The Artwoods - Sweet Mary Emidisc acetate
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THE ARTWOODS - SWEET MARY ACETATE - YES, THIS IS THE REAL THING! I CAN HARDLY BELIEVE IT MYSELF TO BE HONEST, BUT HERE IN THIS VERY AUCTION IS A LOVELY COPY OF PROBABLY THE ONLY SURVIVING 1-SIDED ACETATE OF "SWEET MARY", THEIR DEBUT SINGLE. THE ARTWOODS WERE A GREAT MOD/BLUES BAND WHO NEVER MADE IT, INCLUDING ART WOOD (RON'S BROTHER), JON LORD AND KEEF HARTLEY.
THIS ACETATE HAS THE ORIGINAL CUSTOM EMIDISC LABEL, WHICH HAS THE ARTIST AND TITLE AND RELEASE DATE (OCTOBER 3OTH) TYPEWRITTEN, AND ALSO HAS THE WRITER (LEADBETTER AKA LEADBELLY), LABEL (DECCA) AND DATE (30/10/64) WRITTEN IN BLUE INK. SEE THE PICTURE FOR FULL DETAILS. I HAVE PLAYED THIS ONLY ONCE, BECAUSE ACETATES WERE DESIGNED TO ONLY BE PLAYED A FEW TIMES, AND WILL TRY AND DESCRIBE AS ACCURATELY AS I CAN.
VISUALLY, THE VINYL IS VG+: THERE ARE NO HUGE SCRATCHES OR MARKS, WHICH IS VERY UNUSUAL FOR AN ACETATE, JUST SOME VERY LIGHT MARKS. OVERALL IT IS VERY CLEAN. IF YOU DARE TO LISTEN TO IT (DON'T FORGET THE MORE AND MORE YOU PLAY THIS, THE MORE WORN IT WILL GET), YOU WILL PROBABLY AGREE WITH ME THAT IT IS IN VG- CONDITION: IT HAS SOME GENERAL LIGHT WEAR AND SOME CLICKS BUT IT STILL SOUNDS VERY POWERFUL AND IS GREAT TO LISTEN TO.
I HAVE ALSO COME TO THE CONCLUSION THAT THIS IS NOT THE FINAL MIX, IT SOUNDS TO ME AS THOUGH IT IS A SLIGHTLY ROUGH MIXDOWN OF THE TRACK. SOMETHING LIKE THIS, WHICH WAS RECORDED FOR DECCA, WOULD HAVE BEEN MIXED MUCH BETTER THAN THIS (CHECK OUT THE STONES' FIRST ALBUM, WHICH IS FROM AROUND THE SAME TIME). I AM NOT MEANING TO SAY THE SOUND QUALITY IS BAD, BECAUSE IT ISN'T, IT JUST SOUNDS LIKE THE MIX ISN'T EXACTLY FINISHED. THIS IS AN EXCELLENT TRACK AND I HAD TO TAPE IT BEFORE I LET IT GO!
OVERALL YOU ARE NOT GOING TO BE DISAPPOINTED WITH THIS. IT IS A ONE OFF CHANCE TO GET HOLD OF SOMETHING THIS RARE AND I HAVE BEEN TOLD IT IS REALLY HARD TO PUT A PRICE ON. I HAVE PUT A RATHER SMALL RESERVE PRICE ON IT, BUT I'M SURE IF YOU WANT THIS ENOUGH, YOU WILL EASILY REACH IT. THIS IS IDEAL FOR ANY MOD/BEAT/ARTWOODS COLLECTOR. THE ARTWOODS ALBUM ALONE IS NOW FETCHING UPWARDS OF £1000 IN MINT CONDITION, AND THE RESERVE IS MUCH, MUCH LOWER THAN THAT! ----- BE SURE TO CHECK OUT MY OTHER AUCTIONS FOR MORE RARE VINYL. THANK YOU FOR LOOKING AND EMAIL ME WITH ANY QUESTIONS!
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