Mysterious Leonard Cohen "1967 studio sessions" album - any information?

[timnor]

I also would be most grateful to find some way to hear these concerts and indeed the studio outtakes.

[duane v]

I too would be anxious to get the 1967 studio recordings. I live in Thailand but am certainly able to DL files. Willing to pay any reasonable price. duanev@hotmail.com

[come_yar]

Devastated to be so late to this. Lifelong Leonard Cohen fan, would deeply appreciate any clue on where to listen to and/or download the '72 or '67 recordings. Would be happy to pay as well. come_yaar@outlook.com

[duane v]

I undersstand that there is also a 3rd set, of concerts from the 1970s? Can anyone help me with downloads?

[simonmoorehead]

they are covered earlier in the conversation

See https://www.musixmatch.com/album/Leonar ... e-Sessions

[dbwilco]

hello

im very late to this post, but just salivating to hear of a secret release of 1972 concerts as well as the 1967 studio sessions...id be most appreciative if some kind soul would be willing to share a link of these with me...thank you for your kind consideration dbwilco@aol.com

[timnor]

Hi
I’m also really hoping someone will help us Cohen fans with a Xmas present of the 67 studio sessions. Been searching in vain for too long.

Can anyone help Please PM me. Thanks

[albumsshouldexist]

Hi, I run a music blog called "Albums That Should Exist." I'd never heard of these Cohen copyright extension albums until recently. But I found out about them mostly by stumbling onto these discussions at this forum.

I've signed up to this forum just to return the favor and say that I've found the 1970 copyright extension. I've posted three albums from it recently on my blog. You can find them here:

Royal Albert Hall, London, Britain, 5-10-1970

https://albumsthatshouldexist.blogspot. ... ondon.html

Berkeley Community Theatre, Berkeley, CA, 11-15-1970

https://albumsthatshouldexist.blogspot. ... unity.html

News from the Authorities - Non-Album Tracks (1970)

https://albumsthatshouldexist.blogspot. ... s-non.html

The first one is a fantastic sounding, soundboard concert. It was missing all the banter between songs, but I added in banter from a different 1970 concert (in Frankfurt, Germany) from just four days earlier. I think the mix works well, and sounds exactly like a complete concert from that year.

The Berkeley concert has a very similar set list, and the same great sound quality, but that one is without the added banter.

"New from the Authorities" is my best of selection of the studio outtakes from the 1970 copyright release. There are some great things there, especially the long missing Cohen version of his original song "Priests."

I didn't post the entire copyright release, because most of it would be for die-hard Cohen fans only, such as many slightly different takes of the same song. But I've made the whole thing available via SoulseekQT. Just search for Cohen, copyright, and 1970, and you'll probably find it there.

Furthermore, I have a lead on finding the 1967 copyright release. If all goes well, I'd like to post that on my blog in a few weeks. Knock on wood. If anyone has the 1972 copyright release, please let me know, so that can be shared too.

[denispiggott]

1967 - yes pleeeeese!

[albumsshouldexist]

I'm working on 1967. I'm optimistic on that. But I recently got my hands on most of the 1972 concerts from that copyright release. I'll be posting some of that soon as well, and making all of it available via SoulseekQT.

[timnor]

Thanks. Great someone is making these releases available to fans. Appreciated.

[albumsshouldexist]

Note that I posted a link to this music in a different thread at this forum a few days ago, just in case you missed it:

https://www.leonardcohenforum.com/viewt ... 13#p381113

The thread is in the News section, and it's called:

1967 studio outtakes

[GolemZGLM]

Here is what I found 2 or 3 years ago. On a lyrics site, the listing of this 1967 boxset concludes 10 CDs and every track. https://www.musixmatch.com/artist/Leonard-Cohen/albums

I've managed to get all track listing and put them here for backup and your reference.

CD1 - 1967 Studio Recordings (May & June Sessions)

01 Suzanne (Take 1) (19 May Session)
02 Suzanne (Take 5) (19 May Session)
03 Hey, That's No Way to Say Goodbye (Take 1) (19 May Session)
04 Hey, That's No Way to Say Goodbye (Take 3) (19 May Session)
05 Hey, That's No Way to Say Goodbye (Take 4) (19 May Session)
06 Hey, That's No Way to Say Goodbye (Take 2) (1 June Session)
07 Hey, That's No Way to Say Goodbye (Take 3) (1 June Session)
08 Hey, That's No Way to Say Goodbye (Take 4) (1 June Session)
09 Hey, That's No Way to Say Goodbye (Take 6) (1 June Session)
10 Love Calls You by Your Name (Take 4) (1 June Session)
11 Come On, Marianne (Take 5) (Early version of So Long, Marianne - June 5 Session)
12 Love Calls You by Your Name (Take 2) (5 June Session)

