Tommy Johnson – Alcohol and Jake Blues (1930)
You can be sure that records that were released in the 30s will only have a few surviving copies left, with Alcohol and Jake Blues by Tommy Johnson only having 2 copies left in existence, or so we believe. Either way, the North Carolinian record enthusiast who stumbled upon one of these vinyl records could never have dreamed of the overwhelming reaction that his eBay listing would receive. John Tefteller would win the lucrative disc for $37,000.
Tommy Johnson
Prince – The Black Album
Those that knew Prince personally always spoke of him as a highly mystical individual, as well as a superstitious one. The Black Album would be one record by the late musician that he would deem as cursed, and he ordered it to be destroyed in its entirety. The craftier music fans of the time managed to lift the record’s contents before it was too late, however. It was only in 1994 that Prince had a change of mind (and spirit) when he deemed ‘The Funk Bible’ to have been cleansed. An unopened vinyl goes for about $42,300, and an unsealed print of The Black Album will fetch close to $27,500, as seen in various sales.
Prince
