Following on from the excellent thread highlighting unusual releases from around the world I thought it would be of equal interest to see label scans of acetates. I'm sure many of us have the odd item sitting on the shelf.

I'll kick off with 4 of mine

Andy

Nice!!

Hi Andy, is that all you have left?. When you DJ the rib was that you must be strong to be carrying all that metal around from club to club. ( A record box full of unissued acetates).

Edited July 12, 201113 yr by Prophonics 2029

Only got the one

IMPERIAL Cs

SOMEBODY TELL HER

bought off Steve Chadwick

many moons ago

maybe cant see title on scan

as its written in red crayon

Here's a few I have or have had.....

The Royal Premiers - I can make it if I try....

Johnny Nash - Strange feeling - UK Pye acetate...

Edited July 12, 201113 yr by mark w.

Ronnie Forte - Tarx

Luther Randolph demo versions of 'First Date' & 'I Just Gotta Have You' subsequently recorded by Nella Dodds

Excellent Thread, Some Nice Stuff posted here, possible One Offs

Here's a couple from me.

Both played only a couple of times since purchase from Soul Bowl in the 70s.

Here are a couple-I'll look for more later (forget for which labels they were made, and thus, where filed):

Marquee 702-Royal Spades-Side A:

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Side B:

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Chex 1000-Majestics-Side A-with original pre-pressing title-retitled: "Give Me A Cigarette"-Commercial pressing listed only The Majestics as the artists:

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Edited July 17, 201113 yr by RobbK

Robb, are you sure that royal spades is an acetate? It looks identical to the pressed record I have (labels are the same) and I can even see deadwax markings.

I will try to scan some acetates later for this thread

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Why would there be a drill hole on an acetate ? also itseems to be a stuck on lable covering another lable on the scan ?

These must be some of the first recordings the Stylistics made ... note both written by Marty Bryant, their road manager, and Robert Douglas, a member of their backing group Slim & The Boys

The songs sound nothing like the group who went on to international fame

Andy

Robb, are you sure that royal spades is an acetate? It looks identical to the pressed record I have (labels are the same) and I can even see deadwax markings.

I will try to scan some acetates later for this thread

i have the royal spades 45 on vinyl , its also an identical copy to the one shown in the scan...................regards ezzie

Edited July 17, 201113 yr by rigilbert

These must be some of the first recordings the Stylistics made ... note both written by Marty Bryant, their road manager, and Robert Douglas, a member of their backing group Slim & The Boys

The songs sound nothing like the group who went on to international fame

Andy

I would love to hear the unreleased stylistics 45. Marty Bryant supposedly did a whole unreleased LP on the stylistics. He also did the Precisions on Hen-mar and the first Sister Sledge 45 on Money Back.

Just been looking through my boxes, I've got 3 Emidiscs. I haven't got around to scanning them yet, but I will do in time.

Side A/ The Ikettes - two timing double dealing.

Side B/ Eloise Laws - Love Factory.

Side A/ Evelyn Thomas - Doomsday (voc)

Side B/ Evelyn Thomas - Doomsday (inst)

Side A/ Skullsnaps - I'm your pimp

Side B/ Ernest Mosely - Stubborn heart

Just been looking through my boxes, I've got 3 Emidiscs. I haven't got around to scanning them yet, but I will do in time.

Side A/ The Ikettes - two timing double dealing.

Side B/ Eloise Laws - Love Factory.

Side A/ Evelyn Thomas - Doomsday (voc)

Side B/ Evelyn Thomas - Doomsday (inst)

Side A/ Skullsnaps - I'm your pimp

Side B/ Ernest Mosely - Stubborn heart

I think that's a slightly different topic - they're talking about original studio acetates here, the ones you've got were made to order in 1975.

oops,

oops,

But there is an actual topic somewhere about those sort of emidiscs, quite a recent one

just says montes demo on both sides no idea who it is but i like them both

little charles unissued and better take imho

primers unissued

Jeanie Screen a different take than the Josie 45

Edited July 18, 201113 yr by phil shields

Whats the luther randolph take on just gotta have you like Andy I'd like to hear that

Whats the luther randolph take on just gotta have you like Andy I'd like to hear that

I think it's included in one of the six-pack sessions that were put in in 2000 ... should be in Refosoul

Andy

Whats the luther randolph take on just gotta have you like Andy I'd like to hear that

I think it's included in one of the six-pack sessions that were put in in 2000 ... should be in Refosoul

Andy

fantastic track maybe a little too fast but piched down two its awesome....

couple from me......

couple from me......

