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Whole Lotta Love - 3:12 Edit

LED ZEPPELIN Whole Lotta Love (Very rare 1969 US original single sided 7" metal based methyl cellulose lacquer acetate for the FIRST 3:12 Version single released in October that year. The disc features a custom hand annotated Atlantic Recording Studio label with name, time, title & catalogue number [ATL2690] on it. Manufactured as part of the pre-production process with these acetates pressed as a means of determining mix levels, it is likely therewill have been only a handful made - A superb collectable!!)
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Release Year 1969 - 55 years ago
Condition Unless stated otherwise in the description above, all items are in at least excellent condition - so please read our descriptions carefully. We try to sell items as close to Mint condition as possible, and many will indeed be close to brand new and/or unplayed. Others may be 'used' - and all will meet our strict grading and are 100% guaranteed.
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Format 7" vinyl single (7 inch record / 45)
Record Label Atlantic Recording Studios
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Product Catalogue No ACETATE
Music Genre Rock
Country Comes from USA Comes from 'USA'
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1. Whole Lotta Love 3:12

This initial release of the single was the 3:12 edit. This was re-issued later in the year after some 'discussion' with Peter Grant & the band [who were not happy about the release] as the full 5:33 Version but used the same catalogue number. It was subsequently re-edited to a 4:50 Version, which is the most common 'edit' version to be found on vinyl.

The Acetate labels bear the '11 West 60th St' New York address of the Atlantic Recording Studios there.
The disc is in a generic die cut Atlantic company paper sleeve which has the '1841 B'way' address on it, which dates the sleeve nicely to the same period as the acetate as they changed the sleeve design the following year.

An acetate is a transitional stage between the master tape and the finished vinyl record.

Originally acetates were used for home recording in the days before tape recorders, but since the advent of cassette tape & CDR are now no longer used for providing bands & their entourage copies of today's studio efforts. A machine actually cuts the grooves into the acetate like a lathe.

The acetate is used to assess whether the music has been successfully transferred to disc. It is checked by the sound engineer. There may be only one copy made of a particular recording, sometimes more are cut and sent to the studio and band members for approval.

The acetate comes before making the master, and allows the sound to be checked without great expense.

It is unusual for more than a dozen to be manufactured, so from the collector's point of view an acetate is a rare find indeed! If the recording is rejected the acetate may be the only record that survives. The rejected cut may simply be poor quality, however the artist may have opted to use a different take of the song, if so, the acetate becomes much more precious.
An incredible find and certainly one of only a handful.

This copy is in superb condition with just a couple of light cosmetic scuffs & evidence of only occasional play. A true 'Jewel in the Crown' for any Zep collector !



7" RECORD  
Recording Artist Led Zeppelin
Product Title Whole Lotta Love - 3:12 Edit
Product Information Led Zeppelin Whole Lotta Love - 3:12 Edit USA 7" vinyl single (7 inch record / 45).
Language All tracks are sung in English, unless otherwise stated in our description.
Additional info Deleted - A deleted or out-of-print item is one that is no longer manufactured. However, we stock thousands of out-of-print formats and we specialise in tracking down out-of-print, deleted and hard-to-find releases.
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