On 25th February Omega Auctions have a sale.
Lot 375 is three x 4 inch reel tapes (unchecked by Omega) labeled : Rolling Stones 1966.
The vendor says they come from a larger group of tapes which included a lot of live recordings.

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This?

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Yes.

Thanks More Hot Rocks.

It doesn't have to mean that these are professional taped live recordings, probably it's just an audience recording.

You could be right GJV. They may well be audience recordings but recordings of 1966 concerts are very few and audience recording was very difficult in 1966.
Equipment was large and heavy back then.

But we do know that UK concerts were recorded for Got Live If You Want It LP and overdubbed. These tapes are over 3 hours long and in 1966 the Stones only played for around 20 - 30 minutes on stage.

Could they just possibly be original recordings for the GLIYWI album?

It's either a bust or a goldmine.

hey gang what's say we throw all that money we were gonna spend seeing the band live this summer together and buy these tapes so the real fans can appreciate and enjoy them

seriously though i assume that whoever buys these won't be able to share them without the bands lawers being sicced upon them right?

Gevasonor is a Belgian comnpany...

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Gevasonor is a Belgian comnpany...

Allan Quartermain's companions had strong opinions on Belgian Engineering, especially Machine Gunnery

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GJV
It doesn't have to mean that these are professional taped live recordings, probably it's just an audience recording.

they say 'Contents have not been checked'. So you can't even tell for sure if there's anything on these tapes at all!

Contents have not been checked

Yes, you both are right, how big is the chance that there's nothing on it?
They didn't check it, but they have written "Rolling Stones" on it?

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GJV
Yes, you both are right, how big is the chance that there's nothing on it?
They didn't check it, but they have written "Rolling Stones" on it?

somebody could have put the wrong tape in the boxes or somebody marked the tape to put the aside to record the Stones (but it never happened), etc.

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GJV
Yes, you both are right, how big is the chance that there's nothing on it?
They didn't check it, but they have written "Rolling Stones" on it?

somebody could have put the wrong tape in the boxes or somebody marked the tape to put the aside to record the Stones (but it never happened), etc.

Good point. But I think they know what's on the tapes and it is not anything special. Maybe they are looking for a sucker. Like the game show Let's Make A Deal.

Omega is a music auction house so I can't imagine they don't know what's on those tapes

I too now have several cassette tapes that are marked Rolling Stones that I would like to auction…

Might be someone slowed down an Alvin and the Chipmunks tape to make it sound like Mick. Not unprecedented. Got burned myself that way once.

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Might be someone slowed down an Alvin and the Chipmunks tape to make it sound like Mick. Not unprecedented. Got burned myself that way once.

Can you please give us more detail on getting burned that way?

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I too now have several cassette tapes that are marked Rolling Stones that I would like to auction…

Hahaha - I have a box somewhere too.

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I too now have several cassette tapes that are marked Rolling Stones that I would like to auction…

Do you know if there's anything on them?

What if these recordings are just some transfer of the official LPs? They do not have necessarily being from 1966 but someone could have recorded them then.

Isn't it peculiar that the vendor mentioned could not even give a hint as to the content? If it was really sensation (e.g. hitherto unknown official live recordings) he could have sold them for much more money.

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What if these recordings are just some transfer of the official LPs? They do not have necessarily being from 1966 but someone could have recorded them then.

Isn't it peculiar that the vendor mentioned could not even give a hint as to the content? If it was really sensation (e.g. hitherto unknown official live recordings) he could have sold them for much more money.

Everything is possible of course, but as they also have this rare November 1966 studio reel for auction, those 1966 live recordings might be something interesting.

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I too now have several cassette tapes that are marked Rolling Stones that I would like to auction…

Do you know if there's anything on them?

Listen, with Bernadette running the vacuum all day and the cassette deck known for eating tapes I haven't had a chance. That's pretty standard in the auction industry really...

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I too now have several cassette tapes that are marked Rolling Stones that I would like to auction…

Do you know if there's anything on them?

Listen, with Bernadette running the vacuum all day and the cassette deck known for eating tapes I haven't had a chance. That's pretty standard in the auction industry really...

Thanks, just wanted to be sure. I'm "all-in" in that case.

If this is official, then it looks like the recording data is listed on the box.

There are two different Lots.
One is 3 tapes with no content listed.
The second is a single tape with contents listed.

I made 2 posts explaining this in Tell Me, but BV has moved one into Buy/ Sell.

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GJV
Yes, you both are right, how big is the chance that there's nothing on it?
They didn't check it, but they have written "Rolling Stones" on it?

Eggzactly! How sure can one be that the "contents were not checked"???

That sounds like another way of saying, "Nothing significat on here, so we're saying contents were not checked in hopes that someone will pay an absurd fee in hopes of finding some gems."

That's the same reason you don't buy an LP on ebay where the seller states "not played so unsure of quality" -- which is a guarantee the seller played it and it sounds like crap.

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GJV
Yes, you both are right, how big is the chance that there's nothing on it?
They didn't check it, but they have written "Rolling Stones" on it?

Eggzactly! How sure can one be that the "contents were not checked"???

That sounds like another way of saying, "Nothing significat on here, so we're saying contents were not checked in hopes that someone will pay an absurd fee in hopes of finding some gems."

That's the same reason you don't buy an LP on ebay where the seller states "not played so unsure of quality" -- which is a guarantee the seller played it and it sounds like crap.

You suggest dishonesty sir…how dare you