Badfinger - Name of the Game 7" Acetate - Al Kooper Dub - Only Known Copy RARE !
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Starting price: C $275.00
September 27, 2024 at 2:10:29pm PDT
Duration: 10 days
Time Ended: October 7, 2024 at 2:10PM PDT
Bids: 1 Bidders: 1
Winning bid: C $275.00
Badfinger - Name of the Game – 7" Acetate
Al Kooper Organ & Piano Overdubs
In Short: In January of 1971 the members of Badfinger went into the studio with Geof Emerick to record their follow up Lp to “No Dice” which was to be called “Straight Up”. Twelve songs were recorded by March 1971 and presented to George Harrison / Apple Records for release approval. Surprisingly the release request was denied and the project was shelved. It is believed that Allan Steckler, head of Apple’s U.S. operations was responsible for the Emerick recordings being shelved.
On April 23rd, Phil Spector and George Harrison submitted a remixed version of the song “Name of the Game” to be considered as the 1st single from the forth coming Lp. It was also rejected.
While the band was touring the U.S. they attended a session in New York City for “Name of the Game” at Bell Studio, where Al Kooper overdubbed swirling organ and piano onto the track. This mix was similarly unsuccessful. Apple then decided to shelve the Emerick produced album.
At some point it was decided that George Harrison would produce the new Badfinger Lp and work began on the project on May 30th, 1971. Six songs would be reworked from the Emerick sessions and six new songs were added to the Lp. Unfortunately George was unable to finish the project due to commitments made to the Concert for Bangla Desh (Concert and Lp).
In September of 1971 Todd Rundgren was engaged to complete the project which he did with a December 1971 U.S. release and a January 1972 U.K. release.
This auction is for the "Name of the Game" 7" acetate with the Al Kooper over dubbed organ and piano. I believe only 1 acetate was cut from the master tape and I believe this is that acetate. Incredibly rare.
The acetate has numerous marks on the surface and plays with some surface noise and the odd pop and crackle. The number 244AA is stamped into the center of the acetate on the blank side. I had the acetate transferred to CD and had it declicked so the CD plays amazing and sounds very good. The winning bidder will get a CD of the acetate (declicked).
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