CD2 - 1967 Studio Recordings (June Sessions)

01 Jewels on Your Shoulder (Take 2) (1967 Version of Take This Longing - June 5 Session)
02 Jewels on Your Shoulder (Take 5) (1967 Version of Take This Longing - June 5 Session)
03 Jewels on Your Shoulder (Take 6) (1967 Version of Take This Longing - June 5 Session)
04 Avalanche (Take 1) (1967 Version - 5 June Session)
05 Sing Another Song, Boys (Take 1) (1967 Version - 5 June Session)
06 Sing Another Song, Boys (Take 4) (1967 Version - 5 June Session)
07 Avalanche (Take 3) (1967 Version - 5 June Session)
08 Avalanche (Take 4) (1967 Version - 5 June Session)
09 Sisters of Mercy (Take 1) (5 June Session)
10 Sisters of Mercy (Take 2) (5 June Session)
11 Sisters of Mercy (Take 1 - solo) (5 June Session)
12 The Middle of the Night (Take 3) (7 June Session)
13 The Middle of the Night (Take 4) (7 June Session)
14 The Middle of the Night (Take 6) (7 June Session)
15 The Middle of the Night (Take 7) (7 June Session)

CD3 - 1967 Studio Recordings (June & July Sessions)

01 Hey, That's No Way to Say Goodbye (Takes 1, 2, 4, & 5 combined) (7 June Session)
02 Hey, That's No Way to Say Goodbye (Take 6) (7 June Session)
03 Master Song (Take 7) (7 June Session)
04 Anyone Can See (Take 1) (Early version of Sing Another Song, Boys - June 28 Session)
05 The Sun Is My Son (Rehearsal) (Early version of You Know Who I Am - June 28 Session)
06 Teachers (Take 4) (29 June Session)
07 Teachers (Take 5) (29 June Session)
08 Teachers (Take 6) (29 June Session)
09 Suzanne (Rehearsal/remake) (29 June Session)
10 Come On, Marianne (Take 1) (Early version of So Long, Marianne - July 5 Session)
11 Come On, Marianne (Take 2) (Early version of So Long, Marianne - July 5 Session)
12 Come On, Marianne (Take 3) (Early version of So Long, Marianne - July 5 Session)
13 Come On, Marianne (Take 5) (Early version of So Long, Marianne - July 5 Session)

CD4 - 1967 Studio Recordings (July & August Sessions)

01 The Stranger (Rehearsal/remake) (6 July Session)
02 The Stranger (Take 3) (6 July Session)
03 The Stranger (Take 4) (6 July Session)
04 The Stranger (Take 6) (6 July Session)
05 The Stranger (Take 7 Rehearsal) (6 July Session)
06 The Stranger (Take 9 Remake) (6 July Session)
07 Teachers (Remake test 1) (6 July Session)
08 The Beach of Idios (Take 3) (6 July Session)
09 Lost Change (Rehearsal) (Early version of One of Us Cannot Be Wrong - Aug 7 Session)
10 Lost Change (Take 2) (Early version of One of Us Cannot Be Wrong - Aug 7 Session)
11 Lost Change (Take 3) (Early version of One of Us Cannot Be Wrong - Aug 7 Session)
12 Lost Change (Take 5) (Early version of One of Us Cannot Be Wrong - Aug 7 Session)
13 Lost Change (Take 6) (Early version of One of Us Cannot Be Wrong - Aug 7 Session)
14 Tonight Will Be Fine (Take 1) (1967 Version - 7 Aug Session)
15 Love Is the Item (Take 4) (Early version of Tonight Will Be Fine - 7 Aug Session)
16 Tonight Will Be Fine (Take 6) (6 August 1967 Session)
17 Tonight Will Be Fine (Take 7) (6 August 1967 Session)

CD5 - 1967 Studio Recordings (August & September Sessions)

01 Nancy, Where Have You Been Sleeping (Take 1) (1967 version of Diamonds in the Mine - Aug 7 Session)
02 Love Calls You by Your Name (Take 1) (7 August Session)
03 The Stranger (Take 1) (7 August Session)
04 The Stranger (Take 3) (7 August Session)
05 In the Middle of the Night (Take 5) (7 August Session)
06 Store Room (Take 1 - full version) (8 Sept 1967 Session)
07 Store Room (Take 2) (8 Sept 1967 Session)
08 Blessed is the Memory (Take 1) (8 Sept 1967 Session)
09 Blessed is the Memory (Take 2) (8 Sept 1967 Session)
10 Winter Lady (Take 1) (8 Sept 1967 Session)
11 Winter Lady (Take 3) (8 Sept 1967 Session)
12 Winter Lady (Take 5) (8 Sept 1967 Session)
13 Tonight Will Be Fine (Take 1) (8 Sept 1967 Session)
14 Tonight Will Be Fine (Take 2) (8 Sept 1967 Session)

