Prince, The Black Album
After Prince recorded The Black Album or “The Funk Bible” and pressed 500,000 copies of it, he stopped the release and paid for a recall! Apparently, he had an epiphany that the record was “evil”. By the time he did this, the promotional copies already made rounds. Despite the protestations of the artist, the record got bootlegged a lot and even saw a lot of airtime. The singer later changed his opinion and released a CD version in 1994. In 2018, an original and unopened American vinyl version went for $42,300. Meanwhile, an unsealed Canadian pressing went for $27,500!
Prince, The Black Album
Aphex Twin aka Caustic Window, Caustic Window
Richard D. James was an eccentric and reclusive techno-drum and bass producer. Also known as Aphex Twin, he recorded an album under his alias “Caustic Window”. He pressed five copies but abandoned the project after this. One copy somehow made it out. In 2014, it went up on Discogs for $13,500. Rephlex Records, Doctors Without Borders, and James got it and started a campaign on Kickstarter to release a digital copy. They raised $47,000 and split it between Doctors Without Borders and James. Markus Persson, “Minecraft” creator, paid $46,300 for the vinyl.
Aphex Twin aka Caustic Window, Caustic Window
