BOB DYLAN Owned "Like A Rolling Stone" 10" ACETATE From NYC Studio AUTHENTICATED

Sold Date: July 8, 2014
Start Date: July 1, 2014
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BOB DYLAN Owned "Like A Rolling Stone" 10" ACETATE From NYC Studio AUTHENTICATED SEE OUR OTHER RARE RECORDS & MEMORABILIA A  10” acetate of Bob Dylan’s live version of “Like A Rolling Stone,” previously owned by Dylan and used during the making of his 1970 album Self Portrait. This acetate is the version recorded at Dylan's 1969 concert at the Isle of Wight and released (in a different mix) on Self Portrait. The acetate was part of a collection of Dylan acetates discovered this year in a five story brownstone at 124 West Houston Street in Greenwich Village.  From approximately 1969 through 1972, Dylan rented the ground  floor of the building for use as a studio (at the time, he lived two blocks away at 94 McDougal St.)  When the owner of the building died in January 2014, her executor found the acetates in two boxes labeled “Old Records,” in a a loft closet above the bedroom (read the complete story and see more photos at Recordmecca.com/blog

The Houston St. Studios acetates originally belonged to Bob Dylan, who either discarded them or left them when he moved out of the building in the early 1970’s. For more than 40 years, they were carefully stored by the building’s owner, and only discovered by chance by before the building was put up for sale earlier this  year.  The “Like A Rolling Stone ”acetate here is in Ex+ condition, probably played no more than once or twice. The label specifies this as "Cut 3" and the version here is a different mix than on the commercially released album. There are two labels on the disc, the visible one covering up another, also with handwriting visible on it--it's likely the first had a mistake on it, so a second corrected one was placed over it. Included is a digital transfer of the acetate, a copy of a letter of authenticity from the estate’s executor detailing how he discovered the acetates, and a letter of authenticity and written lifetime guarantee from Recordmecca’s Jeff Gold, an internationally recognized Dylan authority.  A remarkable Dylan artifact formerly owned by Dylan himself. Read about the discovery of this collection on Rolling Stone.com here: http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/more-than-100-rare-bob-dylan-acetates-discovered-20140701

Bob Dylan's original manuscript of this song sold last week for over $2,000,000.  Here's your chance to get an acetate of his for millions less !




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