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282468
STORAGE AUCTION FIND
NASHVILLE, TN
PKG
2-20-1992
39:25
1:55
LEESA CLARK, REPORTING JOHN LENTZ, ATTORNEY BUDDY KILLEN, SOUNDSHOP STUDIOS
TAPE PLAYING, TAPES, MAN CATALOGING TAPES, ROY ORBISON PHOTO, TAPE ROOM, REPORTER STAND-UP, SOT
A NASHVILLE COUPLE PAID 50 DOLLARS FOR WHAT THEY THOUGHT WERE JUST BOXES OF AUDIO TAPES. BUT IT TURNS OUT THEY BOUGHT A BIG PIECE OF MUSIC HISTORY...LEESA CLARK REPORTS THE COUPLE WHO BID FOR THE BOXES OF TAPES ARE HOPING TO BECOME RICH ON THEIR FIND.
(SOT) DOUG COLE HAS SPENT MONTHS CATALOGING THESE TAPES. HE AND HIS WIFE BRENDA BOUGHT THEM AT A WEST NASHVILLE WAREHOUSE AUCTION. THERE ARE ABOUT FIVE THOUSAND STUDIO RECORDINGS MOST BY FAMOUS ARTISTS LIKE TAMMY WYNETTE CHARLIE RICH.... AMONG THE TAPES THEY CONSIDER MOST VALUABLE...WHAT THEY SAY IS A PREVIOUSLY UNRELEASED SONG BY THE LATE ROY ORBISON. (SOT) THERE'S ALSO A STUDIO SESSION WITH THE LATE MARTY ROBBINS. (SOT) BUT EVEN AFTER A YEAR THEY HAVEN'T LISTENED TO THEM ALL. (SOT) THE COLES HIRED A LAWYER TO FIND OUT IF THERE WAS A HEALTHY PROFIT IN THESE STACKS OF TAPES. (SOT) LONGTIME STAPLE IN THE NASHVILLE MUSIC SCENE BUDDY KILLEN HASN'T SEEN THE TAPES BUT IS SKEPTICAL OF THEIR VALUE. (SOT) BUT THE CLOES AREN'T ABOUT TO STOP DREAMING OF THE MONEY THEY MIGHT MAKE FROM THIS MUSIC.
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