Apple Records Test Acetate Richard Hill Toad Of Toad Hall 3 Savile Row Custom

	€		292
	$		339

The Roland Rennie Collection

Coming up for the foreseeable future, is a record collection that is quite unique. It is the personal collection of the late great Mr. Roland Rennie who was the managing director at Polydor records in the UK during the 1960's and 1970's. There are some unique records, including 7 inch singles and LP's, along with Acetates, Demo's/Promo's and Factory sample records. Most are very early issues, if not the first to be produced. All of the main Polydor artists are present, including international and UK labels connected to Polydor.

In 1950, a young man named Roland Rennie joined EMI records in Hayes, Middlesex, UK. Roland quickly grew with the company and saw its success mushroom manyfold during the late 1950's and early 1960's.

During his 12 years at EMI, he held many positions and eventually became the right hand man to EMI managing director, L.G. Wood in 1959, and was closely involved with major affiliation switches by major American firms. He oversaw the changes from British Decca to EMI and of Liberty and United records. His experience would put him in the top 6 of most knowledgeable executives in the industry at that time.

In 1962, Roland was a member of the team reponsible for the conception of the 'Stateside' label, which became the outlet in the UK and many other countries for: Scepter, Vee Jay, Diamond, Swan, Laurie; and a dozen other U.S. ensigns.

In addition, under instruction from Sir George Martin, Roland was also the person responsible for The Beatles' entrance onto the American stage, and was directly involved in negotations for them to appear on the Ed Sullivan show for the first time.

In 1965, he left EMI to take up the position of managing director at Polydor records in the UK, and directly oversaw the signings to the label of: The Who, The Jimi Hendrix Experience, The Bee Gees, Sonny & Cher, Wilson Pickett, Ben E King, Otis Redding, The Drifters, Joe Tex, Patti and her Belles, Don Covay, Barbara Lewis and Soloman Burke, to name but a few.

References

7th September 1963 edition of 'Billboard' magazine, page 34

26th March 1966 edition of 'Billboard' magazine, page 34.

The previous listing contained a name error, my apologies.

On offer today, a 1969 UK 12" doubled side Test press Acetate from Apple Corpo. Ltd. titled "Toad Of Toad Hall - Test Acetate 1" by Richard Hill on the white and green Apple Test pressing label with typed track listings.

The labels have printed on them:  "Apple Corpo Ltd. - 3, Savile Row London W1. ---  "Toad Of Toad Hall - Side 1 / Side 2 - Stereo".

The record comes housed in a hand written inner sleeve and a Polydor pressing outer sleeve.

Catalogue number: No Catalogue Number

Matrix side 1: No matrix code
Matrix side 2: No matrix code

Side 1 condition:

Side 1 plays through with no jumps or sticks. There is some background noise, but the production quality is strikingly clear. 8/10.

The surface is fully intact with no major flaking andn excellent shine on the surface. There are a few surface marks but they do not massively affect playback, only with background crackle. 7.5 /10.

Side 2 condition:

Side 2 plays through equally well with some evidence of light background noise. There are absolutely no sticks and no jumps. 7.5/10

The surface of the acetate on side 2 is almost identical to that as described on side 1. There is a very good shine throughout with the odd surface spot / rub but it doesn't drastically affect the full production sound of the playback. 7.5/10.

Both white printed paper labels are in very good condition with some discolouration and wear around the centrehole. 6.5/10.

The hand written inner sleeve is in very good condition with no splits or tears but some discolouration present. 7/10

The polydor pressing outer sleeve is in excellent condition with very little laminate wear or creases. It is nice and clean and has a great shape, including the spine.

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