Modern Folk Quartet MFQ This Could Be The Night 45rpm Test Pressing Phil Spector

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Modern Folk Quartet MFQ This Could Be The Night 45 rpm Test Pressing

Test Pressing for 45 rpm recording by the Modern Folk Quartet in 1966 for “This Could Be The Night”. A song that sounds like the Beach Boys produced by Phil Spector and Nilsson. At the last minute Spector decided not to release the single and focused his attention on Ike and Tina Turner and the production of the " River Deep - Mountain High " Lp

So this record was never released at all as a 45 rpm record. In fact it was totally unreleased until the 1970s when the song was finally released as part of a Spector rare masters compilation re ord album.

The side of the test pressing which has the orange writing on it also is the side that has “This Could Be The Night” pressed on it. In my opinion, the orange writing on the label was written by producer Phil Spector. This side of the 45 is in VG condition because of one serious scuff which causes a skip when playing this side.

The other side of the single features a song that I am not familar with. It sounds really good to me. The condition of this other side of the vinyl is  a strong VG+.

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This is one selection out of a highly important collection of acetates, test pressings, standard production records and entertainment awards from a media collection that ranges from the 1950s through the 1990s and was owned by a highly talented and diverse individual who served in a variety of jobs in the music and movie divisions of the entertainment industry most notably  including serving as a Director in the Promotions Department of the Beatles record company, Apple Records. 

This individual also worked in the executive office of Phil Spector Productions in the early to mid 1970s.Most of the acetates and test pressings in this collection had standard record studio acetate and pressing plant test pressing labels but there are some from 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 particular test pressing was Phil Spector’s personal work test pressing. I would say that this test pressing 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 test pressing also worked with Phil Spector on a regular basis. I was told by this employee that Phil Spector would frequently discard record production materials such as acetates and test pressings, recording equipment and regular production records once he no longer needed those items.  

This test pressing came from the same collection of records and acetates as the A&M Studio Label Alternate 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 past and present listings for more rare Philles and Apple Records records, acetates and awards. 

This test pressing will come with a Letter of Authenticity signed by myself. My name is Christopher Chatman of Beyond Records and I have been writing and dealing in test pressings, acetates, gold record awards and extremely rare music items since 1977. 

I wrote in the 1990s an article 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"