Tommy Johnson – Alcohol and Jake Blues (1930)
Tommy Johnson’s Alcohol and Jake Blues, released all the way back in 1930, is another exceptionally obscure record from another time. One of the very few copies that somehow survived for nearly a century was accidentally scooped up by someone in North Carolina The last thing that they expected was a flood of excited reactions on eBay, seeing as this was one of the two remaining versions. The digital auction then ended with a man named John Tefteller’s $37,000 bid.
Tommy Johnson
Prince – The Black Album
Prince was quite a spiritual individual, and every one of his albums was recorded with an intentionally positive energy. But when the late superstar decided that ‘The Funk Bible’ had an evil spirit, its sale immediately ended on his command. Even back then, people were pirating music, however, and so this record’s contents were safely preserved. In 1994, Prince decided that the album was safe enough for human consumption, and a CD version came out. The sealed version of this record sells for around $42,300, while an opened one will fetch about $27,500 from their respective previous sales.
Prince
