 Before work began on "Street-Legal", Dylan's personal life underwent a major change.In February 1977, Dylan spent several days at Gold Star Studios where Leonard Cohen was recording a new album, "Death of a Ladies' Man", with Phil Spector and Allen Ginsberg.After one session where Dylan and others indulged in a substantial amount of alcohol, Dylan returned to his Malibu home with an old friend of Cohen's, a woman named Malka.