{"product_id":"happy-mondays-stinky-finky-stinkin-thinkin-original-master-dat-livingston-studios-1992","title":"Happy Mondays - ‘Stinky Finky’ (‘Stinkin Thinkin’) Original Master DAT, Livingston Studios, 1992","description":"\u003cp\u003eWhen the Haçienda closed in 1997, much of what was left in the building was headed for the skip. The consignor, John Wojowski, was one of a few friends and associates who happened to be around at the time. Toward the end, Tony Wilson and the Factory crew told them that it was all going in the skip, so they should take what they wanted. John left with a box of items from the era - among them was this studio master DAT of Happy Mondays’ “Stinky Finky.”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“Stinky Finky” appears to be a working title for “Stinkin Thinkin,” the lead single from \u003cem\u003eYes Please!\u003c\/em\u003e, the 1992 album widely tied to Factory’s collapse that November. The tape is an Ampex 467 R-60 mastering cassette in a Sony DAT case, hand-labeled “Happy Mondays” with a circled M. A tape-history card dates it to July 22, 1992, at Livingston Studios, with Gary Wilkinson as engineer. A second card, on graph paper, gives the running order in marker: a 1kHz tone, then ten versions of the track—intro edit, normal vocal edit, louder vocal, even louder vocal, alt vox balance, lower vocal, even lower vocal, backing track, 7-inch full master, and drums dub.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis is a mix-down master rather than a multitrack: finished stereo passes of the song at different vocal levels, the kind of reference a band and label would compare before settling on a final mix. The backing track and drums dub may never have been released. The tape has not been played by Wax Poetics, and it is sold as a physical object, with no rights to the recordings.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eKey details \u0026amp; collectability\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAmpex 467 R-60 mastering DAT in a Sony case, hand-labeled “Happy Mondays”\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTape-history card: “Stinky Finky,” July 22, 1992, Livingston Studios, engineer Gary Wilkinson\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHandwritten running order: 1kHz tone, then ten versions, including a backing track, a 7-inch full master, and a drums dub\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFrom the \u003cem\u003eYes Please!\u003c\/em\u003e era, the album widely tied to the end of Factory Records\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSaid to have left the Haçienda when the club closed in 1997\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eProvenance\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eConsigned by John Wojowski\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"John Wojowski","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55880159101257,"sku":"LDN_JW_001","price":150.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0064\/9992\/files\/IMG_8229.jpg?v=1794232358","url":"https:\/\/waxpoetics.com\/products\/happy-mondays-stinky-finky-stinkin-thinkin-original-master-dat-livingston-studios-1992","provider":"Wax Poetics","version":"1.0","type":"link"}