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Thursday, April 28, 2011

Cosmic Christmas

We Love You/ Dandelion

Bell Sound Studios acetate - July/ August 1967
2-sided acetate 7" record 45 RPM
With a little help from Eddie Kramer, John Lennon, Paul McCartney, Nicky Hopkins
Olympic Studios, London, June 12/13/21, 1967

She´s A Rainbow/ 2000 Light Years From Home

Bell Sound Studios acetate - Oct. /December 1967
2-sided acetate 7" record # XDR41715
Olympic Studios, London, May/ August 1967


side 1: Sing This All Together/ Lantern/ We Love You/ She´s A Rainbow
side 2: Dandelion/ Gomper/ Sing This All Together (see what happens)

Bell Sound Studios acetate - July/September 1967
2-sided mono acetate 12" record
An early selection for an album?
Olympic Studios, London, June/  September, 1967


We Love You/ Dandelion
She´s A Rainbow/ 2000 Light Years From Home

Audiodisc acetate - Nov. /December 1967
2-sided acetate 7" record 45 RPM
"We Love You" and "Dandelion" are different mixes and 
"2000 Light Years From Home" an edit (4`15)
Olympic Studios, London, May/June 1967


DECCA acetate - Nov. /December 1967
10" acetate record from the "Satanic Sessions"

(no more info; anyone will tell the track list?)



Olympic Studios 1967

The Satanic Sessions

includes 2000 Light Years From Home/ We Love You/ She´s A Rainbow/ Citadel/
In Another Land/ Child Of The Moon/ Sing This All Together/ The Lantern/
On With The Show/ Gomper/ 2000 Man/ Gold Painted Nails
and some untitled jams


Master tapes/1st generation copy (?) - Olympic Studios, May/October 1967
About 19 songs are presented through their development in studio, mostly incomplete instrumental takes of future TSMR album "Flowers In Your Barnett (Hair)" (She´s A Rainbow), "Fly My Kite" (The Lantern), "I Want All The People To Know" (2000 Man) or "Acid In The Grass" (In Another Land) and some jams
It´s a mystery to me how this recordings surface, there´s plenty of unofficial releases with this material, sometimes filled with no-related sessions as the "Jigsaw Puzzle" from March 23,1968


2000 Light Years From Home (part only)/ Old King Cole (working title of We Love You - takes 1/2)/
We Love You (takes 1/11+14)

4-track studio reel - Olympic Studios, May 18, 1967
Mostly backing tracks with Nicky Hopkins on piano, this reel include false starts, incomplete versions
and few complete ones, with a running time of 26 minutes
This rare studio reel was at auction some years ago w/ a certificate of authenticity


Olympic Studios 1967


Flowers

side 1: Aftermath/ God Bless You
side 2: After Five/ Pieces/ Flowers

Bell Sound Studios acetate - September 1967
Nice instrumentals and work-outs of future songs from "Their Satanic Majesties Request"
"Aftermath" in this acetate is an early instrumental version of "2000 Light Years From Home", "God Bless You" is "Sing This All Together", "After Five" is "Citadel" and "Flowers" is "She´s A Rainbow"
Exist other acetates from this period with different instrumentals like "Dream Pipe", "Surprise Me", "Flying High" ("The Lantern"), "Bill´s Tune" ("In Another Land") and "Flowers In Your Hair" ("Gomper")
Olympic Studios, February/September 1967

Olympic Studios 1967


Wednesday, April 27, 2011

Between The Buttons


Let´s Spend The night Together/ Ruby Tuesday

Bell Sound Studios acetate - January 1967
2-sided acetate 7" record 45RPM
Olympic Studios and Pye Studios, November 9/26, 1966

Also exists a "Have you seen your Mother Baby, Standing in the Shadow?"
Bell Sound Studios 1-sided acetate 10" record with a unreleased stereo version
No image available



side 1: Miss Amanda Jones/Who´s Been Sleeping Here/All Sold Out
side 2: My Obsession/ Complicated/ Yesterday´s Papers


EMIdisc acetate - December 1966
2-sided acetate 10" record - sides marked 3 & 4
There´s probably a sister disc containing the rest of the tracks
Different mixes of those songs
Olympic and Pye Studios, November 9/26, December 13, 1966

Unsure authenticity

Something Happened To Me Yesterday

EMIdisc acetate - December 1966
1-sided acetate 7" record
Same version as LP
Olympic and Pye Studios, November 9/26, December 13, 1966

