sounds magnificent.Theres some hissing right at the start of Gimme Shelter
but that goes after about 20 seconds then the LP is great all the way.
It has a few hairlines but they don't affect the sound. Double click the pictures
and you will see an unsightly mark that crosses 9363 which is the technical
jargon Decca used for side 1. Decca jargon for side 2 is 9364 .
We know its mono LK 5025 as it says on the lables, and the Stereo acetate would
be SKL 5025. There is nothing at all in the deadwax area because this is prior to
the go ahead for records to be pressed. The original inner sleeve has some yellowing
but that's nothing . The white generic card sleeve is not original I simply added that
to house the inner . The master sleeve I also added because acetates are supposed to be housed in these so the don't get paper marks .The record lables are spotlessly clean.
This is due to the fact that most acetate collectors rarely even handle them.
They are not like records and if you were to drop an acetate it would shatter
like glass.They are delicate and unusual and rare in the extreme.They are about
5 or 6 times the weight of a vinyl (the inside of them is metal alloy).They
are cold to touch like marble and nothing smells like an acetate.
They have an unmistakeable chemical smell that I can only describe as glorious.
As you can see this Acetate comes with a rare picture of Brian and Keith with
two sisters Barbara and June "1963 our Lewisham house", as it states in the picture
To Alan (That's me),
Barbara was the first girlfriend of Pete the very well known Stones collector
who I bought this from.
SERIOUSLY RARE.
a penny start and
NO RESERVE.
Postage is £8.50 special delivery inland.
Germany is £12.10 recorded first class.
USA is £15.50 tracked and insured.
The mark that I described in the listing as unsightly has no affect on the way this acetate plays.
None at all. I think its due to the acetate cellulose lacquer ,it simply is not vinyl, its totally different.
What I mean is if you were to put the very same mark we have here onto a vinyl record my guess is
it would probably cause clicks or some kind of noise distortion. Acetate lacquer is very strange material
and although it may be prone to mark more easily than vinyl, i think its softer on the needle so theres no
sound problems at all from this mark. Just a little insight into how strange a material acetate lacquer is double
click the pictures of the master sleeve i house this acetate in . Note the yellowing, i think this is some king of oil
that over the years has transferred to the master sleeve cellophane.
