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Unreleased Demo's up for auction!!! ❤ Hi All, just wondering if anyone had seen these unreleased demo's up for auction this Tuesday coming? One is the demo for concrete jungle with Rosie Gaines and the other is the demo for the Flash/MC Flash project with Margie Cox! Both have been fully authenticated by Roger Epperson the number one authenticator in the business! The Margie cox one has the cover version of 'Fire' which is totally unheard! That song alone is not available in the public domain. The fact that he has personally hand written the track list on both tapes is amazing! I love the Margie cox one in particular. Here is the link to the auction https://bit.ly/PrinceTapes | |
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Funny thing is if we were smart and a little organized as a community, what we should actually do is set up a crowdfund, buy them collectively, leak the songs and give the original cassettes to some charity to auction again. Just saying... A COMPREHENSIVE PRINCE DISCOGRAPHY (work in progress ^^): https://sites.google.com/...scography/ |
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VaultCurator said:
IDK. There are a few people here I'd trust to both have the integrity not to steal the tapes and to have the technical skills to make a proper transfer (which I don't). So for me the people aren't the problem. As for the money I guess the limit is how much money could be earned on the crowdfund (the choice of the priority tape could be voted by participants). And as for the charity I think Mayte's dog shelter could be a good option (who doesn't like dogs?). You know we could do it right now for these tapes. But somehow I don't think there's enough of trust in the community to involve enough people to get enough money (obviously we'd need several dozen people at least because most of us couldn't invest more than 50-100 bucks at best). IDK. Let's see if anyone else reacts positively. If we get 50 people saying I'm in in this thread, then we'll know we're unto something. [Edited 9/3/20 4:57am] A COMPREHENSIVE PRINCE DISCOGRAPHY (work in progress ^^): https://sites.google.com/...scography/ |
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databank said: Funny thing is if we were smart and a little organized as a community, what we should actually do is set up a crowdfund, buy them collectively, leak the songs and give the original cassettes to some charity to auction again. Just saying... Great idea! Should try and do it with these ones! Especially the Margie Cox! That cover of fire is gold dust! | |
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It's a good idea. I'd be interested but not for these tapes. Count me in for any other auction dealing with unheard Prince demos. The '78 tape of acoustic demos put for auction a few years ago is a good example.
Not interested in spending money in associated artists tapes though. |
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I'd be up for a pledge! | |
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Are these Prince's versions though? | |
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Dandroppedadime said: Are these Prince's versions though? Prince plays all instruments and provides backing vocals on them. They were recorded at Paisley Park and he has handwritten the track lists on them. Rosie Gaines provides lead vocals on that tape and Margie Cox provides lead vocals on the other tape. | |
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@databank You can count me in! "You can skate around the issue if you like,
But who's gonna get you high in the middle of the night?" |
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i am IN for 10 dollars. |
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Yeah it's a good idea to say for how much because if people are all in for 1 buck ha ha . I'd easily put 50 bucks into the mix, if only for the fun of unearthing some uncirculating things. EDIT: Oh, fuck it, make it 100, it doesn't happen every day . [Edited 9/3/20 8:26am] A COMPREHENSIVE PRINCE DISCOGRAPHY (work in progress ^^): https://sites.google.com/...scography/ |
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If this is a go, i'd put up 50, too! No joke! "Whatever skin we're in
we all need 2 b friends" |
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JorisE73 said:
I have searched high and low to find that copy of 'fire' but I was told it wasn't in the public domain. And after trying to find it I can find any evidence of it? I love these tapes though especially with his hand written track list. Very, very rare. I think with the listing stating that they are the only original copies in existence, I think most of the tracks have obviously been heard but these are the original demos. Very cool.👍 | |
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"Fire" isn't totally unheard. Plenty of folks have it, it just hasn't reached bootlegs to my knowledge. This tape also is just a slip from the bootleg trading scene, not Prince's personal copy (this is going off of the other 300 tapes that the original auctioneer was selling on eBay for 15$ a piece) Wouldn't bother with it, people... usually known as "Leaped7689" |
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the funny thing is that if this were just on some random bootleg and i heard about it i probably wouldn't bother seeking it out, but if i'm putting money down for it? it's gotta be the best thing since sliced bread. |
