ACETATE: Mystery Male-Female Folk Duo +Don Williams~Nashville Record Productions

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About This Issue:
12" acetate featuring 12 tracks by an unknown male-female folk duo, plus two tracks by country artist Don Williams at the end of Side 2.

The folk duo tracks sound like they are from the 1970s. They appear to consist of just one male singer, one female singer, two acoustic guitarists, and a bassist. The subject matter of most songs is romantic, although some appear to have Christian/religious lyrics. Hear for yourselves below!

Definitely not a finished album, but rather a collection of demos and/or rough mixes. Some tracks are partial takes. There are multiple takes of some songs. Most tracks have count-ins.

The Don Williams tracks are the same commercially released versions available on his 1975 MCA album You're My Best Friend. They are partitioned off from the others by a locked groove after the final track by the folk duo (B5). Weird!

Tracklist - the titles of the tracks by the folk duo are educated guesses based on lyrics (the actual titles of the Don Williams tracks are shown):
A1: "(I Can't Help) Growing In Love With You"
A2: "Take It" [Christian song?]
A3: "I'll See You Again" or "Tomorrow Will Be Here Today"
A4: "I Can't Make You Love Me"
A5: "The First Time Around" (#1) [partial, starts mid-song]
A6: "The First Time Around" (#2) [complete]
A7: "The First Time Around" (#3) [different lyrics?]
B1: "Can We Keep On Lovin'?" or "Fallen In Love With You" (#1)
B2: "Can We Keep On Lovin'?" or "Fallen In Love With You" (#2)
B3: "He Makes It Happen (Every Day)" [Christian song?]
B4: "I Think It's Time (To Break Away From You)" (#1)
B5: "I Think It's Time (To Break Away From You)" (#2) [includes false start, then a long delay]
B6: Don Williams - "Someone Like You"
B7: Don Williams - "(Turn Out The Light And) Love Me Tonight" [partial; ends in locked groove mid-song, very close to label]

The identity of the duo is truly a mystery! We tried using Shazam and searched as many of the lyrics as we could, but could find nothing! These tracks were most likely never commerically available. Again, they sound like demos. Did these demos ever get this duo a record deal of any size? Maybe something with an indie label or just a private pressing. Who knows? This might be the last surviving copy of these recordings!

And why are those Don Williams tracks tacked on at the end? We have no clue, although there is probably a great story behind it!

This acetate never had its own unique jacket. It comes a plain, white cardboard sleeve with "Direct Orig Vinyl Prod cut NOT Pressed" written in pen. One seam is completely split.

Acetate Condition
Acetate looks VG with numerous hairlines and light scuffs, but nothing glaring or excessive. However, it skips twice on A3 (in the midst of a distorted passage) and sticks on B1 (again, during a distorted passage).
Acetate Grade: F

Where did we acquire this item?
We purchased a 600 count  LP collection from a writer for an audiophile magazine for 30 years. This came from his personal collection.

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