**SIGNED**ROGER DALTREY*THE WHO*FREE ME*McVICAR*POLYGRAM*UK*ACETATE**SIGNED**

	£		56
	$		74

What's on offer?: Almost without the need for introduction, here we have a SIMPLY SUPERB NUGGET from the MOD and ROCK scenes - particularly as this copy is an ORIGINAL FIRST UK ACETATE PRESSING in INCREDIBLE condition AND SIGNED BY ROGER!!!

A SIMPLY ESSENTIAL DISC FOR TRUE MOD and ROCK FANS and 60s COLLECTORS IN GENERAL!

Artist: ROGER DALTREY

(The Who, The High Numbers)

A-side: Free Me 

B-side: McVicar

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AN ABSOLUTELY INCREDIBLE RARITY - EVERY COLLECTOR'S DREAM!!

Here we have a double-sided ACETATE from THE WHO legend ROGER DALTREY that originates, as is handwritten on the label, from 1980!!!  Both tracks are from the soundtrack for the film McVicar, in Daltrey starred in the leading role as English bank robber John McVicar.  According to Wikipedia, the musicians who played on this incredible disc were:

Roger Daltrey - vocals

Kenney Jones - drums

Dave Mattacks - drums

Stuart Elliott - drums

John Entwistle - bass

Herbie Flowers - bass

Dave Markee - bass

Ricky Hitchcock - guitar

Billy Nicholls - guitar

Pete Townshend - guitar

John "Rabbit" Bundrick - keyboards

Ken Freeman - synthesizers, keyboards

Jo Partridge - slide, electric & acoustic guitars

Frank Ricotti - percussion

Tony Carr - percussion

Ron Aspery - flute

It's hard to conceive that another of these acetate pressings remains in existence some 32 years later, given just a few of them would have been cut to test for sound mix and/or masterplate quality.  So, to find a gem like this in this condition is surely the stuff of dreams for collectors of MOD ROCK gems!!

Bid now to win this gem or, after the auction has ended, you can sit back in your chair and wonder how you managed to such a MONSTER MOD ROCK gem pass you by!!! Ask yourself when you honestly expect to see another one of these come up for sale, if ever??!!

As you'll see from the photo, this is unconditionally guaranteed to be the ORIGINAL 1980 UK 1st double-sided ACETATE pressing, so you can forget about having to settle for one of those dodgy so-called "limited vinyl re-pressings" (many of which are actually bootlegs) that are flooding the market.

A TRULY fantastic rarity, any fan of The Who, Roger Daltrey, the Mod and Rock scenes or 60s-80s music in general will simply have to have this item in their collection!!!!

Grade (labels): The grey PolyGram ACETATE labels with black print and handwritten details are in GREAT condition; the pictures tell all!

Grade (acetate): The grading of metal-based acetates is a highly subjective issue as the playing area is much softer than conventional vinyl.  However, I am comfortable to assign this gem a classification of MINT minus!!!  Of course, acetate pressings are by nature rather fragile and designed for just a few test plays so, in terms of their play life, do not have the 'longevity' of conventional vinyl pressings.  Therefore, with the hyper-sensitivity of modern styli and amplifiers, any lucky winning bidder would need to accept an aged pressing of this type producing static here and there, particularly in the areas of the run-in and run-off deadwax.  Good luck in finding another one of these nuggets......... they just do NOT turn up!!!!

Grade (company bag): This fantastic gem is housed within a plain white, straight-top bag with flipbacks in great shape (see photo)!!!

Why buy?: This is an absolute MONSTER of a MOD ROCK gem and always so incredibly sought-after in this format!! Truly a KILLINGLY RARE ITEMand VIRTUALLY IMPOSSIBLE TO FIND like this, don't miss this incredible example as it might be your only chance to buy an ORIGINAL 1980 UK 1st ACETATEpressing of "Free Me" by Roger Daltrey in incredible condition!!!

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