REFERENCE DISC RICK NELSON DON'T BREATHE A WORD 2 VERSIONS RARE LIBERTY ACETATE

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NO RESERVE!

RICK NELSON

"DON'T BREATHE A WORD" RARE! RARE! RARE! 1964 LIBERTY RECORDS 2-SIDED REFERENCE DISC (ACETATE) FOR WHAT WOULD BE THE B-SIDE TO "A HAPPY GUY".

THIS IS A WORK-IN-PROGRESS PRIOR TO STAMPERS BEING MADE FOR THE SINGLE, AFTER THE TRACK WAS RECORDED AND MIXED IN MONO. HERE THE MASTER RECORDING IS PRESENTED WITHOUT ANY EQ ALTERATIONS OR CHANGES, AND ON THE FLIP-SIDE IS THE SAME MASTER HAS 2db OF HIGH END ROLLED BACK. REFERENCE DISC(S) WOULD HAVE BEEN GIVEN TO THE DECCA SESSIONS PRODUCER AND TO OZZIE NELSON WHO ALSO CONTROLLED THE END RESULT. THIS SORT OF FINE TUNING IN 1964 WAS NOT NECESSARILY PRESENTED TO RICK. DECCA AND THE PRODUCERS WOULD MAKE THOSE DECISIONS.  

FOR MY MONEY, THIS MAKES A MUCH BETTER A-SIDE THAN "A HAPPY GUY" AND SALES WOULD SUGGEST MAYBE I'M RIGHT, SINCE THE SINGLE MADE IT ALL THE WAY TO #82 ON THE 'HOT 100'....  THEN AGAIN, THIS WAS LATTER 1964 AND ALMOST NO AMERICAN WAS ABLE TO GET A HIT HERE ANYWAY, LEAST OF ALL THE TEEN IDOLS OF THE 50'S & EARLY 60'S.

WHY IS THIS ON A LIBERTY REFERENCE DISC WHEN THE SINGLE CAME OUT ON DECCA? IT'S POSSIBLE THIS TRACK WAS ACTUALLY RECORDED EARLIER FOR IMPERIAL (OWNED BY LIBERTY) BEFORE RICK SWITCHED TO DECCA IN 1963, OR ELSE OZZIE PREFERRED TO HAVE RICK WORK IN STUDIOS HE WAS FAMILIAR WITH AND THEN LICENSE OR DELIVER THE MASTERS TO DECCA. THIS MAY BE THE MORE LIKELY, WHO KNOWS.  OZZIE CONTROLLED IT ALL AT THE TIME AND IT WAS ALL DONE IN LA STUDIOS & MASTERING LABS, WHATEVER THE TIME-LINE OR STORY MIGHT BE! 

CONDITION:

• PLAYING SURFACES HAVE SOME STORAGE WEAR AND SCUFFING, VARIOUS SUPERFICIAL MARKS ETC, BUT THIS PROBABLY HASN'T BEEN PLAYED MUCH
• RARE LIBERTY STUDIO LABELS HAVE LIGHT SOIL AND SOME SMALL TEARS/WEAR HERE & THERE AT THE PERIMETER, NO WRITING OR STICKERS OTHER THAN THE CONTENTS NOTATIONS
• PLAYS FINE AND SOUNDS GOOD WITH SOME GENERALLY LIGHT SURFACE NOISE

1964 US ORIGINAL! 

OVERALL A SOLID VG TO VG+ & VERY RARE 2-SIDED RICK NELSON REFERENCE DISC!

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US DOMESTIC MEDIA MAIL WITH DELIVERY CONFIRMATION TOTAL IS $5.00.

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THANK YOU VERY MUCH & GOOD LUCK!