Se7en said:

IstenSzek said:

FunkiestOne said:

I could understand Mayte selling her wedding ring, but selling the letter Prince wrote her when he proposed is super tacky and low rent of her.

Prince is better off without that gold digger. Glad he dumped her years ago. I feel sad for him, but just the way it goes sometimes with women. I assume he wasn't perfect in the relationship either, but he doesn't deserve this.

[Edited 3/6/16 1:43am]

agreed

iZsaZsa said:

Se7en said:

Please don't edit my comment, and then agree to what you just added.

I did no such thing. That's me replying to the first half of your post and then me agreeing with you on the second half of your post.

Gotcha - sorry for the misunderstanding. I hadn't seen a reply formatted that way before.

but how is it legal to sell those audio tracks?????

FunkiestOne said:

A "gold digger"? You really believe that she only married Prince for his money?

luvsexy4all said:

SoulAlive said:

luvsexy4all said:

but how is it legal to sell those audio tracks?????

Those tapes are not in Prince's posession.The person who owns it can legally sell it if they choose to do so.As I said earlier,he is very careless with stuff like this.He would freely hand out tapes to friends and associates,and that's why there are so many Prince bootlegs on the market,lot.He should have done a better job of protecting his music.

They can legally sell it but whoever buys it can't legally do anything with the music on it! Besides a standard tape (not chrome or metal) and the fact it is demos is likely to be poor audio quality.

Don't think Prince was careless nearly every artist has unreleased demos out there e.g. Kate Bush all her early demos are out there.

Expect the demos might have better stuff than a lot of the very mediocre stuff Prince has released lately.

MandalayWay said:

SoulAlive said:

luvsexy4all said: Those tapes are not in Prince's posession.The person who owns it can legally sell it if they choose to do so.As I said earlier,he is very careless with stuff like this.He would freely hand out tapes to friends and associates,and that's why there are so many Prince bootlegs on the market,lot.He should have done a better job of protecting his music.

They can legally sell it but whoever buys it can't legally do anything with the music on it! Besides a standard tape (not chrome or metal) and the fact it is demos is likely to be poor audio quality.

Don't think Prince was careless nearly every artist has unreleased demos out there e.g. Kate Bush all her early demos are out there.

Expect the demos might have better stuff than a lot of the very mediocre stuff Prince has released lately.

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There's hundreds of outtakes on boots, including whole album configurations. All because Prince was very careless -- this is a fact. Dude gave unreleased music to chicks to impress them, for instance. And there's still a ton of stuff only circulating amongst a very small circle, so all of the widely available stuff isn't even close to the full picture.

Oh my damn...they just showed a picture of the ring on our local news with a story about the auction.

Must be a slow news day,

StarTrib has picked up the story (yet somehow don't mention Dez as one of the sources of the items, even though he's mentioned in the descriptions).

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So again I ask: why isn't this a sticky? Why isn't this on the front page instead of stale news about passed concert dates?

BartVanHemelen said:

Spin

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Rolling Stone

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But the Org mods still don't think it's newsworthy.

love2thenines2003 said:

http://natedsanders.com/m...category=1 Me want the 1978 tape with the initial demo of Sometimes it snows in April! [img:$uid]http://natedsanders.com/ItemImages/000042/51237_med.jpeg[/img:$uid] [Edited 3/4/16 14:16pm]

I don't care what is on it, that thing is grotty and messed up, probably dosen't even play.

The tea spilled in here is delicious

In Guardian too.

BartVanHemelen said:

Spin

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Rolling Stone

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But the Org mods still don't think it's newsworthy.

Why don't you start your own website, where you can sticky the things you think are important?

KoolEaze said:

Strange that this early version of Sometimes It Snows in April has, at least to my knowledge, never been discussed here on the org.

Also strange that it´s never been mentioned by either Dez or Owen Husney.

That´s a a pretty spectacular item.

The price seems way too high though in comparion to the other items.

Can't trust what we're told to be the whole truth. People have an agenda, so who can say.

I think Prince himself is behind these items going to auction. I'm saying a '1959 Gibson' doesn't just go missing and then turn up in an auction one day without a legal fight from it's owner.

What if the tapes and kits are stolen goods? Say they were stolen by some hood who fenced them to some pawn shop and then the auction company is selling it for them and adding it to the pile of the late 90s Mayte stuff.

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My guess is this auction will flop like most of his late 90s music. the late 90s music and look is probably the least interesting part of Prince's life and his output.

Adorecream said:

What if the tapes and kits are stolen goods? Say they were stolen by some hood who fenced them to some pawn shop and then the auction company is selling it for them and adding it to the pile of the late 90s Mayte stuff.

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My guess is this auction will flop like most of his late 90s music. the late 90s music and look is probably the least interesting part of Prince's life and his output.

u mustve missed his 2nd golden era...92-96

Adorecream said:

What if the tapes and kits are stolen goods? Say they were stolen by some hood who fenced them to some pawn shop and then the auction company is selling it for them and adding it to the pile of the late 90s Mayte stuff.

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My guess is this auction will flop like most of his late 90s music. the late 90s music and look is probably the least interesting part of Prince's life and his output.

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The provenance of each item is known, but I guess famz can't bear the thought of their hero being such a careless twit that such items are out there.

Like damn! What did she do? Take all his stuff when she left??? Why does he let her have all that?

My ex never got anything from me when we split. She didn't even want the electric knife I bought her for Christmas.

AnonymousFan said:

Like damn! What did she do? Take all his stuff when she left??? Why does he let her have all that?

Prince strikes me as the type of person who doesn't care about old material things ("Attachment is stagnation",he once said in an interview).I doubt that he even cares that Mayte took those things.

SoulAlive said:

AnonymousFan said:

Like damn! What did she do? Take all his stuff when she left??? Why does he let her have all that?

Prince strikes me as the type of person who doesn't care about old material things ("Attachment is stagnation",he once said in an interview).I doubt that he even cares that Mayte took those things.

Do you think he even cares about Mayte at all now? Do you think he's ever really loved anyone?

AnonymousFan said:

SoulAlive said:

Prince strikes me as the type of person who doesn't care about old material things ("Attachment is stagnation",he once said in an interview).I doubt that he even cares that Mayte took those things.

Do you think he even cares about Mayte at all now? Do you think he's ever really loved anyone?

I believe that he once loved her.Their marriage seemed genuine.

how much of tic tac toe is about her???