Unsure authenticity
WARNING:
Some fake acetates/test-pressings appeared in the market in the last years,
since I´m not a expert in these items, my advice is to confirm all the details, 
such as labels and matrix numbers with collectors before buy any of those



Olympic Studios - Nov./December 1966

Aftermath

Paint It Black/ Stupid Girl/ I Am Waiting/ It´s Not Easy/ Long Long While/
What To Do/ Lady Jane/ Under my Thumb/ Flight 505/ Out Of Time/
High And Dry/ Mother`s Little Helper

RCA Custom Records acetate - March 1966
2-sided acetate 12" record 33 1/3 RPM
Some alternate mixes and an alternate take on "It´s Not Easy"
RCA Studios Hollywood, CA, March 6/9, 1966
(from steffiestones collection)



Also exists a "Lady Jane" (backing track)
Bell Sound Studios 1-sided acetate 10" record
Unreleased instrumental version, acetate comes in a Transco paper sleeve
No image available

(Unsure authenticity)


Out Of Time

DECCA acetate - March 1966
1-sided mono acetate 7" record
This version is shorter (2 min 53 s) from the released one.
RCA Studios, Hollywood, CA, March 6/9, 1966
(Unsure authenticity)
WARNING:
Some fake acetates/test-pressings appeared in the market in the last years,
since I´m not a expert in these items, my advice is to confirm all the details, 
such as labels and matrix numbers with collectors before buy any of those



RCA Studios- Feb./March 1966

Con Le Mie Lacrime

Con Le Mie Lacrime

IBC Studios acetate - March 1966
1-sided acetate 7" record 45 RPM
Same backing track of "As Tears Go By" with extra harpsichord by Mike Leander
Different mix from the released on 7" single
IBC Studios, Portland, London, March 15, 1966
Italia DECCA F 22270 1966

December´s Children

19th Nervous Breakdown

DECCA acetate - January 1966
1-sided acetate 7" record with date: "27/1/66" on label
Set to be released February 4 in UK, and February 12 in US
RCA Studios, Hollywood, CA, December 3/8, 1965

Sittin` On A Fence

DECCA acetate - March 1966
1-sided acetate 7" record with date: "17/3/66" on label

Acetates were possibly made for the planned LP or Single release
RCA Studios, Hollywood, CA, December 3/8, 1965



RCA Studios - December 1965

She Said Yeah


She Said Yeah

US STUDIO 76 acetate - September 1965
1-sided acetate 7" record
Oddly this one was made in Studio76 facilities in Broadway, NYC
From James Karnbach collection
RCA Studios, Hollywood, CA, September 6/7 1965



Oh Baby (We Got A Good Thing Goin`)

DECCA acetate - March 1965
1-sided acetate 7" record
Early in the year some songs recorded in RCA Studios and Chess Studios
were pressed into acetates to ensure they were the correct masters
Released in UK "Out Of Our Heads", September 24
RCA Studios, Hollywood, CA, Ocober 27/ November 2, 1964

Gotta Get Away

EMI disc acetate - September 1965
Released in UK "Out Of Our Heads", September 24
RCA Studios, Hollywood, CA, September 6/7 1965

WARNING:
Some fake acetates/test-pressings appeared in the market in the last years,
since I´m not a expert in these items, my advice is to confirm all the details, 
such as labels and matrix numbers with collectors before buy any of those


RCA Studios - September 1965

Tuesday, April 26, 2011

Live at the B.B.C.

side 1: Down The Road Apiece/ Everybody Needs Somebody To Love/
The Last Time/ Oh Baby (we got a good thing goin`)
side 2: The Spider And The Fly/ Satisfaction/ Cry To Me


BBC acetate - August 1965
2-sided mono acetate 10" record
Omits "If You Need Me" and " Mercy Mercy" from the original broadcasts
TOP GEAR (B.B.C.) March 1 and YEH YEH YEH Bank Holiday Special (B.B.C.) August 20, 1965


Got Live If You Want It!

Everybody Needs Somebody To Love/ Pain In My Heart/ Route 66/
I´m Moving On/ I´m Alright


DECCA acetate - June 1965
2-sided acetate 7" record
"Tracks For Live E.P." typed on label, "We Want The Stones" not included on acetate
Edmonton (London), Liverpool (Lancashire), Manchester 
(Lancashire),
Greenford (Middlesex), March 5/6/7/16 1965

(Unsure Authenticity)
Note: Uncertain about this acetate label stamped as promo!