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PurpleMusic7689 said: "Fire" isn't totally unheard. Plenty of folks have it, it just hasn't reached bootlegs to my knowledge. This tape also is just a slip from the bootleg trading scene, not Prince's personal copy (this is going off of the other 300 tapes that the original auctioneer was selling on eBay for 15$ a piece) Wouldn't bother with it, people... This isn't a slip from the bootleg scene though. Prince has personally handwritten the track lists on these tapes. These have originally come direct from Prince's hand. They are the originals. I spoke to the auction house and they informed me that not only have they been authenticated twice including full authentication by Roger Epperson just last week! But The Prince Estate have also confirmed that they are genuine. These guys are the experts. If someone was selling these for $15 a piece then they were extremely foolish! | |
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databank said: Funny thing is if we were smart and a little organized as a community, what we should actually do is set up a crowdfund, buy them collectively, leak the songs and give the original cassettes to some charity to auction again. Just saying... Great idea! But: Who should get the Cassette / CD? And if this person decides to keep it, what are we gonna do? And if this person puts it on an auction again, and decides to keep the money for him-/herself? NPG Radio:
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BlueShakooo said: databank said: Funny thing is if we were smart and a little organized as a community, what we should actually do is set up a crowdfund, buy them collectively, leak the songs and give the original cassettes to some charity to auction again. Just saying... Great idea! But: Who should get the Cassette / CD? And if this person decides to keep it, what are we gonna do? And if this person puts it on an auction again, and decides to keep the money for him-/herself? I already replied to this above. But anyway it ain't gonna happen its not like 50 people came and said they'd pledge 100 bucks each. A COMPREHENSIVE PRINCE DISCOGRAPHY (work in progress ^^): https://sites.google.com/...scography/ |
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GraceDil said: PurpleMusic7689 said: "Fire" isn't totally unheard. Plenty of folks have it, it just hasn't reached bootlegs to my knowledge. This tape also is just a slip from the bootleg trading scene, not Prince's personal copy (this is going off of the other 300 tapes that the original auctioneer was selling on eBay for 15$ a piece) Wouldn't bother with it, people... This isn't a slip from the bootleg scene though. Prince has personally handwritten the track lists on these tapes. These have originally come direct from Prince's hand. They are the originals. I spoke to the auction house and they informed me that not only have they been authenticated twice including full authentication by Roger Epperson just last week! But The Prince Estate have also confirmed that they are genuine. These guys are the experts. If someone was selling these for $15 a piece then they were extremely foolish! Take or leave my word. I know what I saw with the original eBay sale that ended at 353$ 2 months ago and then resurfaced in another eBay auction at (bundled with the Rosie tape this time) 25,000$ with a (likely bullshit) C.O.A that the tape was allegedly "the sole master besides the masters in the Prince vault" (which is confirmed bullshit and should be a sign to anyone with a more than a few braincells that the auctioneers have no clue what they're talking about...) usually known as "Leaped7689" |
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PurpleMusic7689 said: GraceDil said: This isn't a slip from the bootleg scene though. Prince has personally handwritten the track lists on these tapes. These have originally come direct from Prince's hand. They are the originals. I spoke to the auction house and they informed me that not only have they been authenticated twice including full authentication by Roger Epperson just last week! But The Prince Estate have also confirmed that they are genuine. These guys are the experts. If someone was selling these for $15 a piece then they were extremely foolish! Take or leave my word. I know what I saw with the original eBay sale that ended at 353$ 2 months ago and then resurfaced in another eBay auction at (bundled with the Rosie tape this time) 25,000$ with a (likely bullshit) C.O.A that the tape was allegedly "the sole master besides the masters in the Prince vault" (which is confirmed bullshit and should be a sign to anyone with a more than a few braincells that the auctioneers have no clue what they're talking about...) I get what your saying but if you look through the description, they have listing aside from the COA, they were also fully authenticated last week by Roger Epperson who as you probably know is the number one authenticator in the business. I don't disbelieve what you're saying as they are very distinctive but Was the original seller that sold for $353 the same as the seller that listed for the $25,000? Because with them being listed just 2 months later, it sounds like the person that listed them for $25,000 had maybe bought them for $353 from someone who was unaware of what they were and then had them authenticated? For Roger Epperson to authenticate them in addition to a previous authentication then they have to be genuine. These guys are experts in their fields and don't just give out COA's without going through the full authentication process. It isn't the auctioneers saying this, it's the experts. | |
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databank said: BlueShakooo said: Great idea! But: Who should get the Cassette / CD? And if this person decides to keep it, what are we gonna do? And if this person puts it on an auction again, and decides to keep the money for him-/herself? I already replied to this above. But anyway it ain't gonna happen its not like 50 people came and said they'd pledge 100 bucks each. Oops. I overlooked it. Alright, count me in. NPG Radio:
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