Does I've had it have spoken intro ? i had one with spoken intro, a single one

George smith lovely!

Nice RCA 7" Pied Piper one off

One of Donna's Xmas presents, courtesy of Dave Flynn

For the Macc lads

Why would there be a drill hole on an acetate ? also itseems to be a stuck on lable covering another lable on the scan ?

High quality acetate making involves a turntable with TWO spindles which two holes fit over - this stops slippage during the revolutions as the acetate is CUT with a hot needle - with two holes drag cannot occur, basically the two holes ensure the acetate is firmly in place during cutting. Later they used a heavy centre plate to cover the label area and hold it down. The blue label underneath is the label of the makers of the blanks the label on top is the label the studio would have put on it. Sometimes they just wrote into the manufacturer label, sometimes they used their own labelling system.

Hope that helps

This is an acetate for Billy Clark " Too bad too sad " / " You'll never make it alone " which came out on Gama , why it is credited to Clyde Wilson is anyone's guess ? Great thread ...Eddie

High quality acetate making involves a turntable with TWO spindles which two holes fit over - this stops slippage during the revolutions as the acetate is CUT with a hot needle - with two holes drag cannot occur, basically the two holes ensure the acetate is firmly in place during cutting. Later they used a heavy centre plate to cover the label area and hold it down. The blue label underneath is the label of the makers of the blanks the label on top is the label the studio would have put on it. Sometimes they just wrote into the manufacturer label, sometimes they used their own labelling system.

Hope that helps

Thank you for that John di dnt know any of it, spoted the hole and it didnt make any sense, you learn somthing new every day

Got a huge box full of these old things :0)

Here's an iconic piece of Northern Soul in its rarest format.

Sean

I also have a George Smith I,ve had it slightly different take. Was said to belong to a member of the production team. Currently not here but at my brothers. So sorry cant scan.

I used to have a George Kirby What can I do on a 10" RCA Custom Recording ??

I used to have Richard Popcorn Wylie Rosemary On an Atlantic Acetate. Said to be for possible release on Atlantic after Karen. Wonder where they live no? Both were straight takes of the recorded item. Then there was another George Kirby with extra strings and differing words on a 10" Chess/Checker acetate. Anyone know where that is now please.

Got a huge box full of these old things :0)

Here's an iconic piece of Northern Soul in its rarest format.

Sean

Nice one Sean and as I suspected one of RCA's own as opposed to the publisher's copies that I got via Millbridge/GWP (not that Roy H had owt to do with that)

forgot about this one......

Must have been a bugger to type on the labels !

Swifty

whats the story behind these andy, ive seen a frankford wayne acetate of gene woodbury

Joe Stevenson, who owned Del-Val etc, gave them to me

bless him

Andy

Joe Stevenson, who owned Del-Val etc, gave them to me

bless him

Andy

so, what would be the story with the frankford wayne one, also seen bernie williams on frankford wayne

WOW!!! I would really love to hear THAT ONE!!!

I've heard that she was just hired as a demo singer. But, I wonder if Raynoma was pressing to also get her a singing contract and a record release with Motown, as she tried with The Parliaments, and succeeded with The Serenaders and Sammy Turner?

Does anyone know if Carol Moore had any releases on local NY Area labels? (or ANY labels, for that matter?)

Here's a few

Johnny Johnson & The Bandwagon - Un-released

Jimmy Soul Clark - I blew a good thing

Charles Drain - Is this really love

Edited July 20, 201113 yr by Dave Thorley