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The Rolling Stones First Recording Contract, Signed in 1963 - Signed with Andrew Loog Oldham (JSA & REAL). Signatures include: Mick Jagger, Keith Richards, Brian Jones, Charlie Watts and Bill Wyman.
Offered here is the Rolling Stones FIRST recording contract that they ever signed. According to Oldham, before signing with Decca Records, the band signed a two-page record contract with Oldham that was good until August 31, 1970. Although undated, Loog remembers the document well, and has said that he had his secretary type it up, and then he and the band signed it.
A detailed two-page record contract that determines everything a record contract would entail - the number of records that band was expected to produce, performances and permission for advertising, etc. that would all go through Oldham, as well as the royalties the band would receive from the records they produced. The contract is updated on February 28, 1965 - before that date the band was receiving 7% in royalties, and after that date they were to receive 12% in royalties.
With the band from the very beginning, Oldham' was only a teenager when he started working with them, and his strategic prowess became evident as he realigned the band’s dynamics and signed their recording rights to Decca, a move targeted at A&R head Dick Rowe, who had previously turned down the Beatles. Oldham, a manager, and a producer, orchestrated the meteoric rise of the Rolling Stones from an obscure R&B cover band to the rebellious poster-boys of the British Invasion. Restyling the Stones’ as the unkempt antidote to the clean-cut Beatles, Oldham earned acres of news copy and publicity for the group, making them a favorite among teen audiences. It was Oldham who had the foresight to encourage the band to write their own songs. The Jagger–Richards partnership became the band's primary songwriting and creative force.
Loog stayed with the Stones as their manager until 1967.
The Rolling Stones are still going strong. Active across seven decades, they are one of the most popular and enduring bands of the rock era. In the early 1960s, the band pioneered the gritty, rhythmically driven sound that came to define hard rock. The band underwent a few changes in the line-up over the years, but their popularity has never dimmed. Among their many awards and accolades, they were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1989.
Dimensions: 8 in x 13 in.
Condition: The signatures are faded, but legible, signed in blue and in black ballpoint pen. Brian Jones whose signature, in blue ballpoint pen, stands out in its tone and clarity. The onion paper has several creases where it had been folded, multiple staple holes in the upper left corner, and some light discoloration. There are four white presentation corner holders attached on the verso of each sheet, on all four corners.
Authenticity: James Spence Authentication (JSA) Letter of Authenticity, a Roger Epperson (REAL) Letter of Authenticity and a Gotta Have Rock and Roll Certificate of Authenticity.
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