Found 2 X Old 10" Acetates In The Garage

[Pete S]

Blimey these take me back, judging by the content of these, the first one I would date to March / April 1978 and the second to June / July 1978. What's interesting about these is that Carol & Gerri is listed on there under it's cover up name, did anyone remember it was covered as Epitome Of Sound, because I sure didn't. Some horrible selections on there: Black Power, Burning Bush, Phil Coulter. Of course all of these tracks on both discs eventually got pressed not long after.

I think these came from Crispie's house when he died, his Dad gave me his LP's and these were inside some album cover, but the writing on the Burning Bush one is definitely mine so I probably bought that out of Pep's shop and sold it on to him. Not sure about the second one. Paul Clifford, memory man, have you ever clapped eyes on these before?

[Grayman45]

Is there a market for stuff like this. I'm sure I have something similar gathering dust somewhere. Any acetate freaks out there?

[Pete S]

Is there a market for stuff like this. I'm sure I have something similar gathering dust somewhere. Any acetate freaks out there?

In my opinion, there's nothing more useless than an acetate which has been pressed, bootlegged or officially reissued, so I regard these as junk and I only tend to keep them if they have tracks which actually never did come out on reissues, like I have things like Lou Pride b/w Pointer Sisters, absolutely no value whatsoever as far as I'm concerned (though I kept it because the Lou Pride is off an original and is about 6 seconds longer than the bootleg).

To sum up - acetates that people had made up for them like these shouldn't really have any value, but I've seen some go on ebay.

[Grayman45]

In my opinion, there's nothing more useless than an acetate which has been pressed, bootlegged or officially reissued, so I regard these as junk and I only tend to keep them if they have tracks which actually never did come out on reissues, like I have things like Lou Pride b/w Pointer Sisters, absolutely no value whatsoever as far as I'm concerned (though I kept it because the Lou Pride is off an original and is about 6 seconds longer than the bootleg).

To sum up - acetates that people had made up for them like these shouldn't really have any value, but I've seen some go on ebay.

I agree. The ones I had were of poor quality too. A certain chap in Nottingham was knocking them out in the seventies. The soul police never questioned him at all. Corrupt, that's what I say. ha ha.!

[Guest MrC]

I think the 'burning bush' one may have been from Peps, didn't you buy it already done, cheap, after someone had ordered it and never picked it up?

It looks like Crispy's spidery scrawl on the other one, and I would've thought that had come from the same place.

Sundown only did 7" acetates if memory serves me right, which is where your Lou Pride came from, can't remember what year they closed/stopped doing them though.

[Pete S]

I think the 'burning bush' one may have been from Peps, didn't you buy it already done, cheap, after someone had ordered it and never picked it up?

It looks like Crispy's spidery scrawl on the other one, and I would've thought that had come from the same place.

Sundown only did 7" acetates if memory serves me right, which is where your Lou Pride came from, can't remember what year they closed/stopped doing them though.

That particular Lou Pride didn't come from Sundown, I gave that one to Karen back in 1976! This one came in some collection. But Sundown must have stopped in early 76 as I remember getting World Column b/w Frankie Crocker late 75, and your Larry santos / Zola more or less the same time. They stayed open until 1979, I bought a copy of the Sex Pistols bootleg Indecent Exposure from there very late 70's.

Edited June 27, 2012 by Pete S

[Jerry Hipkiss]

What's interesting about these is that Carol & Gerri is listed on there under it's cover up name, did anyone remember it was covered as Epitome Of Sound, because I sure didn't.

Being sad, yup, I remember Sam having it covered as EoS, remember being down at the Dive Bar in Worcester one Sunday night after Yate, Mac Gocher used to play there and had it in his box without realising it was being played until we gently (!) pointed it out to him!