NEIL YOUNG -UNKNOWN Unrel. German 'TRANS' LP Test Pressing w/“If You Got Love” ONE OF THE RAREST RECORDS IN THE WORLD--UNDOCUMENTED ! Here is one of the rarest records in the world—a German test pressing of Neil Young’s 1982 album “Trans” with the unreleased track “If You Got Love”. This track was pulled from the album at the last minute, and was never released. As Wikipedia notes, “After a year of work, the album was mixed in a hurry because Young was eager to go out on tour, and a last-minute change in the running order is evident in the inclusion of a song called "If You Got Love" in the track listing and lyric sheet, even though it is not on the album.” The provenance is best explained by the included letter of authenticity from longtime Neil associate Joel Bernstein: “This letter is to authenticate a German CBS test pressing of Neil Young’s 1982 album Trans, with the unreleased track “If You Got Love”. This was one of a few test pressings given to Neil by a European record company executive, while on tour in Europe. I was on the road with Neil and he gave this copy to me. I photographed Neil Young for the first time at his first East Coast show with Crazy Horse, at the Bitter End in New York City, in February 1969. I went on to work with Neil extensively, as both his and CSNY’s tour photographer, and shooting him for eighteen of his album covers (including After The Gold Rush, Harvest, Time Fades Away, Tonight’s The Night, Decade and Rust Never Sleeps) plus numerous other official projects including publicity, advertising, songbooks, posters, et al. On various tours from 1973-1993, I also worked with Neil as his guitar technician; and served as his archivist for 20 years, researching and presenting him with every source for audio, artwork and text used in his massive box set Archives Vol. 1 1963-1972. During the course of working for Neil, he gave me various acetates, test pressings, set lists and other memorabilia. Neil knew I was a collector and he wasn’t, so once he was done with things like this, instead of throwing it away, he often gave it to me. This is from my personal collection. Sincerely, Joel Bernstein” We know of no other example of this, nor any pressing of Trans with this ultra rare song. One of the rarest records in the world! In mint condition and probably played no more than once or twice. With Joel Bernstein’s letter of authenticity, and Recordmecca’s lifetime guarantee of authenticity.

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