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00:00Zach Starkey's $2 million charity master tape remains in musical limbo.
00:05A charity recording with Axl Rose, Slash, Elton John, and Ringo Starr is stalled,
00:11risking $2 million for the Teenage Cancer Trust.
00:14Zach Starkey, project organizer, urged Rose to return the master tape for their Children of the Revolution cover.
00:21This all-star collaboration began after their 2017 performance at Brazil's Rock in Rio Festival.
00:28This track would mark the classic lineup's first wholly new studio output in eight years.
00:33It would be their first all-new material since reuniting, as post-2016 releases drew from archives.
00:40Starkey last received the masters in 2018, but lacks the WAV file needed for official release.
00:46Starkey plans a comprehensive auction package beyond just the recording.
00:51His Christie's auction includes gold leaf artwork and a Mark Boland Gibson guitar signed by all participants.
00:56This circumvents traditional label fees.
00:59Without the master tape, this charity project, featuring members of the Smiths and others, remains incomplete.
01:06For now, $2 million in potential cancer research funding waits on industry logistics,
01:11a frustrating reality that even rock royalty can't seem to streamline.
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