WARNING:
Some fake acetates/test-pressings appeared in the market in the last years,
since I´m not a expert in these items, my advice is to confirm all the details, 
such as labels and matrix numbers with collectors before buy any of those


On stage at the ABC Theatre in Belfast

We Were Falling in Love

We Were Falling in Love

EMIdisc acetate- Sept/October 1964
1-sided acetate 7" 45 RPM record
This track seems more a demo for other artists as they did before

with Andrew Oldham, than a projected single release 
Regent Sound Studios, London, September 28/29 1964



Little Red Rooster/ Off The Hook

DECCA acetate - November 1964
2-sided acetate 7" record
Regent Sound Studios, London, September 2, 1964

Unsure authenticity
WARNING:
Some fake acetates/test-pressings appeared in the market in the last years,
since I´m not a expert in these items, my advice is to confirm all the details, 
such as labels and matrix numbers with collectors before buy any of those



Regent Sound Studios - September 1964

Monday, April 25, 2011

Twelve By Five

side 1: Around And Around/ Confessin` The Blues/ Empty Heart/
Time Is On My Side/ Good Times, Bad Times/ It´s All Over Now
side 2: 2120 South Michigan Avenue/ Under The Boardwalk/ Congratulations/
Grown Up Wrong/ If You Need Me/ Suzie Q


US Bell Sound Studios acetate - Sept./October 1964
2-sided acetate 12" record with PS 402/LL 3402 typed on label
"Time Is On My Side", "2120 South Michigan Avenue" and "Congratulations" 
and maybe more tracks are different versions from the official release
Regent Sound Studios, London and Chess Studios, Chicago, February/September 1964
12X5 acetate labels


Chess Studios 1964

Time Is On My Side

Time Is On My Side

LONDON acetate - June/September 1964
1-sided acetate 10" record
This acetate was most likely cut for quality control/volume before being sent to the factory
Recorded at Regent Sound Studios, London, June 24/26


WARNING:
Some fake acetates/test-pressings appeared in the market in the last years,
since I´m not a expert in these items, my advice is to confirm all the details, 
such as labels and matrix numbers with collectors before buy any of those


Regent Sound Studios, Denmark Street, London


Five By Five

If You Need Me/ Empty Heart/ Suzie Q/
Under The Boardwalk/ Around And Around

DECCA acetate - August 1964
2-sided acetate 10" record
This alternate 5X5 EP  have the day of release of the original EP, August 14,
but contains "Under the Boardwalk" which was allegedly recorded in September 1964
Regent Sound Studios, London, February 25 (Suzie Q) and September? 28/29

(Under the Boardwalk)/Chess Studios, Chicago, June 10/11, 1964
(from steffiestones collection)


Suzie Q
EMIdisc acetate - Feb./March 1964


If You Need Me/ Empty Heart/ 2120 South Michigan Avenue/
Confessin` The Blues/ Around And Around

DECCA test pressing - August 1964
2-sided 7" record
(Unsure authenticity)
WARNING:
Some fake acetates/test-pressings appeared in the market in the last years,
since I´m not a expert in these items, my advice is to confirm all the details, 
such as labels and matrix numbers with collectors before buy any of those


Chess Studios 1964


It´s All Over Now


Time Is On My Side/ It´s All Over Now

DECCA acetate - January 1964
2-sided 10" acetate with 25 Sept.1964 stamped on label
Regent Sound Studios, London/Chess Studios, Feb./September 1964

Duet at Chess Studios 1964

365 Rolling Stones

365 Rolling Stones (One for Each Day of the Year)

DECCA acetate - January 1964
1-sided acetate 7" record
The Stones (at least Bill and Charlie in this one) had come in to cut demos for Andrew´s Loog Oldham`s Orchestra
Others songs on this session were "Oh, I Do Like to See Me on the B-Side"(Oldham/Watts/Wyman) 
and " Funky and Fleopatra"(Oldham)
Regent Sound Studios, London, January 13, 1964
Juke-Box Tab 1964

Walking The Dog

Walking The Dog (2 versions)

DECCA acetate - January 1964
2-sided acetate with LP version and a different mix on other side
Regent Sound Studios, London, January 3, 1964


Not Fade Away/Little By Little

DECCA acetate - January 1964
2-sided acetate 7" record
Regent Sound Studios, London, January 28, February 3/4, 1964


WARNING:
Some fake acetates/test-pressings appeared in the market in the last years,
since I´m not a expert in these items, my advice is to confirm all the details, 
such as labels and matrix numbers with collectors before buy any of those


Regent Sound Studios - January 1964