The Leonard Cohen '60s acetate

tomsakic · Post by **tomsakic** » Thu Sep 11, 2003 6:09 pm

I'm getting this very emotional.
This kind of discoveries must be printed in Mojo and Uncut... BT, can you take a photo of both sides with some digital camera?
t.

Paula · Post by **Paula** » Fri Sep 12, 2003 2:13 pm

That was straight from the heart Tom and mirrors my feelings about it. BT there is so much more to life than money there is the good feeling of being generous with something that others would treasure.

I hope you can photograph the acetate and send a copy to Jarkko. It is all kismet.

Midnight · Post by **Midnight** » Fri Sep 12, 2003 2:37 pm

At the risk of making people mad, why doesn't everyone lay-off BT. It's his find. Let him do with it what he wants. Some of you are acting like this acetate is the Holy Grail or something. And maybe LC would just as soon not have some half-baked songs from the past come back to haunt him.

BT · Post by BT » Fri Sep 12, 2003 6:38 pm

tomsakic · Post by **tomsakic** » Fri Sep 12, 2003 6:52 pm

Thank you very much, BT.

Leornard...?

Paula · Post by **Paula** » Fri Sep 12, 2003 7:47 pm

Thanks for that BT. For some reason I was expecting a tubular shape

It is in good nick by the looks of it. Leornard

Do Asylum records still exist it rings a bell.

glyn · Post by **glyn** » Sat Sep 13, 2003 12:12 am

BT, maybe you could send part of one of the unknown songs to Jarkko so that we know we are not dealing with 'Hitler's Diaries'

tomsakic · Post by **tomsakic** » Sun Sep 14, 2003 11:15 am

You have the point, Glyn.

Asylum - Jonni Mitchell was on that label, wasn't she? And I think some other good singer-songwriters from 1960s/1970s. My first thought was that this early demos have something to do with J. Mitchell, but when she met Leonard, in 1966 in NYC? They had brief romance at that time, also, if I understood it corectly.

Anyway, Leonard claims he did this recording for Polygram - I did not know Polygram existed so early, I know they are making movies last couple of decades, but in early 60s?

Linda · Post by **Linda** » Sun Sep 14, 2003 2:35 pm

This is starting to sound like a mystery novel. I would contact LC and see what he wants to do with it if I were you BT.

lizzytysh · Post by **lizzytysh** » Sun Sep 14, 2003 3:19 pm

Interesting discrepancies. Looks like The Mastering Lab does demos "for" various record labels, in this case "for" Asylum? And Polygram comes in where? I'm interested and curious as to the correct lineage of the process. Perhaps Leonard could straighten it all out via Jarkko, as well as give word as to what he'd like to see done with them [not that the exact content of that conversation needs to be relayed to us].