Sonny Bono got into the business as a gopher for Phil Spector at Gold Star studios.
Instead of being paid, he took his “money” in studio time where he recorded “I Got You Babe”, a song he wrote.
I was gifted a copy made direct from the raw studio master tape.
At the beginning, Cher’s voice begins in the right channel and is slowly potted to center.
Wow, good story and great story about the gift also.
I would think that direct copy would be worth some bucks.