CD6 - 1967 Studio Recordings (October 11 Session)

01 One of Us Cannot Be Wrong (Take 1) (11 Oct Session)
02 One of Us Cannot Be Wrong (Take 4) (11 Oct Session)
03 One of Us Cannot Be Wrong (Take 5) (11 Oct Session)
04 One of Us Cannot Be Wrong (Take 6) (11 Oct Session)
05 One of Us Cannot Be Wrong (Take 7) (11 Oct Session)
06 One of Us Cannot Be Wrong (Take 9) (11 Oct Session)
07 One of Us Cannot Be Wrong (Take 10) (11 Oct Session)
08 Stories of the Street (Take 2) (11 Oct Session)
09 Stories of the Street (Take 3) (11 Oct Session)
10 Stories of the Street (Take 4) (11 Oct Session)
11 Stories of the Street (Take 5) (11 Oct Session)
12 Stories of the Street (Take 9) (11 Oct Session)
13 Stories of the Street (Take 11) (11 Oct Session)
14 Stories of the Street (Take 12) (11 Oct Session)
15 Stories of the Street (Take 13) (11 Oct Session)
16 Stories of the Street (Take 16) (11 Oct Session)

CD7 - 1967 Studio Recordings (October 13 Session)

01 Love Calls You by Your Name (Take 1) (13 Oct Session)
02 Love Calls You by Your Name (Take 4) (13 Oct Session)
03 Love Calls You by Your Name (Take 6) (13 Oct Session)
04 Love Calls You by Your Name (Take 7) (13 Oct Session)
05 Love Calls You by Your Name (Take 9) (13 Oct Session)
06 Love Calls You by Your Name (Take 10) (13 Oct Session)
07 Love Calls You by Your Name (Take 11) (13 Oct Session)
08 Love Calls You by Your Name (Take 12) (13 Oct Session)
09 Love Calls You by Your Name (Take 13) (13 Oct Session)
10 Love Calls You by Your Name (Take 14) (13 Oct Session)
11Love Calls You by Your Name (Take 15) (13 Oct Session)
12 Love Calls You by Your Name (Take 16) (13 Oct Session)
13 Love Calls You by Your Name (Take 20) (13 Oct Session)
14 Love Calls You by Your Name (Take 21) (13 Oct Session)
15 Love Calls You by Your Name (Take 26) (13 Oct Session)
16 Hey, That's No Way to Say Goodbye (Take 1) (13 Oct Session)
17 Hey, That's No Way to Say Goodbye (Take 3) (13 Oct Session)
18 Hey, That's No Way to Say Goodbye (Take 5) (13 Oct Session)
19 Hey, That's No Way to Say Goodbye (Take 6) (13 Oct Session)

CD8 - 1967 Studio Recordings (October 17 Session)

01 One of Us Cannot Be Wrong (Take 2) (17 Oct Session)
02 Love Calls You by Your Name (Take 1) (17 Oct Session)
03 Love Calls You by Your Name (Take 3 with Insert) (17 Oct Session)
04 Sisters of Mercy (Take 3) (17 Oct Session)
05 Sisters of Mercy (Take 9) (17 Oct Session)
06 Suzanne (Take 1) (17 Oct Session)
07 Suzanne (Take 2) (17 Oct Session)
08 You Know Who I Am (Take 2) (17 Oct Session)
09 You Know Who I Am (Take 3) (17 Oct Session)
10 Love Calls You by Your Name (Take 5) (17 Oct Session)
11 One of Us Cannot Be Wrong (Take 4) (17 Oct Session)
12 One of Us Cannot Be Wrong (Take 5) (17 Oct Session)
13 One of Us Cannot Be Wrong (Take 6) (17 Oct Session)
14 Jewels on Your Shoulder (17 Oct Rehearsal Takes 1 + 3) (1967 Version of "Take This Longing")
15 Jewels on Your Shoulder (17 Oct Take 4) (1967 Version of "Take This Longing")
16 So Long, Marianne (Take 5) (17 Oct Session)
17 Love Calls You by Your Name (Rehearsal Takes 6 + 7) (17 Oct Session)
18 Love Calls You by Your Name (Take 10) (17 Oct Session)

CD9 - 1967 Studio Recordings (October 17 & 20 Sessions)

