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Lot 713: PRINCE - The Dr. Fink Collection: Collection of 39 Prince Archival Cassette Tapes c. 1979 - 1990

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Reply #1 posted 10/20/24 7:18pm

SoulAlive

Wow!

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Reply #2 posted 10/20/24 7:20pm

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At Auction: PRINCE - The ...979 - 1990

PRINCE - The Dr. Fink Collection: Collection of 39 Prince Archival Cassette Tapes c. 1979 - 1990 - A collection of 39 cassette tapes representing an archive of Academy and Grammy Award®-winning singer-songwriter Prince's rehearsals, live shows, and studio performances between 1979 and 1990. The tapes offer rare insight into the notoriously private musician's process across various eras and projects, with material stretching from his time practising and performing with his band in the late 1970s to the periods just before and after he won his Oscar for the now-classic 1984 film Purple Rain. They also feature the iconic artist instructing his band on how to play their parts during rehearsals, as well as discussing how some of his music should be performed.

This lot comes from the personal collection of Grammy Award®-winning keyboardist and producer Matt Fink (known by his stage name Dr. Fink), a member of Prince's band from 1978 to 1991 who notably played as part of The Revolution as well as co-starring in Purple Rain. Each tape comes inside a hand-labelled plastic case, with such labels as "Controversy Rehearsal 1981," "Possessed Show for 1st Live 84," "Get On Up Mountain Long Version 1986," and "Prince Lovesexy Rehearsal 1988," among others. Some of the material, including one tape featuring an unreleased album Prince created as a side project called "The Rebels," is believed never to have been officially released. The Rebels tape is one of very few original cassettes ever made.

MP3 and WAV files are also included for every recording in the collection. As the recordings were collected using various technologies, including boom boxes, high-end studio equipment, and mixing boards, the audio quality of the collection differs from tape to tape. Additionally, cases exhibit a variety of cracks, fractures, and peeling labels. This lot is accompanied by a certificate of authenticity co-signed by Dr Fink. Dimensions: (largest) 30.5 cm x 30.5 cm x 30.5 cm (12" x 12" x 12")

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Reply #3 posted 10/22/24 1:23pm

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Off topic comment deleted - l'ange bleu moderator

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Reply #4 posted 10/22/24 1:30pm

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After someone bids for under 5k and wins, it will be out in the interwebs.
If you get this for 10K and keep it to yourself, you're the punk of the millennia.

"Whatever skin we're in
we all need 2 b friends"
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Reply #5 posted 10/30/24 3:58am

Vannormal

Make those bootlegs fast, and ready for us... like right NOW!

ANYONE who has the money, be faster than the estate, and release them, jsut to fuck the estate.

Only, let's hope $picer and MakeMillions are not buying them first.

I have the money, only I don't know even where to begin to make bootlegs... wink)))))

Damn!

"The whole problem with the world is that fools and fanatics are always so certain of themselves. And wiser people so full of doubts" (Bertrand Russell 1872-1972)
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Reply #6 posted 10/30/24 4:00am

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"The whole problem with the world is that fools and fanatics are always so certain of themselves. And wiser people so full of doubts" (Bertrand Russell 1872-1972)
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Reply #7 posted 10/31/24 1:03am

SoulAlive

incredible!

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Reply #8 posted 10/31/24 6:19pm

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"Music gives a soul to the universe, wings to the mind, flight to the imagination and life to everything." --Plato

https://youtu.be/CVwv9LZMah0
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Reply #9 posted 11/12/24 4:49am

FrankieCoco1

Think this thread should be in the main discussion rather than lost in the mist of associated artists!

Anyway, as well as the tapes, there is a lot of other stuff Fink is selling off. I was particularly interested in the tour itenaries and stuff like that - gives the hotels where the bands stopped for the Dirty Mind tour (wish there was similar available for the Controversy tour). Flight details are also on it.

https://propstoreauction....ent_page=0
There may or may not be something coming!
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Reply #10 posted 11/12/24 10:30am

TheTruth123

Question: Some are in Prince's handwriting. How do other people end up with thoese? Does Prince ask someone to hold them for him or what?

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Reply #11 posted 11/12/24 12:54pm

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Twin Cities keyboardist Dr. Fink explains why he’s selling his Prince memorabilia



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Reply #12 posted 11/12/24 2:05pm

FrankieCoco1

TheTruth123 said:

Question: Some are in Prince's handwriting. How do other people end up with thoese? Does Prince ask someone to hold them for him or what?



Prince was known to give tapes to band mates to listen to and practice - rehearsals weren’t to learn songs (that was for the players to do in their own time) but to get the best out of the song.
There may or may not be something coming!
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Reply #13 posted 11/15/24 11:31am

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nayroo2002 said:

After someone bids for under 5k and wins, it will be out in the interwebs.
If you get this for 10K and keep it to yourself, you're the punk of the millennia.



Auction is happening soon, but it's already at £17,000 on pre-auction bids...
There's a Bumhole in my Heart.
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Reply #14 posted 11/15/24 1:27pm

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went for £42,500... eyepop I tried, dammit.
There's a Bumhole in my Heart.
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Reply #15 posted 11/16/24 3:12pm

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Who won it?

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Reply #16 posted 11/16/24 3:22pm

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nayroo2002 said:

Who won it?



no idea - anonymous online bidder
There's a Bumhole in my Heart.
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Reply #17 posted 11/16/24 3:24pm

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Bumhole said:

nayroo2002 said:

Who won it?



no idea - anonymous online bidder

apologies - just checked and it was in the room. I wasn't in the room though so don't know...
There's a Bumhole in my Heart.
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Reply #18 posted 11/18/24 2:38am

Vannormal

Bumhole said:

nayroo2002 said:

Who won it?

no idea - anonymous online bidder

Maybe Spicer or MakeMillions... or PW?

"The whole problem with the world is that fools and fanatics are always so certain of themselves. And wiser people so full of doubts" (Bertrand Russell 1872-1972)
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