Sold Date: May 4, 2020
Start Date: May 2, 2020
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Leonard Cohen - Iodine - Alternative Mix 10" Acetate - Mastered at Phil Spector's Favorite Gold Star Studios 

Acetate Once Belonged to Record Producer Phil Spector 

One Sided 10” Acetate Disk with Typed Labels.

This version of the Leonard Cohen Phil Spector song "Iodine" is slightly longer and has a different mix than does the released US 45 single. The Gold Star Studios label on this acetate indicates that it was mastered on August 22, 1977. This studio was the favorite studio of Phil Spector, who recorded the Crystals, The Ronettes, Cher and Darlene Love at this same studio.

Condition VG+

I have played the acetate. There are some background pops and crackles but nothing major. The music overpowers the minor background noise. No major repetitive pop from the surface scratch. This acetate plays well with no skips or jumps.
This acetate has no chips or specks and is flat.

The Gold Star Studio labels are highly prized and rarely seen. There were probably one or two of these acetates cut.  Leonard Cohen's "Death of a Ladies Man" was the only album that Leonard Cohen worked with Phil Spector.

This is part of a selection of acetates, test pressings and records from the collection of a Director of Promotions for Apple Records who  also worked in the executive office of Phil Spector Productions back from the early 1970s.

Most of the acetates in this collection had standard designated acetate labels but there are some from even earlier in the audio review stage of record production that have no labels at all. Unlabled reference acetates have to be listened to on a record player in order to determine what they are. This is one of the labeled acetates.

 This acetate was Phil Spector’s personal work acetate. I would say that this acetate was used for making decisions about the final mixes of the songs on the album or 45.

As I said, The former Apple Records employee who owned this acetate set also worked with Phil Spector on a regular basis. I was told by this employee that Phil Spector frequently discarded record production materials, recording equipment and records once he no longer needed those items.  This acetate set came from the same collection of records and acetates as the A&M Studio Label Acetates that I sold last month on Ebay that were used in producing the  “The Concert for Bangladesh”three record box on Apple Records featuring George Harrison, Bob Dylan, Billy Preston, Ringo Starr and Leon Russell.

Check my other and future listings for more rare Philles and Apple Records records, acetates and awards. This acetate will come with a Letter of Authenticity signed by myself. My name is Christopher Chatman and I have been writing and dealing in acetates and extremely rare music items since 1977. I have included an article in the photos that I wrote in the 1990s called "What is an acetate and why do they cost so much money? The article was published in the 1990 book "Goldmine's Rock N' Roll 45 rpm Record Price"