the packaging of this vinyl gate fold dolp is special, so you get a direct feeling how important this statement is. Jay z's 9th and last album is a masterpiece. shipping sale! $5 unlimited shipping for u.s. media condition: media: mint (m) sleeve condition: sleeve: near mint (nm or m ) brand new and sealed in a gatefold sleeve. Jay z the black album (2xlp, album, gat) label: roc a fella records cat#: b0001528 01. the producers involved are carefully chosen. Listen to a previously unheard version of 'Nothing Compares 2 U' here.View credits, reviews, tracks and shop for the 2006 vinyl release of "the black album" on discogs. Jay-Z is also producing the next Prince album featuring never before heard material that will apparently be released on the artist's 60th birthday. In other Prince related news, a cassette recording of Prince's 'Mary Don't You Weep' from the 1980s will appear in the upcoming Spike Lee film titled BlacKkKlansman. Now the Canadian pressing of 'The Black Album' has officially sold for $27,500, becoming the most expensive item ever sold on Discogs. He never realized its rarity or value until reading about the discovery of the US copies in Rolling Stone and contacted me." When 'The Black Album' was pulled and the copies that had been made marked for destruction, he kept one copy for himself. In 1987 he was working at the Columbia Records Canadian pressing plant in Canada. Gold spoke about the discovery of this ultra-rare piece of vinyl: "As word spread of the discovery of the five sealed copies, a former Canadian record pressing plant employee contacted me with an unbelievable story of his own. Last year Discogs announced it's goal to remove the sale of unofficial releases. Consequently, those promo copies are how 'The Black Album' became one of the most bootlegged records of all time. Some promos had already been circulated, so they were out there to be passed around. to shelve the album and destroy every copy. At the last minute, Prince decided the album was “evil" and ordered Warner Bros. Also, based on the listing images in the Discogs Database, Discogs' Discography Specialist, Brent Greissle confirmed it to be legitimate as well.Īccording to Discogs, 'The Black Album' was originally styled as 'The Funk Bible' in press releases and was slated for release in December 1987. Gold was called in to inspect the Canadian pressing in person and after considerable research, he confirmed its authenticity. An American variant of 'The Black Album' previously held the record on Discogs, having sold for $15,000. Originally, the Canadian pressing was the only one known to exist until music historian and record dealer Jeff Gold of Recordmecca uncovered five sealed copies of US variants of the album earlier this year. In June, a former record pressing plant employee revealed that he found an original Canadian pressing of Prince’s 'The Black Album', considered his rarest album and one of the most expensive records of all time. Prince's rarest release titled 'The Black Album' broke Discog's record for the most expensive item ever sold on the online marketplace, having sold for $27,500.
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