NEIL SEDAKA ACETATE UNRELEASED 45 Single "COWBOYS AND INDIANS" Mono c 1970s RARE

$

128

Description

Neil Sedaka - "Cowboys And Indians" (c. 1970) ACETATE 45 SINGLE DEMO, 1-Sided
After researching this acetate record It does appear to be an unreleased Neil Sedaka song — at least in any official, commercially issued form. We can confirm there is a recording titled “Cowboys and Indians” circulating online as an unreleased demo from around 1970.
YOU CAN HEAR THIS SONG ON YOUTUBE IF YOU SEARCH "NEIL SEDAKA COWBOYS AND INDIANS" or Neil Sedaka "unreleased demo from circa 1970", it is the same song as is on this acetate.
FROM OUR RESEARCH:

• It does not appear in Sedaka’s official studio albums or singles listings on his discography page .

• It also does not show up in major cataloging sites like Discogs as a released track, which strongly suggests it never had a commercial issue.  

• What this acetate likely represents:

Given Sedaka’s career arc in the late ’60s/early ’70s — a period when he was writing and recording a lot of material that never made it to release — an acetate of an unreleased demo is possible. Acetates were commonly cut for:

• publisher pitching

• label consideration

• artist review

• session reference

• it could be a publisher or studio reference disc for a song that never made it to an album.

🧭 Why it’s not showing up anywhere

• Sedaka’s 1970–1972 period (around Emergence and Solitaire) included many demos and experiments that were never officially issued.

• “Cowboys and Indians” seems to be one of those shelved tracks — known only through collectors and a single circulating demo

PROVENANCE: We purchased this acetate, along with the other one we have up for auction, about 20 years ago. There were several other Neil Sedaka 45 single acetates in the collection, some had his name listed on the label and some did not, as on this label. We purchased a collection of 100s of 45s, including the Neil Sedaka's singles, from a woman who worked in the music business and was associated with a recording studio.
CONDITION: This is a one-sided 7" metal acetate 45 single record, mono pressing. The acetate looks clean and plays well with some light surface noise at the beginning and end of the of the music, not noticeable while playing. There is also a little surface film, typical of acetates. The blank side has a small area where the acetate doesn't fully cover the metal disc (see pic), the rest of the acetate is firmly attached, this imperfection probably happened when the disc was initially pressed; the bare spot does not affect the playing of the song. Rated vg+ to excellent.
To say that this is a rare record from a legendary pop-rock & roll figure would be an understatement; it is a treasure for any collector.

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