HAWKWIND Sweet Mistress of Pain RPS Promo Metal Acetate
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Hawkwind: Sweet Mistress of Pain
RPS Promo Metal Acetate
Original Studio Sleeve and Hand-Written Label
+ Promo Flyer / Leaflet
Description
This auction is for a two-sided Rhone-Poulenc Systemes 7" Metal acetate of Sweet Mistress of pain as recorded by Hawkwind Zoo, as Hawkwind were then known. This is in itself a very rare Hawkwind track, and I personally only know of one acetate being pressed for each side of the subsequent commercial single release. I sold the other of the pair not long ago. The B-Side is the Flicknife LIVE version of Kings of Speed. These tracks were released by Flicknife in about 1981, please refer to the extract below from a Trevor Hughes Zephyr newsletter for more details. Trevor was very instrumental in getting this early recording onto a 12 inch single release. The metal plate onto which the acetate is bonded weighs somewhere in the region of 30g, making this nearly twice the weight of a typical Flicknife single. Acetates are the rarest form of record, and have the highest sound quality when new. If you are unfamiliar with them, I would recommend doing a keyword search to validate my claims. This is a really superb disc!
The condition of the record surfaces is excellent, retaining most of the original shine. There are no scratches, and only the lightest amount of sleeve wear - if any! The absence of wear around the spindle holes attests to the fact that it has hardly been played - I've only played it once, when I first bought it, somewhere around the beginning of the eighties. The sleeve in in very good condition, with the seams lightly worn but unsplit. I will ship the disc out of the sleeve, in order to prevent it splitting the seams.
Just prior to putting up this listing, I found a mint promo flyer/leaflet, which I can throw in with the disc. One side of it is now displayed below. You can see how the B-Side titles for the 12" single were changed.
Shipping
Signed-For First Class Packet:  FREE
Please Note:  The acetate will be shipped securely and with appropriate protective packaging, and NOT in it's sleeve, in order to prevent splitting.  Please note that owing to my work patterns you may need to allow 24 hours for responses to queries.  I aim to ship within two working days of receiving cleared payment.  Please pay within five days of the auction closing.  Thanks!
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