Barbra Streisand is tangled in a legal battle with her ex-boyfriend as he prepares to auction off recordings of her early performances for over $1 million.

Barry Dennen published his memoir My Life with Barbra: A Love Story in 1997, detailing his romance with the entertainer over 50 years ago. Dennen, 67, claims he coached Streisand after they shared the stage in 1959 off-Broadway play The Insect Comedy, and admits he refused Streisand's request to return three performance tapes he recorded during their relationship.

The recordings include a rehearsal at a New York nightclub of songs including Keepin' Out of Mischief Now, I Want To Be Bad, Lover Come Back to Me and Who's Afraid of the Big Bad Wolf?

He tells the New York Post, "I (refused to give the tapes back). I said 'No. They are the only thing I have left of our collaboration' I'm a little trepidatious. I don't know what the fallout will be. I don't like upsetting Barbra, and I don't want her fans angry at me."

The tapes are set to be auctioned off on MomentsInTime.com, but Streisand is moving to block the sale.

A spokesman for Streisand says, "Our lawyers are dealing with this."

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