01 Stories of the Street (Take 3) (17 Oct Session)
02 Stories of the Street (Take 5) (17 Oct Session)
03 Suzanne (Rehearsal Takes 1, 4, + 5b) (17 Oct Session)
04 Suzanne (Rehearsal Take 6) (17 Oct Session)
05 Suzanne (Take 7) (17 Oct Session)
06 Suzanne (Take 9) (17 Oct Session)
07 Suzanne (Take 12) (17 Oct Session)
08 Teachers (Take 1) (20 Oct Session)
09 Winter Lady (Traveling Lady) (Take 2) (20 Oct Session)
10 Sisters of Mercy (Take 1) (20 Oct Session)
11 You Know Who I Am (Rehearsal Take 1) (20 Oct Session)
12 You Know Who I Am (Take 2) (20 Oct Session)
13 You Know Who I Am (Take 3) (20 Oct Session)
14 You Know Who I Am (Take 6) (20 Oct Session)

CD10 - 1967 Studio Recordings (October & November Sessions)

01 Avalanche (Take 1) (1967 Version - 26 Oct Session)
02 Avalanche (Take 4) (1967 Version - 26 Oct Session)
03 Hey, That's No Way to Say Goodbye (Take 3) (26 Oct Session)
04 Hey, That's No Way to Say Goodbye (Take 6) (26 Oct Session)
05 Hey, That's No Way to Say Goodbye (Take 7) (26 Oct Session)
06 Hey, That's No Way to Say Goodbye (Rehearsal Take 8 ) (26 Oct Session)
07 Sisters of Mercy (Rehearsal Takes 1 + 2) (26 Oct Session)
08 Sisters of Mercy (Take 3) (26 Oct Session)
09 Sisters of Mercy (Take 4) (26 Oct Session)
10 Teachers (Take 6) (26 Oct Session)
11 Teachers (Take 7) (26 Oct Session)
12 Teachers (Take 8 ) (26 Oct Session)
13 Teachers (Take 1) (1 Nov Session)
14 Splinter (Rehearsal) (2 Nov Session)

what's strange is the leak of the set doesn't seem to match this tracklist, so I'm wondering if someone retagged the set wrong, or if there's actually some difference here

[Nothing left to do]

what's strange is the leak of the set doesn't seem to match this tracklist, so I'm wondering if someone retagged the set wrong, or if there's actually some difference here

the 10 CD list you have quoted in your post comprises 28 different songs with a total of 152 takes. The link above this list shows seven albums labelled 'Leonard Cohen 1967'. These are the same as the CDs 1, 2, 5, 6, 7, 8, and 9 in the 10 CD list. The CDs 3, 4, and 10 are not included in the album list.
The download offered generously by albumsshouldexist includes 22 different songs with a total of 106 takes. A close comparison between the number of takes for each song shows significant differences between the 10 CD version and the download (first number is the number of takes in the 10 CD version / second number ist the number of takes in the download):
- Anyone Can See (1 / 4)
- Avalanche (5 / 3)
- The Beach of Idios (1 / 0)
- Blessed Is the Memory (2 / 2)
- Come On Marianne (5 / 6)
- Dress Rehearsal Rag (0 / 1)
- Hey, That's No Way to Say Goodbye (17 / 12)
- Jewels on Your Shoulder (5 / 3)
- Lost Change (5 / 0)
- Love Calls you by Your Name (23 / 22)
- Love is the Item (1 / 0)
- Master Song (1 / 1)
- Middle of the Night (5 / 0)
- Nancy, Where Have You Been Sleeping (1 / 1)
- One of Us Cannot Be Wrong (11 / 12)
- Sing Another Song, Boys (2 / 0)
- Sisters of Mercy (9 / 4)
- So Long, Marianne (1 / 0)
- Splinter (1 / 0)
- Standing on the Stairs (0 / 6)
- Store Room (2 / 1)
- Stories of the Street (11 / 9)
- The Stranger (8 / 2)
- The Sun Is My Son (1 / 0)
- Suzanne (10 / 4)
- Teachers (9 / 3)
- Tonight Will Be Fine (5 / 2)
- Winter Lady (3 / 3)
- Winter Lady (Travelling Lady) (1 / 0)
- You Know Who I Am (6 / 2)
As you can see not only the number of takes differ, but furthermore some songs are only included in either the 10 CD version or the download. I must admit that up to now I haven't had the time to listen to the complete download to check whether any songs might be misidentified. It further does not help that in the download the takes seem to be renumbered and the recording date information is missing. Full clarification is only possible by close comparison of the download with the 10 CD version. If anybody can provide access (via PM) to the 10 CD version I would therefore be very grateful.

[lschwart]

I would be grateful for access to the 10 CD version as well, although I am unbelievably grateful to @albumsshouldexist for access to the 106 track version, too!

L.