I've noticed recently some great acetates on the Internet, including a cool song by the Virgin Sleep called "Arthur" that wasn't released. Not quite as stunning as their best, but better than "Comes A Time" it seems to me.
There was another ( findable on YouTube) by a band called "Senses" that has no other info other than that and EMIdisc on the label. I think you can find it by searching "Senses psych acetate" on YouTube. The condition isn't perfect, but the song is great!
My question is does anyone know if a collection of psych acetates will get a CD release? It would be cool if it did.
Actually "Senses" is probably the song name. But it seems to me acetates could probably be read better these days with computers that could clean them up. I've read that grooves can be read these days with lasers so that even a cracked or broken 78 can be salvaged and the music digitized. I would think the same would apply for a crackly acetate.
Another interesting one on YouTube is The Blossom Toes "Look at me, I'm you" in a different (earlier?) run through from the album version.

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There was a good one for sale on ebay last week. An Emidisc acetate called Poor Mr Clock.
No idea who did it though.

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Yeah, it's funny how little information goes on the label of an acetate. You'd think someone might scrawl a band name. It's also too bad that acetates end up getting damaged easily. I guess there's a lot of anonymous slices of psych history out there...

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Hi Joe
Thanks for the information. I think that with a bit of trime on the production Arthur would be a excellent companion to their best works. The song has a lot of potential.

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Hi Daniel,
That was my thought as well. It made me wonder if they had any other material as yet unheard...
Joe

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i think I've mentioned this before, but there are a lot of acetates to be heard at britishmusicarchives.com and Sir Henry @ Ed Debba.

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That's true, you did point us to that interesting site, and I guess the comp Psychedelic Jumble a while ago was basically acetates as well.

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