THUNDERCLAP NEWMAN w/PETE TOWNSHEND(THE WHO) INSANELY RARE ORIG'70 TRACK ACETATE

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·       THUNDERCLAP NEWMAN (WITH PETE TOWNSHEND OF THE WHO) – HOLLYWOOD DREAM - ORIGINAL 1970 TRACK RECORDS STEREO LP (NO NUMBER, BUT THE PRESSING MATCHES TRACK/ATLANTIC SD-8264)

·       ORIGINAL U.S. PRESSING

·       *** ULTRA-RARE ONE-SIDED DOUBLE-DISC ACETATE MADE EXPRESSLY FOR KIT LAMBERT AND CHRIS STAMP, JOINT MANAGERS OF BOTH THE WHO AND THUNDERCLAP NEWMAN (SEE THE HANDWRITTEN NOTE ON THE GENERIC WHITE JACKET)***

·       *** SOME TRACKS ARE DIFFERENTLY TITLED THAN ON THE COMMERCIALLY RELEASED VERSION OF THE ALBUM: OPEN THE DOOR HOMER IS TITLED "OPEN THE DOOR"; WHEN I THINK IS TITLED "LITTLE GIRL"; I DON'T KNOW IS TITLED "CHANGES", AND HOLLYWOOD DREAM IS TITLED, SIMPLY "DREAM"***

·       PRODUCED (AND WITH MAJOR BASS AND BANJO CONTRIBUTIONS) BY PETE TOWNSHEND OF THE WHO

·       THIS IS THE ONLY ALBUM IN THE HISTORY OF OUR 20-YEAR EBAY ENTERPRISE WE HAVE SOLD IN ALL SIX AVAILABLE FORMATS: ACETATE, TEST PRESSING, WHITE LABEL PROMO, STOCK COPY, 8-TRACK AND COMPACT DISC.  SHORT OF EDISON CYLINDER,  78rpm SET AND BLU-RAY, WE DID 'EM ALL!

·       THIS IS THE ORIGINAL, AUTHENTIC, FIRST U.S. PRESSING; THIS IS NOT A REISSUE, AN IMPORT, OR A COUNTERFEIT PRESSING.

·       ORIGINAL, PLAIN WHITE, GENERIC COVER WITH EXTENSIVE HANDWRITTEN INSTRUCTIONS TO THE ENGINEER HOW TO MAKE A TAPE BACKUP FOR KIT LAMBERT AND CHRIS STAMP

(►PLEASE SEE THE IMAGE OF THE COVER, LABEL OR BOTH, SHOWN BELOW)

(Note: this is a REAL image of the ACTUAL item you are bidding on. This is NOT a "recycled" image from our previous auction. What you see is what you’ll get.  GUARANTEED!)

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All these years, and all these accolades later, it still seems incredible that Hollywood Dream meant nothing at the time of its release; that America let it drift no higher than Number 161; that the U.K. did not even give it a hearing. Less than a year before, after all, "Something in the Air" was topping charts and readers' polls alike, and Thunderclap Newman were as close as Christmas to becoming the new Beatles. Instead, they weren't even the new Badfinger, and this exquisite LP withered on the vine. Reissued in 1991, Hollywood Dream had been utterly transformed by the admiration of so many subsequent listeners, to stand alongside any lost classic you could mention, among the finest albums of its psychedelic generation. "Something in the Air," of course, has never lost its hold on our hearts, but there was so much more to Thunderclap Newman and, across the 12-track original album, and half-a-dozen bonus tracks, the trio's genius is inescapable. For those "in the know," who had treasured their scratchy old Atlantic label vinyl, the real meat lay in the latter, as all three of Thunderclap Newman's original 45's joined their album brethren, together with their non-LP B-sides. "Something in the Air," fussed up for the LP, reverts to its original emphatic punch; "Accidents" is pruned from a shade under ten minutes to a little over three; and the piping "The Reason" (an odd choice for a single in the first place) sounds like a role model for every record Supertramp ever made. The real gem, however, is "Wilhemina," which sounds like a daft piece of rhyming doggerel set to a nursery tune, but also packs one of the most dramatic psych guitar solos this side of your favorite Who record. Producer Pete Townshend must have been astonished. As will you be, too, if all you've ever heard is the hit. So many bands have been hauled out of obscurity to be tagged the greatest secret you've never been told. Thunderclap Newman are one of the few who actually deserve that epithet.

 (EXCERPT FROM AN ONLINE REVIEW BY STEVE HUEY, ALL MUSIC GUIDE  /ALLMUSIC.COM/)

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·                               CONDITION:

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·                               THE RECORD

(Unless otherwise noted, ALL records are graded visually, and NOT play-graded!; we  grade records under the strong, diffuse room light or discrete sunlight)

IMPORTANT NOTE: While this acetate is in a beautiful state of preservation, we do expect bidders to understand that the aluminum-based, shellac-coated acetates can never be graded by using the exact, same stringent standards used by collectors for modern long-play, hi-fi LPs or singles. The buyer – if not familiar with acetate (reference) recordings - should be cautioned that these discs were intended for brief, limited use only; they were meant to be played only a few times, then discarded or destroyed. In view of this, the surface layer of the disc is manufactured in such a manner that it will wear off pretty quickly, even under normal conditions -- and specially if not handled with due care. Each subsequent playing increases wear and tear of the disc’s surface layer and diminishes the disc’s playability. This disc appears to have been unplayed recently and the grooves are still well-formed and fully visible.

This acetate is in about VERY GOOD+ (VG+) , with some minor and superficial scuffs on the surface. Absolutely NO part of the shellac (surface layer) of the disc is  missing, and the surface layer is NOT dented, chipped, broken or otherwise compromised,  however some minor spider web cracks are visible in the label area (these do not affect the playing or the groove area); as noted in the engineer notes, the pressing flaw causes the disc to "stick" on the last track on side 1 and the buyer will have to reposition the tonearm manually on that spot; this minor flaw does not affect the legendary guitar solo at the end of the track.

ON A SCALE FROM 1-10 (where 10 is the best), WE GRADE THE RECORD AS 6 to 6.5

·       COVER (GENERIC WHITE TRACK  COVER WITH HANDWRITTEN INFO); THIS IS NOT THE OFFICIALLY RELEASED COVER THE GENERIC COVER IS IN DECENT CONDITION AND IS NOT SEPARATELY GRADED)

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