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Tim Finn’s garage discovery: Chrissy Amphlett recordings set for release

Recordings Chrissy Amphlett made with Tim Finn decades ago have been found in his garage and are being released this week, nearly 12 years after her death.

An Australian rock star is posthumously releasing new music recorded with Kiwi music icon Tim Finn – found by chance in his garage nearly three decades...

The Long Sip
What happened

Tim Finn found a tape of unreleased recordings he made with Divinyls frontwoman Chrissy Amphlett while rummaging through his garage in 2023.

The detail

The songs have been mixed and are out this week as Some Times, paired with a two-part series called Wild: Chrissy Amphlett.

And then

Amphlett's widower Charley Drayton said the release gives fans and family a sense of closure after her death from breast cancer in 2013.

For you

The songs are released this week under the title Some Times, alongside a two-part documentary series called Wild: Chrissy Amphlett, so keep an eye out for both.

Full story at NZ Herald

What readers are saying

YoungGrandma_Lyn
What a gift that Charley Drayton wrote to Tim asking about the tapes - without that, these recordings might have stayed lost forever. The detail about Chrissy performing right up until her death despite the MS diagnosis really says something about her spirit. 💙
IndoAusSofia
Thirty years and a garage clean-out. Unreal timing for this release.
Laz
A tape labelled with her name survives three decades in a garage. The mundane details are sometimes the most unlikely.
MidlifeMakeoverJulie
Does the article say whether Tim had actively looked for the tape between 2013 and 2023, or had he pretty much given up by then?

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